Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2019

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10,128,804 deaths

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data source: UN WPP

In the year 2019, a total of 58,354,932 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 31,456,339 were male and 26,898,593 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 10,128,804 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 9,264,482, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,842,471 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 11 people dying. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 12, and 🇳🇺Niue with 25 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 31,579,544 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count of 11,121,028, and Europe with 8,130,426 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,742,981 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 12,362,315, and South-Eastern Asia with 4,673,573 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries has the highest death count of 47,133,785. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 200,906 people died in that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2019

Rank	Flag	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳	China	10,128,804	5,731,211	4,397,592
2	🇮🇳	India	9,264,482	5,001,016	4,263,466
3	🇺🇸	United States of America	2,842,471	1,495,895	1,346,576
4	🇳🇬	Nigeria	2,655,999	1,338,505	1,317,493
5	🇮🇩	Indonesia	2,059,518	1,086,548	972,970
6	🇷🇺	Russian Federation	1,789,412	919,004	870,408
7	🇵🇰	Pakistan	1,562,917	886,143	676,774
8	🇯🇵	Japan	1,432,117	735,299	696,818
9	🇧🇷	Brazil	1,338,510	746,041	592,469
10	🇩🇪	Germany	946,642	470,120	476,522
11	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	885,871	482,828	403,044
12	🇨🇩	Democratic Republic of the Congo	879,238	468,111	411,128
13	🇲🇽	Mexico	765,041	427,917	337,125
14	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	750,139	430,786	319,353
15	🇵🇭	Philippines	653,287	359,137	294,150
16	🇮🇹	Italy	643,911	308,129	335,782
17	🇻🇳	Viet Nam	612,164	346,335	265,829
18	🇫🇷	France	608,890	301,149	307,741
19	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	605,258	301,689	303,569
20	🇪🇬	Egypt	589,119	317,062	272,056
21	🇺🇦	Ukraine	587,987	293,046	294,942
22	🇹🇭	Thailand	530,844	317,870	212,974
23	🇿🇦	South Africa	521,416	272,440	248,977
24	🇹🇷	Türkiye	471,135	264,596	206,539
25	🇲🇲	Myanmar	465,700	254,462	211,239
26	🇪🇸	Spain	418,410	212,734	205,676
27	🇮🇷	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	405,563	225,270	180,294
28	🇵🇱	Poland	403,771	208,215	195,555
29	🇰🇪	Kenya	373,459	198,565	174,894
30	🇹🇿	United Republic of Tanzania	365,898	200,280	165,618
31	🇦🇷	Argentina	345,229	174,649	170,580
32	🇰🇷	Republic of Korea	307,997	168,557	139,440
33	🇸🇩	Sudan	298,310	172,922	125,388
34	🇨🇦	Canada	288,926	147,593	141,333
35	🇨🇴	Colombia	268,512	149,203	119,309
36	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	267,424	152,307	115,118
37	🇷🇴	Romania	265,725	135,452	130,273
38	🇦🇴	Angola	249,318	135,215	114,103
39	🇰🇵	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	242,833	121,124	121,709
40	🇲🇿	Mozambique	241,399	125,312	116,087
41	🇨🇮	Côte d'Ivoire	239,424	133,748	105,676
42	🇺🇬	Uganda	233,041	125,967	107,074
43	🇬🇭	Ghana	229,447	123,567	105,880
44	🇳🇪	Niger	219,687	113,098	106,589
45	🇲🇬	Madagascar	212,165	113,641	98,524
46	🇹🇩	Chad	208,890	110,481	98,409
47	🇨🇲	Cameroon	208,209	112,058	96,151
48	🇾🇪	Yemen	205,725	120,346	85,379
49	🇲🇦	Morocco	203,826	114,260	89,566
50	🇩🇿	Algeria	202,650	109,229	93,421
51	🇵🇪	Peru	199,891	110,301	89,591
52	🇲🇱	Mali	199,616	104,125	95,490
53	🇳🇵	Nepal	199,574	102,173	97,401
54	🇻🇪	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	196,850	111,683	85,167
55	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	196,815	109,995	86,820
56	🇮🇶	Iraq	179,603	92,760	86,843
57	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	179,510	93,130	86,380
