Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2021

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In the year 2021, a total of 69,248,154 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 37,524,842 were male and 31,723,312 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 13,299,618 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 10,617,528, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 3,280,682 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 11 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 14, and 🇳🇺Niue with 27 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 38,150,400 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 12038.022, and Europe with 9,656,398 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 17,183,095 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 13,022,282, and South-Eastern Asia with 5,802,904 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 50,981,865. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 235,411 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2021

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2021

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	13,299,618	7,212,220	6,087,398
2	🇨🇳China	10,617,528	6,060,654	4,556,874
3	🇺🇸United States of America	3,280,682	1,787,492	1,493,191
4	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,792,704	1,422,524	1,370,181
5	🇮🇩Indonesia	2,755,190	1,468,811	1,286,380
6	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2,458,539	1,229,393	1,229,146
7	🇧🇷Brazil	1,784,239	977,027	807,212
8	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,660,400	935,072	725,328
9	🇯🇵Japan	1,574,533	795,433	779,100
10	🇲🇽Mexico	1,191,718	713,518	478,200
11	🇩🇪Germany	1,039,440	527,863	511,577
12	🇧🇩Bangladesh	962,479	528,384	434,094
13	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	930,839	503,135	427,704
14	🇵🇭Philippines	832,888	444,321	388,567
15	🇪🇹Ethiopia	815,212	472,660	342,552
16	🇺🇦Ukraine	731,364	374,002	357,362
17	🇻🇳Viet Nam	713,131	398,456	314,675
18	🇪🇬Egypt	691,381	372,068	319,313
19	🇮🇹Italy	680,373	331,629	348,743
20	🇿🇦South Africa	678,798	333,602	345,196
21	🇬🇧United Kingdom	652,723	331,650	321,073
22	🇫🇷France	639,714	321,726	317,988
23	🇹🇭Thailand	567,168	332,102	235,065
24	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	565,768	324,854	240,914
25	🇹🇷Türkiye	542,597	299,044	243,552
26	🇲🇲Myanmar	525,701	290,271	235,430
27	🇵🇱Poland	502,541	261,969	240,572
28	🇪🇸Spain	454,123	232,615	221,508
29	🇰🇪Kenya	427,272	231,945	195,327
30	🇦🇷Argentina	405,428	212,609	192,819
31	🇨🇴Colombia	397,649	226,497	171,151
32	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	395,720	212,943	182,777
33	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	334,677	180,423	154,253
34	🇷🇴Romania	314,232	162,731	151,501
35	🇸🇩Sudan	310,515	173,951	136,565
36	🇨🇦Canada	297,242	153,457	143,785
37	🇦🇫Afghanistan	295,236	168,877	126,359
38	🇲🇿Mozambique	282,145	153,245	128,900
39	🇦🇴Angola	276,278	150,515	125,763
40	🇺🇬Uganda	269,420	144,361	125,059
41	🇵🇪Peru	269,050	147,073	121,976
42	🇬🇭Ghana	250,471	135,669	114,802
43	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	247,449	134,045	113,404
44	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	241,887	112,375	129,512
45	🇨🇲Cameroon	233,498	123,801	109,697
46	🇳🇵Nepal	232,398	123,617	108,781
47	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	231,205	132,738	98,468
48	🇲🇦Morocco	228,888	130,026	98,862
49	🇾🇪Yemen	226,104	129,580	96,523
50	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	220,493	117,703	102,790
51	🇹🇩Chad	214,803	114,403	100,400
52	🇮🇶Iraq	207,099	108,431	98,668
53	🇳🇪Niger	205,694	107,266	98,428
54	🇲🇬Madagascar	205,436	114,062	91,374
55	🇲🇱Mali	203,297	107,223	96,075
56	🇲🇾Malaysia	202,436	116,564	85,873
57	🇩🇿Algeria	200,842	109,915	90,927
58	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	198,073	102,139	95,934
59	🇸🇴Somalia	198,038	106,354	91,684
60	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	196,490	101,482	95,008
61	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	176,533	103,084	73,449
62	🇳🇱Netherlands	168,003	84,590	83,413
63	🇦🇺Australia	166,082	83,139	82,943
64	🇨🇺Cuba	164,950	90,995	73,955
65	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	160,593	86,768	73,825
66	🇧🇾Belarus	158,349	81,494	76,856
67	🇭🇺Hungary	154,245	76,526	77,719
68	🇧🇬Bulgaria	153,894	77,889	76,005
69	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	144,973	75,309	69,665
70	🇨🇱Chile	144,326	75,524	68,801
71	🇲🇼Malawi	138,931	75,661	63,270
72	🇷🇸Serbia	138,202	68,991	69,212
73	🇿🇲Zambia	135,787	73,694	62,093
74	🇬🇷Greece	135,773	76,641	59,132
75	🇬🇳Guinea	135,224	67,943	67,281
76	🇨🇿Czechia	134,058	70,074	63,983
77	🇵🇹Portugal	123,550	62,854	60,696
78	🇧🇯Benin	122,627	64,340	58,286
79	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	120,158	68,030	52,128
80	🇪🇨Ecuador	119,463	70,066	49,396
81	🇸🇸South Sudan	118,956	60,688	58,269
82	🇬🇹Guatemala	114,597	65,206	49,390
83	🇰🇭Cambodia	113,507	60,447	53,060
84	🇧🇪Belgium	110,280	56,004	54,276
85	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	108,607	61,615	46,992
86	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	103,140	66,522	36,618
87	🇸🇳Senegal	99,995	52,681	47,314
88	🇭🇹Haiti	99,459	54,563	44,895
89	🇹🇳Tunisia	96,709	55,990	40,719
90	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	94,932	54,551	40,381
91	🇧🇮Burundi	93,864	49,691	44,173
92	🇸🇪Sweden	92,278	47,217	45,061
93	🇦🇹Austria	89,691	45,140	44,551
94	🇷🇼Rwanda	84,576	43,382	41,194
95	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	76,745	39,750	36,995
96	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	74,290	43,327	30,963
97	🇸🇰Slovakia	72,471	37,337	35,133
98	🇹🇬Togo	70,622	36,307	34,314
99	🇨🇭Switzerland	69,734	34,380	35,354
100	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	66,458	40,482	25,976
101	🇨🇫Central African Republic	62,683	34,235	28,448
102	🇭🇷Croatia	62,262	32,095	30,166
103	🇩🇰Denmark	58,422	30,015	28,407
104	🇭🇳Honduras	57,654	32,161	25,493
105	🇫🇮Finland	57,283	29,050	28,234
