Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2020

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In the year 2020, a total of 63,174,308 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 34,316,609 were male and 28,857,699 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 10,346,232 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 10,262,275, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 3,238,518 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 27 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 33,775,729 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 11390.416, and Europe with 9,119,281 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 13,975,974 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 12,659,689, and South-Eastern Asia with 5,014,248 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 45,401,738. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 221,832 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2020

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2020

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	10,346,232	5,930,739	4,415,492
2	🇮🇳India	10,262,275	5,602,755	4,659,520
3	🇺🇸United States of America	3,238,518	1,739,678	1,498,840
4	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,708,008	1,382,264	1,325,744
5	🇮🇩Indonesia	2,436,950	1,304,473	1,132,477
6	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2,066,849	1,059,666	1,007,183
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,606,293	909,051	697,242
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,581,430	872,334	709,097
9	🇯🇵Japan	1,511,209	763,939	747,269
10	🇲🇽Mexico	1,175,636	690,814	484,821
11	🇧🇩Bangladesh	973,853	544,195	429,658
12	🇩🇪Germany	971,767	490,963	480,803
13	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	885,793	471,739	414,053
14	🇪🇹Ethiopia	775,334	445,114	330,221
15	🇮🇹Italy	716,753	347,816	368,938
16	🇺🇦Ukraine	698,849	342,956	355,893
17	🇬🇧United Kingdom	672,991	340,009	332,982
18	🇫🇷France	655,662	327,523	328,139
19	🇪🇬Egypt	628,726	339,187	289,539
20	🇵🇭Philippines	624,582	327,470	297,112
21	🇻🇳Viet Nam	596,182	336,220	259,962
22	🇿🇦South Africa	553,914	275,417	278,497
23	🇹🇷Türkiye	536,806	298,282	238,524
24	🇹🇭Thailand	519,058	307,468	211,591
25	🇪🇸Spain	493,075	248,454	244,622
26	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	486,271	282,905	203,366
27	🇲🇲Myanmar	471,418	259,845	211,574
28	🇵🇱Poland	471,412	246,625	224,786
29	🇰🇪Kenya	387,712	207,704	180,008
30	🇦🇷Argentina	383,131	202,693	180,438
31	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	381,393	205,574	175,820
32	🇨🇴Colombia	335,656	191,260	144,396
33	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	321,110	174,204	146,906
34	🇨🇦Canada	304,741	156,855	147,886
35	🇸🇩Sudan	296,441	166,330	130,110
36	🇷🇴Romania	281,742	150,440	131,302
37	🇦🇫Afghanistan	276,683	155,192	121,492
38	🇦🇴Angola	261,488	143,098	118,390
39	🇺🇬Uganda	259,786	137,959	121,828
40	🇲🇿Mozambique	249,559	135,440	114,118
41	🇵🇪Peru	243,717	140,468	103,249
42	🇬🇭Ghana	239,693	130,463	109,230
43	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	236,477	127,970	108,507
44	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	234,829	108,135	126,695
45	🇩🇿Algeria	234,547	126,926	107,621
46	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	226,461	119,765	106,696
47	🇨🇲Cameroon	223,080	118,970	104,109
48	🇲🇦Morocco	222,905	127,299	95,606
49	🇮🇶Iraq	222,816	116,310	106,506
50	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	217,755	126,956	90,799
51	🇳🇵Nepal	210,466	112,163	98,303
52	🇾🇪Yemen	210,426	120,082	90,344
53	🇹🇩Chad	207,827	110,132	97,696
54	🇲🇱Mali	202,371	106,288	96,083
55	🇳🇪Niger	201,622	104,108	97,514
56	🇲🇬Madagascar	191,982	107,109	84,873
57	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	189,721	98,692	91,029
58	🇸🇴Somalia	188,459	101,111	87,349
59	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	179,002	96,151	82,851
60	🇲🇾Malaysia	176,170	102,323	73,847
61	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	172,149	100,513	71,637
62	🇳🇱Netherlands	167,303	83,775	83,528
63	🇦🇺Australia	162,601	81,587	81,015
64	🇧🇾Belarus	159,349	81,790	77,560
65	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	153,533	87,304	66,229
66	🇭🇺Hungary	140,677	68,518	72,159
67	🇨🇱Chile	139,021	73,645	65,375
68	🇪🇨Ecuador	132,366	78,442	53,924
69	🇧🇬Bulgaria	131,998	67,998	64,000
70	🇬🇳Guinea	130,060	65,245	64,815
71	🇲🇼Malawi	129,975	71,840	58,135
72	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	127,551	66,267	61,284
73	🇧🇪Belgium	127,440	62,412	65,028
74	🇬🇷Greece	125,443	70,464	54,979
75	🇿🇲Zambia	124,943	67,851	57,092
76	🇨🇿Czechia	124,567	63,816	60,751
77	🇵🇹Portugal	123,874	61,395	62,479
78	🇷🇸Serbia	120,926	61,997	58,929
79	🇧🇯Benin	118,400	61,543	56,856
80	🇨🇺Cuba	115,622	63,696	51,926
81	🇸🇸South Sudan	114,527	58,459	56,068
82	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	111,027	63,774	47,254
83	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	110,160	61,078	49,082
84	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	106,371	68,316	38,054
85	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	103,032	59,612	43,420
86	🇰🇭Cambodia	102,187	53,334	48,853
87	🇸🇪Sweden	98,316	49,401	48,915
88	🇬🇹Guatemala	92,707	53,998	38,709
89	🇭🇹Haiti	92,580	51,317	41,263
90	🇧🇮Burundi	92,462	49,354	43,108
91	🇸🇳Senegal	91,832	48,867	42,965
92	🇦🇹Austria	90,324	44,901	45,423
93	🇹🇳Tunisia	82,136	50,069	32,067
94	🇷🇼Rwanda	78,870	40,878	37,993
95	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	76,540	39,765	36,775
96	🇨🇭Switzerland	75,992	37,532	38,460
97	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	71,096	42,512	28,585
98	🇹🇬Togo	71,077	36,085	34,992
99	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	62,383	37,883	24,500
100	🇭🇷Croatia	59,705	29,218	30,487
101	🇸🇰Slovakia	59,217	30,454	28,763
102	🇨🇫Central African Republic	59,147	32,051	27,097
103	🇹🇯Tajikistan	58,418	32,968	25,450
104	🇫🇮Finland	55,208	27,832	27,376
