Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2008

-5 year -1 year 2008 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2008, a total of 54,037,662 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 29,006,143 were male and 25,031,519 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,123,063 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 8,545,568, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,469,957 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 22 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 28,643,880 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10769.381, and Europe with 8,195,293 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,495,210 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 10,461,769, and South-Eastern Asia with 4,104,371 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 38,854,948. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 159,466 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2008

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2008

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,123,063	4,960,979	4,162,084
2	🇨🇳China	8,545,568	4,817,713	3,727,855
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,469,957	1,242,049	1,227,909
4	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,311,146	1,181,526	1,129,620
5	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2,089,676	1,098,713	990,962
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,763,465	927,051	836,413
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,440,035	829,521	610,514
8	🇯🇵Japan	1,233,341	648,257	585,085
9	🇧🇷Brazil	1,176,400	669,817	506,582
10	🇧🇩Bangladesh	978,992	551,172	427,820
11	🇪🇹Ethiopia	855,809	462,636	393,172
12	🇩🇪Germany	845,069	397,495	447,574
13	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	764,421	396,772	367,649
14	🇺🇦Ukraine	751,758	384,029	367,729
15	🇿🇦South Africa	634,342	315,912	318,431
16	🇲🇽Mexico	596,032	334,939	261,093
17	🇲🇲Myanmar	593,071	298,234	294,837
18	🇬🇧United Kingdom	578,312	276,116	302,195
19	🇮🇹Italy	576,842	280,944	295,898
20	🇫🇷France	531,678	271,266	260,411
21	🇻🇳Viet Nam	519,602	296,246	223,358
22	🇪🇬Egypt	510,054	275,615	234,439
23	🇵🇭Philippines	507,902	262,239	245,664
24	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	422,193	219,499	202,694
25	🇹🇭Thailand	416,439	249,715	166,724
26	🇪🇸Spain	383,718	197,614	186,104
27	🇵🇱Poland	379,836	202,571	177,265
28	🇹🇷Türkiye	377,601	209,505	168,096
29	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	369,469	207,162	162,307
30	🇰🇪Kenya	316,836	165,147	151,689
31	🇦🇷Argentina	300,770	158,038	142,733
32	🇺🇬Uganda	296,357	152,671	143,686
33	🇲🇿Mozambique	274,321	139,803	134,519
34	🇦🇴Angola	270,283	143,382	126,900
35	🇸🇩Sudan	269,147	151,213	117,934
36	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	246,689	139,139	107,550
37	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	242,786	130,549	112,238
38	🇷🇴Romania	241,067	130,518	110,549
39	🇨🇦Canada	238,506	120,457	118,049
40	🇦🇫Afghanistan	232,339	123,329	109,010
41	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	228,505	116,604	111,901
42	🇨🇲Cameroon	217,588	112,707	104,882
43	🇨🇴Colombia	216,895	125,649	91,247
44	🇬🇭Ghana	216,526	112,648	103,879
45	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	196,982	95,400	101,582
46	🇮🇶Iraq	193,004	112,626	80,378
47	🇵🇪Peru	191,045	103,531	87,514
48	🇲🇦Morocco	190,642	103,556	87,086
49	🇳🇵Nepal	187,644	99,677	87,967
50	🇲🇱Mali	183,682	95,075	88,607
51	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	183,007	94,083	88,924
52	🇳🇪Niger	182,683	92,719	89,964
53	🇲🇼Malawi	180,077	91,776	88,302
54	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	177,802	93,908	83,895
55	🇹🇩Chad	177,397	92,464	84,932
56	🇸🇴Somalia	173,583	91,759	81,824
57	🇩🇿Algeria	169,905	89,689	80,216
58	🇲🇬Madagascar	165,489	89,019	76,469
59	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	162,649	87,981	74,667
60	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	157,683	99,242	58,441
61	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	156,541	95,571	60,970
62	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	144,420	87,616	56,804
63	🇦🇺Australia	142,269	72,580	69,689
64	🇧🇾Belarus	140,568	73,910	66,659
65	🇿🇲Zambia	136,968	69,473	67,495
66	🇳🇱Netherlands	135,142	64,929	70,213
67	🇾🇪Yemen	134,722	71,928	62,794
68	🇲🇾Malaysia	132,667	75,693	56,974
69	🇭🇺Hungary	129,960	66,223	63,737
70	🇬🇳Guinea	118,751	59,609	59,142
71	🇧🇬Bulgaria	117,122	60,681	56,441
72	🇬🇷Greece	109,898	61,779	48,119
73	🇸🇸South Sudan	108,996	55,094	53,902
74	🇧🇪Belgium	104,877	52,032	52,846
75	🇨🇿Czechia	104,766	53,005	51,761
76	🇵🇹Portugal	104,180	53,469	50,711
77	🇷🇸Serbia	102,706	54,042	48,663
78	🇧🇯Benin	96,171	49,458	46,713
79	🇧🇮Burundi	93,266	48,565	44,701
80	🇸🇳Senegal	93,168	48,068	45,100
81	🇨🇱Chile	92,540	49,961	42,579
82	🇸🇪Sweden	91,401	44,055	47,347
83	🇨🇺Cuba	91,396	50,082	41,314
84	🇰🇭Cambodia	89,608	46,200	43,408
85	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	88,600	44,805	43,795
86	🇭🇹Haiti	84,896	45,360	39,536
87	🇷🇼Rwanda	84,599	42,261	42,338
88	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	80,708	47,246	33,462
89	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	79,054	42,997	36,057
90	🇬🇹Guatemala	75,279	43,865	31,414
91	🇦🇹Austria	75,156	35,166	39,990
92	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	71,876	43,749	28,126
93	🇪🇨Ecuador	70,285	39,953	30,332
94	🇨🇫Central African Republic	68,644	36,186	32,458
95	🇹🇬Togo	66,287	32,821	33,467
96	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	65,051	35,316	29,735
97	🇨🇭Switzerland	61,184	29,436	31,748
98	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	55,629	32,347	23,281
99	🇹🇳Tunisia	55,292	32,220	23,072
100	🇩🇰Denmark	54,765	26,958	27,807
101	🇭🇷Croatia	53,919	26,879	27,039
102	🇸🇰Slovakia	53,021	27,910	25,111
103	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	52,517	28,223	24,293
104	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	51,846	30,276	21,569
105	🇫🇮Finland	49,106	24,471	24,635
