Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2018

-5 year -1 year 2018 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2018, a total of 57,351,675 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 30,909,237 were male and 26,442,438 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 9,886,851 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 9,098,071, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,780,175 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 24 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 30,948,894 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10763.424, and Europe with 8,112,356 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,484,487 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 12,141,719, and South-Eastern Asia with 4,546,772 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 40,997,463. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 213,163 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2018

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2018

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	9,886,851	5,636,959	4,249,892
2	🇮🇳India	9,098,071	4,892,594	4,205,476
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,780,175	1,463,421	1,316,754
4	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,627,362	1,327,421	1,299,941
5	🇮🇩Indonesia	2,001,885	1,063,213	938,671
6	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,800,581	901,628	898,953
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,508,129	853,327	654,802
8	🇯🇵Japan	1,493,140	753,950	739,190
9	🇧🇷Brazil	1,369,336	759,636	609,701
10	🇩🇪Germany	908,011	454,966	453,046
11	🇧🇩Bangladesh	858,712	474,294	384,419
12	🇲🇽Mexico	850,431	479,796	370,635
13	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	834,545	442,023	392,521
14	🇪🇹Ethiopia	730,182	418,813	311,369
15	🇻🇳Viet Nam	632,414	357,853	274,561
16	🇮🇹Italy	630,845	300,708	330,138
17	🇬🇧United Kingdom	615,560	303,818	311,742
18	🇵🇭Philippines	611,429	317,740	293,689
19	🇫🇷France	596,919	296,329	300,589
20	🇺🇦Ukraine	583,125	304,222	278,902
21	🇪🇬Egypt	571,875	310,916	260,959
22	🇿🇦South Africa	502,601	256,610	245,992
23	🇹🇭Thailand	499,760	298,509	201,251
24	🇲🇲Myanmar	454,580	250,605	203,975
25	🇪🇸Spain	425,324	214,362	210,962
26	🇹🇷Türkiye	420,022	233,954	186,068
27	🇵🇱Poland	415,046	214,133	200,913
28	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	403,553	235,299	168,254
29	🇰🇪Kenya	365,374	196,455	168,919
30	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	359,085	193,312	165,773
31	🇦🇷Argentina	340,946	178,069	162,876
32	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	302,318	165,986	136,332
33	🇨🇦Canada	283,619	144,291	139,327
34	🇸🇩Sudan	278,993	156,554	122,440
35	🇨🇴Colombia	260,363	144,941	115,423
36	🇦🇫Afghanistan	256,314	147,434	108,881
37	🇦🇴Angola	249,688	135,680	114,008
38	🇷🇴Romania	248,910	132,016	116,895
39	🇺🇬Uganda	246,445	130,678	115,767
40	🇲🇿Mozambique	245,416	131,686	113,731
41	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	228,525	122,512	106,013
42	🇬🇭Ghana	227,745	121,925	105,821
43	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	223,609	102,734	120,875
44	🇨🇲Cameroon	210,169	111,090	99,079
45	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	209,334	123,377	85,957
46	🇾🇪Yemen	204,264	121,140	83,125
47	🇲🇦Morocco	202,762	113,423	89,339
48	🇳🇵Nepal	200,989	105,445	95,544
49	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	198,098	106,151	91,947
50	🇹🇩Chad	197,478	104,151	93,328
51	🇵🇪Peru	195,538	107,049	88,489
52	🇲🇱Mali	188,002	98,755	89,247
53	🇩🇿Algeria	187,993	99,307	88,685
54	🇳🇪Niger	182,088	93,385	88,704
55	🇲🇬Madagascar	180,875	99,733	81,142
56	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	179,776	92,884	86,892
57	🇸🇴Somalia	176,175	94,849	81,326
58	🇮🇶Iraq	173,818	89,621	84,196
59	🇲🇾Malaysia	167,497	97,937	69,559
60	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	166,272	97,779	68,493
61	🇦🇺Australia	158,724	82,282	76,442
62	🇳🇱Netherlands	153,598	74,623	78,975
63	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	152,188	87,086	65,102
64	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	150,852	77,142	73,709
65	🇭🇺Hungary	130,864	63,924	66,940
66	🇧🇾Belarus	128,588	64,015	64,574
67	🇲🇼Malawi	127,786	69,809	57,976
68	🇬🇳Guinea	124,847	62,252	62,595
69	🇿🇲Zambia	120,307	65,253	55,054
70	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	120,252	60,873	59,379
71	🇨🇱Chile	117,566	60,968	56,599
72	🇬🇷Greece	117,025	66,003	51,023
73	🇧🇬Bulgaria	115,908	58,169	57,739
74	🇵🇹Portugal	113,469	56,811	56,658
75	🇨🇿Czechia	112,614	56,904	55,710
76	🇧🇯Benin	112,575	58,022	54,553
77	🇸🇸South Sudan	111,513	56,767	54,747
78	🇨🇺Cuba	111,265	61,062	50,203
79	🇧🇪Belgium	110,929	54,089	56,840
80	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	105,952	65,059	40,893
81	🇷🇸Serbia	104,262	52,766	51,497
82	🇰🇭Cambodia	94,278	48,988	45,290
83	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	92,656	59,317	33,339
84	🇸🇪Sweden	92,179	45,436	46,743
85	🇭🇹Haiti	88,213	48,517	39,696
86	🇧🇮Burundi	87,635	46,196	41,439
87	🇸🇳Senegal	86,967	46,217	40,750
88	🇬🇹Guatemala	84,289	47,281	37,008
89	🇦🇹Austria	84,162	40,793	43,369
90	🇪🇨Ecuador	83,179	45,678	37,501
91	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	82,718	45,573	37,145
92	🇷🇼Rwanda	78,077	39,915	38,163
93	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	73,193	38,036	35,157
94	🇹🇳Tunisia	72,123	42,434	29,689
95	🇹🇬Togo	70,551	35,549	35,002
96	🇨🇭Switzerland	67,281	32,436	34,845
97	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	65,539	35,236	30,303
98	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	65,334	37,588	27,746
99	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	60,860	36,833	24,027
100	🇨🇫Central African Republic	57,525	31,242	26,283
101	🇭🇷Croatia	55,495	27,209	28,285
102	🇩🇰Denmark	55,232	27,970	27,262
103	🇫🇮Finland	54,386	27,150	27,236
104	🇸🇰Slovakia	54,236	27,726	26,509
105	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	49,180	27,777	21,403
