Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2010

-5 year -1 year 2010 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2010, a total of 54,329,194 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 29,191,605 were male and 25,137,589 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,162,368 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 8,737,983, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,469,925 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 28,900,242 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10652.256, and Europe with 8,128,387 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,516,426 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 10,714,450, and South-Eastern Asia with 4,081,751 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 39,111,426. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 163,102 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2010

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2010

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,162,368	5,007,017	4,155,350
2	🇨🇳China	8,737,983	4,936,398	3,801,584
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,469,925	1,250,579	1,219,345
4	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,354,679	1,200,129	1,154,550
5	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2,049,572	1,062,687	986,885
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,807,440	949,555	857,885
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,479,575	849,030	630,545
8	🇯🇵Japan	1,295,676	676,144	619,531
9	🇧🇷Brazil	1,217,149	690,805	526,345
10	🇧🇩Bangladesh	907,362	508,464	398,898
11	🇩🇪Germany	859,207	409,264	449,944
12	🇪🇹Ethiopia	802,949	439,918	363,031
13	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	773,880	403,780	370,101
14	🇺🇦Ukraine	697,954	340,808	357,146
15	🇲🇽Mexico	629,665	355,497	274,168
16	🇿🇦South Africa	582,529	291,917	290,612
17	🇮🇹Italy	580,159	281,887	298,272
18	🇬🇧United Kingdom	560,655	270,499	290,156
19	🇻🇳Viet Nam	541,404	306,419	234,985
20	🇫🇷France	540,813	275,019	265,794
21	🇵🇭Philippines	533,882	272,980	260,902
22	🇪🇬Egypt	525,460	285,003	240,456
23	🇲🇲Myanmar	455,611	246,837	208,774
24	🇹🇭Thailand	430,364	257,600	172,765
25	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	401,185	212,945	188,239
26	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	384,716	221,393	163,323
27	🇹🇷Türkiye	384,167	212,121	172,047
28	🇪🇸Spain	380,417	196,502	183,915
29	🇵🇱Poland	378,642	200,079	178,563
30	🇦🇷Argentina	314,899	162,857	152,042
31	🇰🇪Kenya	314,357	164,612	149,744
32	🇺🇬Uganda	286,470	148,826	137,644
33	🇲🇿Mozambique	274,867	140,562	134,304
34	🇦🇴Angola	260,700	139,477	121,223
35	🇸🇩Sudan	259,386	144,642	114,744
36	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	256,016	143,962	112,055
37	🇷🇴Romania	250,707	132,414	118,292
38	🇨🇦Canada	239,723	120,451	119,272
39	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	237,064	127,921	109,143
40	🇦🇫Afghanistan	233,308	123,311	109,997
41	🇨🇴Colombia	220,750	126,580	94,170
42	🇬🇭Ghana	220,690	115,012	105,677
43	🇨🇲Cameroon	218,583	113,627	104,956
44	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	214,964	106,465	108,499
45	🇵🇪Peru	202,144	109,441	92,703
46	🇲🇦Morocco	193,934	105,061	88,873
47	🇳🇵Nepal	190,785	100,865	89,920
48	🇸🇴Somalia	185,415	98,662	86,753
49	🇲🇱Mali	183,696	95,496	88,200
50	🇹🇩Chad	183,391	95,557	87,834
51	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	183,059	96,146	86,913
52	🇮🇶Iraq	182,689	100,596	82,093
53	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	181,652	92,957	88,696
54	🇳🇪Niger	176,396	89,747	86,649
55	🇭🇹Haiti	174,845	85,738	89,108
56	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	171,444	84,808	86,636
57	🇩🇿Algeria	170,579	89,576	81,004
58	🇲🇼Malawi	168,031	86,288	81,743
59	🇲🇬Madagascar	167,639	90,829	76,810
60	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	160,040	96,068	63,972
61	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	155,171	81,615	73,556
62	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	152,389	91,496	60,893
63	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	145,178	86,409	58,769
64	🇧🇾Belarus	144,325	75,554	68,771
65	🇲🇾Malaysia	143,564	84,213	59,351
66	🇦🇺Australia	142,544	72,896	69,648
67	🇾🇪Yemen	138,724	74,961	63,762
68	🇳🇱Netherlands	136,078	65,978	70,100
69	🇭🇺Hungary	130,270	65,089	65,181
70	🇿🇲Zambia	127,079	65,545	61,534
71	🇬🇳Guinea	120,051	60,521	59,530
72	🇧🇬Bulgaria	116,301	59,879	56,422
73	🇸🇸South Sudan	111,744	56,692	55,052
74	🇬🇷Greece	110,125	61,703	48,422
75	🇨🇿Czechia	106,641	54,055	52,586
76	🇵🇹Portugal	105,946	54,181	51,765
77	🇧🇪Belgium	105,369	52,111	53,258
78	🇷🇸Serbia	104,418	54,636	49,782
79	🇨🇱Chile	101,306	54,334	46,972
80	🇧🇯Benin	98,809	50,779	48,030
81	🇧🇮Burundi	96,173	49,535	46,639
82	🇨🇺Cuba	93,794	51,109	42,685
83	🇸🇪Sweden	90,603	43,849	46,754
84	🇸🇳Senegal	90,265	47,274	42,990
85	🇰🇭Cambodia	88,051	45,696	42,354
86	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	84,203	42,674	41,528
87	🇷🇼Rwanda	83,217	41,656	41,560
88	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	82,765	48,377	34,388
89	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	78,359	42,913	35,446
90	🇦🇹Austria	77,136	36,632	40,504
91	🇬🇹Guatemala	77,115	44,668	32,447
92	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	73,175	45,954	27,220
93	🇪🇨Ecuador	72,749	41,159	31,590
94	🇨🇫Central African Republic	68,061	36,110	31,951
95	🇹🇬Togo	67,886	33,522	34,365
96	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	66,211	36,473	29,739
97	🇨🇭Switzerland	62,650	30,303	32,347
98	🇹🇳Tunisia	58,150	34,306	23,844
99	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	56,997	33,716	23,281
100	🇩🇰Denmark	54,269	26,744	27,525
101	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	53,926	31,557	22,368
102	🇭🇷Croatia	53,905	26,344	27,561
103	🇸🇰Slovakia	53,387	27,582	25,805
104	🇫🇮Finland	50,864	25,520	25,345
105	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	50,757	27,540	23,218
106	🇬🇪Georgia	47,530	25,257	22,273
