Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2000

-5 year -1 year 2000 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2000, a total of 52,099,819 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 27,649,838 were male and 24,449,981 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,220,819 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,867,292, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,390,401 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 9 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 13, and 🇳🇺Niue with 25 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 27,090,733 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10614.27, and Europe with 8,401,888 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,399,697 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,561,598, and Eastern Europe with 4,271,675 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 37,072,043. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 123,693 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2000

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2000

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,220,819	4,845,164	4,375,655
2	🇨🇳China	7,867,292	4,312,854	3,554,438
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,390,401	1,183,982	1,206,419
4	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2,276,886	1,207,924	1,068,962
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,145,653	1,119,059	1,026,593
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,580,688	830,874	749,814
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,349,760	737,936	611,824
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,125,256	659,899	465,357
9	🇯🇵Japan	1,024,232	553,760	470,472
10	🇪🇹Ethiopia	989,714	508,935	480,779
11	🇧🇩Bangladesh	887,066	472,928	414,138
12	🇩🇪Germany	839,691	389,204	450,487
13	🇺🇦Ukraine	758,336	382,179	376,158
14	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	712,085	375,735	336,351
15	🇬🇧United Kingdom	607,061	289,604	317,457
16	🇮🇹Italy	559,012	280,149	278,863
17	🇫🇷France	531,207	271,901	259,305
18	🇲🇽Mexico	490,035	278,806	211,229
19	🇿🇦South Africa	476,555	241,377	235,179
20	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	456,859	234,865	221,994
21	🇪🇬Egypt	455,708	237,244	218,464
22	🇲🇲Myanmar	455,684	251,422	204,263
23	🇻🇳Viet Nam	455,108	260,182	194,926
24	🇵🇭Philippines	447,028	237,808	209,220
25	🇹🇭Thailand	380,684	227,671	153,013
26	🇵🇱Poland	368,313	195,589	172,724
27	🇺🇬Uganda	367,928	194,200	173,728
28	🇹🇷Türkiye	360,256	201,651	158,605
29	🇪🇸Spain	357,583	187,212	170,372
30	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	336,549	193,668	142,882
31	🇰🇪Kenya	329,440	168,572	160,869
32	🇦🇴Angola	299,381	160,342	139,040
33	🇦🇷Argentina	281,810	150,000	131,809
34	🇲🇿Mozambique	279,069	143,537	135,531
35	🇸🇩Sudan	255,520	143,856	111,664
36	🇷🇴Romania	251,948	132,504	119,444
37	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	251,475	126,862	124,612
38	🇦🇫Afghanistan	242,535	128,425	114,111
39	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	240,582	130,233	110,349
40	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	236,180	134,199	101,980
41	🇲🇼Malawi	219,949	114,331	105,618
42	🇨🇦Canada	217,626	111,493	106,133
43	🇨🇴Colombia	209,911	126,579	83,333
44	🇳🇵Nepal	204,297	107,260	97,037
45	🇨🇲Cameroon	202,799	105,679	97,120
46	🇳🇪Niger	202,722	102,146	100,576
47	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	200,034	102,007	98,026
48	🇬🇭Ghana	195,201	100,944	94,258
49	🇲🇦Morocco	183,928	100,304	83,623
50	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	181,983	93,582	88,401
51	🇲🇱Mali	179,831	91,200	88,632
52	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	171,848	92,371	79,477
53	🇲🇬Madagascar	168,416	88,595	79,821
54	🇿🇲Zambia	166,997	83,226	83,771
55	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	159,320	88,291	71,028
56	🇩🇿Algeria	155,079	83,528	71,551
57	🇵🇪Peru	154,375	85,368	69,008
58	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	152,525	92,181	60,345
59	🇮🇶Iraq	151,769	82,771	68,998
60	🇹🇩Chad	149,459	77,001	72,457
61	🇾🇪Yemen	148,282	78,898	69,385
62	🇳🇱Netherlands	140,526	68,753	71,773
63	🇧🇾Belarus	138,003	73,564	64,438
64	🇸🇴Somalia	137,220	71,831	65,388
65	🇭🇺Hungary	135,541	70,402	65,138
66	🇷🇼Rwanda	128,721	65,006	63,715
67	🇦🇺Australia	128,646	67,010	61,637
68	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	126,381	79,124	47,257
69	🇧🇬Bulgaria	125,462	65,087	60,374
70	🇬🇳Guinea	124,005	61,508	62,497
71	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	121,265	73,000	48,265
72	🇸🇸South Sudan	112,979	57,662	55,317
73	🇰🇭Cambodia	112,381	57,444	54,937
74	🇨🇿Czechia	108,910	54,836	54,074
75	🇸🇳Senegal	108,766	55,665	53,102
76	🇬🇷Greece	107,513	60,127	47,385
77	🇧🇪Belgium	105,330	52,523	52,807
78	🇵🇹Portugal	105,056	54,771	50,285
79	🇲🇾Malaysia	104,767	59,113	45,654
80	🇧🇮Burundi	100,682	52,647	48,035
81	🇷🇸Serbia	99,844	53,075	46,769
82	🇸🇪Sweden	93,378	45,641	47,737
83	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	89,931	45,779	44,152
84	🇭🇹Haiti	86,605	44,813	41,792
85	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	84,517	44,892	39,626
86	🇧🇯Benin	83,716	43,648	40,069
87	🇨🇺Cuba	80,523	44,633	35,890
88	🇦🇹Austria	76,836	35,205	41,630
89	🇨🇱Chile	76,110	42,846	33,264
90	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	75,009	46,296	28,714
91	🇬🇹Guatemala	72,863	42,439	30,424
92	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	72,012	41,380	30,631
93	🇨🇫Central African Republic	65,069	34,503	30,567
94	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	63,647	35,364	28,283
95	🇪🇨Ecuador	63,332	35,868	27,464
96	🇨🇭Switzerland	62,523	30,388	32,134
97	🇹🇬Togo	59,569	30,578	28,991
98	🇩🇰Denmark	58,026	28,308	29,718
99	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	55,867	29,186	26,681
100	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	55,528	27,626	27,901
101	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	52,790	29,910	22,880
102	🇸🇰Slovakia	52,743	28,154	24,590
103	🇭🇷Croatia	52,570	26,083	26,487
104	🇫🇮Finland	49,361	24,028	25,333
105	🇬🇪Georgia	48,466	24,460	24,006
106	🇹🇯Tajikistan	47,362	25,931	21,431
