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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2008

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

In the year 2008, a total of 53,987,020 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 28,904,728 were male and 25,082,292 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 8,950,896 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 8,683,382, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,502,101 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 10 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 12, and 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with 22 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 28,570,671 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10781.947, and Europe with 8,196,768 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,296,118 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 10,543,976, and South-Eastern Asia with 4,116,064 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries has the highest death count of 44,048,523. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 157,923 people died in that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2008

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇮🇳India 8,950,896 4,844,937 4,105,959
2 🇨🇳China 8,683,382 4,857,371 3,826,011
3 🇺🇸United States of America 2,502,101 1,250,145 1,251,957
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,332,617 1,187,247 1,145,370
5 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,095,043 1,107,342 987,701
6 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,787,618 938,453 849,165
7 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,478,131 842,076 636,054
8 🇯🇵Japan 1,182,482 629,468 553,013
9 🇧🇷Brazil 1,099,893 631,364 468,529
10 🇧🇩Bangladesh 944,574 516,754 427,820
11 🇪🇹Ethiopia 861,173 466,903 394,270
12 🇩🇪Germany 850,066 401,602 448,464
13 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 789,712 411,416 378,295
14 🇺🇦Ukraine 744,764 379,755 365,009
15 🇿🇦South Africa 648,293 324,677 323,616
16 🇲🇽Mexico 627,170 341,105 286,066
17 🇲🇲Myanmar 594,204 298,636 295,568
18 🇬🇧United Kingdom 586,511 280,024 306,487
19 🇮🇹Italy 578,565 282,673 295,893
20 🇫🇷France 537,249 274,734 262,514
21 🇪🇬Egypt 523,308 282,660 240,648
22 🇵🇭Philippines 506,449 281,254 225,195
23 🇻🇳Viet Nam 496,395 283,264 213,132
24 🇹🇭Thailand 445,206 254,462 190,744
25 🇹🇷Türkiye 427,468 241,836 185,632
26 🇪🇸Spain 382,016 197,778 184,238
27 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 381,159 199,235 181,924
28 🇵🇱Poland 381,006 202,547 178,459
29 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 349,937 196,389 153,549
30 🇰🇪Kenya 309,186 161,142 148,044
31 🇦🇷Argentina 303,859 157,018 146,841
32 🇸🇩Sudan 289,057 164,392 124,665
33 🇺🇬Uganda 281,217 147,236 133,981
34 🇲🇿Mozambique 267,530 133,708 133,822
35 🇦🇴Angola 265,459 139,835 125,624
36 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 245,168 140,117 105,051
37 🇨🇦Canada 242,932 122,620 120,312
38 🇷🇴Romania 242,835 130,339 112,496
39 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 240,157 129,664 110,492
40 🇦🇫Afghanistan 235,284 125,037 110,247
41 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 222,785 114,604 108,181
42 🇨🇴Colombia 219,344 125,929 93,415
43 🇬🇭Ghana 215,446 112,592 102,854
44 🇨🇲Cameroon 212,394 109,880 102,514
45 🇲🇦Morocco 191,137 103,635 87,502
46 🇳🇪Niger 191,017 96,675 94,342
47 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 190,685 89,262 101,423
48 🇲🇱Mali 190,582 98,668 91,915
49 🇳🇵Nepal 188,085 99,883 88,202
50 🇵🇪Peru 186,817 103,834 82,983
51 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 184,966 94,982 89,984
52 🇹🇩Chad 180,982 93,360 87,622
53 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 174,976 95,131 79,845
54 🇸🇴Somalia 174,465 92,257 82,208
55 🇲🇼Malawi 173,107 87,557 85,550
56 🇮🇶Iraq 172,477 96,051 76,426
57 🇲🇬Madagascar 169,847 90,866 78,981
58 🇩🇿Algeria 164,347 88,205 76,142
59 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 158,948 90,160 68,788
60 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 154,882 94,845 60,037
61 🇾🇪Yemen 147,964 79,036 68,929
62 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 147,934 92,877 55,058
63 🇦🇺Australia 143,461 73,556 69,905
64 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 143,312 88,873 54,439
65 🇿🇲Zambia 135,566 67,893 67,673
66 🇳🇱Netherlands 135,095 64,711 70,384
67 🇧🇾Belarus 134,062 69,936 64,126
68 🇭🇺Hungary 129,398 66,067 63,332
69 🇬🇳Guinea 122,422 61,660 60,762
70 🇲🇾Malaysia 116,137 68,625 47,512
71 🇧🇬Bulgaria 110,236 58,215 52,020
72 🇬🇷Greece 109,148 57,333 51,814
73 🇨🇿Czechia 104,874 53,090 51,784
74 🇧🇪Belgium 104,708 51,953 52,755
75 🇷🇸Serbia 103,666 55,056 48,609
76 🇵🇹Portugal 101,491 52,543 48,948
77 🇸🇸South Sudan 98,758 49,974 48,784
78 🇧🇯Benin 98,317 49,611 48,706
79 🇸🇳Senegal 98,291 51,825 46,466
80 🇧🇮Burundi 96,090 49,732 46,358
81 🇨🇱Chile 94,577 50,338 44,239
82 🇰🇭Cambodia 91,579 46,967 44,612
83 🇸🇪Sweden 91,449 44,058 47,391
84 🇨🇺Cuba 90,358 48,421 41,936
85 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 89,406 45,702 43,705
86 🇭🇹Haiti 84,197 45,062 39,135
87 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 82,545 46,529 36,016
88 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 81,894 44,426 37,468
89 🇷🇼Rwanda 81,731 42,121 39,610
90 🇬🇹Guatemala 76,411 43,840 32,570
91 🇦🇹Austria 75,482 35,292 40,191
92 🇪🇨Ecuador 70,067 39,801 30,266
93 🇹🇬Togo 68,039 34,064 33,974
94 🇨🇫Central African Republic 64,933 33,988 30,945
95 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 63,653 33,967 29,687
96 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 62,911 40,863 22,048
97 🇨🇭Switzerland 61,489 29,550 31,939
98 🇹🇳Tunisia 57,434 32,453 24,980
99 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 55,091 30,818 24,272
100 🇩🇰Denmark 54,650 26,881 27,769
101 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 53,796 31,365 22,431
102 🇸🇰Slovakia 52,911 27,867 25,043
103 🇭🇷Croatia 52,235 26,402 25,833