105	🇩🇰Denmark	54,744	27,973	26,771
106	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	53,408	30,255	23,153
107	🇸🇻El Salvador	53,231	29,292	23,939
108	🇬🇪Georgia	52,643	28,036	24,606
109	🇭🇳Honduras	50,064	28,239	21,826
110	🇮🇱Israel	48,137	24,853	23,284
111	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	46,952	24,154	22,798
112	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	46,627	25,535	21,091
113	🇱🇹Lithuania	46,127	22,505	23,622
114	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	44,655	24,190	20,465
115	🇱🇷Liberia	44,578	23,073	21,505
116	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	42,735	23,676	19,059
117	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	41,180	23,873	17,307
118	🇳🇴Norway	40,578	20,019	20,560
119	🇨🇬Congo	39,496	20,904	18,592
120	🇵🇾Paraguay	39,177	22,095	17,083
121	🇳🇮Nicaragua	38,555	21,787	16,768
122	🇯🇴Jordan	37,948	22,452	15,496
123	🇱🇾Libya	37,248	21,468	15,779
124	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	36,682	21,136	15,546
125	🇦🇲Armenia	35,963	18,892	17,071
126	🇱🇧Lebanon	35,782	18,538	17,243
127	🇲🇷Mauritania	33,598	18,089	15,509
128	🇮🇪Ireland	32,911	16,704	16,206
129	🇺🇾Uruguay	32,343	15,862	16,481
130	🇳🇿New Zealand	32,067	16,624	15,444
131	🇦🇱Albania	30,970	18,095	12,876
132	🇱🇻Latvia	30,538	14,074	16,464
133	🇸🇬Singapore	29,992	17,017	12,975
134	🇱🇸Lesotho	28,992	15,330	13,662
135	🇨🇷Costa Rica	28,817	16,167	12,650
136	🇲🇰North Macedonia	25,720	13,542	12,178
137	🇵🇦Panama	24,662	14,154	10,508
138	🇸🇮Slovenia	24,030	11,783	12,247
139	🇪🇷Eritrea	22,895	12,181	10,715
140	🇯🇲Jamaica	21,386	11,322	10,064
141	🇳🇦Namibia	21,112	11,512	9,600
142	🇬🇲Gambia	18,986	10,093	8,893
143	🇲🇳Mongolia	18,030	11,161	6,869
144	🇧🇼Botswana	17,690	9,388	8,301
145	🇵🇸State of Palestine	17,535	9,660	7,875
146	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	17,290	9,166	8,124
147	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	16,406	10,992	5,414
148	🇪🇪Estonia	16,180	7,595	8,586
149	🇬🇦Gabon	15,833	9,022	6,811
150	🇰🇼Kuwait	14,604	10,824	3,779
151	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	14,407	8,080	6,327
152	🇴🇲Oman	13,991	8,764	5,226
153	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	12,595	6,880	5,714
154	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	11,982	6,681	5,302
155	🇸🇿Eswatini	11,361	6,412	4,948
156	🇲🇺Mauritius	11,243	6,204	5,039
157	🇩🇯Djibouti	9,614	5,315	4,299
158	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	8,893	4,849	4,043
159	🇨🇾Cyprus	8,566	4,599	3,967
160	🇲🇪Montenegro	7,473	3,964	3,509
161	🇫🇯Fiji	7,458	3,962	3,496
162	🇰🇲Comoros	6,678	3,716	2,962
163	🇬🇾Guyana	6,394	3,646	2,748
164	🇷🇪Réunion	5,180	2,873	2,307
165	🇧🇹Bhutan	5,055	2,872	2,183
166	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,780	2,474	2,306
167	🇸🇷Suriname	4,273	2,400	1,873
168	🇲🇹Malta	3,837	2,171	1,666
169	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	3,515	1,982	1,533
170	🇶🇦Qatar	3,465	2,515	950
171	🇪🇭Western Sahara	3,422	2,073	1,350
172	🇧🇭Bahrain	3,362	2,035	1,327
173	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	3,346	1,778	1,568
174	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,320	1,787	1,533
175	🇧🇸Bahamas	3,283	1,836	1,446
176	🇲🇶Martinique	3,226	1,660	1,566
177	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2,718	1,505	1,213
178	🇧🇧Barbados	2,519	1,231	1,288
179	🇮🇸Iceland	2,456	1,261	1,195
180	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	2,198	1,263	936
181	🇧🇿Belize	2,071	1,284	787
182	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,764	964	800
183	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,711	982	729
184	🇲🇻Maldives	1,542	950	591
185	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,471	835	635
186	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,437	861	576
187	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,376	779	598
188	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	1,375	852	522
189	🇬🇺Guam	1,216	775	441
190	🇵🇫French Polynesia	1,166	752	414
191	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,157	670	487
192	🇬🇫French Guiana	1,154	683	471
193	🇼🇸Samoa	1,143	641	502
194	🇦🇼Aruba	1,032	546	486
195	🇬🇩Grenada	997	541	456
196	🇯🇪Jersey	933	488	444
197	🇮🇲Isle of Man	874	449	425
198	🇾🇹Mayotte	871	543	328
199	🇰🇮Kiribati	790	393	397
200	🇸🇨Seychelles	766	450	315
201	🇲🇨Monaco	753	384	369
202	🇹🇴Tonga	734	404	330
203	🇦🇩Andorra	699	431	267
204	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	682	405	276
205	🇧🇲Bermuda	591	310	281
206	🇩🇲Dominica	588	340	248
207	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	570	294	276
208	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	552	285	268
209	🇬🇬Guernsey	517	265	252
210	🇬🇱Greenland	487	311	176
211	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	479	270	209
212	🇸🇲San Marino	438	236	201
213	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	429	247	183
214	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	388	219	168
215	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	329	187	142
216	🇦🇸American Samoa	310	176	134
217	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	296	182	113
218	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	291	156	134
219	🇬🇮Gibraltar	284	140	144
220	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	278	171	108
221	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	239	144	95
222	🇵🇼Palau	231	140	92
223	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	196	114	83
224	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	158	96	62
225	🇨🇰Cook Islands	142	85	57
226	🇹🇻Tuvalu	113	68	45
227	🇦🇮Anguilla	99	62	37
228	🇸🇭Saint Helena	82	51	31
229	🇳🇷Nauru	82	49	33
230	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	80	42	38
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	73	40	33
232	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	59	33	26
233	🇲🇸Montserrat	51	29	21
234	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	27	16	12
235	🇳🇺Niue	27	12	14
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	10	5	5