107	🇹🇳Tunisia	47,265	27,207	20,058
108	🇱🇷Liberia	44,112	23,540	20,572
109	🇳🇴Norway	44,011	21,673	22,337
110	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	41,006	23,797	17,210
111	🇱🇹Lithuania	40,797	21,448	19,348
112	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	38,037	20,179	17,858
113	🇨🇬Congo	37,765	18,737	19,028
114	🇮🇱Israel	37,354	18,973	18,381
115	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	36,403	20,554	15,849
116	🇸🇻El Salvador	35,323	20,673	14,650
117	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	34,891	17,994	16,897
118	🇭🇳Honduras	34,252	18,809	15,443
119	🇱🇻Latvia	33,223	16,528	16,694
120	🇱🇸Lesotho	32,332	16,982	15,350
121	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	31,782	17,469	14,313
122	🇮🇪Ireland	31,096	15,995	15,101
123	🇺🇾Uruguay	30,086	16,501	13,585
124	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	29,425	16,839	12,586
125	🇵🇾Paraguay	28,841	16,397	12,445
126	🇳🇮Nicaragua	28,532	15,748	12,785
127	🇪🇷Eritrea	26,709	14,192	12,517
128	🇳🇿New Zealand	26,649	13,736	12,913
129	🇦🇲Armenia	26,411	13,886	12,525
130	🇱🇾Libya	24,081	14,046	10,035
131	🇲🇷Mauritania	23,883	12,537	11,345
132	🇳🇦Namibia	23,098	11,731	11,367
133	🇧🇼Botswana	22,623	11,517	11,106
134	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	19,698	10,579	9,120
135	🇱🇧Lebanon	19,674	10,043	9,632
136	🇯🇴Jordan	18,876	10,601	8,275
137	🇦🇱Albania	18,628	10,439	8,189
138	🇪🇪Estonia	18,359	9,267	9,092
139	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,334	9,387	8,947
140	🇲🇳Mongolia	18,069	9,843	8,225
141	🇯🇲Jamaica	18,061	8,999	9,061
142	🇲🇰North Macedonia	17,666	9,610	8,055
143	🇬🇲Gambia	17,050	9,098	7,952
144	🇸🇬Singapore	16,392	9,189	7,204
145	🇨🇷Costa Rica	15,868	9,063	6,805
146	🇸🇿Eswatini	15,013	7,681	7,332
147	🇵🇦Panama	14,307	8,205	6,102
148	🇬🇦Gabon	12,719	6,510	6,209
149	🇵🇸State of Palestine	12,519	6,879	5,640
150	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	9,317	5,003	4,314
151	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	9,307	4,959	4,347
152	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	9,108	4,827	4,281
153	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	9,015	4,952	4,062
154	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,037	4,544	3,493
155	🇩🇯Djibouti	8,007	4,178	3,830
156	🇴🇲Oman	7,430	4,851	2,579
157	🇨🇾Cyprus	7,026	3,652	3,374
158	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6,762	4,914	1,848
159	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,725	2,782	2,943
160	🇬🇾Guyana	5,664	3,274	2,390
161	🇰🇲Comoros	5,656	3,053	2,603
162	🇫🇯Fiji	5,396	3,037	2,359
163	🇧🇹Bhutan	4,887	2,732	2,155
164	🇷🇪Réunion	4,247	2,495	1,752
165	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,762	1,900	1,862
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,734	2,120	1,614
167	🇰🇼Kuwait	3,596	2,325	1,272
168	🇲🇹Malta	3,176	1,775	1,401
169	🇲🇶Martinique	2,687	1,463	1,224
170	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	2,686	1,449	1,237
171	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,671	1,463	1,209
172	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,560	1,551	1,010
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,509	1,199	1,311
174	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2,028	1,154	874
175	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,852	1,012	839
176	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,838	1,165	673
177	🇮🇸Iceland	1,828	907	921
178	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,564	834	730
179	🇶🇦Qatar	1,447	1,014	432
180	🇧🇿Belize	1,404	806	597
181	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,355	715	640
182	🇲🇻Maldives	1,259	730	529
183	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,154	594	560
184	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,115	591	524
185	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1,108	661	447
186	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,060	639	421
187	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,047	647	401
188	🇮🇲Isle of Man	967	461	506
189	🇼🇸Samoa	953	558	395
190	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	909	528	381
191	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	809	437	371
192	🇯🇪Jersey	770	367	402
193	🇬🇩Grenada	768	392	376
194	🇬🇺Guam	751	444	307
195	🇹🇴Tonga	699	414	285
196	🇬🇫French Guiana	676	414	261
197	🇰🇮Kiribati	632	322	310
198	🇩🇲Dominica	629	319	311
199	🇸🇨Seychelles	599	330	269
200	🇵🇫French Polynesia	574	346	228
201	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	561	323	238
202	🇦🇼Aruba	560	303	257
203	🇬🇬Guernsey	528	254	274
204	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	494	260	234
205	🇦🇩Andorra	442	248	194
206	🇬🇱Greenland	436	262	174
207	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	419	212	207
208	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	415	225	190
209	🇾🇹Mayotte	412	235	177
210	🇧🇲Bermuda	374	209	166
211	🇲🇨Monaco	373	202	171
212	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	351	198	153
213	🇦🇸American Samoa	262	150	112
214	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	247	126	121
215	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	242	138	104
216	🇸🇲San Marino	241	120	121
217	🇬🇮Gibraltar	185	90	95
218	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	184	109	75
219	🇵🇼Palau	175	106	69
220	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	115	64	52
221	🇨🇰Cook Islands	112	67	45
222	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	107	64	44
223	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	99	60	39
224	🇹🇻Tuvalu	98	49	48
225	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	95	54	42
226	🇳🇷Nauru	86	53	33
227	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	83	47	36
228	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	73	37	36
229	🇲🇸Montserrat	72	35	36
230	🇦🇮Anguilla	65	34	31
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	61	31	31
232	🇸🇭Saint Helena	52	26	26
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	41	23	18
234	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	27	15	11
235	🇳🇺Niue	25	14	11
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	9	4	4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2000