104 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 50,406 27,407 22,998
105 🇬🇪Georgia 49,756 26,826 22,930
106 🇫🇮Finland 49,100 24,489 24,612
107 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 47,018 24,236 22,782
108 🇸🇻El Salvador 45,748 25,934 19,814
109 🇱🇹Lithuania 43,794 22,901 20,892
110 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 42,740 23,594 19,146
111 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 42,064 23,389 18,674
112 🇹🇯Tajikistan 41,995 23,066 18,929
113 🇳🇴Norway 41,640 20,288 21,352
114 🇱🇷Liberia 39,519 20,953 18,566
115 🇱🇸Lesotho 38,944 20,012 18,932
116 🇭🇳Honduras 37,938 21,058 16,879
117 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 37,471 19,497 17,974
118 🇮🇱Israel 36,774 18,525 18,249
119 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 35,967 18,623 17,344
120 🇨🇬Congo 35,604 18,239 17,365
121 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 33,830 18,580 15,250
122 🇱🇻Latvia 31,241 15,518 15,723
123 🇺🇾Uruguay 30,874 16,459 14,415
124 🇳🇿New Zealand 29,551 14,714 14,837
125 🇵🇾Paraguay 29,228 16,303 12,924
126 🇱🇾Libya 28,657 16,612 12,045
127 🇳🇮Nicaragua 28,422 15,707 12,716
128 🇮🇪Ireland 27,971 14,355 13,616
129 🇦🇲Armenia 27,970 14,570 13,400
130 🇯🇴Jordan 25,611 14,828 10,783
131 🇳🇦Namibia 23,808 12,335 11,473
132 🇪🇷Eritrea 22,748 11,927 10,821
133 🇲🇷Mauritania 21,950 11,743 10,207
134 🇱🇧Lebanon 20,506 10,698 9,808
135 🇧🇼Botswana 19,939 10,234 9,705
136 🇲🇰North Macedonia 18,737 9,412 9,325
137 🇸🇮Slovenia 18,616 9,324 9,293
138 🇸🇬Singapore 18,364 10,181 8,183
139 🇸🇿Eswatini 18,171 8,931 9,240
140 🇨🇷Costa Rica 18,131 10,169 7,962
141 🇯🇲Jamaica 18,059 9,680 8,379
142 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 17,711 9,288 8,423
143 🇲🇳Mongolia 17,269 10,102 7,167
144 🇦🇱Albania 16,714 9,434 7,279
145 🇪🇪Estonia 16,685 8,407 8,277
146 🇬🇲Gambia 16,138 8,491 7,647
147 🇵🇦Panama 16,045 9,324 6,721
148 🇵🇸State of Palestine 14,207 7,836 6,371
149 🇬🇦Gabon 13,420 7,039 6,381
150 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 12,361 6,427 5,935
151 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 9,716 5,259 4,457
152 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 9,252 5,102 4,150
153 🇲🇺Mauritius 8,720 4,956 3,764
154 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 8,283 4,532 3,750
155 🇩🇯Djibouti 8,243 4,487 3,756
156 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 7,595 5,633 1,963
157 🇫🇯Fiji 7,043 3,889 3,154
158 🇴🇲Oman 6,884 4,471 2,413
159 🇨🇾Cyprus 6,650 3,794 2,856
160 🇲🇪Montenegro 6,165 3,117 3,048
161 🇬🇾Guyana 5,831 3,320 2,512
162 🇰🇲Comoros 5,654 3,047 2,607
163 🇰🇼Kuwait 5,408 3,560 1,848
164 🇧🇹Bhutan 4,729 2,699 2,029
165 🇸🇷Suriname 3,912 2,258 1,653
166 🇷🇪Réunion 3,845 2,146 1,699
167 🇱🇺Luxembourg 3,683 1,760 1,923
168 🇲🇹Malta 3,191 1,670 1,521
169 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2,997 1,770 1,226
170 🇲🇶Martinique 2,855 1,477 1,378
171 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,744 1,512 1,232
172 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 2,642 1,439 1,203
173 🇧🇸Bahamas 2,536 1,443 1,093
174 🇧🇧Barbados 2,489 1,219 1,271
175 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2,479 1,454 1,025
176 🇧🇭Bahrain 2,357 1,440 917
177 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2,218 1,154 1,064
178 🇮🇸Iceland 2,005 991 1,014
179 🇶🇦Qatar 1,957 1,494 463
180 🇧🇿Belize 1,565 918 647
181 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 1,426 843 583
182 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,389 750 638
183 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,380 796 584
184 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,347 713 634
185 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,234 776 458
186 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,186 691 495
187 🇲🇻Maldives 1,172 736 436
188 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1,088 592 496
189 🇼🇸Samoa 1,079 596 483
190 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 998 544 453
191 🇬🇫French Guiana 890 528 362
192 🇬🇺Guam 824 497 327
193 🇮🇲Isle of Man 818 385 433
194 🇬🇩Grenada 803 436 367
195 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 780 440 339
196 🇵🇫French Polynesia 776 463 313
197 🇯🇪Jersey 775 389 385
198 🇩🇲Dominica 738 384 354
199 🇰🇮Kiribati 720 361 359
200 🇸🇨Seychelles 707 379 328
201 🇦🇼Aruba 696 379 317
202 🇹🇴Tonga 676 397 280
203 🇬🇬Guernsey 520 252 268
204 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 498 259 239
205 🇦🇩Andorra 491 288 203
206 🇧🇲Bermuda 479 279 200
207 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 464 243 222
208 🇬🇱Greenland 463 271 193
209 🇾🇹Mayotte 410 238 172
210 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 408 216 191
211 🇲🇨Monaco 347 184 164
212 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 343 194 149
213 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 273 152 121
214 🇦🇸American Samoa 266 153 114
215 🇬🇮Gibraltar 221 110 112
216 🇸🇲San Marino 221 108 113
217 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 211 110 101
218 🇵🇼Palau 180 105 76
219 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 153 91 62
220 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 150 86 64
221 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 133 73 60
222 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 128 78 50
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 123 71 52
224 🇨🇰Cook Islands 114 72 42
225 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 112 68 44
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 98 52 46
227 🇳🇷Nauru 83 49 33
228 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 72 39 34
229 🇦🇮Anguilla 69 39 30
230 🇸🇭Saint Helena 65 34 31
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 62 34 28
232 🇲🇸Montserrat 56 31 25
233 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 40 25 15
234 🇳🇺Niue 23 13 10
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 22 13 9
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 12 6 6
237 🇻🇦Holy See 10 5 5

