Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2002

-5 year -1 year 2002 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2002, a total of 52,481,447 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 28,000,845 were male and 24,480,602 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,185,917 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,767,733, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,433,211 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 24 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 27,059,516 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10799.192, and Europe with 8,520,890 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,388,800 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,497,956, and Eastern Europe with 4,372,520 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 37,346,456. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 129,469 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2002

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2002

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,185,917	4,861,382	4,324,536
2	🇨🇳China	7,767,733	4,373,677	3,394,056
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,433,211	1,208,253	1,224,958
4	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2,363,373	1,269,429	1,093,944
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,192,454	1,142,809	1,049,645
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,595,707	837,775	757,932
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,383,913	755,876	628,037
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,142,124	670,428	471,696
9	🇯🇵Japan	1,048,502	564,500	484,003
10	🇪🇹Ethiopia	992,414	513,533	478,881
11	🇧🇩Bangladesh	886,483	488,024	398,459
12	🇩🇪Germany	841,727	389,050	452,677
13	🇺🇦Ukraine	753,559	384,325	369,234
14	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	733,168	386,111	347,057
15	🇬🇧United Kingdom	604,584	287,001	317,583
16	🇿🇦South Africa	561,305	277,687	283,618
17	🇮🇹Italy	558,834	278,300	280,533
18	🇫🇷France	534,900	272,635	262,265
19	🇲🇽Mexico	499,949	281,257	218,692
20	🇻🇳Viet Nam	468,265	267,600	200,665
21	🇪🇬Egypt	461,231	241,582	219,649
22	🇲🇲Myanmar	459,819	253,403	206,416
23	🇵🇭Philippines	457,534	241,952	215,582
24	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	447,113	230,477	216,636
25	🇹🇭Thailand	393,681	233,676	160,005
26	🇪🇸Spain	365,172	190,704	174,468
27	🇹🇷Türkiye	360,651	201,356	159,295
28	🇺🇬Uganda	360,061	187,902	172,159
29	🇵🇱Poland	359,515	191,733	167,781
30	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	344,807	196,454	148,353
31	🇰🇪Kenya	338,686	172,327	166,359
32	🇦🇴Angola	302,143	161,661	140,482
33	🇦🇷Argentina	284,915	155,166	129,749
34	🇷🇴Romania	275,845	144,188	131,657
35	🇲🇿Mozambique	275,764	141,425	134,339
36	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	263,251	132,734	130,517
37	🇸🇩Sudan	258,286	145,892	112,395
38	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	247,048	132,833	114,216
39	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	233,316	131,235	102,082
40	🇦🇫Afghanistan	229,450	120,036	109,414
41	🇨🇦Canada	223,378	113,159	110,219
42	🇨🇴Colombia	212,844	127,224	85,620
43	🇲🇼Malawi	208,421	107,506	100,915
44	🇨🇲Cameroon	207,576	107,576	100,000
45	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	204,440	101,253	103,186
46	🇳🇪Niger	202,817	102,154	100,663
47	🇬🇭Ghana	202,098	105,173	96,925
48	🇳🇵Nepal	202,090	108,506	93,584
49	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	187,346	96,000	91,345
50	🇲🇦Morocco	185,403	100,778	84,624
51	🇲🇱Mali	178,064	91,587	86,477
52	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	170,055	91,345	78,710
53	🇲🇬Madagascar	167,805	88,168	79,637
54	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	165,899	90,131	75,768
55	🇿🇲Zambia	160,701	79,741	80,960
56	🇮🇶Iraq	156,488	85,609	70,878
57	🇵🇪Peru	156,445	85,389	71,056
58	🇩🇿Algeria	156,069	83,215	72,854
59	🇹🇩Chad	153,994	78,976	75,018
60	🇧🇾Belarus	151,510	80,411	71,098
61	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	150,312	91,161	59,151
62	🇸🇴Somalia	147,540	77,286	70,254
63	🇳🇱Netherlands	142,388	68,919	73,468
64	🇾🇪Yemen	141,993	75,613	66,380
65	🇦🇺Australia	133,196	68,723	64,473
66	🇭🇺Hungary	132,827	68,808	64,019
67	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	128,216	79,600	48,616
68	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	126,935	76,103	50,831
69	🇧🇬Bulgaria	121,957	63,108	58,849
70	🇬🇳Guinea	121,135	59,665	61,470
71	🇷🇼Rwanda	116,920	57,800	59,119
72	🇸🇸South Sudan	114,482	58,298	56,184
73	🇨🇿Czechia	108,079	54,315	53,764
74	🇲🇾Malaysia	106,385	60,049	46,336
75	🇸🇳Senegal	106,349	54,048	52,301
76	🇵🇹Portugal	106,177	55,288	50,890
77	🇬🇷Greece	106,079	59,297	46,782
78	🇧🇪Belgium	106,079	52,583	53,496
79	🇰🇭Cambodia	102,382	52,844	49,538
80	🇷🇸Serbia	98,887	52,352	46,536
81	🇧🇮Burundi	96,574	50,199	46,376
82	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	95,171	48,195	46,976
83	🇸🇪Sweden	95,017	45,765	49,252
84	🇧🇯Benin	87,469	44,853	42,616
85	🇭🇹Haiti	86,950	45,203	41,747
86	🇨🇺Cuba	83,136	46,232	36,904
87	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	82,739	44,413	38,325
88	🇨🇱Chile	79,000	44,360	34,640
89	🇦🇹Austria	76,117	35,177	40,940
90	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	72,524	43,877	28,646
91	🇬🇹Guatemala	72,168	42,090	30,078
92	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	70,276	40,593	29,683
93	🇨🇫Central African Republic	67,439	35,574	31,865
94	🇪🇨Ecuador	63,789	35,995	27,794
95	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	61,866	34,038	27,828
96	🇨🇭Switzerland	61,706	29,660	32,046
97	🇹🇬Togo	60,923	30,992	29,931
98	🇩🇰Denmark	58,662	28,388	30,274
99	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	55,010	29,017	25,993
100	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	54,638	30,758	23,879
101	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	54,401	27,074	27,327
102	🇭🇷Croatia	53,158	26,552	26,607
103	🇸🇰Slovakia	51,427	27,360	24,066
104	🇫🇮Finland	49,412	23,948	25,464
105	🇹🇳Tunisia	49,132	28,146	20,986
106	🇬🇪Georgia	46,665	24,259	22,406
107	🇹🇯Tajikistan	44,521	24,314	20,206