106	🇬🇪Georgia	48,004	25,360	22,643
107	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	46,304	24,295	22,009
108	🇱🇹Lithuania	45,301	23,668	21,634
109	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	43,362	24,205	19,157
110	🇹🇯Tajikistan	42,719	23,927	18,792
111	🇳🇴Norway	41,619	20,291	21,329
112	🇸🇻El Salvador	41,083	23,498	17,585
113	🇱🇸Lesotho	40,763	21,377	19,386
114	🇱🇷Liberia	39,345	20,555	18,790
115	🇮🇱Israel	39,275	19,464	19,811
116	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	39,106	21,687	17,418
117	🇭🇳Honduras	36,468	19,874	16,594
118	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	36,205	18,526	17,679
119	🇨🇬Congo	35,546	17,888	17,657
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	33,509	18,323	15,186
121	🇱🇻Latvia	32,052	15,844	16,210
122	🇵🇾Paraguay	31,335	17,682	13,654
123	🇺🇾Uruguay	31,036	16,055	14,981
124	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	30,911	17,474	13,436
125	🇳🇿New Zealand	29,147	14,512	14,635
126	🇦🇲Armenia	28,158	15,247	12,911
127	🇮🇪Ireland	27,986	14,296	13,690
128	🇱🇾Libya	27,499	15,833	11,667
129	🇳🇮Nicaragua	27,424	15,495	11,928
130	🇲🇷Mauritania	26,566	13,903	12,663
131	🇯🇴Jordan	24,025	13,615	10,410
132	🇪🇷Eritrea	23,943	12,465	11,479
133	🇳🇦Namibia	23,726	12,468	11,258
134	🇧🇼Botswana	20,559	10,232	10,327
135	🇨🇷Costa Rica	19,893	11,324	8,569
136	🇱🇧Lebanon	19,678	10,167	9,511
137	🇦🇱Albania	19,517	11,125	8,392
138	🇸🇬Singapore	19,225	10,751	8,475
139	🇸🇿Eswatini	19,190	9,659	9,531
140	🇲🇰North Macedonia	18,657	9,969	8,688
141	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	18,106	9,587	8,518
142	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,020	8,996	9,024
143	🇲🇳Mongolia	18,000	10,813	7,188
144	🇯🇲Jamaica	17,486	8,946	8,540
145	🇬🇲Gambia	17,187	8,808	8,379
146	🇪🇪Estonia	16,693	8,412	8,281
147	🇵🇦Panama	16,248	9,409	6,838
148	🇬🇦Gabon	13,844	7,360	6,483
149	🇵🇸State of Palestine	13,628	7,508	6,119
150	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	11,333	5,945	5,388
151	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	9,739	5,403	4,336
152	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,960	5,163	3,797
153	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	8,457	4,675	3,783
154	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	8,376	4,563	3,813
155	🇩🇯Djibouti	8,365	4,449	3,916
156	🇴🇲Oman	7,881	5,162	2,719
157	🇨🇾Cyprus	7,169	3,860	3,309
158	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6,545	4,851	1,693
159	🇫🇯Fiji	6,438	3,548	2,890
160	🇰🇲Comoros	6,105	3,302	2,803
161	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,957	3,053	2,904
162	🇬🇾Guyana	5,547	3,200	2,346
163	🇰🇼Kuwait	5,203	3,372	1,830
164	🇧🇹Bhutan	4,839	2,740	2,099
165	🇷🇪Réunion	4,301	2,472	1,829
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,984	2,297	1,687
167	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,607	1,755	1,852
168	🇲🇹Malta	3,296	1,715	1,580
169	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,150	1,729	1,421
170	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,958	1,738	1,219
171	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,768	1,503	1,265
172	🇲🇶Martinique	2,663	1,431	1,232
173	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2,504	1,480	1,024
174	🇧🇧Barbados	2,459	1,194	1,265
175	🇧🇸Bahamas	2,217	1,221	996
176	🇧🇭Bahrain	2,168	1,363	805
177	🇶🇦Qatar	2,044	1,612	432
178	🇮🇸Iceland	1,997	987	1,010
179	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,872	1,035	837
180	🇧🇿Belize	1,501	897	604
181	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1,389	818	571
182	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,377	800	577
183	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,341	712	629
184	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,268	688	581
185	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,199	658	541
186	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,167	719	448
187	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	1,142	685	456
188	🇲🇻Maldives	1,132	678	455
189	🇼🇸Samoa	1,012	567	447
190	🇮🇲Isle of Man	843	422	420
191	🇵🇫French Polynesia	800	491	309
192	🇬🇫French Guiana	786	478	308
193	🇬🇩Grenada	785	420	365
194	🇬🇺Guam	773	458	316
195	🇯🇪Jersey	755	374	381
196	🇰🇮Kiribati	740	370	371
197	🇹🇴Tonga	711	403	308
198	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	704	401	304
199	🇦🇼Aruba	701	382	319
200	🇩🇲Dominica	679	359	320
201	🇸🇨Seychelles	612	349	263
202	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	514	298	216
203	🇧🇲Bermuda	498	262	236
204	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	484	233	251
205	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	483	248	235
206	🇾🇹Mayotte	467	278	189
207	🇦🇩Andorra	465	273	192
208	🇬🇬Guernsey	462	224	239
209	🇬🇱Greenland	433	261	171
210	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	417	223	195
211	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	374	206	168
212	🇲🇨Monaco	363	201	161
213	🇦🇸American Samoa	273	151	122
214	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	265	151	114
215	🇸🇲San Marino	252	118	134
216	🇬🇮Gibraltar	246	129	117
217	🇵🇼Palau	194	109	84
218	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	190	100	90
219	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	160	95	64
220	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	136	76	60
221	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	133	74	58
222	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	128	77	51
223	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	126	72	54
224	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	119	69	50
225	🇨🇰Cook Islands	108	70	38
226	🇹🇻Tuvalu	102	56	46
227	🇳🇷Nauru	88	53	35
228	🇦🇮Anguilla	68	38	30
229	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	67	36	32
230	🇸🇭Saint Helena	65	34	31
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	53	30	23
232	🇲🇸Montserrat	51	27	24
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	50	28	22
234	🇳🇺Niue	23	13	11
235	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	22	13	9
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	9	5	5

