Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2022

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In the year 2022, a total of 67,096,566 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 36,127,636 were male and 30,968,931 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 12,862,015 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 10,522,510, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 3,144,657 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 10 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 36,904,469 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 11962.468, and Europe with 9,479,231 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 16,624,225 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 12,939,428, and South-Eastern Asia with 5,353,725 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 49,251,945. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 232,335 people died in that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2022

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	12,862,015	6,968,129	5,893,887
2	🇨🇳China	10,522,510	5,908,321	4,614,189
3	🇺🇸United States of America	3,144,657	1,692,408	1,452,249
4	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,717,203	1,380,004	1,337,199
5	🇮🇩Indonesia	2,642,122	1,407,703	1,234,419
6	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2,356,663	1,196,168	1,160,496
7	🇧🇷Brazil	1,752,232	955,048	797,184
8	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,656,456	928,595	727,861
9	🇯🇵Japan	1,567,933	790,805	777,129
10	🇩🇪Germany	1,029,665	519,304	510,360
11	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	926,282	500,472	425,810
12	🇺🇦Ukraine	920,958	463,350	457,608
13	🇧🇩Bangladesh	907,425	512,688	394,737
14	🇲🇽Mexico	855,022	480,241	374,782
15	🇪🇹Ethiopia	801,777	464,262	337,516
16	🇿🇦South Africa	720,175	354,597	365,578
17	🇪🇬Egypt	709,349	382,589	326,760
18	🇻🇳Viet Nam	670,956	379,206	291,750
19	🇵🇭Philippines	643,713	341,950	301,763
20	🇮🇹Italy	629,652	301,063	328,589
21	🇬🇧United Kingdom	613,410	304,210	309,200
22	🇫🇷France	607,306	298,749	308,556
23	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	544,855	312,931	231,924
24	🇹🇭Thailand	536,683	311,311	225,372
25	🇵🇱Poland	479,303	247,042	232,261
26	🇲🇲Myanmar	474,133	260,495	213,637
27	🇹🇷Türkiye	436,097	241,628	194,469
28	🇪🇸Spain	431,513	218,185	213,328
29	🇰🇪Kenya	423,182	229,463	193,719
30	🇦🇷Argentina	390,865	203,278	187,588
31	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	390,529	210,628	179,900
32	🇨🇴Colombia	384,947	217,744	167,203
33	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	342,113	186,720	155,392
34	🇷🇴Romania	315,586	160,143	155,443
35	🇸🇩Sudan	313,059	175,197	137,862
36	🇨🇦Canada	297,812	152,829	144,982
37	🇦🇫Afghanistan	284,297	163,410	120,887
38	🇲🇿Mozambique	283,950	153,802	130,146
39	🇦🇴Angola	279,899	152,181	127,718
40	🇺🇬Uganda	263,987	140,982	123,005
41	🇵🇪Peru	255,755	137,326	118,429
42	🇬🇭Ghana	253,955	137,215	116,740
43	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	249,029	134,756	114,273
44	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	243,813	116,432	127,381
45	🇾🇪Yemen	230,064	132,651	97,413
46	🇨🇲Cameroon	229,648	121,290	108,358
47	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	228,020	130,348	97,671
48	🇲🇦Morocco	216,097	120,766	95,331
49	🇹🇩Chad	215,543	114,897	100,647
50	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	207,601	111,980	95,621
51	🇳🇪Niger	205,414	107,856	97,558
52	🇳🇵Nepal	203,387	107,888	95,500
53	🇲🇱Mali	202,466	106,940	95,526
54	🇲🇬Madagascar	201,373	111,923	89,451
55	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	197,515	100,472	97,043
56	🇮🇶Iraq	197,270	103,348	93,922
57	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	196,524	101,475	95,049
58	🇩🇿Algeria	194,387	103,969	90,417
59	🇸🇴Somalia	194,003	104,208	89,795
60	🇲🇾Malaysia	184,580	106,968	77,612
61	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	179,016	102,963	76,053
62	🇦🇺Australia	177,939	92,357	85,582
63	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	159,362	89,005	70,357
64	🇳🇱Netherlands	156,455	77,176	79,279
65	🇧🇬Bulgaria	155,197	77,568	77,629
66	🇭🇺Hungary	149,893	73,720	76,174
67	🇧🇾Belarus	147,458	75,308	72,150
68	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	146,000	75,369	70,631
69	🇲🇼Malawi	141,532	76,592	64,941
