Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2003

-5 year -1 year 2003 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2003, a total of 52,858,472 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 28,228,720 were male and 24,629,752 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,149,752 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,857,816, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,438,341 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 27,185,293 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10848.609, and Europe with 8,655,471 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,396,292 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,565,664, and Eastern Europe with 4,432,418 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 37,624,092. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 141,438 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2003

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2003

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,149,752	4,863,915	4,285,836
2	🇨🇳China	7,857,816	4,427,335	3,430,481
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,438,341	1,212,034	1,226,307
4	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2,378,150	1,282,402	1,095,748
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,202,301	1,148,172	1,054,129
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,611,652	858,355	753,297
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,389,323	761,249	628,073
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,152,752	671,992	480,760
9	🇯🇵Japan	1,086,210	583,141	503,069
10	🇪🇹Ethiopia	970,241	504,469	465,773
11	🇧🇩Bangladesh	895,671	501,364	394,308
12	🇩🇪Germany	854,182	396,225	457,957
13	🇺🇦Ukraine	764,515	386,321	378,194
14	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	738,007	386,044	351,963
15	🇬🇧United Kingdom	609,420	288,024	321,396
16	🇿🇦South Africa	608,547	300,268	308,279
17	🇮🇹Italy	582,137	285,707	296,430
18	🇫🇷France	550,965	278,209	272,757
19	🇲🇽Mexico	508,888	284,943	223,945
20	🇪🇬Egypt	479,852	252,574	227,278
21	🇻🇳Viet Nam	473,949	271,057	202,891
22	🇵🇭Philippines	463,177	244,608	218,570
23	🇲🇲Myanmar	461,213	255,475	205,739
24	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	436,986	224,892	212,094
25	🇹🇭Thailand	403,132	238,605	164,528
26	🇪🇸Spain	381,075	197,146	183,929
27	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	369,960	208,829	161,131
28	🇵🇱Poland	365,672	194,160	171,513
29	🇹🇷Türkiye	361,905	202,058	159,847
30	🇺🇬Uganda	354,765	182,799	171,966
31	🇰🇪Kenya	337,432	171,643	165,789
32	🇷🇴Romania	303,087	155,158	147,929
33	🇦🇷Argentina	301,102	157,731	143,371
34	🇦🇴Angola	286,044	151,239	134,805
35	🇲🇿Mozambique	277,355	141,317	136,039
36	🇸🇩Sudan	273,525	155,931	117,594
37	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	250,632	135,047	115,585
38	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	244,333	137,048	107,285
39	🇦🇫Afghanistan	240,215	126,086	114,129
40	🇨🇦Canada	226,028	114,806	111,222
41	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	216,086	103,514	112,572
42	🇨🇴Colombia	212,707	126,239	86,468
43	🇨🇲Cameroon	208,820	108,181	100,639
44	🇬🇭Ghana	202,796	105,918	96,878
45	🇲🇼Malawi	200,645	103,087	97,558
46	🇳🇪Niger	200,641	100,541	100,100
47	🇳🇵Nepal	195,544	104,598	90,946
48	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	188,030	96,202	91,828
49	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	187,850	96,799	91,051
50	🇲🇦Morocco	186,478	101,216	85,261
51	🇲🇱Mali	178,293	92,100	86,193
52	🇮🇶Iraq	175,362	101,767	73,595
53	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	169,366	91,201	78,165
54	🇲🇬Madagascar	166,764	87,919	78,845
55	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	165,942	91,313	74,629
56	🇩🇿Algeria	160,939	83,641	77,298
57	🇵🇪Peru	159,276	86,463	72,812
58	🇹🇩Chad	156,560	80,293	76,266
59	🇿🇲Zambia	155,078	77,178	77,900
60	🇸🇴Somalia	153,095	80,375	72,719
61	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	149,987	90,658	59,329
62	🇧🇾Belarus	148,407	78,878	69,530
63	🇳🇱Netherlands	141,723	68,954	72,769
64	🇾🇪Yemen	139,666	74,513	65,154
65	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	138,843	83,549	55,294
66	🇭🇺Hungary	135,804	69,985	65,819
67	🇦🇺Australia	131,930	68,016	63,914
68	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	131,314	80,752	50,562
69	🇬🇳Guinea	120,737	59,490	61,247
70	🇧🇬Bulgaria	120,653	63,001	57,652
71	🇨🇿Czechia	111,214	55,831	55,383
72	🇷🇼Rwanda	109,685	53,631	56,054
73	🇲🇾Malaysia	109,018	62,058	46,960
74	🇵🇹Portugal	108,562	55,839	52,724
75	🇬🇷Greece	107,990	60,088	47,903
76	🇧🇪Belgium	107,257	52,745	54,513
77	🇸🇸South Sudan	106,344	53,586	52,758
78	🇸🇳Senegal	103,869	53,225	50,644
79	🇷🇸Serbia	100,538	53,323	47,215
80	🇰🇭Cambodia	97,735	50,565	47,170
81	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	96,252	48,700	47,553
82	🇧🇮Burundi	95,720	49,450	46,269
83	🇸🇪Sweden	92,836	45,299	47,537
84	🇧🇯Benin	89,227	45,846	43,381
85	🇭🇹Haiti	85,514	44,713	40,801
86	🇨🇺Cuba	84,808	47,224	37,584
87	🇨🇱Chile	83,178	46,132	37,046
88	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	81,938	44,202	37,736
89	🇦🇹Austria	77,094	35,402	41,693
90	🇬🇹Guatemala	72,144	42,094	30,050
91	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	72,036	43,442	28,594
92	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	69,988	40,777	29,210
93	🇨🇫Central African Republic	68,176	35,707	32,469
94	🇪🇨Ecuador	64,179	36,173	28,006
95	🇨🇭Switzerland	63,090	30,269	32,821
96	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	62,027	34,062	27,964
97	🇹🇬Togo	61,369	31,147	30,222
98	🇩🇰Denmark	57,684	28,240	29,444
99	🇭🇷Croatia	55,017	27,346	27,671
100	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	54,932	29,291	25,642
101	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	54,421	30,372	24,049
102	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	52,745	26,391	26,354
103	🇸🇰Slovakia	52,179	27,679	24,499
104	🇹🇳Tunisia	49,841	28,620	21,221
105	🇫🇮Finland	48,960	23,861	25,099
106	🇬🇪Georgia	46,233	24,036	22,196
107	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	45,677	26,529	19,147
