Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2019

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In the year 2019, a total of 57,938,525 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 31,242,334 were male and 26,696,191 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 10,063,245 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 9,280,916, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,778,148 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 25 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 31,476,205 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10840.634, and Europe with 8,020,246 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,706,808 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 12,361,137, and South-Eastern Asia with 4,617,596 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 41,585,631. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 210,596 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2019

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2019

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	10,063,245	5,713,890	4,349,355
2	🇮🇳India	9,280,916	5,002,481	4,278,435
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,778,148	1,472,281	1,305,867
4	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,641,681	1,337,011	1,304,671
5	🇮🇩Indonesia	2,032,338	1,079,578	952,760
6	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,781,485	888,779	892,706
7	🇯🇵Japan	1,519,227	764,456	754,770
8	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,514,600	849,357	665,242
9	🇧🇷Brazil	1,391,436	770,531	620,904
10	🇩🇪Germany	893,404	448,463	444,942
11	🇧🇩Bangladesh	874,931	498,912	376,019
12	🇲🇽Mexico	867,074	491,736	375,338
13	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	844,290	450,013	394,277
14	🇪🇹Ethiopia	735,123	421,190	313,933
15	🇻🇳Viet Nam	642,313	363,737	278,575
16	🇵🇭Philippines	619,189	323,366	295,823
17	🇮🇹Italy	615,795	293,835	321,960
18	🇫🇷France	602,700	299,116	303,584
19	🇪🇬Egypt	589,548	315,728	273,820
20	🇺🇦Ukraine	586,531	306,310	280,221
21	🇬🇧United Kingdom	585,237	290,314	294,923
22	🇹🇭Thailand	509,091	302,842	206,249
23	🇿🇦South Africa	500,327	253,398	246,929
24	🇲🇲Myanmar	461,434	253,801	207,634
25	🇹🇷Türkiye	424,871	236,717	188,155
26	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	421,485	245,845	175,640
27	🇪🇸Spain	416,467	210,500	205,967
28	🇵🇱Poland	410,825	212,014	198,810
29	🇰🇪Kenya	371,729	198,452	173,277
30	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	360,222	193,839	166,384
31	🇦🇷Argentina	340,033	178,586	161,447
32	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	308,519	168,602	139,917
33	🇸🇩Sudan	284,869	159,540	125,329
34	🇨🇦Canada	284,005	145,351	138,655
35	🇨🇴Colombia	270,504	151,165	119,339
36	🇦🇫Afghanistan	256,564	146,021	110,543
37	🇦🇴Angola	252,530	136,790	115,740
38	🇺🇬Uganda	249,857	132,294	117,563
39	🇷🇴Romania	247,408	129,920	117,487
40	🇲🇿Mozambique	243,603	131,049	112,554
41	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	228,682	104,916	123,766
42	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	228,296	123,179	105,118
43	🇬🇭Ghana	225,241	121,638	103,603
44	🇨🇲Cameroon	210,457	110,417	100,040
45	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	206,669	120,844	85,825
46	🇲🇦Morocco	205,653	115,604	90,049
47	🇾🇪Yemen	202,552	117,592	84,960
48	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	200,442	106,597	93,844
49	🇹🇩Chad	199,589	105,916	93,673
50	🇳🇵Nepal	198,367	104,528	93,839
51	🇵🇪Peru	196,738	108,833	87,905
52	🇲🇱Mali	189,579	99,049	90,530
53	🇩🇿Algeria	187,620	100,410	87,210
54	🇳🇪Niger	183,574	95,055	88,519
55	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	183,463	95,285	88,178
56	🇲🇬Madagascar	179,489	99,849	79,640
57	🇮🇶Iraq	178,861	92,811	86,050
58	🇸🇴Somalia	176,232	94,442	81,790
59	🇲🇾Malaysia	172,154	100,087	72,067
60	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	170,083	99,745	70,338
61	🇦🇺Australia	166,979	86,170	80,809
62	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	153,431	87,485	65,947
63	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	153,401	79,701	73,700
64	🇳🇱Netherlands	152,075	74,413	77,662
65	🇧🇾Belarus	134,161	69,064	65,096
66	🇭🇺Hungary	129,282	62,694	66,588
67	🇬🇳Guinea	125,096	62,806	62,291
68	🇲🇼Malawi	124,761	68,751	56,010
69	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	123,744	63,152	60,592
70	🇬🇷Greece	120,923	67,762	53,161
71	🇿🇲Zambia	120,730	65,639	55,091
72	🇨🇱Chile	120,100	62,342	57,758
73	🇧🇬Bulgaria	114,802	57,947	56,855
74	🇧🇯Benin	113,670	59,126	54,543
75	🇵🇹Portugal	112,138	55,834	56,304
76	🇨🇿Czechia	111,682	56,693	54,989
77	🇨🇺Cuba	111,637	60,710	50,926
78	🇸🇸South Sudan	109,984	55,808	54,176
79	🇧🇪Belgium	109,123	53,304	55,818
80	🇷🇸Serbia	104,149	53,127	51,022
81	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	99,931	58,665	41,267
82	🇰🇭Cambodia	96,545	50,002	46,543
83	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	94,839	60,407	34,431
84	🇭🇹Haiti	88,896	49,289	39,606
85	🇸🇪Sweden	88,702	43,995	44,707
86	🇧🇮Burundi	87,264	46,457	40,806
87	🇸🇳Senegal	86,623	46,761	39,862
88	🇪🇨Ecuador	85,030	47,201	37,829
89	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	83,967	46,251	37,716
90	🇬🇹Guatemala	83,814	46,550	37,264
91	🇦🇹Austria	83,514	40,780	42,734
92	🇷🇼Rwanda	78,822	40,385	38,437
93	🇹🇳Tunisia	74,090	43,560	30,530
94	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	72,960	37,805	35,155
95	🇹🇬Togo	69,792	35,434	34,358
96	🇨🇭Switzerland	67,786	32,688	35,099
97	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	65,871	34,846	31,024
98	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	65,436	37,889	27,547
99	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	61,653	37,761	23,892
100	🇨🇫Central African Republic	56,856	30,714	26,142
101	🇭🇷Croatia	54,451	26,539	27,912
102	🇫🇮Finland	53,997	27,071	26,926
103	🇩🇰Denmark	53,955	27,504	26,452
104	🇸🇰Slovakia	53,137	27,345	25,793
105	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	51,005	28,282	22,723
