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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2017

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In the year 2017, a total of 56,965,958 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 30,752,012 were male and 26,213,946 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 9,981,184 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 8,927,865, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,772,099 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 🇳🇺Niue with 24 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 30,770,425 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10694.839, and Europe with 8,076,159 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,306,953 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 12,187,764, and South-Eastern Asia with 4,517,238 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 40,703,241. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 212,298 people died in that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2017

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇨🇳China 9,981,184 5,764,324 4,216,860
2 🇮🇳India 8,927,865 4,791,870 4,135,995
3 🇺🇸United States of America 2,772,099 1,449,734 1,322,365
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,599,811 1,316,888 1,282,923
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 2,004,491 1,058,873 945,618
6 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,780,587 892,947 887,641
7 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,496,276 850,558 645,719
8 🇯🇵Japan 1,463,873 743,014 720,859
9 🇧🇷Brazil 1,353,694 753,573 600,120
10 🇩🇪Germany 933,472 457,704 475,768
11 🇧🇩Bangladesh 880,955 499,464 381,491
12 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 831,726 437,847 393,879
13 🇲🇽Mexico 812,498 457,319 355,179
14 🇪🇹Ethiopia 732,113 413,935 318,178
15 🇮🇹Italy 651,610 310,456 341,154
16 🇻🇳Viet Nam 618,416 349,106 269,310
17 🇬🇧United Kingdom 605,595 297,982 307,613
18 🇵🇭Philippines 604,642 312,052 292,590
19 🇫🇷France 594,684 293,788 300,896
20 🇺🇦Ukraine 558,528 289,483 269,045
21 🇪🇬Egypt 558,084 305,754 252,329
22 🇿🇦South Africa 498,721 254,868 243,853
23 🇹🇭Thailand 488,817 292,483 196,334
24 🇲🇲Myanmar 461,006 253,122 207,884
25 🇪🇸Spain 422,287 212,335 209,953
26 🇹🇷Türkiye 421,687 235,086 186,601
27 🇵🇱Poland 403,958 208,150 195,808
28 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 396,425 231,699 164,727
29 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 360,022 194,684 165,338
30 🇰🇪Kenya 357,331 192,187 165,144
31 🇦🇷Argentina 338,780 175,852 162,928
32 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 288,350 158,653 129,697
33 🇨🇦Canada 276,434 140,858 135,575
34 🇸🇩Sudan 273,132 153,352 119,780
35 🇨🇴Colombia 252,689 140,463 112,226
36 🇦🇫Afghanistan 250,677 142,289 108,388
37 🇦🇴Angola 248,702 133,774 114,928
38 🇲🇿Mozambique 248,268 131,664 116,603
39 🇺🇬Uganda 247,348 130,287 117,061
40 🇷🇴Romania 246,673 130,375 116,298
41 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 227,995 122,962 105,033
42 🇬🇭Ghana 223,297 119,492 103,805
43 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 216,964 99,357 117,607
44 🇨🇲Cameroon 209,846 109,650 100,196
45 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 208,576 122,034 86,542
46 🇲🇦Morocco 200,656 111,538 89,118
47 🇳🇵Nepal 196,726 103,248 93,477
48 🇹🇩Chad 196,697 103,524 93,173
49 🇵🇪Peru 194,790 105,933 88,857
50 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 194,513 104,805 89,708
51 🇩🇿Algeria 186,925 98,143 88,782
52 🇲🇱Mali 186,309 97,089 89,220
53 🇮🇶Iraq 183,696 101,697 81,999
54 🇾🇪Yemen 182,794 103,622 79,173
55 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 180,836 93,336 87,500
56 🇳🇪Niger 179,216 92,483 86,733
57 🇲🇬Madagascar 177,726 97,976 79,750
58 🇸🇴Somalia 176,555 94,904 81,651
59 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 167,361 98,390 68,971
60 🇲🇾Malaysia 163,884 96,095 67,789
61 🇦🇺Australia 160,643 82,712 77,931
62 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 151,498 87,954 63,543
63 🇳🇱Netherlands 150,325 72,627 77,698
64 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 147,533 75,968 71,565
65 🇭🇺Hungary 131,642 63,979 67,664
66 🇲🇼Malawi 127,870 69,764 58,106
67 🇧🇾Belarus 127,460 63,194 64,265
68 🇬🇳Guinea 123,963 62,269 61,694
69 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 122,177 62,092 60,084
70 🇬🇷Greece 121,620 68,166 53,454
71 🇸🇸South Sudan 120,970 62,963 58,007
72 🇿🇲Zambia 117,736 63,528 54,208
73 🇧🇬Bulgaria 115,964 59,246 56,718
74 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 115,420 74,613 40,807
75 🇨🇱Chile 112,090 57,399 54,691
76 🇨🇿Czechia 111,403 56,223 55,180
77 🇧🇯Benin 111,246 57,619 53,626
78 🇵🇹Portugal 109,892 54,979 54,913
79 🇧🇪Belgium 109,875 53,871 56,004
80 🇨🇺Cuba 109,141 60,001 49,140
81 🇷🇸Serbia 105,220 53,322 51,898
82 🇸🇪Sweden 91,854 44,821 47,032
83 🇰🇭Cambodia 91,541 47,482 44,059
84 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 89,911 57,220 32,692
85 🇭🇹Haiti 87,199 47,931 39,269
86 🇧🇮Burundi 86,959 45,663 41,296
87 🇸🇳Senegal 86,790 46,589 40,201
88 🇬🇹Guatemala 83,252 47,073 36,179
89 🇦🇹Austria 83,154 39,828 43,326
90 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 81,303 44,839 36,465
91 🇪🇨Ecuador 81,236 44,307 36,929
92 🇷🇼Rwanda 77,903 40,113 37,790
93 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 75,858 39,008 36,850
94 🇹🇳Tunisia 70,625 41,412 29,214
95 🇹🇬Togo 69,148 34,690 34,458
96 🇨🇭Switzerland 66,996 32,381 34,614
97 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 66,235 36,240 29,995
98 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 64,319 37,000 27,319
99 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 59,237 35,936 23,301
100 🇨🇫Central African Republic 58,038 31,671 26,366
101 🇭🇷Croatia 56,089 27,067 29,021
102 🇸🇰Slovakia 53,877 27,439 26,437
103 🇫🇮Finland 53,627 26,839 26,788
104 🇩🇰Denmark 53,281 26,929 26,352
105 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 49,078 27,561 21,517