58	🇹🇼	China, Taiwan Province of China	178,236	105,906	72,330
59	🇸🇴	Somalia	174,865	93,893	80,972
60	🇲🇾	Malaysia	166,531	98,095	68,436
61	🇦🇺	Australia	166,046	86,252	79,794
62	🇳🇱	Netherlands	151,976	74,116	77,859
63	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	151,041	84,024	67,017
64	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	149,575	90,818	58,757
65	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	132,755	70,595	62,160
66	🇬🇳	Guinea	129,627	65,384	64,243
67	🇭🇺	Hungary	129,068	62,645	66,423
68	🇬🇷	Greece	126,948	63,381	63,567
69	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	126,465	63,441	63,024
70	🇧🇾	Belarus	124,184	60,198	63,986
71	🇨🇱	Chile	124,016	64,929	59,087
72	🇿🇲	Zambia	120,012	65,369	54,643
73	🇲🇼	Malawi	119,875	65,936	53,939
74	🇧🇯	Benin	118,810	61,098	57,712
75	🇨🇺	Cuba	112,553	61,313	51,240
76	🇨🇿	Czechia	112,452	57,356	55,096
77	🇵🇹	Portugal	109,809	54,793	55,015
78	🇧🇪	Belgium	108,977	53,248	55,729
79	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	107,892	55,997	51,895
80	🇸🇾	Syrian Arab Republic	107,552	61,569	45,983
81	🇰🇭	Cambodia	102,000	53,008	48,992
82	🇷🇸	Serbia	100,267	54,042	46,226
83	🇸🇳	Senegal	97,771	53,696	44,075
84	🇸🇸	South Sudan	96,958	51,606	45,352
85	🇧🇮	Burundi	90,619	47,910	42,710
86	🇸🇪	Sweden	88,778	44,024	44,754
87	🇧🇴	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	88,173	48,333	39,840
88	🇬🇹	Guatemala	87,527	48,497	39,031
89	🇭🇹	Haiti	87,459	48,285	39,175
90	🇦🇹	Austria	83,684	40,914	42,771
91	🇪🇨	Ecuador	82,414	45,791	36,623
92	🇷🇼	Rwanda	78,349	40,415	37,934
93	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	72,604	37,569	35,034
94	🇹🇳	Tunisia	72,424	40,448	31,976
95	🇹🇬	Togo	71,037	35,304	35,733
96	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	69,950	47,083	22,867
97	🇨🇭	Switzerland	68,100	32,849	35,251
98	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	67,284	36,117	31,168
99	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	66,807	37,347	29,460
100	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	63,649	38,808	24,841
101	🇫🇮	Finland	54,093	27,103	26,990
102	🇩🇰	Denmark	53,901	27,460	26,441
103	🇭🇷	Croatia	53,353	26,227	27,127
104	🇸🇰	Slovakia	52,698	27,185	25,513
105	🇭🇰	China, Hong Kong SAR	49,743	27,468	22,275
106	🇱🇦	Lao People's Democratic Republic	47,765	26,153	21,611
107	🇸🇻	El Salvador	46,288	25,477	20,811
108	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	46,149	25,073	21,077
109	🇬🇪	Georgia	45,869	24,040	21,829
110	🇮🇱	Israel	45,069	22,566	22,503
111	🇭🇳	Honduras	44,602	25,210	19,392
112	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43,832	21,013	22,819
113	🇲🇩	Republic of Moldova	43,325	22,321	21,004
114	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	43,057	25,224	17,833
115	🇱🇷	Liberia	42,940	22,350	20,589
116	🇨🇬	Congo	41,248	21,714	19,534
117	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	40,728	21,176	19,552
118	🇳🇴	Norway	40,591	20,019	20,573
119	🇱🇹	Lithuania	38,285	18,477	19,807
120	🇵🇾	Paraguay	36,379	20,725	15,654
121	🇱🇾	Libya	35,900	21,486	14,414
122	🇳🇿	New Zealand	34,379	17,648	16,732
123	🇺🇾	Uruguay	33,136	16,997	16,139
124	🇯🇴	Jordan	32,367	18,990	13,377
125	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	32,095	17,394	14,702
126	🇵🇷	Puerto Rico	31,921	17,600	14,320
127	🇱🇧	Lebanon	31,628	16,076	15,552
128	🇮🇪	Ireland	30,667	16,081	14,585
129	🇦🇲	Armenia	28,433	14,313	14,119
130	🇱🇻	Latvia	27,789	12,987	14,802
131	🇲🇷	Mauritania	27,318	14,729	12,589
132	🇱🇸	Lesotho	26,138	13,273	12,865
133	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	25,619	14,052	11,567
134	🇸🇬	Singapore	23,926	12,905	11,020
135	🇦🇱	Albania	21,560	11,118	10,442
136	🇯🇲	Jamaica	21,262	11,470	9,791
137	🇸🇮	Slovenia	20,992	10,320	10,672
138	🇪🇷	Eritrea	20,779	10,945	9,834
139	🇳🇦	Namibia	20,468	11,246	9,222
140	🇵🇦	Panama	19,984	11,318	8,666
141	🇲🇳	Mongolia	19,685	11,968	7,717
142	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	19,661	9,962	9,699
