Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2012

-5 year -1 year 2012 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2012, a total of 54,789,783 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 29,482,549 were male and 25,307,234 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,072,346 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 9,000,753, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,546,455 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 10 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 13, and 🇳🇺Niue with 22 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 29,395,322 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10561.944, and Europe with 8,078,292 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,445,982 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 11,063,391, and South-Eastern Asia with 4,207,041 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 39,255,031. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 170,859 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2012

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2012

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,072,346	4,953,196	4,119,151
2	🇨🇳China	9,000,753	5,107,060	3,893,694
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,546,455	1,294,294	1,252,161
4	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,413,863	1,227,657	1,186,206
5	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,925,504	989,082	936,422
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,875,355	986,192	889,163
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,518,663	867,276	651,387
8	🇯🇵Japan	1,363,506	700,610	662,896
9	🇧🇷Brazil	1,267,614	712,671	554,942
10	🇧🇩Bangladesh	893,182	516,522	376,660
11	🇩🇪Germany	870,496	416,861	453,634
12	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	793,181	414,114	379,067
13	🇪🇹Ethiopia	766,385	423,373	343,012
14	🇺🇦Ukraine	662,913	324,696	338,217
15	🇲🇽Mexico	653,197	369,198	284,000
16	🇮🇹Italy	608,698	292,478	316,221
17	🇬🇧United Kingdom	567,739	272,616	295,123
18	🇻🇳Viet Nam	560,457	316,223	244,235
19	🇫🇷France	558,599	280,944	277,655
20	🇵🇭Philippines	557,390	283,785	273,605
21	🇪🇬Egypt	539,487	293,260	246,227
22	🇿🇦South Africa	530,829	267,276	263,553
23	🇲🇲Myanmar	453,365	247,561	205,804
24	🇹🇭Thailand	446,746	266,866	179,879
25	🇪🇸Spain	401,253	204,432	196,821
26	🇹🇷Türkiye	391,087	216,619	174,468
27	🇵🇱Poland	385,382	202,348	183,034
28	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	382,148	206,371	175,777
29	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	378,385	219,784	158,602
30	🇰🇪Kenya	326,046	172,242	153,803
31	🇦🇷Argentina	310,203	165,034	145,169
32	🇺🇬Uganda	269,541	141,785	127,756
33	🇲🇿Mozambique	269,222	139,013	130,209
34	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	268,323	150,292	118,031
35	🇸🇩Sudan	257,914	144,969	112,946
36	🇷🇴Romania	256,956	132,335	124,621
37	🇦🇴Angola	252,249	135,588	116,661
38	🇨🇦Canada	246,225	124,126	122,100
39	🇦🇫Afghanistan	234,629	124,308	110,321
40	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	232,251	125,276	106,975
41	🇨🇴Colombia	228,230	130,084	98,146
42	🇬🇭Ghana	221,321	118,458	102,863
43	🇨🇲Cameroon	215,330	112,015	103,316
44	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	210,789	101,339	109,450
45	🇵🇪Peru	202,404	109,335	93,069
46	🇲🇦Morocco	195,641	107,391	88,250
47	🇳🇵Nepal	191,550	101,105	90,446
48	🇹🇩Chad	186,634	97,666	88,967
49	🇲🇱Mali	185,967	96,751	89,215
50	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	184,821	97,598	87,223
51	🇮🇶Iraq	184,352	98,594	85,758
52	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	179,964	92,286	87,678
53	🇩🇿Algeria	177,788	94,850	82,938
54	🇳🇪Niger	174,457	88,475	85,981
55	🇲🇬Madagascar	169,505	92,608	76,897
56	🇸🇴Somalia	169,183	90,245	78,937
57	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	167,622	100,904	66,718
58	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	153,791	90,421	63,370
59	🇲🇼Malawi	152,506	79,828	72,678
60	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	152,408	81,269	71,139
61	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	151,293	91,081	60,213
62	🇦🇺Australia	148,916	75,494	73,422
63	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	148,222	93,230	54,992
64	🇾🇪Yemen	146,478	79,036	67,442
65	🇲🇾Malaysia	145,323	85,088	60,235
66	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	142,195	71,856	70,339
67	🇳🇱Netherlands	140,752	67,929	72,822
68	🇧🇾Belarus	133,211	68,189	65,022
69	🇭🇺Hungary	129,387	63,425	65,963
70	🇿🇲Zambia	121,868	63,629	58,239
71	🇬🇳Guinea	120,951	61,430	59,521
72	🇸🇸South Sudan	118,173	60,829	57,345
73	🇬🇷Greece	116,966	65,948	51,018
74	🇧🇬Bulgaria	115,250	58,969	56,280
75	🇧🇪Belgium	109,049	53,805	55,243
76	🇨🇿Czechia	108,020	54,468	53,552
77	🇵🇹Portugal	107,622	54,430	53,192
78	🇨🇱Chile	105,229	55,910	49,319
79	🇷🇸Serbia	102,937	53,662	49,275
80	🇧🇯Benin	102,401	52,136	50,265
81	🇨🇺Cuba	96,990	52,728	44,262
82	🇧🇮Burundi	94,187	48,611	45,576
83	🇸🇪Sweden	91,829	44,201	47,628
84	🇸🇳Senegal	89,885	47,657	42,228
85	🇰🇭Cambodia	86,835	45,014	41,821
86	🇭🇹Haiti	85,904	46,348	39,557
87	🇷🇼Rwanda	82,496	41,271	41,224
88	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	81,047	41,180	39,867
89	🇦🇹Austria	79,439	37,396	42,044
90	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	78,608	43,266	35,342
91	🇬🇹Guatemala	78,328	45,056	33,272
92	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	74,331	46,475	27,855
93	🇪🇨Ecuador	74,223	41,270	32,953
94	🇹🇬Togo	68,350	33,724	34,626
95	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	66,410	37,041	29,368
96	🇨🇫Central African Republic	65,792	34,972	30,820
97	🇨🇭Switzerland	64,007	30,635	33,372
98	🇹🇳Tunisia	61,764	36,087	25,677
99	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	58,287	34,490	23,797
100	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	55,182	33,045	22,137
101	🇭🇷Croatia	53,843	26,627	27,216
102	🇸🇰Slovakia	52,415	26,854	25,562
103	🇩🇰Denmark	52,278	25,872	26,405
