Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2020

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10,411,385 deaths

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data source: UN WPP

In the year 2020, a total of 63,546,315 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 34,552,534 were male and 28,993,781 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 10,411,385 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 10,118,286, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 3,384,290 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 12 people dying. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 13, and 🇳🇺Niue with 26 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 33,854,154 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count of 11,532,418, and Europe with 9,208,546 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 14,083,788 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 12,658,804, and South-Eastern Asia with 5,037,567 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 51,134,871. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 209,019 people died in that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2020

Rank	Flag	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳	China	10,411,385	5,959,604	4,451,781
2	🇮🇳	India	10,118,286	5,549,728	4,568,558
3	🇺🇸	United States of America	3,384,290	1,801,403	1,582,888
4	🇳🇬	Nigeria	2,693,283	1,365,350	1,327,933
5	🇮🇩	Indonesia	2,430,254	1,305,407	1,124,847
6	🇷🇺	Russian Federation	2,158,766	1,072,865	1,085,900
7	🇵🇰	Pakistan	1,715,724	985,247	730,478
8	🇧🇷	Brazil	1,565,282	843,530	721,753
9	🇯🇵	Japan	1,423,305	735,039	688,266
10	🇲🇽	Mexico	1,068,736	613,784	454,951
11	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	1,018,769	565,739	453,030
12	🇩🇪	Germany	990,849	496,737	494,112
13	🇨🇩	Democratic Republic of the Congo	893,708	479,948	413,760
14	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	761,475	442,649	318,826
15	🇮🇹	Italy	750,380	363,912	386,468
16	🇪🇬	Egypt	700,364	374,858	325,506
17	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	691,537	349,407	342,130
18	🇫🇷	France	664,556	331,151	333,406
19	🇵🇭	Philippines	653,597	351,879	301,717
20	🇺🇦	Ukraine	645,108	321,663	323,445
21	🇿🇦	South Africa	586,414	300,443	285,971
22	🇻🇳	Viet Nam	570,112	329,603	240,508
23	🇹🇷	Türkiye	566,484	322,414	244,070
24	🇮🇷	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	564,816	310,830	253,986
25	🇹🇭	Thailand	545,792	325,701	220,091
26	🇪🇸	Spain	495,378	251,168	244,209
27	🇲🇲	Myanmar	476,822	262,701	214,121
28	🇵🇱	Poland	459,375	243,896	215,479
29	🇰🇪	Kenya	414,434	225,415	189,019
30	🇦🇷	Argentina	381,886	198,550	183,335
31	🇹🇿	United Republic of Tanzania	360,300	199,526	160,774
32	🇨🇴	Colombia	335,210	192,750	142,460
33	🇸🇩	Sudan	317,497	185,511	131,987
34	🇰🇷	Republic of Korea	317,301	173,715	143,585
35	🇨🇦	Canada	311,994	161,005	150,989
36	🇷🇴	Romania	301,133	157,798	143,336
37	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	295,554	167,467	128,088
38	🇩🇿	Algeria	263,716	144,736	118,981
39	🇦🇴	Angola	255,166	139,630	115,536
40	🇰🇵	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	254,074	126,633	127,441
41	🇲🇿	Mozambique	246,482	129,702	116,780
42	🇨🇮	Côte d'Ivoire	245,569	138,418	107,151
43	🇵🇪	Peru	243,510	148,061	95,449
44	🇺🇬	Uganda	238,847	130,308	108,539
45	🇬🇭	Ghana	237,221	129,266	107,955
46	🇲🇦	Morocco	237,013	136,974	100,038
47	🇲🇬	Madagascar	227,845	123,225	104,620
48	🇳🇪	Niger	225,945	117,325	108,620
49	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	217,204	120,025	97,179
50	🇨🇲	Cameroon	212,482	115,321	97,160
51	🇹🇩	Chad	212,340	113,205	99,136
52	🇾🇪	Yemen	210,725	122,244	88,481
53	🇳🇵	Nepal	210,634	110,503	100,131
54	🇮🇶	Iraq	210,459	114,778	95,681
55	🇲🇱	Mali	206,314	108,708	97,606
56	🇻🇪	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	204,848	116,973	87,874
57	🇸🇴	Somalia	180,396	96,909	83,487
58	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	178,804	93,114	85,690