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	27,090,733	14,620,900	12,469,833
2	Africa	10,614,270	5,526,827	5,087,443
3	Europe	8,401,888	4,281,434	4,120,453
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,172,244	1,811,137	1,361,107
5	Northern America	2,608,888	1,295,969	1,312,919
6	Oceania	211,796	113,571	98,225

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2000

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,399,697	6,581,025	5,818,672
2	Eastern Asia	9,561,598	5,238,023	4,323,575
3	Eastern Europe	4,271,675	2,237,855	2,033,820
4	Western Africa	3,719,402	1,931,553	1,787,849
5	Eastern Africa	3,711,693	1,914,455	1,797,238
6	South-Eastern Asia	3,618,720	1,968,503	1,650,217
7	South America	2,185,602	1,257,173	928,429
8	Western Europe	1,760,485	850,203	910,282
9	Middle Africa	1,489,948	784,189	705,759
10	Southern Europe	1,389,935	718,680	671,255
11	Northern Africa	1,123,601	607,338	516,263
12	Western Asia	1,062,368	589,110	473,258
13	Northern Europe	979,793	474,696	505,097
14	Central America	692,589	394,541	298,048
15	Southern Africa	569,626	289,292	280,334
16	Central Asia	448,350	244,239	204,111
17	Caribbean	294,053	159,423	134,630
18	Australia/New Zealand	155,299	80,746	74,553
19	Melanesia	51,061	29,665	21,396
20	Micronesia	2,718	1,557	1,161
21	Polynesia	2,718	1,603	1,115

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2000

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	37,072,043	19,920,192	17,151,851
2	Lower-middle-income countries	21,884,632	11,577,904	10,306,728
3	Upper-middle-income countries	15,187,411	8,342,288	6,845,123
4	High-income countries	9,390,364	4,786,419	4,603,945
5	Low-income countries	5,513,719	2,868,852	2,644,867
6	No income group available	123,693	74,375	49,318

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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