108	🇳🇴Norway	44,459	21,628	22,831
109	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	44,276	25,712	18,565
110	🇱🇹Lithuania	42,907	22,751	20,156
111	🇱🇷Liberia	41,726	22,164	19,562
112	🇮🇱Israel	38,447	19,385	19,063
113	🇨🇬Congo	38,285	19,018	19,268
114	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	38,109	20,792	17,317
115	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	37,255	18,072	19,183
116	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	37,246	21,235	16,010
117	🇱🇸Lesotho	36,929	19,158	17,771
118	🇸🇻El Salvador	36,637	21,367	15,270
119	🇭🇳Honduras	34,052	18,636	15,416
120	🇱🇻Latvia	33,744	16,895	16,849
121	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	32,356	17,624	14,731
122	🇺🇾Uruguay	30,171	16,350	13,821
123	🇳🇮Nicaragua	30,096	16,598	13,498
124	🇵🇾Paraguay	29,625	17,207	12,418
125	🇮🇪Ireland	29,439	15,233	14,207
126	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	29,249	16,630	12,619
127	🇳🇿New Zealand	28,082	14,032	14,050
128	🇦🇲Armenia	26,832	14,262	12,569
129	🇱🇾Libya	25,164	14,765	10,399
130	🇪🇷Eritrea	24,824	12,908	11,915
131	🇳🇦Namibia	24,789	12,483	12,306
132	🇲🇷Mauritania	24,644	12,925	11,718
133	🇧🇼Botswana	24,261	12,333	11,928
134	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	19,423	10,395	9,028
135	🇯🇴Jordan	19,398	10,885	8,513
136	🇱🇧Lebanon	19,143	10,111	9,032
137	🇦🇱Albania	18,767	10,532	8,235
138	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,366	9,497	8,868
139	🇪🇪Estonia	18,320	9,349	8,971
140	🇲🇰North Macedonia	18,146	10,027	8,119
141	🇲🇳Mongolia	18,058	10,738	7,320
142	🇯🇲Jamaica	18,028	9,268	8,760
143	🇬🇲Gambia	17,643	9,323	8,320
144	🇸🇿Eswatini	17,488	8,990	8,498
145	🇸🇬Singapore	17,482	9,909	7,573
146	🇨🇷Costa Rica	16,464	9,341	7,124
147	🇵🇦Panama	14,432	8,248	6,183
148	🇬🇦Gabon	13,084	6,701	6,383
149	🇵🇸State of Palestine	12,739	6,970	5,769
150	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	9,701	5,150	4,551
151	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	9,334	4,909	4,425
152	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	8,786	4,843	3,943
153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	8,767	4,927	3,840
154	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,336	4,709	3,627
155	🇩🇯Djibouti	8,276	4,323	3,953
156	🇴🇲Oman	7,340	4,749	2,591
157	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	7,091	5,224	1,867
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,937	3,673	3,264
159	🇫🇯Fiji	5,971	3,332	2,639
160	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,833	2,926	2,907
161	🇰🇲Comoros	5,779	3,107	2,672
162	🇬🇾Guyana	5,635	3,243	2,392
163	🇧🇹Bhutan	4,723	2,662	2,061
164	🇷🇪Réunion	4,256	2,489	1,768
165	🇸🇷Suriname	4,137	2,367	1,769
166	🇰🇼Kuwait	3,833	2,455	1,379
167	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,721	1,884	1,837
168	🇲🇹Malta	3,177	1,684	1,493
169	🇲🇶Martinique	2,697	1,439	1,258
170	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,689	1,483	1,207
171	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,667	1,604	1,063
172	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	2,513	1,365	1,148
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,477	1,182	1,296
174	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2,148	1,239	908
175	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,930	1,062	868
176	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,874	1,177	696
177	🇮🇸Iceland	1,822	935	887
178	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,643	904	739
179	🇶🇦Qatar	1,524	1,089	435
180	🇧🇿Belize	1,468	858	610
181	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,325	699	625
182	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,179	609	569
183	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1,157	690	467
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,142	678	464
185	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,122	619	502
186	🇲🇻Maldives	1,115	649	466
187	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,055	642	413
188	🇼🇸Samoa	949	553	396
189	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	948	544	404
190	🇮🇲Isle of Man	939	451	488
191	🇯🇪Jersey	822	395	427
192	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	777	430	346
193	🇬🇩Grenada	776	399	377
194	🇬🇺Guam	721	435	285
195	🇬🇫French Guiana	716	441	275
196	🇹🇴Tonga	701	411	291
197	🇩🇲Dominica	657	346	311
198	🇰🇮Kiribati	636	320	316
199	🇵🇫French Polynesia	620	374	247
200	🇸🇨Seychelles	605	346	259
201	🇦🇼Aruba	588	317	271
202	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	582	327	255
203	🇬🇬Guernsey	532	258	274
204	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	491	220	272
205	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	468	244	225
206	🇦🇩Andorra	435	246	189
207	🇾🇹Mayotte	433	246	186
208	🇬🇱Greenland	418	263	154
209	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	414	218	197
210	🇲🇨Monaco	358	183	174
211	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	348	198	150
212	🇧🇲Bermuda	342	164	178
213	🇦🇸American Samoa	266	154	112
214	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	247	140	108
215	🇸🇲San Marino	236	109	127
216	🇬🇮Gibraltar	210	104	106
217	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	206	103	102
218	🇵🇼Palau	172	104	68
219	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	171	102	70
220	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	116	64	52
221	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	111	66	45
222	🇨🇰Cook Islands	104	64	40
223	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	103	61	42
224	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	98	56	42
225	🇹🇻Tuvalu	97	50	47
226	🇳🇷Nauru	88	54	34
227	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	80	49	32
228	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	70	35	35
229	🇦🇮Anguilla	66	35	30
230	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	62	32	30
231	🇲🇸Montserrat	61	31	30
232	🇸🇭Saint Helena	54	27	27
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	43	24	19
234	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	25	15	10
235	🇳🇺Niue	24	14	10
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	9	4	4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2002