106	🇬🇪Georgia	57,023	29,635	27,388
107	🇸🇻El Salvador	54,803	29,992	24,811
108	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	53,764	29,876	23,888
109	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,587	26,519	25,067
110	🇵🇾Paraguay	51,237	28,913	22,324
111	🇱🇹Lithuania	50,975	24,893	26,082
112	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	50,200	26,803	23,397
113	🇮🇱Israel	49,845	25,517	24,327
114	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	49,136	26,742	22,394
115	🇱🇧Lebanon	46,727	24,112	22,616
116	🇱🇷Liberia	45,955	23,654	22,301
117	🇹🇯Tajikistan	44,345	25,058	19,287
118	🇯🇴Jordan	43,100	25,338	17,762
119	🇳🇴Norway	41,871	20,850	21,021
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	41,769	23,356	18,413
121	🇺🇾Uruguay	41,681	20,659	21,022
122	🇨🇬Congo	41,238	21,595	19,643
123	🇱🇾Libya	40,532	22,793	17,738
124	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	40,495	23,830	16,665
125	🇨🇷Costa Rica	37,055	20,717	16,337
126	🇦🇲Armenia	36,379	19,696	16,683
127	🇱🇻Latvia	36,094	16,562	19,532
128	🇮🇪Ireland	35,151	18,112	17,039
129	🇲🇷Mauritania	34,347	18,384	15,963
130	🇳🇿New Zealand	33,869	17,584	16,285
131	🇳🇮Nicaragua	33,308	18,666	14,642
132	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	32,914	18,827	14,088
133	🇦🇱Albania	32,392	18,967	13,425
134	🇱🇸Lesotho	32,375	17,126	15,250
135	🇸🇬Singapore	31,862	17,680	14,182
136	🇲🇰North Macedonia	29,194	15,320	13,874
137	🇳🇦Namibia	27,119	14,685	12,434
138	🇵🇦Panama	26,382	15,055	11,326
139	🇯🇲Jamaica	24,899	13,164	11,735
140	🇧🇼Botswana	24,478	12,958	11,520
141	🇪🇷Eritrea	24,415	12,863	11,552
142	🇸🇮Slovenia	22,948	11,777	11,171
143	🇲🇳Mongolia	20,520	12,497	8,023
144	🇬🇲Gambia	19,923	10,481	9,442
145	🇵🇸State of Palestine	19,610	10,906	8,704
146	🇪🇪Estonia	18,826	8,920	9,906
147	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	17,969	9,436	8,534
148	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	17,548	11,852	5,697
149	🇴🇲Oman	17,206	10,722	6,485
150	🇬🇦Gabon	16,987	9,706	7,281
151	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	14,750	8,249	6,501
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	13,917	7,703	6,214
153	🇸🇿Eswatini	13,566	7,684	5,882
154	🇲🇺Mauritius	12,527	6,856	5,671
155	🇰🇼Kuwait	12,398	9,089	3,309
156	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	12,054	6,621	5,433
157	🇩🇯Djibouti	10,109	5,559	4,550
158	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	9,562	5,196	4,366
159	🇨🇾Cyprus	9,021	4,815	4,206
160	🇫🇯Fiji	8,218	4,347	3,870
161	🇬🇾Guyana	8,057	4,516	3,542
162	🇲🇪Montenegro	7,556	4,072	3,484
163	🇰🇲Comoros	7,171	3,978	3,193
164	🇷🇪Réunion	5,638	3,116	2,522
165	🇸🇷Suriname	5,315	2,946	2,370
166	🇧🇹Bhutan	5,035	2,864	2,171
167	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,341	2,228	2,114
168	🇲🇶Martinique	4,135	2,140	1,995
169	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	4,091	2,121	1,970
170	🇲🇹Malta	3,819	2,093	1,727
171	🇧🇸Bahamas	3,663	2,023	1,640
172	🇧🇭Bahrain	3,638	2,203	1,436
173	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	3,561	2,005	1,556
174	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,548	1,904	1,644
175	🇶🇦Qatar	3,542	2,589	953
176	🇪🇭Western Sahara	3,497	2,126	1,371
177	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2,813	1,557	1,256
178	🇧🇿Belize	2,540	1,563	977
179	🇧🇧Barbados	2,533	1,239	1,294
180	🇮🇸Iceland	2,512	1,299	1,214
181	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	2,321	1,332	989
182	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,940	1,046	894
183	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,850	1,037	813
184	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,749	1,056	692
185	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,722	1,010	712
186	🇵🇫French Polynesia	1,635	1,008	627
187	🇲🇻Maldives	1,573	942	631
188	🇬🇫French Guiana	1,463	871	592
189	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,428	796	632
190	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	1,426	868	558
191	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,403	804	600
192	🇬🇺Guam	1,252	741	511
193	🇦🇼Aruba	1,194	624	569
194	🇼🇸Samoa	1,171	660	511
195	🇬🇩Grenada	1,016	553	463
196	🇾🇹Mayotte	999	608	391
197	🇸🇨Seychelles	955	552	403
198	🇯🇪Jersey	953	500	453
199	🇮🇲Isle of Man	891	461	429
200	🇰🇮Kiribati	805	400	404
201	🇲🇨Monaco	778	393	385
202	🇹🇴Tonga	742	407	335
203	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	705	419	286
204	🇧🇲Bermuda	689	366	323
205	🇩🇲Dominica	651	372	278
206	🇦🇩Andorra	642	394	248
207	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	597	310	288
208	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	593	306	288
209	🇬🇬Guernsey	506	261	245
210	🇬🇱Greenland	498	318	180
211	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	485	275	210
212	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	448	259	189
213	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	414	233	181
214	🇸🇲San Marino	391	207	184
215	🇬🇮Gibraltar	378	196	182
216	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	339	201	138
217	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	325	185	140
218	🇦🇸American Samoa	311	193	118
219	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	295	181	115
220	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	281	151	130
221	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	276	165	111
222	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	236	137	100
223	🇵🇼Palau	228	139	89
224	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	159	96	63
225	🇨🇰Cook Islands	144	86	58
226	🇹🇻Tuvalu	114	68	45
227	🇦🇮Anguilla	106	67	40
228	🇸🇭Saint Helena	87	53	34
229	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	86	46	40
230	🇳🇷Nauru	83	49	34
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	73	39	34
232	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	60	34	27
233	🇲🇸Montserrat	49	29	20
234	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	28	16	12
235	🇳🇺Niue	27	12	14
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	14	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	11	6	6

