Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2004

-5 year -1 year 2004 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2004, a total of 52,965,047 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 28,345,632 were male and 24,619,415 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,135,916 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,962,096, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,391,583 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 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with 24 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 27,564,758 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10875.616, and Europe with 8,381,362 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,399,722 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,699,320, and Eastern Europe with 4,351,099 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 37,953,112. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 139,515 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2004

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2004

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,135,916	4,885,405	4,250,511
2	🇨🇳China	7,962,096	4,488,091	3,474,005
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,391,583	1,193,067	1,198,517
4	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2,306,801	1,249,512	1,057,289
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,225,369	1,156,824	1,068,546
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,806,890	937,682	869,208
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,397,637	772,774	624,864
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,155,996	676,649	479,348
9	🇯🇵Japan	1,101,430	589,045	512,385
10	🇪🇹Ethiopia	960,005	501,288	458,717
11	🇧🇩Bangladesh	895,505	499,407	396,098
12	🇩🇪Germany	819,054	383,191	435,863
13	🇺🇦Ukraine	759,468	390,097	369,372
14	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	738,234	383,520	354,714
15	🇿🇦South Africa	628,420	307,921	320,499
16	🇬🇧United Kingdom	582,109	277,382	304,727
17	🇮🇹Italy	540,418	269,751	270,667
18	🇲🇽Mexico	520,537	290,799	229,738
19	🇫🇷France	508,305	262,446	245,860
20	🇪🇬Egypt	484,286	255,828	228,458
21	🇻🇳Viet Nam	480,744	275,278	205,466
22	🇵🇭Philippines	470,633	247,204	223,429
23	🇲🇲Myanmar	461,663	253,150	208,513
24	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	433,364	223,004	210,360
25	🇹🇭Thailand	418,808	246,760	172,047
26	🇪🇸Spain	368,567	192,371	176,196
27	🇵🇱Poland	363,844	194,908	168,936
28	🇹🇷Türkiye	363,789	202,685	161,104
29	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	344,897	196,667	148,230
30	🇺🇬Uganda	342,198	174,734	167,464
31	🇰🇪Kenya	334,275	170,187	164,088
32	🇷🇴Romania	314,595	160,161	154,435
33	🇸🇩Sudan	298,167	172,302	125,865
34	🇦🇷Argentina	289,353	152,574	136,779
35	🇦🇴Angola	283,969	150,222	133,747
36	🇲🇿Mozambique	277,482	141,000	136,482
37	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	250,454	134,330	116,124
38	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	245,302	138,096	107,206
39	🇦🇫Afghanistan	243,367	127,566	115,801
40	🇨🇦Canada	226,334	114,435	111,899
41	🇨🇴Colombia	213,860	126,325	87,535
42	🇨🇲Cameroon	211,376	109,710	101,666
43	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	207,924	101,145	106,779
44	🇬🇭Ghana	207,457	108,136	99,320
45	🇳🇪Niger	196,390	99,120	97,270
46	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	196,115	100,789	95,326
47	🇲🇼Malawi	193,179	99,161	94,018
48	🇳🇵Nepal	192,112	103,406	88,706
49	🇲🇦Morocco	188,182	101,844	86,338
50	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	187,844	96,100	91,743
51	🇮🇶Iraq	186,147	110,837	75,310
52	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	184,233	105,137	79,096
53	🇲🇱Mali	178,745	92,686	86,059
54	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	170,355	92,475	77,880
55	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	166,195	91,953	74,242
56	🇲🇬Madagascar	165,424	88,415	77,009
57	🇵🇪Peru	163,439	88,387	75,052
58	🇹🇩Chad	162,377	83,890	78,487
59	🇩🇿Algeria	161,071	84,359	76,711
60	🇸🇴Somalia	158,849	83,502	75,347
61	🇿🇲Zambia	150,472	74,452	76,019
62	🇧🇾Belarus	145,801	77,211	68,589
63	🇾🇪Yemen	138,505	73,492	65,013
64	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	136,849	81,734	55,115
65	🇳🇱Netherlands	136,388	66,275	70,114
66	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	135,141	83,863	51,278
67	🇭🇺Hungary	132,529	68,368	64,161
68	🇦🇺Australia	132,372	68,339	64,033
69	🇬🇳Guinea	120,381	59,557	60,824
70	🇧🇬Bulgaria	118,212	62,150	56,062
71	🇲🇾Malaysia	113,037	64,322	48,715
72	🇬🇷Greece	107,635	60,321	47,314
73	🇨🇿Czechia	107,056	54,137	52,920
74	🇸🇸South Sudan	106,396	53,464	52,932
75	🇷🇸Serbia	102,289	54,502	47,787
76	🇧🇪Belgium	102,274	50,901	51,373
77	🇵🇹Portugal	101,866	53,020	48,846
78	🇷🇼Rwanda	101,635	49,930	51,704
79	🇸🇳Senegal	101,255	51,600	49,655
80	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	96,575	48,701	47,874
81	🇧🇮Burundi	94,924	48,881	46,042
82	🇰🇭Cambodia	94,696	48,451	46,245
83	🇭🇹Haiti	91,396	47,408	43,988
84	🇧🇯Benin	91,150	46,498	44,652
85	🇸🇪Sweden	90,564	43,921	46,643
86	🇨🇺Cuba	86,402	48,008	38,394
87	🇨🇱Chile	84,744	47,194	37,550
88	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	81,052	43,554	37,498
89	🇦🇹Austria	74,290	34,586	39,704
90	🇬🇹Guatemala	72,426	42,281	30,145
91	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	72,079	41,190	30,889
92	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	70,160	42,695	27,465
93	🇨🇫Central African Republic	68,695	35,932	32,764
94	🇪🇨Ecuador	64,855	36,542	28,313
95	🇹🇬Togo	62,925	31,648	31,277
96	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	61,935	33,751	28,185
97	🇨🇭Switzerland	60,168	28,960	31,208
98	🇩🇰Denmark	55,898	27,531	28,366
99	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	55,562	29,849	25,713
100	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	55,159	30,782	24,377
101	🇭🇷Croatia	51,858	25,990	25,868
102	🇸🇰Slovakia	51,812	27,287	24,526
103	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	50,971	25,967	25,004
104	🇹🇳Tunisia	50,897	29,431	21,467
105	🇫🇮Finland	47,556	23,782	23,775