59	🇹🇼	China, Taiwan Province of China	174,242	102,468	71,774
60	🇲🇾	Malaysia	170,585	100,499	70,087
61	🇳🇱	Netherlands	168,607	83,961	84,646
62	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	167,261	89,940	77,321
63	🇦🇺	Australia	163,847	85,816	78,031
64	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	153,684	85,084	68,600
65	🇧🇾	Belarus	147,592	73,408	74,184
66	🇨🇱	Chile	143,199	77,453	65,746
67	🇭🇺	Hungary	140,532	68,473	72,059
68	🇬🇳	Guinea	132,627	67,346	65,280
69	🇪🇨	Ecuador	131,146	77,359	53,787
70	🇨🇿	Czechia	129,215	66,579	62,635
71	🇧🇴	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	128,039	77,837	50,201
72	🇧🇪	Belgium	127,251	62,339	64,912
73	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	126,360	64,189	62,171
74	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	124,104	65,627	58,477
75	🇬🇷	Greece	122,913	61,551	61,362
76	🇵🇹	Portugal	121,309	60,169	61,140
77	🇲🇼	Malawi	120,892	67,077	53,815
78	🇧🇯	Benin	119,849	62,332	57,517
79	🇿🇲	Zambia	119,310	65,132	54,178
80	🇨🇺	Cuba	116,268	63,386	52,882
81	🇷🇸	Serbia	114,911	62,836	52,075
82	🇸🇾	Syrian Arab Republic	106,459	60,092	46,367
83	🇰🇭	Cambodia	106,051	55,587	50,465
84	🇸🇸	South Sudan	102,646	55,725	46,921
85	🇸🇳	Senegal	101,604	57,129	44,474
86	🇬🇹	Guatemala	101,280	58,557	42,723
87	🇸🇪	Sweden	98,379	49,423	48,957
88	🇭🇹	Haiti	93,139	52,186	40,953
89	🇧🇮	Burundi	90,725	48,331	42,394
90	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	88,000	47,091	40,909
91	🇦🇹	Austria	84,148	43,096	41,052
92	🇹🇳	Tunisia	79,609	44,563	35,046
93	🇷🇼	Rwanda	79,562	41,001	38,561
94	🇨🇭	Switzerland	76,427	37,753	38,674
95	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	76,244	51,799	24,445
96	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	73,738	38,589	35,149
97	🇹🇬	Togo	72,705	36,522	36,182
98	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	71,263	41,617	29,646
99	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	66,981	41,226	25,755
100	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	66,646	36,672	29,974
101	🇸🇰	Slovakia	59,735	30,568	29,166
102	🇭🇷	Croatia	57,059	28,008	29,051
103	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	57,033	31,380	25,653
104	🇫🇮	Finland	55,419	27,953	27,466
105	🇩🇰	Denmark	54,679	27,922	26,757
106	🇭🇰	China, Hong Kong SAR	54,624	28,414	26,209
107	🇸🇻	El Salvador	53,401	29,403	23,998
108	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	51,349	29,507	21,842
109	🇭🇳	Honduras	51,204	29,457	21,747
110	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50,060	24,233	25,828
111	🇬🇪	Georgia	49,203	25,760	23,443
112	🇮🇱	Israel	47,643	24,386	23,257
113	🇱🇦	Lao People's Democratic Republic	47,553	26,892	20,661
114	🇲🇩	Republic of Moldova	45,297	23,364	21,933
115	🇱🇷	Liberia	43,754	22,958	20,796
116	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	43,746	24,391	19,356
117	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	43,617	22,841	20,776
118	🇱🇹	Lithuania	43,553	21,252	22,301
119	🇦🇲	Armenia	41,082	21,848	19,235
120	🇳🇴	Norway	40,591	20,007	20,584
121	🇵🇾	Paraguay	40,249	23,180	17,069
122	🇨🇬	Congo	39,109	20,971	18,138
123	🇱🇾	Libya	39,063	23,377	15,685
124	🇯🇴	Jordan	37,922	22,620	15,301
125	🇱🇧	Lebanon	36,534	19,165	17,370
126	🇵🇷	Puerto Rico	33,990	18,733	15,258
127	🇳🇿	New Zealand	32,743	17,026	15,717
128	🇮🇪	Ireland	32,141	16,659	15,482
129	🇺🇾	Uruguay	31,337	15,945	15,392
130	🇲🇷	Mauritania	29,488	16,085	13,403
131	🇱🇻	Latvia	28,450	13,173	15,278
132	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	28,056	15,802	12,254
133	🇱🇸	Lesotho	26,575	13,580	12,995
134	🇦🇱	Albania	26,077	14,322	11,755
135	🇵🇦	Panama	25,176	14,619	10,557
136	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	24,931	13,082	11,849
137	🇸🇬	Singapore	24,804	13,504	11,301
138	🇸🇮	Slovenia	23,812	11,606	12,206
139	🇯🇲	Jamaica	21,844	11,845	9,999
140	🇪🇷	Eritrea	21,662	11,535	10,127
141	🇲🇳	Mongolia	21,277	13,071	8,206
142	🇳🇦	Namibia	20,518	11,387	9,131