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2021

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	38,150,400	21,029,070	17,121,330
2	Africa	12,038,022	6,400,669	5,637,353
3	Europe	9,656,398	4,891,739	4,764,659
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	5,534,706	3,107,521	2,427,185
5	Northern America	3,579,160	1,941,664	1,637,496
6	Oceania	289,468	154,179	135,289

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2021

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	17,183,095	9,383,597	7,799,498
2	Eastern Asia	13,022,282	7,295,911	5,726,371
3	South-Eastern Asia	5,802,904	3,161,920	2,640,984
4	Eastern Europe	4,729,904	2,398,220	2,331,684
5	Western Africa	4,524,720	2,333,797	2,190,923
6	South America	3,579,302	1,967,495	1,611,807
7	Eastern Africa	3,372,146	1,847,534	1,524,612
8	Western Europe	2,122,255	1,072,469	1,049,786
9	Middle Africa	1,792,475	966,419	826,056
10	Southern Europe	1,755,209	890,976	864,233
11	Western Asia	1,598,516	896,204	702,312
12	Northern Africa	1,572,359	866,870	705,489
13	Central America	1,518,057	896,880	621,177
14	Northern Europe	1,049,030	530,074	518,956
15	Southern Africa	776,322	386,049	390,273
16	Central Asia	543,603	291,438	252,165
17	Caribbean	437,347	243,146	194,201
18	Australia/New Zealand	199,957	100,736	99,221
19	Melanesia	81,705	48,898	32,807
20	Polynesia	4,169	2,453	1,716
21	Micronesia	3,637	2,092	1,545

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2021

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	50,981,865	27,856,252	23,125,613
2	Lower-middle-income countries	29,801,333	16,093,312	13,708,021
3	Upper-middle-income countries	21,180,532	11,762,940	9,417,592
4	High-income countries	12,299,926	6,424,282	5,875,644
5	Low-income countries	5,730,952	3,109,022	2,621,930
6	No income group available	235,411	135,286	100,125

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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