108	🇱🇷Liberia	43,459	23,619	19,840
109	🇹🇯Tajikistan	43,280	23,696	19,584
110	🇱🇹Lithuania	42,662	22,769	19,893
111	🇳🇴Norway	42,458	20,570	21,888
112	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	38,815	21,954	16,861
113	🇱🇸Lesotho	38,799	20,084	18,715
114	🇮🇱Israel	38,409	19,347	19,062
115	🇸🇻El Salvador	38,074	22,121	15,952
116	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	37,935	20,803	17,133
117	🇨🇬Congo	37,438	18,562	18,876
118	🇭🇳Honduras	34,453	18,839	15,614
119	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	34,365	17,708	16,657
120	🇱🇻Latvia	33,686	16,384	17,302
121	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	32,401	17,731	14,670
122	🇳🇮Nicaragua	30,778	16,982	13,796
123	🇺🇾Uruguay	30,236	16,258	13,977
124	🇵🇾Paraguay	29,742	17,190	12,552
125	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	29,658	16,808	12,849
126	🇮🇪Ireland	28,806	14,713	14,093
127	🇳🇿New Zealand	28,063	14,031	14,032
128	🇦🇲Armenia	26,572	14,413	12,159
129	🇱🇾Libya	25,703	14,931	10,771
130	🇳🇦Namibia	25,403	12,732	12,671
131	🇲🇷Mauritania	25,011	13,139	11,873
132	🇪🇷Eritrea	24,667	12,888	11,780
133	🇧🇼Botswana	24,466	12,406	12,060
134	🇯🇴Jordan	19,752	11,080	8,672
135	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	19,333	10,292	9,041
136	🇸🇮Slovenia	19,103	9,883	9,220
137	🇦🇱Albania	18,903	10,637	8,266
138	🇱🇧Lebanon	18,897	9,795	9,102
139	🇸🇿Eswatini	18,677	9,412	9,265
140	🇪🇪Estonia	18,161	9,206	8,955
141	🇯🇲Jamaica	18,136	9,444	8,691
142	🇲🇰North Macedonia	18,101	9,825	8,276
143	🇸🇬Singapore	18,000	10,307	7,693
144	🇲🇳Mongolia	17,645	10,779	6,866
145	🇬🇲Gambia	17,629	9,219	8,410
146	🇨🇷Costa Rica	16,967	9,571	7,396
147	🇵🇦Panama	14,528	8,297	6,232
148	🇬🇦Gabon	13,123	6,788	6,335
149	🇵🇸State of Palestine	12,974	7,233	5,740
150	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	9,889	5,236	4,653
151	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	9,553	5,251	4,302
152	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	9,299	4,904	4,395
153	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	8,705	4,806	3,898
154	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,415	4,751	3,664
155	🇩🇯Djibouti	8,358	4,395	3,963
156	🇴🇲Oman	7,226	4,714	2,512
157	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,907	3,678	3,229
158	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6,233	4,561	1,672
159	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,938	2,940	2,998
160	🇫🇯Fiji	5,924	3,286	2,638
161	🇰🇲Comoros	5,815	3,121	2,694
162	🇬🇾Guyana	5,714	3,289	2,426
163	🇧🇹Bhutan	4,762	2,689	2,073
164	🇸🇷Suriname	4,350	2,502	1,848
165	🇷🇪Réunion	4,186	2,423	1,763
166	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,053	2,007	2,045
167	🇰🇼Kuwait	4,014	2,597	1,418
168	🇲🇹Malta	3,186	1,705	1,481
169	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,722	1,633	1,090
170	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,705	1,492	1,213
171	🇲🇶Martinique	2,663	1,426	1,237
172	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	2,502	1,371	1,131
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,496	1,209	1,287
174	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2,207	1,282	925
175	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,956	1,077	879
176	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,900	1,179	721
177	🇮🇸Iceland	1,836	907	929
178	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,686	923	763
179	🇶🇦Qatar	1,591	1,144	447
180	🇧🇿Belize	1,493	870	622
181	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,309	693	616
182	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,195	619	576
183	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1,186	706	480
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,177	697	480
185	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,125	627	499
186	🇲🇻Maldives	1,095	646	449
187	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,057	640	418
188	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	986	558	428
189	🇼🇸Samoa	958	553	405
190	🇮🇲Isle of Man	920	414	506
191	🇬🇩Grenada	792	419	373
192	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	781	424	357
193	🇯🇪Jersey	752	363	388
194	🇬🇫French Guiana	741	459	282
195	🇬🇺Guam	706	417	288
196	🇹🇴Tonga	704	409	294
197	🇩🇲Dominica	699	355	343
198	🇵🇫French Polynesia	653	393	260
199	🇰🇮Kiribati	644	323	321
200	🇦🇼Aruba	606	325	280
201	🇸🇨Seychelles	599	337	261
202	🇬🇬Guernsey	543	261	282
203	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	529	304	225
204	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	479	242	238
205	🇾🇹Mayotte	443	252	191
206	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	418	228	190
207	🇬🇱Greenland	406	248	158
208	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	405	219	186
209	🇧🇲Bermuda	400	196	204
210	🇦🇩Andorra	387	231	157
211	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	351	200	152
212	🇲🇨Monaco	335	186	149
213	🇦🇸American Samoa	274	158	116
214	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	248	140	108
215	🇸🇲San Marino	246	114	133
216	🇬🇮Gibraltar	227	107	120
217	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	207	95	113
218	🇵🇼Palau	174	104	69
219	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	167	100	68
220	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	127	69	57
221	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	113	67	46
222	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	107	63	45
223	🇨🇰Cook Islands	104	65	39
224	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	100	57	43
225	🇹🇻Tuvalu	96	50	46
226	🇳🇷Nauru	88	54	34
227	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	87	53	34
228	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	71	36	35
229	🇦🇮Anguilla	66	35	30
230	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	62	32	30
231	🇸🇭Saint Helena	53	27	26
232	🇲🇸Montserrat	53	28	26
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	44	25	19
234	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	24	14	10
235	🇳🇺Niue	24	14	10
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	9	5	4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2003