143	🇬🇲	Gambia	16,725	8,854	7,870
144	🇵🇸	State of Palestine	15,537	8,706	6,831
145	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	15,471	8,150	7,321
146	🇪🇪	Estonia	15,395	7,228	8,167
147	🇬🇦	Gabon	15,178	8,463	6,715
148	🇧🇼	Botswana	14,945	8,044	6,901
149	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	14,189	7,860	6,329
150	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	11,802	6,547	5,255
151	🇸🇿	Eswatini	11,058	5,864	5,193
152	🇲🇺	Mauritius	10,750	6,036	4,714
153	🇽🇰	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,007	5,332	4,675
154	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	9,727	5,267	4,460
155	🇴🇲	Oman	9,188	5,759	3,429
156	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	8,981	6,319	2,662
157	🇰🇼	Kuwait	8,869	6,048	2,821
158	🇨🇾	Cyprus	8,491	4,559	3,932
159	🇩🇯	Djibouti	8,489	4,629	3,860
160	🇫🇯	Fiji	8,318	4,434	3,884
161	🇲🇪	Montenegro	6,881	3,598	3,283
162	🇬🇾	Guyana	6,060	3,500	2,560
163	🇰🇲	Comoros	6,013	3,291	2,722
164	🇧🇹	Bhutan	4,856	2,784	2,073
165	🇷🇪	Réunion	4,675	2,552	2,124
166	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	4,408	2,200	2,207
167	🇸🇷	Suriname	4,261	2,410	1,850
168	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	4,039	2,234	1,805
169	🇧🇸	Bahamas	3,679	1,959	1,720
170	🇬🇵	Guadeloupe	3,568	1,907	1,660
171	🇲🇹	Malta	3,522	1,886	1,637
172	🇲🇶	Martinique	3,509	1,868	1,642
173	🇪🇭	Western Sahara	3,328	1,989	1,339
174	🇧🇭	Bahrain	3,126	1,901	1,224
175	🇲🇴	China, Macao SAR	2,898	1,585	1,313
176	🇧🇧	Barbados	2,676	1,323	1,353
177	🇨🇻	Cabo Verde	2,573	1,362	1,210
178	🇶🇦	Qatar	2,354	1,700	654
179	🇮🇸	Iceland	2,280	1,162	1,118
180	🇧🇳	Brunei Darussalam	2,115	1,230	885
181	🇧🇿	Belize	1,945	1,178	767
182	🇳🇨	New Caledonia	1,781	962	819
183	🇨🇼	Curaçao	1,696	950	746
184	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	1,604	978	627
185	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	1,497	860	637
186	🇼🇸	Samoa	1,370	725	644
187	🇬🇫	French Guiana	1,322	774	548
188	🇻🇮	United States Virgin Islands	1,312	842	470
189	🇸🇹	Sao Tome and Principe	1,305	759	547
190	🇲🇻	Maldives	1,258	789	469
191	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,176	677	499
192	🇯🇪	Jersey	1,063	565	498
193	🇬🇺	Guam	1,057	641	416
194	🇬🇩	Grenada	984	552	432
195	🇸🇨	Seychelles	959	536	423
196	🇵🇫	French Polynesia	940	560	380
197	🇦🇼	Aruba	925	500	425
198	🇰🇮	Kiribati	889	437	451
199	🇩🇲	Dominica	856	464	392
200	🇲🇨	Monaco	852	447	405
201	🇮🇲	Isle of Man	847	436	410
202	🇫🇲	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	838	475	363
203	🇾🇹	Mayotte	747	422	325
204	🇹🇴	Tonga	679	388	291
205	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	589	300	289
206	🇧🇲	Bermuda	558	318	240
207	🇬🇬	Guernsey	539	282	258
208	🇫🇴	Faroe Islands	532	280	252
209	🇬🇱	Greenland	513	303	210
210	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	469	264	205
211	🇦🇩	Andorra	425	230	195
212	🇰🇾	Cayman Islands	324	183	140
213	🇦🇸	American Samoa	311	183	128
214	🇹🇨	Turks and Caicos Islands	304	165	139
215	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	299	174	125
216	🇸🇽	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	278	168	110
217	🇸🇲	San Marino	267	130	137
218	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	265	137	128
219	🇬🇮	Gibraltar	242	127	115
220	🇲🇫	Saint Martin (French part)	236	137	99
221	🇧🇶	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	210	131	79
222	🇻🇬	British Virgin Islands	208	118	91
223	🇲🇵	Northern Mariana Islands	199	119	80
224	🇵🇼	Palau	189	107	82
225	🇨🇰	Cook Islands	136	82	54
226	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	97	56	41
227	🇳🇷	Nauru	88	50	38
228	🇦🇮	Anguilla	84	51	33
229	🇼🇫	Wallis and Futuna Islands	82	43	39
230	🇸🇭	Saint Helena	79	49	30
231	🇵🇲	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	77	42	35
232	🇲🇸	Montserrat	56	32	25
233	🇧🇱	Saint Barthélemy	46	26	20
234	🇫🇰	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	26	14	12
235	🇳🇺	Niue	25	13	12
236	🇹🇰	Tokelau	12	6	6
237	🇻🇦	Holy See	11	5	6