143	🇵🇸	State of Palestine	17,193	9,808	7,385
144	🇬🇲	Gambia	17,100	9,135	7,966
145	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	16,510	8,743	7,767
146	🇬🇦	Gabon	15,865	8,949	6,916
147	🇪🇪	Estonia	15,302	7,222	8,080
148	🇽🇰	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	14,980	8,072	6,908
149	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	14,818	8,324	6,494
150	🇧🇼	Botswana	14,795	8,099	6,696
151	🇰🇼	Kuwait	12,488	8,727	3,761
152	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	12,311	6,888	5,423
153	🇸🇿	Eswatini	11,385	6,106	5,279
154	🇴🇲	Oman	11,051	6,829	4,222
155	🇲🇺	Mauritius	10,589	6,066	4,524
156	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	10,566	7,845	2,721
157	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	9,799	5,356	4,444
158	🇩🇯	Djibouti	8,878	4,882	3,996
159	🇨🇾	Cyprus	8,683	4,826	3,857
160	🇫🇯	Fiji	8,496	4,645	3,851
161	🇲🇪	Montenegro	7,519	4,029	3,489
162	🇬🇾	Guyana	6,856	4,007	2,849
163	🇰🇲	Comoros	6,146	3,410	2,736
164	🇧🇹	Bhutan	4,832	2,775	2,057
165	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	4,715	2,397	2,318
166	🇷🇪	Réunion	4,666	2,535	2,132
167	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	4,333	2,446	1,887
168	🇸🇷	Suriname	4,193	2,427	1,766
169	🇲🇶	Martinique	4,005	2,078	1,927
170	🇲🇹	Malta	3,925	2,094	1,832
171	🇧🇭	Bahrain	3,836	2,529	1,306
172	🇬🇵	Guadeloupe	3,827	2,077	1,750
173	🇧🇸	Bahamas	3,770	2,106	1,664
174	🇪🇭	Western Sahara	3,427	2,048	1,379
175	🇨🇻	Cabo Verde	3,030	1,718	1,311
176	🇶🇦	Qatar	2,952	2,181	771
177	🇧🇧	Barbados	2,690	1,329	1,361
178	🇲🇴	China, Macao SAR	2,600	1,364	1,235
179	🇮🇸	Iceland	2,315	1,171	1,143
180	🇧🇳	Brunei Darussalam	2,202	1,279	923
181	🇧🇿	Belize	2,179	1,295	884
182	🇳🇨	New Caledonia	2,106	1,104	1,002
183	🇨🇼	Curaçao	1,737	966	771
184	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	1,715	1,061	654
185	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	1,525	879	646
186	🇲🇻	Maldives	1,488	908	580
187	🇼🇸	Samoa	1,377	740	637
188	🇻🇮	United States Virgin Islands	1,370	890	480
189	🇸🇹	Sao Tome and Principe	1,354	798	556
190	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,338	850	488
191	🇬🇫	French Guiana	1,266	729	536
192	🇬🇺	Guam	1,171	726	445
193	🇯🇪	Jersey	1,145	607	538
194	🇵🇫	French Polynesia	1,064	654	410
195	🇦🇼	Aruba	1,033	561	471
196	🇬🇩	Grenada	1,001	558	443
197	🇰🇮	Kiribati	953	476	476
198	🇾🇹	Mayotte	894	535	358
199	🇫🇲	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	884	512	372
200	🇮🇲	Isle of Man	877	458	420
201	🇩🇲	Dominica	859	469	390
202	🇸🇨	Seychelles	826	498	329
203	🇲🇨	Monaco	816	425	390
204	🇹🇴	Tonga	683	390	293
205	🇦🇩	Andorra	641	394	248
206	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	607	310	297
207	🇧🇲	Bermuda	564	320	243
208	🇬🇬	Guernsey	551	289	262
209	🇫🇴	Faroe Islands	546	288	258
210	🇬🇱	Greenland	522	308	213
211	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	492	282	210
212	🇲🇫	Saint Martin (French part)	402	220	182
213	🇸🇲	San Marino	361	186	175
214	🇰🇾	Cayman Islands	335	191	143
215	🇹🇨	Turks and Caicos Islands	328	181	147
216	🇸🇽	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	324	205	119
217	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	322	171	151
218	🇦🇸	American Samoa	316	186	130
219	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	312	184	127
220	🇬🇮	Gibraltar	249	132	118
221	🇧🇶	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	224	136	88
222	🇻🇬	British Virgin Islands	215	121	94
223	🇵🇼	Palau	198	114	84
224	🇲🇵	Northern Mariana Islands	197	118	80
225	🇨🇰	Cook Islands	136	82	54
226	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	95	54	41
227	🇳🇷	Nauru	88	49	39
228	🇦🇮	Anguilla	86	52	34
229	🇼🇫	Wallis and Futuna Islands	83	44	40
230	🇸🇭	Saint Helena	82	51	31
231	🇵🇲	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	82	44	38
232	🇲🇸	Montserrat	58	33	25
233	🇧🇱	Saint Barthélemy	55	30	25
234	🇫🇰	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	26	14	12
235	🇳🇺	Niue	26	13	13
236	🇹🇰	Tokelau	13	7	6
237	🇻🇦	Holy See	12	6	6

