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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2005

-5 year -1 year 2005 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2005, a total of 53,213,356 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 28,521,658 were male and 24,691,698 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,095,710 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 8,063,729, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,442,263 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 23 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 27,647,109 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10866.028, and Europe with 8,494,391 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,402,388 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,878,131, and Eastern Europe with 4,377,812 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 38,037,975. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 141,171 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2005

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2005

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇮🇳India 9,095,710 4,884,690 4,211,020
2 🇨🇳China 8,063,729 4,553,125 3,510,605
3 🇺🇸United States of America 2,442,263 1,220,482 1,221,781
4 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,321,138 1,256,195 1,064,943
5 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,232,152 1,158,342 1,073,811
6 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,679,144 882,713 796,431
7 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,467,794 814,535 653,259
8 🇯🇵Japan 1,164,011 619,790 544,222
9 🇧🇷Brazil 1,140,735 662,224 478,511
10 🇪🇹Ethiopia 947,564 501,153 446,411
11 🇧🇩Bangladesh 907,531 509,847 397,684
12 🇩🇪Germany 829,939 387,955 441,984
13 🇺🇦Ukraine 780,775 402,793 377,983
14 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 742,883 385,702 357,181
15 🇿🇦South Africa 645,838 312,932 332,906
16 🇬🇧United Kingdom 581,215 276,314 304,901
17 🇮🇹Italy 563,488 277,505 285,983
18 🇲🇽Mexico 536,265 299,202 237,063
19 🇫🇷France 525,879 269,963 255,916
20 🇪🇬Egypt 490,856 262,067 228,788
21 🇻🇳Viet Nam 488,022 277,948 210,074
22 🇵🇭Philippines 476,162 249,428 226,734
23 🇲🇲Myanmar 460,352 252,803 207,550
24 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 429,886 221,233 208,654
25 🇹🇭Thailand 415,962 245,484 170,478
26 🇪🇸Spain 384,161 199,392 184,769
27 🇵🇱Poland 368,483 196,959 171,524
28 🇹🇷Türkiye 367,664 205,009 162,655
29 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 348,018 198,077 149,940
30 🇰🇪Kenya 327,904 167,648 160,256
31 🇺🇬Uganda 326,161 166,645 159,516
32 🇸🇩Sudan 297,432 171,803 125,629
33 🇷🇴Romania 290,851 148,621 142,229
34 🇦🇷Argentina 290,130 154,422 135,708
35 🇦🇴Angola 281,595 149,012 132,583
36 🇲🇿Mozambique 278,369 141,063 137,307
37 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 249,624 133,784 115,840
38 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 244,811 137,225 107,586
39 🇦🇫Afghanistan 241,454 126,795 114,659
40 🇨🇦Canada 229,879 115,930 113,949
41 🇨🇲Cameroon 214,559 110,868 103,691
42 🇨🇴Colombia 214,241 125,810 88,431
43 🇬🇭Ghana 208,014 108,624 99,390
44 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 206,992 99,652 107,340
45 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 204,865 105,081 99,784
46 🇮🇶Iraq 193,047 115,662 77,385
47 🇳🇪Niger 193,016 97,507 95,510
48 🇳🇵Nepal 188,292 101,319 86,973
49 🇲🇦Morocco 188,186 102,091 86,096
50 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 187,297 96,405 90,893
51 🇲🇼Malawi 186,932 96,334 90,598
52 🇲🇱Mali 180,345 93,620 86,725
53 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 175,394 92,927 82,466
54 🇵🇪Peru 169,011 91,200 77,812
55 🇹🇩Chad 168,246 86,775 81,471
56 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 167,065 93,377 73,688
57 🇲🇬Madagascar 165,990 88,412 77,578
58 🇸🇴Somalia 163,301 85,809 77,492
59 🇩🇿Algeria 163,225 85,306 77,919
60 🇧🇾Belarus 148,151 79,013 69,137
61 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 147,508 88,747 58,762
62 🇿🇲Zambia 146,214 72,260 73,954
63 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 140,688 87,281 53,408
64 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 138,428 82,971 55,457
65 🇾🇪Yemen 136,925 72,779 64,144
66 🇳🇱Netherlands 136,356 66,330 70,027
67 🇭🇺Hungary 135,656 69,709 65,947
68 🇦🇺Australia 131,515 67,562 63,953
69 🇧🇬Bulgaria 121,129 63,515 57,615
70 🇬🇳Guinea 119,644 59,406 60,238
71 🇲🇾Malaysia 116,415 66,183 50,232
72 🇨🇿Czechia 107,837 53,976 53,860
73 🇵🇹Portugal 107,398 55,437 51,961
74 🇬🇷Greece 106,968 60,512 46,455
75 🇸🇸South Sudan 106,554 53,467 53,087
76 🇷🇸Serbia 104,725 55,458 49,266
77 🇧🇪Belgium 103,473 51,315 52,158
78 🇸🇳Senegal 98,881 50,485 48,396
79 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 96,015 48,340 47,675
80 🇷🇼Rwanda 95,326 47,064 48,262
81 🇧🇮Burundi 94,817 48,935 45,882
82 🇰🇭Cambodia 93,326 47,790 45,536
83 🇧🇯Benin 92,233 47,378 44,855
84 🇸🇪Sweden 91,915 44,888 47,027
85 🇨🇺Cuba 87,791 48,657 39,134
86 🇨🇱Chile 85,697 47,523 38,175
87 🇭🇹Haiti 84,307 44,657 39,650
88 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 80,281 43,298 36,983
89 🇦🇹Austria 75,138 34,980 40,157
90 🇬🇹Guatemala 74,541 43,247 31,294
91 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 72,918 41,833 31,084
92 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 69,551 41,864 27,686
93 🇨🇫Central African Republic 69,011 36,140 32,870
94 🇪🇨Ecuador 65,859 37,159 28,701
95 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 63,555 34,592 28,963
96 🇹🇬Togo 63,273 31,801 31,472
97 🇨🇭Switzerland 61,062 29,686 31,375
98 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 55,012 29,711 25,301
99 🇩🇰Denmark 54,995 26,815 28,179
100 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 54,460 30,569 23,891
101 🇭🇷Croatia 53,686 26,717 26,968
102 🇸🇰Slovakia 53,452 28,132 25,320
103 🇹🇳Tunisia 51,368 29,988 21,380
104 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 50,345 25,861 24,484