106	🇬🇪Georgia	48,588	25,944	22,643
107	🇸🇻El Salvador	46,999	25,924	21,075
108	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	46,948	25,610	21,338
109	🇹🇯Tajikistan	45,238	25,553	19,686
110	🇮🇱Israel	45,172	22,733	22,440
111	🇱🇷Liberia	43,248	22,168	21,079
112	🇭🇳Honduras	42,992	24,256	18,736
113	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	41,386	20,681	20,706
114	🇨🇬Congo	41,179	21,508	19,670
115	🇱🇹Lithuania	41,043	19,679	21,364
116	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	40,874	22,190	18,685
117	🇳🇴Norway	40,586	20,003	20,583
118	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	40,564	22,738	17,827
119	🇵🇾Paraguay	36,847	20,686	16,160
120	🇱🇾Libya	35,826	21,110	14,715
121	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	35,429	20,567	14,862
122	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	35,261	20,556	14,705
123	🇺🇾Uruguay	34,484	17,208	17,276
124	🇯🇴Jordan	33,639	19,768	13,871
125	🇳🇿New Zealand	31,550	16,213	15,337
126	🇮🇪Ireland	31,457	16,061	15,396
127	🇳🇮Nicaragua	30,875	17,339	13,536
128	🇲🇷Mauritania	30,716	16,662	14,054
129	🇱🇧Lebanon	30,554	15,431	15,123
130	🇱🇻Latvia	29,413	13,609	15,805
131	🇱🇸Lesotho	28,984	15,348	13,636
132	🇨🇷Costa Rica	27,786	15,573	12,214
133	🇦🇲Armenia	27,370	14,201	13,169
134	🇸🇬Singapore	26,644	14,945	11,699
135	🇦🇱Albania	24,410	14,178	10,232
136	🇪🇷Eritrea	22,173	11,686	10,486
137	🇵🇦Panama	21,641	12,302	9,339
138	🇯🇲Jamaica	21,080	11,202	9,878
139	🇸🇮Slovenia	20,599	10,078	10,521
140	🇳🇦Namibia	20,216	10,919	9,297
141	🇲🇰North Macedonia	19,763	10,390	9,373
142	🇲🇳Mongolia	17,738	10,958	6,779
143	🇬🇲Gambia	17,577	9,269	8,308
144	🇧🇼Botswana	17,423	9,261	8,162
145	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	16,175	8,503	7,672
146	🇵🇸State of Palestine	15,875	8,671	7,204
147	🇪🇪Estonia	15,474	7,253	8,221
148	🇬🇦Gabon	15,369	8,610	6,759
149	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	13,552	9,285	4,267
150	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	13,265	7,295	5,971
151	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	11,779	6,583	5,196
152	🇲🇺Mauritius	10,891	5,969	4,922
153	🇸🇿Eswatini	10,480	5,882	4,597
154	🇴🇲Oman	10,267	6,495	3,772
155	🇰🇼Kuwait	9,734	7,065	2,669
156	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	9,471	5,077	4,393
157	🇩🇯Djibouti	9,039	4,929	4,110
158	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	8,839	4,777	4,061
159	🇨🇾Cyprus	8,301	4,364	3,937
160	🇫🇯Fiji	7,340	3,913	3,427
161	🇲🇪Montenegro	6,801	3,625	3,176
162	🇰🇲Comoros	6,500	3,576	2,924
163	🇬🇾Guyana	6,039	3,453	2,586
164	🇷🇪Réunion	5,136	2,843	2,293
165	🇧🇹Bhutan	5,083	2,874	2,209
166	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,309	2,198	2,111
167	🇸🇷Suriname	4,238	2,386	1,852
168	🇲🇹Malta	3,644	1,946	1,698
169	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	3,372	1,894	1,478
170	🇪🇭Western Sahara	3,318	2,009	1,309
171	🇲🇶Martinique	3,219	1,663	1,556
172	🇧🇸Bahamas	3,209	1,700	1,509
173	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	3,137	1,639	1,499
174	🇧🇭Bahrain	3,005	1,838	1,167
175	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	2,982	1,596	1,386
176	🇶🇦Qatar	2,776	2,040	735
177	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2,625	1,449	1,176
178	🇧🇧Barbados	2,497	1,222	1,275
179	🇮🇸Iceland	2,413	1,230	1,183
180	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	2,119	1,218	901
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,835	1,127	708
182	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,725	1,006	718
183	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,721	949	771
184	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,441	818	623
185	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,439	865	574
186	🇲🇻Maldives	1,432	864	568
187	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	1,326	831	496
188	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,266	714	552
189	🇼🇸Samoa	1,172	653	519
190	🇬🇫French Guiana	1,107	657	450
191	🇬🇺Guam	1,069	636	433
192	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,063	607	456
193	🇵🇫French Polynesia	1,016	617	401
194	🇬🇩Grenada	983	535	449
195	🇦🇼Aruba	932	495	437
196	🇯🇪Jersey	908	475	433
197	🇮🇲Isle of Man	846	431	415
198	🇰🇮Kiribati	779	387	392
199	🇲🇨Monaco	745	381	363
200	🇸🇨Seychelles	740	434	307
201	🇾🇹Mayotte	732	454	278
202	🇹🇴Tonga	732	404	328
203	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	642	381	261
204	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	622	321	301
205	🇩🇲Dominica	596	346	251
206	🇧🇲Bermuda	580	305	275
207	🇬🇬Guernsey	540	271	270
208	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	540	278	262
209	🇬🇱Greenland	484	308	176
210	🇦🇩Andorra	480	265	215
211	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	474	266	207
212	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	411	234	177
213	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	359	201	158
214	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	333	188	145
215	🇸🇲San Marino	332	158	173
216	🇦🇸American Samoa	309	178	132
217	🇬🇮Gibraltar	271	133	138
218	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	265	162	103
219	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	250	157	93
220	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	236	119	117
221	🇵🇼Palau	233	140	94
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	215	130	84
223	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	188	109	79
224	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	157	95	62
225	🇨🇰Cook Islands	140	84	56
226	🇹🇻Tuvalu	112	67	44
227	🇦🇮Anguilla	96	60	36
228	🇸🇭Saint Helena	79	49	30
229	🇳🇷Nauru	79	47	32
230	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	73	40	34
231	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	72	37	34
232	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	57	32	26
233	🇲🇸Montserrat	48	28	20
234	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	26	15	12
235	🇳🇺Niue	25	12	13
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	10	5	5