104	🇫🇮Finland	51,582	25,596	25,986
105	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	49,599	26,679	22,920
106	🇬🇪Georgia	48,452	26,403	22,049
107	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	47,761	25,576	22,185
108	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	45,832	25,556	20,276
109	🇹🇯Tajikistan	45,436	25,834	19,602
110	🇸🇻El Salvador	43,538	24,560	18,978
111	🇱🇹Lithuania	42,745	21,600	21,145
112	🇳🇴Norway	41,914	20,062	21,852
113	🇱🇷Liberia	41,588	21,552	20,037
114	🇮🇱Israel	41,547	20,515	21,032
115	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	37,223	20,882	16,341
116	🇭🇳Honduras	37,120	20,840	16,280
117	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	36,655	18,729	17,927
118	🇨🇬Congo	36,651	18,749	17,902
119	🇱🇸Lesotho	35,030	18,485	16,545
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	34,863	19,036	15,827
121	🇵🇾Paraguay	32,412	18,167	14,245
122	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	32,040	18,043	13,997
123	🇺🇾Uruguay	31,835	16,256	15,579
124	🇲🇷Mauritania	31,123	16,603	14,519
125	🇱🇻Latvia	30,206	14,324	15,882
126	🇳🇿New Zealand	30,141	15,089	15,052
127	🇱🇾Libya	29,473	17,095	12,378
128	🇮🇪Ireland	28,837	14,764	14,073
129	🇦🇲Armenia	28,598	14,922	13,676
130	🇳🇮Nicaragua	27,021	15,335	11,686
131	🇯🇴Jordan	26,192	15,094	11,098
132	🇪🇷Eritrea	23,180	12,200	10,981
133	🇳🇦Namibia	22,531	12,023	10,508
134	🇦🇱Albania	21,980	12,601	9,379
135	🇸🇬Singapore	21,561	11,927	9,634
136	🇨🇷Costa Rica	21,498	11,977	9,522
137	🇱🇧Lebanon	21,151	10,694	10,457
138	🇲🇰North Macedonia	19,727	10,477	9,250
139	🇸🇮Slovenia	19,056	9,289	9,767
140	🇧🇼Botswana	18,862	9,812	9,051
141	🇲🇳Mongolia	18,209	10,825	7,384
142	🇵🇦Panama	18,078	10,406	7,672
143	🇬🇲Gambia	16,860	8,773	8,087
144	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	16,794	8,905	7,888
145	🇯🇲Jamaica	16,075	8,003	8,071
146	🇸🇿Eswatini	15,574	8,103	7,471
147	🇪🇪Estonia	15,494	7,626	7,868
148	🇬🇦Gabon	14,459	7,951	6,508
149	🇵🇸State of Palestine	14,427	7,999	6,427
150	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	12,509	6,547	5,962
151	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	9,437	5,135	4,303
152	🇲🇺Mauritius	9,344	5,174	4,170
153	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	8,816	4,829	3,987
154	🇩🇯Djibouti	8,506	4,597	3,909
155	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	8,296	4,723	3,573
156	🇴🇲Oman	7,912	4,966	2,945
157	🇨🇾Cyprus	7,432	3,979	3,453
158	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	7,373	5,436	1,937
159	🇫🇯Fiji	6,610	3,591	3,018
160	🇰🇲Comoros	6,291	3,427	2,863
161	🇲🇪Montenegro	6,108	3,021	3,087
162	🇰🇼Kuwait	5,677	3,722	1,955
163	🇬🇾Guyana	5,616	3,241	2,375
164	🇧🇹Bhutan	4,826	2,735	2,091
165	🇷🇪Réunion	4,339	2,373	1,965
166	🇸🇷Suriname	4,144	2,381	1,763
167	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,896	1,898	1,998
168	🇲🇹Malta	3,381	1,756	1,624
169	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	3,110	1,796	1,314
170	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,104	1,647	1,457
171	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2,750	1,636	1,114
172	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,748	1,495	1,252
173	🇲🇶Martinique	2,699	1,414	1,285
174	🇧🇸Bahamas	2,477	1,353	1,124
175	🇧🇧Barbados	2,452	1,184	1,268
176	🇧🇭Bahrain	2,360	1,443	917
177	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2,187	1,213	974
178	🇶🇦Qatar	2,155	1,586	569
179	🇮🇸Iceland	1,964	955	1,008
180	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1,597	929	668
181	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,565	906	659
182	🇧🇿Belize	1,499	903	596
183	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,408	763	644
184	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,295	704	591
185	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,294	716	578
186	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	1,251	756	496
187	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,238	776	461
188	🇲🇻Maldives	1,104	650	454
189	🇼🇸Samoa	1,073	590	483
190	🇬🇺Guam	899	552	347
191	🇬🇩Grenada	845	459	386
192	🇬🇫French Guiana	840	509	331
193	🇩🇲Dominica	839	440	399
194	🇮🇲Isle of Man	836	424	412
195	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	833	474	360
196	🇵🇫French Polynesia	820	508	312
197	🇯🇪Jersey	803	410	394
198	🇰🇮Kiribati	777	388	388
199	🇦🇼Aruba	733	408	325
200	🇹🇴Tonga	722	406	315
201	🇸🇨Seychelles	629	356	273
202	🇲🇨Monaco	529	278	251
203	🇬🇬Guernsey	515	248	267
204	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	510	299	211
205	🇾🇹Mayotte	509	304	204
206	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	489	252	237
207	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	482	235	246
208	🇬🇱Greenland	440	279	161
209	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	437	233	205
210	🇧🇲Bermuda	433	259	174
211	🇦🇩Andorra	372	206	166
212	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	364	202	162
213	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	318	178	140
214	🇸🇲San Marino	299	142	157
215	🇦🇸American Samoa	278	156	122
216	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	224	122	102
217	🇵🇼Palau	206	120	86
218	🇬🇮Gibraltar	203	101	101
219	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	194	104	89
220	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	183	102	81
221	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	181	110	71
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	159	96	63
223	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	154	87	67
224	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	141	82	58
225	🇨🇰Cook Islands	126	78	47
226	🇹🇻Tuvalu	109	62	47
227	🇳🇷Nauru	80	48	32
228	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	73	38	35
229	🇦🇮Anguilla	72	41	31
230	🇸🇭Saint Helena	67	39	28
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	62	33	29
232	🇲🇸Montserrat	58	30	28
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	49	28	21
234	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	22	12	10
235	🇳🇺Niue	22	12	10
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	10	5	5