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2008

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	28,643,880	15,797,529	12,846,351
2	Africa	10,769,381	5,600,196	5,169,185
3	Europe	8,195,293	4,163,723	4,031,570
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,478,654	1,954,147	1,524,507
5	Northern America	2,709,416	1,363,045	1,346,371
6	Oceania	241,038	127,503	113,535

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2008

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,495,210	6,874,502	5,620,708
2	Eastern Asia	10,461,769	5,845,386	4,616,383
3	South-Eastern Asia	4,104,371	2,199,861	1,904,510
4	Eastern Europe	4,054,075	2,121,853	1,932,222
5	Western Africa	3,887,219	1,995,972	1,891,247
6	Eastern Africa	3,358,211	1,751,579	1,606,632
7	South America	2,356,213	1,325,238	1,030,974
8	Western Europe	1,757,259	852,370	904,889
9	Middle Africa	1,560,309	813,380	746,929
10	Southern Europe	1,442,209	733,165	709,044
11	Northern Africa	1,225,051	669,609	555,442
12	Western Asia	1,126,754	631,963	494,791
13	Northern Europe	941,750	456,335	485,415
14	Central America	813,904	459,286	354,618
15	Southern Africa	738,591	369,656	368,935
16	Central Asia	455,776	245,817	209,959
17	Caribbean	308,537	169,623	138,914
18	Australia/New Zealand	171,417	87,095	84,322
19	Melanesia	63,781	37,080	26,701
20	Polynesia	3,033	1,755	1,278
21	Micronesia	2,807	1,573	1,234

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2008

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	38,854,948	21,181,518	17,673,430
2	Lower-middle-income countries	22,636,912	12,179,093	10,457,819
3	Upper-middle-income countries	16,218,036	9,002,425	7,215,611
4	High-income countries	9,776,292	4,977,981	4,798,311
5	Low-income countries	5,246,956	2,749,329	2,497,627
6	No income group available	159,466	97,315	62,151

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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