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2019

Rank	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	31,579,544	17,406,973	14,172,571
2	Africa	11,121,028	5,909,997	5,211,031
3	Europe	8,130,426	4,077,417	4,053,009
4	Americas	7,236,913	3,906,582	3,330,331
5	Latin America and the Caribbean	4,104,368	2,262,425	1,841,943
6	Northern America	3,132,541	1,644,150	1,488,391
7	Oceania	287,025	155,370	131,655

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2019

Rank	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,742,981	6,937,329	5,805,652
2	Eastern Asia	12,362,315	6,903,118	5,459,197
3	South-Eastern Asia	4,673,573	2,561,010	2,112,563
4	Western Africa	4,318,635	2,214,721	2,103,914
5	Eastern Europe	3,616,507	1,841,416	1,775,091
6	Eastern Africa	3,035,661	1,651,534	1,384,127
7	South America	2,724,778	1,495,345	1,229,433
8	Western Europe	1,973,790	975,182	998,608
9	Middle Africa	1,767,144	955,477	811,667
10	Southern Europe	1,580,102	783,029	797,073
11	Northern Africa	1,405,557	777,399	628,158
12	Western Asia	1,341,165	753,453	587,712
13	Central America	1,023,103	571,044	452,059
14	Northern Europe	960,017	477,793	482,224
15	Southern Africa	594,028	310,865	283,163
16	Central Asia	459,507	252,065	207,442
17	Caribbean	356,486	196,037	160,449
18	Australia/New Zealand	200,425	103,903	96,522
19	Melanesia	79,392	47,419	31,973
20	Polynesia	3,655	2,062	1,593
21	Micronesia	3,563	2,006	1,557

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2019

Rank	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Low-and-middle-income countries	47,133,785	25,685,126	21,448,659
2	Middle-income countries	41,938,456	22,858,455	19,080,001
3	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	31,201,193	16,804,269	14,396,924
4	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	26,949,276	14,536,063	12,413,213
5	Lower-middle-income countries	21,753,954	11,709,394	10,044,560
6	Upper-middle-income countries	20,184,502	11,149,056	9,035,446
7	High-income countries	11,016,688	5,655,209	5,361,479
8	Low-income countries	5,195,323	2,826,664	2,368,659
9	No income group available	200,906	114,104	86,802

Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2019

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Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2019

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2019

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2019

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2019

Data Information

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

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