70	🇨🇱Chile	141,368	73,622	67,746
71	🇷🇸Serbia	137,003	67,145	69,858
72	🇬🇳Guinea	136,815	68,883	67,932
73	🇿🇲Zambia	134,488	73,154	61,335
74	🇬🇷Greece	131,429	74,401	57,029
75	🇨🇿Czechia	130,607	67,765	62,842
76	🇧🇯Benin	124,512	65,672	58,840
77	🇬🇹Guatemala	120,781	67,174	53,607
78	🇸🇸South Sudan	117,433	59,912	57,520
79	🇰🇭Cambodia	113,868	60,664	53,203
80	🇵🇹Portugal	112,744	55,307	57,437
81	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	110,787	61,892	48,895
82	🇧🇪Belgium	110,497	53,881	56,616
83	🇨🇺Cuba	110,485	59,144	51,341
84	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	109,839	64,842	44,997
85	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	100,157	64,054	36,103
86	🇭🇹Haiti	98,374	54,048	44,326
87	🇸🇳Senegal	96,140	50,989	45,152
88	🇧🇮Burundi	94,241	49,766	44,475
89	🇹🇳Tunisia	93,918	53,525	40,392
90	🇸🇪Sweden	90,728	44,958	45,771
91	🇪🇨Ecuador	87,350	47,874	39,476
92	🇦🇹Austria	84,585	41,609	42,976
93	🇷🇼Rwanda	80,582	41,623	38,959
94	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	76,691	39,694	36,997
95	🇹🇬Togo	72,689	37,085	35,604
96	🇸🇰Slovakia	70,326	36,109	34,217
97	🇨🇭Switzerland	69,565	33,639	35,926
98	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	68,221	39,171	29,050
99	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	66,736	35,613	31,123
100	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	65,510	40,027	25,484
101	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	62,496	33,687	28,809
102	🇨🇫Central African Republic	61,490	33,428	28,062
103	🇬🇪Georgia	56,971	29,177	27,794
104	🇭🇳Honduras	56,396	31,483	24,913
105	🇫🇮Finland	56,171	28,064	28,107
106	🇩🇰Denmark	55,539	28,473	27,066
107	🇭🇷Croatia	53,542	25,755	27,787
108	🇸🇻El Salvador	51,878	28,233	23,646
109	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,298	26,354	24,944
110	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	50,509	26,829	23,680
111	🇵🇾Paraguay	50,471	28,468	22,003
112	🇮🇱Israel	49,521	25,136	24,384
113	🇱🇧Lebanon	49,324	25,311	24,013
114	🇱🇹Lithuania	48,246	23,247	24,999
115	🇹🇯Tajikistan	46,771	26,547	20,223
116	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	46,673	25,569	21,104
117	🇱🇷Liberia	45,796	23,527	22,270
118	🇯🇴Jordan	44,937	26,298	18,639
119	🇨🇬Congo	43,439	22,927	20,512
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	42,353	23,747	18,606
121	🇳🇴Norway	41,989	20,946	21,043
122	🇱🇾Libya	40,561	22,902	17,659
123	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	39,665	23,474	16,190
124	🇨🇷Costa Rica	36,834	20,494	16,340
125	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	36,230	20,352	15,878
126	🇲🇷Mauritania	34,111	18,260	15,850
127	🇳🇿New Zealand	33,895	17,600	16,295
128	🇺🇾Uruguay	33,820	16,841	16,979
129	🇮🇪Ireland	33,121	17,033	16,088
130	🇦🇲Armenia	33,059	17,541	15,518
131	🇱🇸Lesotho	32,469	17,194	15,275
132	🇳🇮Nicaragua	32,359	18,113	14,246
133	🇦🇱Albania	31,863	18,601	13,261
134	🇸🇬Singapore	29,754	16,822	12,932
135	🇳🇦Namibia	29,431	15,859	13,573
136	🇲🇰North Macedonia	28,889	15,087	13,801
137	🇱🇻Latvia	28,713	13,040	15,674
138	🇵🇦Panama	26,004	14,753	11,250
139	🇯🇲Jamaica	24,890	13,193	11,697
140	🇪🇷Eritrea	24,842	13,039	11,803
141	🇸🇮Slovenia	20,737	10,205	10,532
142	🇵🇸State of Palestine	20,244	11,264	8,980
143	🇬🇲Gambia	19,327	10,168	9,158
144	🇲🇳Mongolia	18,619	11,394	7,225
145	🇧🇼Botswana	18,131	9,668	8,463
146	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	18,109	9,462	8,647
147	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	17,609	11,993	5,616
148	🇬🇦Gabon	17,453	9,958	7,496
149	🇪🇪Estonia	15,506	7,141	8,365
150	🇴🇲Oman	15,011	9,287	5,724
151	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	14,569	8,154	6,415
152	🇸🇿Eswatini	14,312	8,108	6,204
153	🇲🇺Mauritius	12,591	6,874	5,717
154	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	12,398	6,876	5,522
155	🇰🇼Kuwait	11,107	8,077	3,029
156	🇩🇯Djibouti	10,041	5,502	4,539
157	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	9,489	5,017	4,472
158	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	8,782	4,740	4,042
159	🇨🇾Cyprus	8,706	4,506	4,200
160	🇬🇾Guyana	7,913	4,418	3,495
161	🇫🇯Fiji	7,671	4,089	3,582
162	🇲🇪Montenegro	7,241	3,863	3,378
163	🇰🇲Comoros	7,145	3,951	3,194
164	🇷🇪Réunion	5,500	3,008	2,491
165	🇸🇷Suriname	5,342	2,952	2,391
166	🇧🇹Bhutan	4,972	2,815	2,158
167	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,542	2,322	2,220
168	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	4,050	2,076	1,974