107	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	46,819	25,058	21,761
108	🇹🇯Tajikistan	45,345	25,817	19,528
109	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	44,420	24,756	19,664
110	🇱🇹Lithuania	43,587	22,303	21,284
111	🇸🇻El Salvador	41,506	23,594	17,912
112	🇳🇴Norway	41,415	20,018	21,397
113	🇱🇷Liberia	39,816	20,622	19,194
114	🇮🇱Israel	39,199	19,501	19,699
115	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	38,015	21,139	16,876
116	🇱🇸Lesotho	37,770	19,922	17,848
117	🇭🇳Honduras	36,758	20,285	16,474
118	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	36,518	18,396	18,122
119	🇨🇬Congo	36,018	18,472	17,547
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	33,638	18,457	15,181
121	🇵🇾Paraguay	31,898	17,955	13,943
122	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	31,746	17,952	13,794
123	🇺🇾Uruguay	31,447	16,128	15,319
124	🇱🇻Latvia	31,115	15,031	16,082
125	🇱🇾Libya	29,280	16,801	12,479
126	🇳🇿New Zealand	28,465	14,218	14,247
127	🇲🇷Mauritania	28,452	14,973	13,479
128	🇦🇲Armenia	27,794	15,024	12,770
129	🇮🇪Ireland	27,707	14,199	13,507
130	🇳🇮Nicaragua	26,364	15,001	11,364
131	🇯🇴Jordan	24,977	14,291	10,686
132	🇪🇷Eritrea	23,635	12,407	11,228
133	🇳🇦Namibia	23,276	12,187	11,089
134	🇨🇷Costa Rica	21,026	11,780	9,246
135	🇦🇱Albania	20,583	11,809	8,774
136	🇸🇬Singapore	20,528	11,334	9,194
137	🇱🇧Lebanon	20,403	10,413	9,990
138	🇲🇰North Macedonia	18,814	10,132	8,682
139	🇧🇼Botswana	18,664	9,540	9,125
140	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,364	9,126	9,238
141	🇲🇳Mongolia	18,202	10,952	7,250
142	🇸🇿Eswatini	17,582	8,933	8,649
143	🇬🇲Gambia	17,338	8,862	8,476
144	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	17,309	9,214	8,095
145	🇵🇦Panama	17,219	9,989	7,229
146	🇯🇲Jamaica	16,494	8,575	7,919
147	🇪🇪Estonia	15,800	7,758	8,042
148	🇬🇦Gabon	14,108	7,635	6,473
149	🇵🇸State of Palestine	13,961	7,683	6,277
150	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	12,144	6,316	5,828
151	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	9,467	5,290	4,178
152	🇲🇺Mauritius	9,040	5,108	3,932
153	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	8,665	4,763	3,902
154	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	8,434	4,789	3,646
155	🇩🇯Djibouti	8,363	4,473	3,890
156	🇨🇾Cyprus	7,205	3,969	3,236
157	🇴🇲Oman	7,110	4,427	2,683
158	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6,755	5,088	1,666
159	🇫🇯Fiji	6,476	3,553	2,923
160	🇰🇲Comoros	6,216	3,383	2,833
161	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,822	2,998	2,824
162	🇬🇾Guyana	5,587	3,216	2,371
163	🇰🇼Kuwait	5,316	3,416	1,900
164	🇧🇹Bhutan	4,808	2,715	2,093
165	🇷🇪Réunion	4,289	2,417	1,872
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,886	2,260	1,626
167	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,778	1,906	1,872
168	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,347	1,917	1,431
169	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	3,041	1,773	1,269
170	🇲🇹Malta	3,024	1,534	1,490
171	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,806	1,507	1,300
172	🇲🇶Martinique	2,630	1,411	1,219
173	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2,605	1,542	1,062
174	🇧🇧Barbados	2,482	1,190	1,292
175	🇧🇸Bahamas	2,332	1,293	1,038
176	🇧🇭Bahrain	2,302	1,404	898
177	🇶🇦Qatar	2,124	1,642	482
178	🇮🇸Iceland	2,029	1,072	959
179	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2,029	1,128	901
180	🇧🇿Belize	1,497	909	587
181	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,490	860	629
182	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1,485	869	616
183	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,371	740	631
184	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,292	704	588
185	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,249	685	563
186	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	1,222	726	497
187	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,217	760	457
188	🇲🇻Maldives	1,116	664	453
189	🇼🇸Samoa	1,036	574	461
190	🇮🇲Isle of Man	833	421	412
191	🇬🇺Guam	821	501	320
192	🇬🇫French Guiana	819	495	324
193	🇵🇫French Polynesia	810	499	310
194	🇬🇩Grenada	807	431	375
195	🇯🇪Jersey	797	402	395
196	🇩🇲Dominica	797	428	369
197	🇰🇮Kiribati	766	383	383
198	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	762	429	333
199	🇹🇴Tonga	716	405	311
200	🇦🇼Aruba	675	382	293
201	🇸🇨Seychelles	619	353	266
202	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	553	271	282
203	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	497	291	207
204	🇬🇬Guernsey	496	240	256
205	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	487	250	237
206	🇾🇹Mayotte	484	289	195
207	🇬🇱Greenland	453	286	167
208	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	439	232	207
209	🇧🇲Bermuda	429	263	167
210	🇦🇩Andorra	400	227	172
211	🇲🇨Monaco	398	197	201
212	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	372	206	167
213	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	279	159	120
214	🇦🇸American Samoa	276	154	123
215	🇸🇲San Marino	274	127	147
216	🇬🇮Gibraltar	239	125	114
217	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	221	115	106
218	🇵🇼Palau	199	114	85
219	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	164	92	71
220	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	163	99	65
221	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	160	92	69
222	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	148	84	64
223	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	138	84	55
224	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	137	82	55
225	🇨🇰Cook Islands	115	73	43
226	🇹🇻Tuvalu	105	59	46
227	🇳🇷Nauru	85	51	34
228	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	82	49	33
229	🇦🇮Anguilla	69	39	29
230	🇸🇭Saint Helena	63	35	28
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	61	33	29
232	🇲🇸Montserrat	58	30	28
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	53	29	24
234	🇳🇺Niue	23	12	10
235	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	22	12	9
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	9	5	5