105 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 48,983 28,445 20,537
106 🇫🇮Finland 47,902 24,033 23,868
107 🇬🇪Georgia 45,517 24,222 21,295
108 🇱🇹Lithuania 45,505 24,334 21,171
109 🇹🇯Tajikistan 42,465 23,586 18,879
110 🇳🇴Norway 41,211 20,106 21,105
111 🇱🇸Lesotho 40,976 21,211 19,765
112 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 40,358 22,592 17,766
113 🇸🇻El Salvador 40,151 23,183 16,967
114 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 39,209 21,379 17,831
115 🇮🇱Israel 38,796 19,250 19,546
116 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 38,009 19,651 18,358
117 🇱🇷Liberia 37,310 19,743 17,567
118 🇨🇬Congo 35,929 17,857 18,071
119 🇭🇳Honduras 34,602 18,887 15,715
120 🇱🇻Latvia 34,053 17,124 16,929
121 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 33,597 18,359 15,238
122 🇵🇾Paraguay 30,788 17,625 13,163
123 🇳🇮Nicaragua 30,718 17,057 13,661
124 🇺🇾Uruguay 30,483 16,116 14,367
125 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 30,287 17,171 13,116
126 🇮🇪Ireland 27,991 14,257 13,734
127 🇦🇲Armenia 27,303 14,787 12,515
128 🇳🇿New Zealand 27,120 13,466 13,653
129 🇱🇾Libya 26,357 15,163 11,193
130 🇲🇷Mauritania 25,727 13,515 12,212
131 🇳🇦Namibia 25,483 12,909 12,574
132 🇪🇷Eritrea 25,284 13,281 12,003
133 🇧🇼Botswana 23,765 12,084 11,680
134 🇯🇴Jordan 20,694 11,620 9,074
135 🇸🇿Eswatini 20,276 10,068 10,208
136 🇱🇧Lebanon 19,308 10,051 9,258
137 🇦🇱Albania 19,280 10,905 8,375
138 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 19,172 10,164 9,008
139 🇸🇮Slovenia 18,445 9,216 9,229
140 🇲🇰North Macedonia 18,403 9,910 8,493
141 🇲🇳Mongolia 17,915 11,014 6,901
142 🇯🇲Jamaica 17,869 9,502 8,367
143 🇸🇬Singapore 17,710 10,149 7,561
144 🇨🇷Costa Rica 17,584 9,920 7,664
145 🇬🇲Gambia 17,557 9,188 8,369
146 🇪🇪Estonia 17,280 8,828 8,452
147 🇵🇦Panama 14,955 8,561 6,393
148 🇬🇦Gabon 13,525 7,005 6,520
149 🇵🇸State of Palestine 12,683 6,864 5,819
150 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 10,407 5,492 4,915
151 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 9,287 4,896 4,391
152 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 8,969 5,059 3,911
153 🇲🇺Mauritius 8,652 4,905 3,747
154 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 8,532 4,727 3,804
155 🇩🇯Djibouti 8,317 4,421 3,896
156 🇴🇲Oman 7,328 4,788 2,540
157 🇨🇾Cyprus 7,099 3,778 3,320
158 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 6,429 4,739 1,690
159 🇲🇪Montenegro 6,131 3,095 3,036
160 🇫🇯Fiji 6,047 3,340 2,706
161 🇰🇲Comoros 5,939 3,212 2,727
162 🇬🇾Guyana 5,680 3,287 2,393
163 🇧🇹Bhutan 4,951 2,801 2,150
164 🇰🇼Kuwait 4,431 2,898 1,532
165 🇷🇪Réunion 4,358 2,504 1,854
166 🇸🇷Suriname 4,244 2,456 1,788
167 🇱🇺Luxembourg 3,621 1,778 1,843
168 🇲🇹Malta 3,148 1,651 1,497
169 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2,821 1,679 1,142
170 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,789 1,562 1,226
171 🇲🇶Martinique 2,575 1,378 1,197
172 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 2,549 1,401 1,148
173 🇧🇧Barbados 2,485 1,192 1,293
174 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2,318 1,354 964
175 🇧🇭Bahrain 2,021 1,273 747
176 🇧🇸Bahamas 2,021 1,113 908
177 🇮🇸Iceland 1,843 945 898
178 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,759 954 805
179 🇶🇦Qatar 1,648 1,230 418
180 🇧🇿Belize 1,538 888 650
181 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,312 709 603
182 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 1,258 746 512
183 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,253 735 519
184 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,244 648 596
185 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1,145 636 509
186 🇲🇻Maldives 1,143 694 449
187 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,101 668 432
188 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,043 594 448
189 🇼🇸Samoa 986 559 427
190 🇮🇲Isle of Man 848 411 437
191 🇬🇩Grenada 799 435 364
192 🇬🇫French Guiana 774 479 295
193 🇯🇪Jersey 741 362 379
194 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 740 405 335
195 🇵🇫French Polynesia 731 440 291
196 🇬🇺Guam 713 417 296
197 🇹🇴Tonga 709 406 303
198 🇰🇮Kiribati 680 340 340
199 🇩🇲Dominica 677 363 314
200 🇦🇼Aruba 644 347 297
201 🇸🇨Seychelles 602 341 261
202 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 560 281 279
203 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 528 304 224
204 🇦🇩Andorra 524 293 231
205 🇬🇬Guernsey 511 245 266
206 🇧🇲Bermuda 493 270 223
207 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 480 243 237
208 🇾🇹Mayotte 456 264 193
209 🇬🇱Greenland 438 256 182
210 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 396 211 186
211 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 361 202 160
212 🇲🇨Monaco 303 161 142
213 🇦🇸American Samoa 258 146 112
214 🇸🇲San Marino 253 117 136
215 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 251 142 109
216 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 208 113 95
217 🇬🇮Gibraltar 207 111 96
218 🇵🇼Palau 186 107 79
219 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 162 96 66
220 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 121 66 55
221 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 118 70 47
222 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 113 67 46
223 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 106 62 44
224 🇨🇰Cook Islands 105 68 37
225 🇹🇻Tuvalu 98 52 46
226 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 90 56 34
227 🇳🇷Nauru 89 55 35
228 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 77 40 38
229 🇦🇮Anguilla 67 37 31
230 🇲🇸Montserrat 60 31 29
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 55 31 23
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 53 27 25
233 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 47 26 21
234 🇳🇺Niue 24 14 10
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 23 14 10
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 13 6 7
237 🇻🇦Holy See 9 5 4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2005

