Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2009

-5 year -1 year 2009 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2009, a total of 53,910,189 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 28,988,168 were male and 24,922,021 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,154,384 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 8,590,937, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,437,684 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 28,678,613 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10679.182, and Europe with 8,099,043 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,585,043 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 10,501,372, and South-Eastern Asia with 4,012,431 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 38,804,598. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 162,324 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2009

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2009

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,154,384	4,993,309	4,161,075
2	🇨🇳China	8,590,937	4,852,043	3,738,894
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,437,684	1,234,046	1,203,638
4	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,321,446	1,186,315	1,135,131
5	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2,028,377	1,058,819	969,558
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,780,272	945,880	834,392
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,466,094	840,453	625,640
8	🇯🇵Japan	1,235,455	649,257	586,199
9	🇧🇷Brazil	1,197,320	677,558	519,761
10	🇧🇩Bangladesh	972,247	539,127	433,120
11	🇩🇪Germany	855,741	405,112	450,629
12	🇪🇹Ethiopia	822,752	451,147	371,606
13	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	770,538	402,308	368,230
14	🇺🇦Ukraine	705,347	350,053	355,295
15	🇲🇽Mexico	615,243	346,628	268,616
16	🇿🇦South Africa	610,904	305,435	305,469
17	🇮🇹Italy	583,877	283,425	300,451
18	🇬🇧United Kingdom	558,565	270,266	288,299
19	🇫🇷France	538,147	273,591	264,556
20	🇻🇳Viet Nam	529,105	300,271	228,834
21	🇵🇭Philippines	521,392	268,070	253,322
22	🇪🇬Egypt	517,613	279,689	237,925
23	🇲🇲Myanmar	451,334	245,545	205,789
24	🇹🇭Thailand	422,595	252,911	169,684
25	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	415,234	215,854	199,381
26	🇵🇱Poland	385,395	204,083	181,312
27	🇪🇸Spain	383,049	197,542	185,507
28	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	380,850	214,262	166,588
29	🇹🇷Türkiye	380,439	210,993	169,446
30	🇰🇪Kenya	311,529	164,149	147,380
31	🇦🇷Argentina	301,546	156,575	144,971
32	🇺🇬Uganda	290,753	150,879	139,873
33	🇲🇿Mozambique	273,021	138,859	134,162
34	🇦🇴Angola	264,922	141,184	123,737
35	🇸🇩Sudan	256,963	144,322	112,642
36	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	247,059	138,971	108,088
37	🇷🇴Romania	240,290	130,217	110,073
38	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	239,198	129,067	110,131
39	🇨🇦Canada	238,243	120,293	117,951
40	🇦🇫Afghanistan	234,065	123,583	110,483
41	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	219,994	111,562	108,432
42	🇨🇲Cameroon	218,407	113,174	105,234
43	🇨🇴Colombia	217,753	125,243	92,510
44	🇬🇭Ghana	217,166	114,230	102,936
45	🇵🇪Peru	198,041	107,328	90,713
46	🇲🇦Morocco	192,115	104,231	87,884
47	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	188,773	92,393	96,380
48	🇳🇵Nepal	187,412	99,573	87,839
49	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	184,037	113,738	70,299
50	🇮🇶Iraq	183,569	101,128	82,441
51	🇲🇱Mali	183,494	95,199	88,294
52	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	182,611	96,630	85,981
53	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	181,959	92,976	88,984
54	🇹🇩Chad	181,204	94,208	86,996
55	🇳🇪Niger	179,837	91,254	88,583
56	🇲🇼Malawi	174,279	89,075	85,205
57	🇸🇴Somalia	171,930	90,568	81,362
58	🇩🇿Algeria	166,805	88,864	77,941
59	🇲🇬Madagascar	164,770	89,124	75,646
60	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	160,646	85,274	75,372
61	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	159,334	96,474	62,860
62	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	143,563	86,146	57,417
63	🇧🇾Belarus	141,899	74,087	67,812
64	🇦🇺Australia	141,220	72,524	68,696
65	🇲🇾Malaysia	139,454	80,975	58,479
66	🇾🇪Yemen	135,901	73,434	62,467
67	🇳🇱Netherlands	134,251	65,394	68,857
68	🇿🇲Zambia	132,466	66,967	65,498
69	🇭🇺Hungary	130,315	66,263	64,052
70	🇬🇳Guinea	119,657	59,934	59,723
71	🇧🇬Bulgaria	114,399	59,080	55,319
72	🇸🇸South Sudan	111,975	56,941	55,034
73	🇬🇷Greece	109,672	62,343	47,329
74	🇨🇿Czechia	107,264	53,934	53,330
75	🇧🇪Belgium	104,712	51,845	52,867
76	🇵🇹Portugal	104,473	53,231	51,242
77	🇷🇸Serbia	104,470	55,054	49,416
78	🇧🇯Benin	98,145	50,476	47,669
79	🇨🇱Chile	94,401	50,824	43,578
80	🇧🇮Burundi	94,152	48,851	45,301
81	🇨🇺Cuba	92,560	50,557	42,003
82	🇸🇳Senegal	91,835	47,831	44,005
83	🇸🇪Sweden	90,125	43,660	46,465
84	🇰🇭Cambodia	86,878	45,154	41,723
85	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	86,298	43,643	42,655
86	🇭🇹Haiti	84,738	45,318	39,420
87	🇷🇼Rwanda	83,284	41,502	41,782
88	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	80,361	47,155	33,206
89	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	78,336	42,774	35,562
90	🇦🇹Austria	77,340	36,606	40,734
91	🇬🇹Guatemala	76,104	44,241	31,863
92	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	73,152	44,664	28,489
93	🇪🇨Ecuador	71,621	40,690	30,932
94	🇨🇫Central African Republic	68,272	36,099	32,173
95	🇹🇬Togo	67,136	33,505	33,631
96	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	64,602	35,953	28,651
97	🇨🇭Switzerland	62,568	29,991	32,577
98	🇹🇳Tunisia	56,930	33,438	23,492
99	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	56,354	33,120	23,234
100	🇩🇰Denmark	55,001	27,061	27,940
101	🇭🇷Croatia	54,280	26,672	27,609
102	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	52,921	31,053	21,868
103	🇸🇰Slovakia	52,846	27,381	25,465
104	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	51,618	27,976	23,642