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2020

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	33,775,729	18,739,913	15,035,816
2	Africa	11,390,416	6,055,700	5,334,716
3	Europe	9,119,281	4,616,139	4,503,142
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	5,066,101	2,859,532	2,206,569
5	Northern America	3,544,380	1,897,177	1,647,203
6	Oceania	278,401	148,148	130,252

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2020

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	13,975,974	7,697,397	6,278,577
2	Eastern Asia	12,659,689	7,120,457	5,539,232
3	South-Eastern Asia	5,014,248	2,739,786	2,274,462
4	Western Africa	4,383,689	2,263,583	2,120,106
5	Eastern Europe	4,179,308	2,136,450	2,042,858
6	South America	3,227,471	1,794,273	1,433,198
7	Eastern Africa	3,159,785	1,725,937	1,433,848
8	Western Europe	2,094,297	1,050,106	1,044,191
9	Southern Europe	1,792,756	900,733	892,023
10	Middle Africa	1,708,442	914,772	793,670
11	Western Asia	1,578,021	885,846	692,175
12	Northern Africa	1,505,426	833,349	672,077
13	Central America	1,465,756	855,747	610,009
14	Northern Europe	1,052,920	528,850	524,070
15	Southern Africa	633,074	318,059	315,015
16	Central Asia	547,797	296,427	251,370
17	Caribbean	372,874	209,512	163,362
18	Australia/New Zealand	194,669	98,207	96,462
19	Melanesia	76,506	45,672	30,834
20	Polynesia	3,651	2,155	1,496
21	Micronesia	3,575	2,114	1,461

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2020

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	45,401,738	24,967,319	20,434,419
2	Lower-middle-income countries	25,574,947	13,857,149	11,717,798
3	Upper-middle-income countries	19,826,791	11,110,170	8,716,621
4	High-income countries	12,095,508	6,276,794	5,818,714
5	Low-income countries	5,455,230	2,943,077	2,512,153
6	No income group available	221,832	129,419	92,413

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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