106	🇬🇪Georgia	48,926	25,974	22,952
107	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	48,028	25,890	22,138
108	🇹🇯Tajikistan	45,802	25,985	19,817
109	🇮🇱Israel	43,833	22,176	21,657
110	🇸🇻El Salvador	43,729	25,187	18,542
111	🇱🇷Liberia	43,098	22,229	20,869
112	🇱🇹Lithuania	42,305	20,190	22,115
113	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	42,140	22,976	19,164
114	🇭🇳Honduras	41,704	23,559	18,145
115	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	41,164	20,466	20,699
116	🇳🇴Norway	40,808	19,826	20,982
117	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	40,292	22,447	17,845
118	🇨🇬Congo	37,015	19,139	17,876
119	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	36,078	20,664	15,415
120	🇵🇾Paraguay	35,931	20,120	15,811
121	🇱🇾Libya	33,956	19,829	14,128
122	🇺🇾Uruguay	33,805	16,745	17,060
123	🇯🇴Jordan	32,893	19,244	13,648
124	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	32,683	19,209	13,475
125	🇳🇿New Zealand	31,234	15,948	15,286
126	🇲🇷Mauritania	30,971	16,644	14,327
127	🇮🇪Ireland	30,601	15,594	15,007
128	🇱🇻Latvia	30,338	14,165	16,174
129	🇳🇮Nicaragua	30,313	16,881	13,432
130	🇱🇸Lesotho	29,164	15,430	13,734
131	🇱🇧Lebanon	28,539	14,361	14,178
132	🇦🇲Armenia	27,777	14,613	13,165
133	🇨🇷Costa Rica	26,579	15,019	11,560
134	🇸🇬Singapore	25,978	14,533	11,445
135	🇦🇱Albania	23,939	13,896	10,043
136	🇪🇷Eritrea	21,957	11,607	10,350
137	🇵🇦Panama	20,849	11,908	8,941
138	🇯🇲Jamaica	20,616	10,951	9,666
139	🇸🇮Slovenia	20,534	10,128	10,406
140	🇳🇦Namibia	20,250	10,956	9,294
141	🇲🇰North Macedonia	19,025	10,125	8,901
142	🇬🇲Gambia	17,920	9,331	8,588
143	🇲🇳Mongolia	17,878	10,918	6,960
144	🇧🇼Botswana	16,957	8,762	8,195
145	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	16,178	8,561	7,618
146	🇵🇸State of Palestine	15,980	8,911	7,069
147	🇪🇪Estonia	15,829	7,415	8,414
148	🇬🇦Gabon	15,303	8,653	6,650
149	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	13,226	7,220	6,005
150	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	12,102	8,391	3,712
151	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	11,571	6,459	5,112
152	🇸🇿Eswatini	10,865	6,073	4,791
153	🇲🇺Mauritius	10,786	5,896	4,890
154	🇴🇲Oman	10,054	6,395	3,659
155	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	9,507	5,116	4,390
156	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	8,867	4,799	4,067
157	🇩🇯Djibouti	8,819	4,830	3,989
158	🇰🇼Kuwait	8,708	6,241	2,467
159	🇨🇾Cyprus	8,042	4,141	3,901
160	🇫🇯Fiji	7,243	3,875	3,367
161	🇲🇪Montenegro	6,618	3,427	3,191
162	🇰🇲Comoros	6,405	3,530	2,874
163	🇬🇾Guyana	5,778	3,280	2,498
164	🇧🇹Bhutan	5,154	2,904	2,249
165	🇷🇪Réunion	5,085	2,820	2,265
166	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,348	2,206	2,142
167	🇸🇷Suriname	4,013	2,259	1,753
168	🇲🇹Malta	3,471	1,870	1,601
169	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	3,335	1,880	1,455
170	🇪🇭Western Sahara	3,220	1,949	1,270
171	🇲🇶Martinique	3,187	1,643	1,543
172	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	3,114	1,632	1,482
173	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,016	1,609	1,407
174	🇧🇭Bahrain	2,967	1,829	1,137
175	🇧🇸Bahamas	2,784	1,554	1,229
176	🇶🇦Qatar	2,712	2,001	710
177	🇧🇧Barbados	2,497	1,221	1,276
178	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2,496	1,362	1,133
179	🇮🇸Iceland	2,248	1,138	1,110
180	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	2,041	1,176	867
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,808	1,111	697
182	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,707	995	712
183	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,625	889	736
184	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,446	872	573
185	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,419	805	614
186	🇲🇻Maldives	1,370	827	542
187	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	1,299	821	478
188	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,247	702	545
189	🇼🇸Samoa	1,118	623	495
190	🇬🇫French Guiana	1,066	631	435
191	🇬🇺Guam	1,053	629	424
192	🇵🇫French Polynesia	987	600	386
193	🇬🇩Grenada	970	528	442
194	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	941	538	403
195	🇦🇼Aruba	909	485	424
196	🇯🇪Jersey	888	464	425
197	🇮🇲Isle of Man	841	427	414
198	🇰🇮Kiribati	778	388	390
199	🇲🇨Monaco	741	389	352
200	🇸🇨Seychelles	732	425	307
201	🇹🇴Tonga	731	404	327
202	🇾🇹Mayotte	701	433	267
203	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	617	279	338
204	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	610	361	249
205	🇩🇲Dominica	595	346	250
206	🇧🇲Bermuda	572	302	271
207	🇬🇬Guernsey	570	284	286
208	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	530	273	257
209	🇬🇱Greenland	476	300	176
210	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	470	263	207
211	🇦🇩Andorra	467	256	211
212	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	396	225	172
213	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	337	190	147
214	🇸🇲San Marino	330	157	174
215	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	312	174	138
216	🇦🇸American Samoa	299	171	128
217	🇬🇮Gibraltar	268	132	136
218	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	255	138	117
219	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	254	155	99
220	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	240	147	93
221	🇵🇼Palau	233	139	94
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	214	128	85
223	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	181	104	77
224	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	144	89	56
225	🇨🇰Cook Islands	138	84	55
226	🇹🇻Tuvalu	110	66	44
227	🇦🇮Anguilla	93	58	35
228	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	81	44	36
229	🇸🇭Saint Helena	78	48	30
230	🇳🇷Nauru	78	47	32
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	73	39	34
232	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	57	31	26
233	🇲🇸Montserrat	44	27	17
234	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	26	14	12
235	🇳🇺Niue	24	12	13
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	10	5	5