105	🇫🇮Finland	49,890	25,123	24,767
106	🇬🇪Georgia	47,224	25,195	22,029
107	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	45,777	24,389	21,388
108	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	44,286	24,602	19,684
109	🇱🇹Lithuania	43,454	22,539	20,915
110	🇹🇯Tajikistan	43,070	24,285	18,785
111	🇳🇴Norway	41,338	19,881	21,457
112	🇸🇻El Salvador	41,304	23,514	17,791
113	🇱🇸Lesotho	40,094	20,784	19,310
114	🇱🇷Liberia	39,498	20,610	18,888
115	🇮🇱Israel	38,551	19,065	19,486
116	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	38,450	21,423	17,026
117	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	36,343	18,589	17,754
118	🇭🇳Honduras	36,188	19,784	16,404
119	🇨🇬Congo	35,315	17,923	17,392
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	33,296	18,238	15,058
121	🇵🇾Paraguay	31,617	17,776	13,841
122	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	31,472	17,787	13,685
123	🇺🇾Uruguay	31,246	16,082	15,164
124	🇱🇻Latvia	30,842	14,928	15,914
125	🇳🇿New Zealand	28,974	14,468	14,506
126	🇱🇾Libya	28,274	16,222	12,053
127	🇮🇪Ireland	28,043	14,561	13,482
128	🇦🇲Armenia	27,895	15,235	12,660
129	🇲🇷Mauritania	27,391	14,393	12,998
130	🇳🇮Nicaragua	26,603	15,106	11,496
131	🇯🇴Jordan	24,576	13,995	10,581
132	🇪🇷Eritrea	23,798	12,497	11,301
133	🇳🇦Namibia	23,316	12,312	11,004
134	🇨🇷Costa Rica	20,216	11,491	8,725
135	🇦🇱Albania	20,073	11,478	8,595
136	🇱🇧Lebanon	20,008	10,279	9,729
137	🇧🇼Botswana	19,896	10,125	9,771
138	🇸🇬Singapore	19,809	10,997	8,812
139	🇸🇿Eswatini	19,011	9,384	9,627
140	🇲🇰North Macedonia	18,713	10,068	8,645
141	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,491	9,123	9,368
142	🇲🇳Mongolia	18,188	10,920	7,268
143	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	17,611	9,339	8,272
144	🇬🇲Gambia	17,240	8,916	8,324
145	🇯🇲Jamaica	16,980	8,753	8,227
146	🇵🇦Panama	16,721	9,706	7,015
147	🇪🇪Estonia	16,149	8,006	8,143
148	🇬🇦Gabon	14,092	7,558	6,534
149	🇵🇸State of Palestine	13,911	7,675	6,236
150	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	11,763	6,138	5,625
151	🇲🇺Mauritius	9,023	5,174	3,849
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	8,859	5,037	3,822
153	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	8,530	4,702	3,827
154	🇩🇯Djibouti	8,422	4,459	3,963
155	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	8,297	4,697	3,601
156	🇴🇲Oman	8,074	5,286	2,789
157	🇨🇾Cyprus	7,121	3,902	3,219
158	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6,590	4,912	1,679
159	🇫🇯Fiji	6,474	3,562	2,912
160	🇲🇪Montenegro	6,162	3,108	3,054
161	🇰🇲Comoros	6,150	3,361	2,789
162	🇬🇾Guyana	5,551	3,193	2,358
163	🇰🇼Kuwait	5,345	3,443	1,902
164	🇧🇹Bhutan	4,834	2,731	2,103
165	🇷🇪Réunion	4,362	2,497	1,865
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,891	2,246	1,645
167	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,673	1,810	1,863
168	🇲🇹Malta	3,261	1,715	1,546
169	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,211	1,851	1,360
170	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	3,024	1,769	1,255
171	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,829	1,541	1,288
172	🇲🇶Martinique	2,687	1,429	1,258
173	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2,551	1,509	1,042
174	🇧🇧Barbados	2,445	1,191	1,254
175	🇧🇸Bahamas	2,297	1,279	1,016
176	🇧🇭Bahrain	2,220	1,377	843
177	🇶🇦Qatar	2,145	1,688	457
178	🇮🇸Iceland	2,017	1,040	977
179	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,895	1,035	859
180	🇧🇿Belize	1,486	898	588
181	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1,437	844	593
182	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,424	825	599
183	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,378	731	647
184	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,283	702	580
185	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,226	676	551
186	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,195	739	457
187	🇼🇸Samoa	1,182	643	539
188	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	1,172	707	464
189	🇲🇻Maldives	1,129	675	454
190	🇮🇲Isle of Man	840	422	418
191	🇵🇫French Polynesia	806	496	310
192	🇬🇫French Guiana	796	484	312
193	🇬🇺Guam	795	473	322
194	🇬🇩Grenada	781	422	359
195	🇯🇪Jersey	775	389	386
196	🇰🇮Kiribati	755	377	377
197	🇩🇲Dominica	751	390	361
198	🇹🇴Tonga	723	409	315
199	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	722	406	316
200	🇦🇼Aruba	701	383	318
201	🇸🇨Seychelles	616	351	265
202	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	510	296	213
203	🇬🇬Guernsey	505	246	259
204	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	483	248	235
205	🇾🇹Mayotte	475	283	192
206	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	469	218	251
207	🇧🇲Bermuda	444	235	209
208	🇬🇱Greenland	443	272	172
209	🇦🇩Andorra	436	252	184
210	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	423	229	194
211	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	373	206	168
212	🇲🇨Monaco	360	185	175
213	🇦🇸American Samoa	309	168	141
214	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	276	156	120
215	🇸🇲San Marino	270	126	144
216	🇬🇮Gibraltar	230	114	117
217	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	220	110	111
218	🇵🇼Palau	196	112	85
219	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	161	97	64
220	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	147	83	64
221	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	140	81	59
222	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	136	77	60
223	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	132	79	53
224	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	126	75	51
225	🇨🇰Cook Islands	111	71	40
226	🇹🇻Tuvalu	104	58	46
227	🇳🇷Nauru	88	53	35
228	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	70	36	35
229	🇦🇮Anguilla	69	39	30
230	🇸🇭Saint Helena	64	34	30
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	61	32	29
232	🇲🇸Montserrat	58	30	28
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	52	29	23
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 2009