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 27,647,109 15,199,131 12,447,978
2 Africa 10,866,028 5,634,878 5,231,150
3 Europe 8,494,391 4,360,822 4,133,569
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 3,308,268 1,870,758 1,437,510
5 Northern America 2,673,100 1,336,960 1,336,140
6 Oceania 224,460 119,109 105,351

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2005

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 12,402,388 6,727,496 5,674,892
2 Eastern Asia 9,878,131 5,537,055 4,341,076
3 Eastern Europe 4,377,812 2,324,769 2,053,043
4 Western Africa 3,822,879 1,979,745 1,843,134
5 South-Eastern Asia 3,811,903 2,067,692 1,744,211
6 Eastern Africa 3,529,605 1,818,587 1,711,018
7 South America 2,256,356 1,284,572 971,784
8 Western Europe 1,735,979 842,282 893,697
9 Middle Africa 1,537,467 799,566 737,901
10 Southern Europe 1,434,081 734,848 699,233
11 Northern Africa 1,219,759 667,784 551,975
12 Western Asia 1,096,957 617,261 479,696
13 Northern Europe 946,519 458,923 487,596
14 Southern Africa 756,318 369,196 387,122
15 Central America 750,366 420,954 329,412
16 Central Asia 457,730 249,627 208,103
17 Caribbean 301,546 165,232 136,314
18 Australia/New Zealand 158,635 81,033 77,602
19 Melanesia 60,209 34,865 25,344
20 Polynesia 2,917 1,694 1,223
21 Micronesia 2,699 1,517 1,182

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2005

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 38,037,975 20,716,141 17,321,834
2 Lower-middle-income countries 22,209,919 11,891,784 10,318,135
3 Upper-middle-income countries 15,828,056 8,824,357 7,003,699
4 High-income countries 9,650,329 4,913,435 4,736,894
5 Low-income countries 5,383,881 2,807,514 2,576,367
6 No income group available 141,171 84,568 56,603

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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