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2020

Rank	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	33,854,154	18,865,634	14,988,520
2	Africa	11,532,418	6,166,934	5,365,484
3	Europe	9,208,546	4,623,898	4,584,648
4	Americas	8,663,368	4,738,381	3,924,987
5	Latin America and the Caribbean	4,965,915	2,775,300	2,190,615
6	Northern America	3,697,452	1,963,080	1,734,372
7	Oceania	287,814	157,677	130,137

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2020

Rank	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	14,083,788	7,778,283	6,305,505
2	Eastern Asia	12,658,804	7,140,305	5,518,499
3	South-Eastern Asia	5,037,567	2,778,405	2,259,162
4	Western Africa	4,397,616	2,272,786	2,124,830
5	Eastern Europe	4,210,857	2,124,245	2,086,612
6	South America	3,217,041	1,778,814	1,438,227
7	Eastern Africa	3,122,930	1,718,646	1,404,284
8	Western Europe	2,117,687	1,058,024	1,059,663
9	Southern Europe	1,814,519	905,799	908,720
10	Middle Africa	1,711,489	923,817	787,672
11	Northern Africa	1,640,687	912,068	728,619
12	Western Asia	1,537,522	874,941	662,581
13	Central America	1,373,786	787,315	586,471
14	Northern Europe	1,065,484	535,830	529,654
15	Southern Africa	659,682	339,612	320,070
16	Central Asia	536,465	293,692	242,773
17	Caribbean	375,097	209,175	165,922
18	Australia/New Zealand	196,591	102,846	93,745
19	Melanesia	83,637	50,490	33,147
20	Micronesia	3,798	2,180	1,618
21	Polynesia	3,787	2,165	1,622

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2020

Rank	Location	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Low-and-middle-income countries	51,134,871	28,105,528	23,029,343
2	Middle-income countries	45,872,465	25,232,202	20,640,263
3	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	34,536,710	18,730,242	15,806,468
4	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	28,796,753	15,700,750	13,096,003
5	Lower-middle-income countries	23,534,342	12,827,423	10,706,919
6	Upper-middle-income countries	22,338,106	12,404,766	9,933,340
7	High-income countries	12,198,606	6,325,474	5,873,132
8	Low-income countries	5,262,413	2,873,328	2,389,085
9	No income group available	209,019	119,458	89,561

Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2020

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Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2020

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2020

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2020

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2020

Data Information

Data Sources

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

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