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2008

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 28,570,671 15,703,578 12,867,093
2 Africa 10,781,947 5,606,234 5,175,713
3 Europe 8,196,768 4,168,475 4,028,292
4 Americas 6,191,948 3,296,034 2,895,914
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 3,445,905 1,922,682 1,523,223
6 Northern America 2,746,044 1,373,349 1,372,695
7 Oceania 245,661 130,392 115,269

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2008

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 12,296,118 6,717,385 5,578,733
2 Eastern Asia 10,543,976 5,869,286 4,674,690
3 South-Eastern Asia 4,116,064 2,214,624 1,901,441
4 Eastern Europe 4,042,143 2,119,393 1,922,750
5 Western Africa 3,929,286 2,014,641 1,914,645
6 Eastern Africa 3,270,835 1,705,061 1,565,774
7 South America 2,282,087 1,286,434 995,653
8 Western Europe 1,768,330 859,898 908,432
9 Middle Africa 1,576,244 820,928 755,316
10 Southern Europe 1,438,671 730,010 708,661
11 Northern Africa 1,256,422 689,413 567,009
12 Western Asia 1,162,688 651,955 510,733
13 Northern Europe 947,617 459,183 488,434
14 Central America 851,426 468,053 383,373
15 Southern Africa 749,163 376,194 372,969
16 Central Asia 451,816 250,332 201,484
17 Caribbean 312,402 168,200 144,202
18 Australia/New Zealand 173,012 88,276 84,736
19 Melanesia 66,449 38,598 27,851
20 Polynesia 3,107 1,785 1,322
21 Micronesia 3,083 1,737 1,346

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2008

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Low-and-middle-income countries 44,048,523 23,824,360 20,224,163
2 Middle-income countries 39,011,216 21,174,895 17,836,321
3 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 27,951,304 14,969,481 12,981,823
4 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 25,875,054 13,837,120 12,037,934
5 Lower-middle-income countries 20,837,739 11,187,647 9,650,092
6 Upper-middle-income countries 18,173,464 9,987,239 8,186,225
7 High-income countries 9,777,833 4,982,236 4,795,597
8 Low-income countries 5,037,308 2,649,467 2,387,841
9 No income group available 157,923 96,621 61,302

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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