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	28,678,613	15,856,544	12,822,069
2	Africa	10,679,182	5,570,099	5,109,083
3	Europe	8,099,043	4,098,823	4,000,220
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,535,176	1,979,433	1,555,743
5	Northern America	2,676,852	1,354,866	1,321,986
6	Oceania	241,323	128,402	112,920

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2009

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,585,043	6,927,446	5,657,597
2	Eastern Asia	10,501,372	5,874,529	4,626,843
3	South-Eastern Asia	4,012,431	2,183,336	1,829,095
4	Eastern Europe	3,951,905	2,048,306	1,903,599
5	Western Africa	3,891,166	1,999,574	1,891,592
6	Eastern Africa	3,287,746	1,724,929	1,562,817
7	South America	2,391,461	1,337,257	1,054,204
8	Western Europe	1,777,033	864,647	912,386
9	Middle Africa	1,565,798	819,295	746,503
10	Southern Europe	1,452,097	737,529	714,568
11	Northern Africa	1,221,251	668,267	552,984
12	Western Asia	1,121,674	625,376	496,298
13	Northern Europe	918,008	448,341	469,667
14	Central America	833,863	471,375	362,488
15	Southern Africa	713,221	358,034	355,187
16	Central Asia	458,093	245,857	212,236
17	Caribbean	309,852	170,801	139,051
18	Australia/New Zealand	170,193	86,990	83,203
19	Melanesia	65,019	37,944	27,075
20	Polynesia	3,273	1,869	1,404
21	Micronesia	2,838	1,600	1,238

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2009

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	38,804,598	21,184,923	17,619,675
2	Lower-middle-income countries	22,568,481	12,177,244	10,391,237
3	Upper-middle-income countries	16,236,117	9,007,679	7,228,438
4	High-income countries	9,760,054	4,980,534	4,779,520
5	Low-income countries	5,183,213	2,724,459	2,458,754
6	No income group available	162,324	98,252	64,072

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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