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	27,059,516	14,760,631	12,298,885
2	Africa	10,799,192	5,606,250	5,192,942
3	Europe	8,520,890	4,354,751	4,166,139
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,222,576	1,839,433	1,383,143
5	Northern America	2,657,397	1,321,869	1,335,528
6	Oceania	221,876	117,911	103,965

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2002

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,388,800	6,624,742	5,764,058
2	Eastern Asia	9,497,956	5,314,605	4,183,350
3	Eastern Europe	4,372,520	2,310,766	2,061,754
4	Western Africa	3,786,870	1,964,507	1,822,363
5	Eastern Africa	3,683,414	1,894,015	1,789,399
6	South-Eastern Asia	3,666,190	1,991,746	1,674,444
7	South America	2,219,066	1,278,681	940,385
8	Western Europe	1,767,195	850,194	917,001
9	Middle Africa	1,526,704	801,458	725,246
10	Southern Europe	1,400,048	720,588	679,460
11	Northern Africa	1,137,435	615,618	521,817
12	Western Asia	1,055,633	585,335	470,298
13	Northern Europe	981,127	473,203	507,924
14	Central America	705,275	398,400	306,875
15	Southern Africa	664,769	330,652	334,117
16	Central Asia	450,937	244,203	206,734
17	Caribbean	298,235	162,352	135,883
18	Australia/New Zealand	161,285	82,760	78,525
19	Melanesia	55,124	31,983	23,141
20	Polynesia	2,766	1,632	1,134
21	Micronesia	2,701	1,536	1,165

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2002

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	37,346,456	20,233,552	17,112,904
2	Lower-middle-income countries	22,005,066	11,691,786	10,313,280
3	Upper-middle-income countries	15,341,390	8,541,766	6,799,624
4	High-income countries	9,497,910	4,828,980	4,668,930
5	Low-income countries	5,507,612	2,860,757	2,646,855
6	No income group available	129,469	77,556	51,913

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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