106 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 48,393 26,163 22,230
107 🇬🇪Georgia 47,578 25,185 22,393
108 🇹🇯Tajikistan 46,184 26,451 19,733
109 🇸🇻El Salvador 43,135 25,224 17,911
110 🇮🇱Israel 43,096 21,735 21,361
111 🇱🇷Liberia 43,060 22,055 21,005
112 🇱🇹Lithuania 42,582 20,378 22,204
113 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 41,894 22,601 19,293
114 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 40,917 20,231 20,686
115 🇳🇴Norway 40,727 19,605 21,122
116 🇭🇳Honduras 40,652 22,952 17,700
117 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 39,045 21,635 17,411
118 🇨🇬Congo 36,825 19,203 17,622
119 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 35,759 20,181 15,578
120 🇵🇾Paraguay 34,651 19,466 15,185
121 🇱🇾Libya 33,671 19,779 13,892
122 🇺🇾Uruguay 33,281 16,507 16,774
123 🇯🇴Jordan 32,164 18,731 13,432
124 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 31,567 18,125 13,442
125 🇲🇷Mauritania 30,991 16,735 14,256
126 🇳🇿New Zealand 30,918 15,811 15,107
127 🇱🇻Latvia 30,315 14,201 16,113
128 🇮🇪Ireland 30,119 15,269 14,850
129 🇳🇮Nicaragua 29,983 16,662 13,321
130 🇱🇸Lesotho 29,654 15,677 13,976
131 🇱🇧Lebanon 27,974 14,201 13,774
132 🇦🇲Armenia 27,679 14,579 13,101
133 🇨🇷Costa Rica 25,856 14,356 11,500
134 🇸🇬Singapore 25,169 14,052 11,117
135 🇦🇱Albania 23,507 13,626 9,881
136 🇪🇷Eritrea 22,218 11,692 10,527
137 🇸🇮Slovenia 20,476 10,093 10,383
138 🇵🇦Panama 20,234 11,565 8,670
139 🇯🇲Jamaica 20,102 10,595 9,507
140 🇳🇦Namibia 20,065 10,860 9,205
141 🇲🇰North Macedonia 19,830 10,450 9,380
142 🇲🇳Mongolia 18,517 10,910 7,606
143 🇬🇲Gambia 17,626 9,213 8,413
144 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 16,250 8,547 7,703
145 🇪🇪Estonia 15,631 7,325 8,306
146 🇵🇸State of Palestine 15,363 8,417 6,947
147 🇧🇼Botswana 15,139 8,170 6,969
148 🇬🇦Gabon 15,084 8,544 6,540
149 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 13,121 7,171 5,950
150 🇸🇿Eswatini 11,488 6,377 5,112
151 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 10,914 6,098 4,816
152 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 10,904 7,640 3,264
153 🇲🇺Mauritius 10,524 5,802 4,722
154 🇴🇲Oman 9,788 6,255 3,533
155 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 9,200 5,024 4,176
156 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 8,924 4,838 4,086
157 🇩🇯Djibouti 8,700 4,767 3,933
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 7,782 4,176 3,605
159 🇰🇼Kuwait 7,760 5,486 2,275
160 🇫🇯Fiji 7,123 3,824 3,299
161 🇲🇪Montenegro 6,592 3,472 3,120
162 🇰🇲Comoros 6,354 3,513 2,841
163 🇬🇾Guyana 5,726 3,259 2,467
164 🇧🇹Bhutan 5,246 2,946 2,300
165 🇷🇪Réunion 4,910 2,693 2,217
166 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,281 2,138 2,143
167 🇸🇷Suriname 3,923 2,201 1,722
168 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3,293 1,862 1,431
169 🇲🇹Malta 3,240 1,755 1,485
170 🇲🇶Martinique 3,178 1,647 1,532
171 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3,126 1,892 1,234
172 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 3,006 1,597 1,409
173 🇧🇭Bahrain 2,940 1,830 1,110
174 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 2,753 1,484 1,269
175 🇧🇸Bahamas 2,725 1,525 1,200
176 🇶🇦Qatar 2,649 1,978 671
177 🇧🇧Barbados 2,471 1,210 1,262
178 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2,452 1,334 1,118
179 🇮🇸Iceland 2,227 1,113 1,114
180 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 1,961 1,130 831
181 🇧🇿Belize 1,763 1,082 681
182 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,693 988 705
183 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,571 867 704
184 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,456 881 574
185 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1,412 801 610
186 🇲🇻Maldives 1,299 787 512
187 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,279 814 465
188 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,225 690 535
189 🇼🇸Samoa 1,106 615 491
190 🇬🇺Guam 1,038 623 415
191 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,022 605 419
192 🇬🇩Grenada 956 521 435
193 🇵🇫French Polynesia 953 581 371
194 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 910 520 390
195 🇦🇼Aruba 887 479 408
196 🇯🇪Jersey 868 452 416
197 🇮🇲Isle of Man 836 422 414
198 🇩🇲Dominica 805 424 382
199 🇲🇨Monaco 790 416 374
200 🇰🇮Kiribati 776 387 389
201 🇹🇴Tonga 730 405 325
202 🇸🇨Seychelles 719 417 303
203 🇾🇹Mayotte 662 406 256
204 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 620 258 362
205 🇬🇬Guernsey 588 291 297
206 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 585 345 240
207 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 524 268 255
208 🇧🇲Bermuda 461 245 216
209 🇬🇱Greenland 458 286 172
210 🇦🇩Andorra 454 248 206
211 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 452 257 196
212 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 382 215 166
213 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 342 192 150
214 🇸🇲San Marino 325 151 174
215 🇦🇸American Samoa 295 169 126
216 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 287 163 124
217 🇬🇮Gibraltar 267 132 135
218 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 240 147 94
219 🇵🇼Palau 232 137 95
220 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 229 121 107
221 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 224 138 86
222 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 184 104 80
223 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 176 107 69
224 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 166 95 70
225 🇨🇰Cook Islands 137 83 54
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 110 66 44
227 🇦🇮Anguilla 93 57 36
228 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 81 41 40
229 🇳🇷Nauru 78 46 32
230 🇸🇭Saint Helena 75 46 29
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 72 39 33
232 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 60 31 29
233 🇲🇸Montserrat 57 30 27
234 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 25 14 11
235 🇳🇺Niue 24 12 12
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 12 6 7
237 🇻🇦Holy See 10 5 5