106	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	47,409	27,678	19,731
107	🇬🇪Georgia	46,588	24,151	22,437
108	🇱🇹Lithuania	43,016	22,778	20,237
109	🇹🇯Tajikistan	42,855	23,741	19,113
110	🇳🇴Norway	41,225	19,974	21,251
111	🇱🇸Lesotho	40,297	20,872	19,425
112	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	40,035	22,604	17,432
113	🇸🇻El Salvador	38,975	22,608	16,367
114	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	38,606	20,892	17,714
115	🇱🇷Liberia	37,901	20,096	17,804
116	🇮🇱Israel	37,804	18,997	18,807
117	🇨🇬Congo	36,783	18,241	18,541
118	🇭🇳Honduras	34,524	19,116	15,408
119	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	34,493	17,417	17,076
120	🇱🇻Latvia	33,267	16,438	16,829
121	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	32,524	17,951	14,573
122	🇳🇮Nicaragua	31,089	17,190	13,899
123	🇺🇾Uruguay	30,337	16,177	14,160
124	🇵🇾Paraguay	30,110	17,384	12,727
125	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	29,777	16,889	12,887
126	🇳🇿New Zealand	28,413	14,057	14,356
127	🇮🇪Ireland	28,340	14,603	13,737
128	🇦🇲Armenia	27,483	14,552	12,931
129	🇱🇾Libya	25,778	14,928	10,850
130	🇳🇦Namibia	25,647	12,982	12,664
131	🇪🇷Eritrea	25,582	13,349	12,234
132	🇲🇷Mauritania	25,233	13,248	11,985
133	🇧🇼Botswana	24,275	12,283	11,992
134	🇯🇴Jordan	20,143	11,299	8,844
135	🇸🇿Eswatini	19,652	9,825	9,828
136	🇦🇱Albania	19,095	10,746	8,349
137	🇱🇧Lebanon	19,008	9,935	9,073
138	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	19,001	10,109	8,892
139	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,229	9,315	8,914
140	🇸🇬Singapore	18,057	10,327	7,730
141	🇯🇲Jamaica	18,053	9,589	8,465
142	🇲🇰North Macedonia	17,889	9,647	8,242
143	🇪🇪Estonia	17,725	9,062	8,663
144	🇬🇲Gambia	17,513	9,135	8,378
145	🇲🇳Mongolia	17,451	10,669	6,782
146	🇨🇷Costa Rica	17,196	9,670	7,526
147	🇵🇦Panama	14,721	8,410	6,311
148	🇬🇦Gabon	13,299	6,862	6,437
149	🇵🇸State of Palestine	13,230	7,440	5,791
150	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	10,122	5,350	4,772
151	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	9,301	4,901	4,400
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	8,849	4,972	3,877
153	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	8,603	4,769	3,833
154	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,533	4,822	3,711
155	🇩🇯Djibouti	8,421	4,404	4,016
156	🇴🇲Oman	7,152	4,652	2,500
157	🇨🇾Cyprus	7,000	3,715	3,285
158	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6,344	4,659	1,685
159	🇫🇯Fiji	5,973	3,303	2,671
160	🇰🇲Comoros	5,833	3,148	2,685
161	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,768	2,973	2,795
162	🇬🇾Guyana	5,675	3,292	2,383
163	🇧🇹Bhutan	4,853	2,744	2,109
164	🇸🇷Suriname	4,344	2,518	1,827
165	🇰🇼Kuwait	4,305	2,817	1,488
166	🇷🇪Réunion	4,252	2,448	1,804
167	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,589	1,811	1,778
168	🇲🇹Malta	3,163	1,628	1,534
169	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,770	1,655	1,115
170	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,704	1,500	1,204
171	🇲🇶Martinique	2,623	1,410	1,213
172	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	2,529	1,414	1,114
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,486	1,191	1,295
174	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2,261	1,318	944
175	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,998	1,098	900
176	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,962	1,224	737
177	🇮🇸Iceland	1,833	970	864
178	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,735	950	785
179	🇶🇦Qatar	1,604	1,170	434
180	🇧🇿Belize	1,504	875	629
181	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,290	693	597
182	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1,221	726	495
183	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,221	635	586
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,216	716	500
185	🇲🇻Maldives	1,203	708	495
186	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,133	630	503
187	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,079	655	424
188	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	1,022	580	442
189	🇼🇸Samoa	967	554	413
190	🇮🇲Isle of Man	871	420	451
191	🇬🇩Grenada	871	456	415
192	🇬🇫French Guiana	763	471	292
193	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	754	406	349
194	🇯🇪Jersey	737	358	379
195	🇬🇺Guam	706	410	296
196	🇹🇴Tonga	704	407	297
197	🇵🇫French Polynesia	691	416	275
198	🇩🇲Dominica	668	332	336
199	🇰🇮Kiribati	660	331	330
200	🇦🇼Aruba	636	345	291
201	🇸🇨Seychelles	603	341	262
202	🇦🇩Andorra	581	302	278
203	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	529	303	225
204	🇬🇬Guernsey	518	249	269
205	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	494	205	290
206	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	479	237	242
207	🇾🇹Mayotte	455	258	197
208	🇬🇱Greenland	420	260	161
209	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	392	215	177
210	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	356	201	155
211	🇧🇲Bermuda	351	204	147
212	🇲🇨Monaco	313	168	146
213	🇦🇸American Samoa	259	147	112
214	🇸🇲San Marino	254	119	135
215	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	251	141	110
216	🇬🇮Gibraltar	211	100	111
217	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	180	97	83
218	🇵🇼Palau	178	105	73
219	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	169	100	69
220	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	130	71	59
221	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	115	68	46
222	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	111	64	47
223	🇨🇰Cook Islands	105	67	38
224	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	102	59	43
225	🇹🇻Tuvalu	98	51	46
226	🇳🇷Nauru	89	54	35
227	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	85	53	31
228	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	72	38	34
229	🇦🇮Anguilla	67	36	31
230	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	61	33	29
231	🇸🇭Saint Helena	51	27	24
232	🇲🇸Montserrat	51	27	25
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	46	26	20
234	🇳🇺Niue	25	14	11
235	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	24	14	10
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	9	5	4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2004