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2010

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	28,900,242	15,972,716	12,927,526
2	Africa	10,652,256	5,562,048	5,090,208
3	Europe	8,128,387	4,097,544	4,030,843
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,694,621	2,058,654	1,635,967
5	Northern America	2,710,578	1,371,600	1,338,978
6	Oceania	243,110	129,043	114,067

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2010

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,516,426	6,904,951	5,611,475
2	Eastern Asia	10,714,450	5,986,204	4,728,246
3	South-Eastern Asia	4,081,751	2,207,799	1,873,952
4	Eastern Europe	3,974,609	2,043,198	1,931,411
5	Western Africa	3,921,707	2,011,663	1,910,044
6	Eastern Africa	3,243,182	1,709,284	1,533,898
7	South America	2,441,025	1,364,217	1,076,808
8	Western Europe	1,785,648	871,511	914,137
9	Middle Africa	1,568,172	821,672	746,500
10	Southern Europe	1,447,437	734,518	712,919
11	Northern Africa	1,239,382	676,927	562,455
12	Western Asia	1,132,381	630,582	501,799
13	Northern Europe	920,693	448,317	472,376
14	Central America	851,123	481,711	369,412
15	Southern Africa	679,813	342,502	337,311
16	Central Asia	455,234	243,180	212,054
17	Caribbean	402,473	212,726	189,747
18	Australia/New Zealand	171,014	87,114	83,900
19	Melanesia	66,146	38,507	27,639
20	Polynesia	3,087	1,785	1,302
21	Micronesia	2,863	1,637	1,226

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2010

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	39,111,426	21,339,139	17,772,287
2	Lower-middle-income countries	22,658,222	12,214,001	10,444,221
3	Upper-middle-income countries	16,453,204	9,125,138	7,328,066
4	High-income countries	9,884,632	5,036,855	4,847,777
5	Low-income countries	5,170,034	2,717,717	2,452,317
6	No income group available	163,102	97,894	65,208

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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