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2017

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 30,770,425 17,057,479 13,712,946
2 Africa 10,694,839 5,649,483 5,045,356
3 Europe 8,076,159 4,033,873 4,042,286
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 4,104,060 2,274,217 1,829,844
5 Northern America 3,049,504 1,591,156 1,458,348
6 Oceania 270,970 145,804 125,166

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2017

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 12,306,953 6,710,805 5,596,148
2 Eastern Asia 12,187,764 6,903,544 5,284,220
3 South-Eastern Asia 4,517,238 2,455,391 2,061,847
4 Western Africa 4,175,198 2,140,492 2,034,707
5 Eastern Europe 3,571,981 1,813,635 1,758,346
6 Eastern Africa 3,007,084 1,629,080 1,378,004
7 South America 2,701,793 1,486,450 1,215,343
8 Western Europe 1,943,810 952,875 990,935
9 Middle Africa 1,611,263 852,073 759,190
10 Southern Europe 1,591,504 791,488 800,016
11 Northern Africa 1,326,219 731,874 594,345
12 Western Asia 1,295,437 738,700 556,737
13 Central America 1,057,377 596,228 461,149
14 Northern Europe 968,864 475,875 492,989
15 Southern Africa 575,074 295,964 279,110
16 Central Asia 463,033 249,039 213,994
17 Caribbean 344,891 191,539 153,352
18 Australia/New Zealand 191,572 98,526 93,046
19 Melanesia 72,780 43,479 29,301
20 Polynesia 3,360 1,927 1,433
21 Micronesia 3,258 1,872 1,386

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2017

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 40,703,241 22,294,412 18,408,829
2 Lower-middle-income countries 22,829,633 12,272,766 10,556,867
3 Upper-middle-income countries 17,873,608 10,021,646 7,851,962
4 High-income countries 10,897,022 5,565,849 5,331,173
5 Low-income countries 5,153,397 2,767,478 2,385,919
6 No income group available 212,298 124,273 88,025

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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