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2018

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	30,948,894	17,068,921	13,879,973
2	Africa	10,763,424	5,691,390	5,072,034
3	Europe	8,112,356	4,069,248	4,043,108
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	4,190,845	2,324,783	1,866,063
5	Northern America	3,064,891	1,608,340	1,456,551
6	Oceania	271,264	146,555	124,709

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2018

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,484,487	6,799,229	5,685,258
2	Eastern Asia	12,141,719	6,797,450	5,344,269
3	South-Eastern Asia	4,546,772	2,481,256	2,065,516
4	Western Africa	4,212,874	2,155,368	2,057,505
5	Eastern Europe	3,632,013	1,845,713	1,786,300
6	Eastern Africa	3,003,593	1,633,862	1,369,731
7	South America	2,739,593	1,508,337	1,231,256
8	Western Europe	1,926,252	955,971	970,281
9	Middle Africa	1,616,178	859,896	756,282
10	Southern Europe	1,571,738	783,433	788,305
11	Northern Africa	1,350,934	744,426	606,508
12	Western Asia	1,304,798	738,598	566,200
13	Central America	1,099,685	620,736	478,949
14	Northern Europe	982,353	484,131	498,222
15	Southern Africa	579,845	297,838	282,007
16	Central Asia	471,118	252,388	218,730
17	Caribbean	351,568	195,710	155,858
18	Australia/New Zealand	189,952	98,229	91,723
19	Melanesia	74,580	44,449	30,131
20	Polynesia	3,413	1,966	1,447
21	Micronesia	3,319	1,911	1,408

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2018

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	40,997,463	22,363,453	18,634,010
2	Lower-middle-income countries	23,108,834	12,419,602	10,689,232
3	Upper-middle-income countries	17,888,629	9,943,851	7,944,778
4	High-income countries	10,960,331	5,623,475	5,336,856
5	Low-income countries	5,180,718	2,796,619	2,384,099
6	No income group available	213,163	125,690	87,473

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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