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	27,185,293	14,889,691	12,295,602
2	Africa	10,848,609	5,621,931	5,226,678
3	Europe	8,655,471	4,412,588	4,242,883
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,281,836	1,859,197	1,422,639
5	Northern America	2,665,221	1,327,302	1,337,919
6	Oceania	222,042	118,011	104,031

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2003

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,396,292	6,660,011	5,736,281
2	Eastern Asia	9,565,664	5,358,724	4,206,940
3	Eastern Europe	4,432,418	2,339,798	2,092,620
4	Western Africa	3,802,139	1,974,048	1,828,091
5	South-Eastern Asia	3,702,713	2,025,832	1,676,881
6	Eastern Africa	3,632,693	1,862,051	1,770,642
7	South America	2,264,758	1,292,198	972,560
8	Western Europe	1,798,898	864,099	934,799
9	Middle Africa	1,519,372	792,747	726,625
10	Southern Europe	1,445,029	737,467	707,562
11	Northern Africa	1,178,532	638,192	540,340
12	Western Asia	1,071,698	600,382	471,316
13	Northern Europe	979,126	471,224	507,902
14	Central America	717,326	403,727	313,599
15	Southern Africa	715,873	354,893	360,980
16	Central Asia	448,926	244,742	204,184
17	Caribbean	299,752	163,272	136,480
18	Australia/New Zealand	160,004	82,051	77,953
19	Melanesia	56,572	32,794	23,778
20	Polynesia	2,820	1,664	1,156
21	Micronesia	2,646	1,502	1,144

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2003

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	37,624,092	20,423,031	17,201,061
2	Lower-middle-income countries	22,062,652	11,758,677	10,303,975
3	Upper-middle-income countries	15,561,440	8,664,354	6,897,086
4	High-income countries	9,678,847	4,906,481	4,772,366
5	Low-income countries	5,414,095	2,814,152	2,599,943
6	No income group available	141,438	85,056	56,382

Data Information

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

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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