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	27,564,758	15,102,722	12,462,036
2	Africa	10,875,616	5,635,445	5,240,171
3	Europe	8,381,362	4,308,978	4,072,385
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,299,804	1,870,923	1,428,881
5	Northern America	2,618,741	1,307,989	1,310,752
6	Oceania	224,765	119,575	105,190

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2004

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,399,722	6,693,803	5,705,919
2	Eastern Asia	9,699,320	5,434,113	4,265,207
3	Eastern Europe	4,351,099	2,309,796	2,041,303
4	South-Eastern Asia	3,929,923	2,118,538	1,811,385
5	Western Africa	3,820,733	1,979,199	1,841,534
6	Eastern Africa	3,579,831	1,837,947	1,741,884
7	South America	2,261,402	1,292,811	968,591
8	Western Europe	1,704,550	828,431	876,119
9	Middle Africa	1,526,140	794,414	731,726
10	Southern Europe	1,381,581	713,084	668,497
11	Northern Africa	1,210,624	660,003	550,621
12	Western Asia	1,085,253	609,252	476,001
13	Northern Europe	944,133	457,667	486,466
14	Southern Africa	738,288	363,882	374,406
15	Central America	730,990	410,954	320,036
16	Central Asia	450,540	247,016	203,524
17	Caribbean	307,412	167,158	140,254
18	Australia/New Zealand	160,796	82,405	78,391
19	Melanesia	58,445	34,000	24,445
20	Polynesia	2,857	1,671	1,186
21	Micronesia	2,667	1,499	1,168

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2004

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	37,953,112	20,622,183	17,330,929
2	Lower-middle-income countries	22,296,590	11,893,233	10,403,357
3	Upper-middle-income countries	15,656,522	8,728,950	6,927,572
4	High-income countries	9,461,479	4,826,171	4,635,308
5	Low-income countries	5,410,941	2,813,987	2,596,954
6	No income group available	139,515	83,291	56,224

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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