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2012

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	29,395,322	16,271,420	13,123,902
2	Africa	10,561,944	5,541,931	5,020,013
3	Europe	8,078,292	4,043,290	4,035,002
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,707,735	2,072,712	1,635,023
5	Northern America	2,793,608	1,418,983	1,374,625
6	Oceania	252,882	134,213	118,669

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2012

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,445,982	6,876,651	5,569,331
2	Eastern Asia	11,063,391	6,187,313	4,876,078
3	South-Eastern Asia	4,207,041	2,275,091	1,931,950
4	Western Africa	3,980,003	2,042,571	1,937,432
5	Eastern Europe	3,816,772	1,945,910	1,870,862
6	Eastern Africa	3,116,210	1,660,078	1,456,132
7	South America	2,509,002	1,399,045	1,109,957
8	Western Europe	1,826,982	889,857	937,125
9	Middle Africa	1,578,093	828,307	749,786
10	Southern Europe	1,507,353	758,602	748,751
11	Northern Africa	1,264,809	695,283	569,526
12	Western Asia	1,224,153	687,754	536,399
13	Northern Europe	927,185	448,921	478,264
14	Central America	880,269	498,260	382,009
15	Southern Africa	622,829	315,692	307,137
16	Central Asia	454,755	244,611	210,144
17	Caribbean	318,464	175,407	143,057
18	Australia/New Zealand	179,056	90,582	88,474
19	Melanesia	67,715	40,122	27,593
20	Polynesia	3,133	1,799	1,334
21	Micronesia	2,978	1,710	1,268

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2012

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	39,255,031	21,471,639	17,783,392
2	Lower-middle-income countries	22,610,548	12,221,012	10,389,536
3	Upper-middle-income countries	16,644,483	9,250,627	7,393,856
4	High-income countries	10,198,018	5,171,963	5,026,055
5	Low-income countries	5,165,875	2,736,111	2,429,764
6	No income group available	170,859	102,836	68,023

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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