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2019

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	31,476,205	17,344,672	14,131,533
2	Africa	10,840,634	5,737,324	5,103,310
3	Europe	8,020,246	4,026,738	3,993,508
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	4,257,246	2,363,539	1,893,707
5	Northern America	3,063,270	1,618,277	1,444,993
6	Oceania	280,924	151,784	129,139

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2019

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,706,808	6,938,384	5,768,424
2	Eastern Asia	12,361,137	6,892,303	5,468,834
3	South-Eastern Asia	4,617,596	2,519,959	2,097,637
4	Western Africa	4,230,729	2,171,391	2,059,338
5	Eastern Europe	3,610,170	1,832,942	1,777,228
6	Eastern Africa	3,016,753	1,641,189	1,375,564
7	South America	2,777,197	1,530,152	1,247,045
8	Western Europe	1,913,870	951,470	962,400
9	Middle Africa	1,634,795	871,969	762,826
10	Southern Europe	1,551,056	774,122	776,934
11	Northern Africa	1,380,929	757,965	622,964
12	Western Asia	1,315,757	738,876	576,881
13	Central America	1,123,013	634,795	488,218
14	Northern Europe	945,150	468,204	476,946
15	Southern Africa	577,428	294,810	282,618
16	Central Asia	474,907	255,150	219,757
17	Caribbean	357,036	198,592	158,444
18	Australia/New Zealand	198,534	102,388	96,146
19	Melanesia	75,519	45,433	30,086
20	Polynesia	3,503	2,021	1,481
21	Micronesia	3,368	1,941	1,427

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2019

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	41,585,631	22,688,273	18,897,358
2	Lower-middle-income countries	23,453,301	12,627,417	10,825,884
3	Upper-middle-income countries	18,132,330	10,060,856	8,071,474
4	High-income countries	10,939,457	5,624,527	5,314,930
5	Low-income countries	5,202,841	2,806,314	2,396,527
6	No income group available	210,596	123,220	87,376

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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