169	🇲🇹Malta	3,883	2,025	1,857
170	🇧🇭Bahrain	3,645	2,215	1,430
171	🇪🇭Western Sahara	3,610	2,196	1,414
172	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	3,545	1,988	1,556
173	🇲🇶Martinique	3,363	1,705	1,658
174	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,360	1,799	1,561
175	🇧🇸Bahamas	2,988	1,654	1,334
176	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2,948	1,644	1,304
177	🇶🇦Qatar	2,910	2,119	791
178	🇧🇧Barbados	2,567	1,273	1,294
179	🇧🇿Belize	2,532	1,549	984
180	🇮🇸Iceland	2,508	1,291	1,216
181	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	2,438	1,398	1,040
182	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,826	1,022	803
183	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,777	953	824
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,736	1,018	718
185	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,525	899	626
186	🇲🇻Maldives	1,466	868	597
187	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,457	834	623
188	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	1,411	848	563
189	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,329	752	578
190	🇼🇸Samoa	1,216	685	531
191	🇬🇫French Guiana	1,199	709	490
192	🇦🇼Aruba	1,179	614	565
193	🇬🇺Guam	1,127	654	473
194	🇵🇫French Polynesia	1,115	661	454
195	🇬🇩Grenada	997	540	457
196	🇾🇹Mayotte	967	585	382
197	🇯🇪Jersey	950	498	452
198	🇸🇨Seychelles	949	553	396
199	🇮🇲Isle of Man	882	458	424
200	🇰🇮Kiribati	813	405	407
201	🇹🇴Tonga	739	407	332
202	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	718	426	292
203	🇲🇨Monaco	706	360	346
204	🇩🇲Dominica	649	369	280
205	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	626	326	300
206	🇧🇲Bermuda	589	307	282
207	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	571	293	278
208	🇬🇱Greenland	506	323	183
209	🇦🇩Andorra	502	279	224
210	🇬🇬Guernsey	480	246	234
211	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	480	273	207
212	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	450	259	191
213	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	412	231	181
214	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	346	206	140
215	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	329	188	141
216	🇸🇲San Marino	323	154	170
217	🇦🇸American Samoa	311	176	135
218	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	303	185	118
219	🇬🇮Gibraltar	278	138	140
220	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	278	167	111
221	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	251	128	122
222	🇵🇼Palau	242	144	99
223	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	203	118	86
224	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	162	97	65
225	🇨🇰Cook Islands	144	85	59
226	🇹🇻Tuvalu	115	68	46
227	🇦🇮Anguilla	103	64	38
228	🇸🇭Saint Helena	96	59	37
229	🇳🇷Nauru	84	50	34
230	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	77	40	37
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	71	38	33
232	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	61	34	27
233	🇲🇸Montserrat	50	30	20
234	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	27	15	12
235	🇳🇺Niue	27	12	14
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	14	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	10	5	5

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2022

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	36,904,469	20,256,365	16,648,104
2	Africa	11,962,468	6,349,641	5,612,827
3	Europe	9,479,231	4,764,658	4,714,573
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	5,007,728	2,748,952	2,258,776
5	Northern America	3,443,608	1,845,894	1,597,714
6	Oceania	299,063	162,126	136,937

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2022

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	16,624,225	9,086,318	7,537,908
2	Eastern Asia	12,939,428	7,151,958	5,787,470
3	South-Eastern Asia	5,353,725	2,916,830	2,436,895
4	Eastern Europe	4,776,505	2,424,016	2,352,489
5	Western Africa	4,452,235	2,293,843	2,158,392
6	South America	3,450,095	1,880,520	1,569,575
7	Eastern Africa	3,335,097	1,825,181	1,509,916
8	Western Europe	2,063,547	1,027,164	1,036,383
9	Middle Africa	1,789,635	964,043	825,592
10	Southern Europe	1,650,360	823,556	826,804
11	Northern Africa	1,570,990	861,148	709,842
12	Western Asia	1,453,175	815,032	638,143
13	Central America	1,181,806	662,054	519,751
14	Northern Europe	988,819	489,922	498,897
15	Southern Africa	814,511	405,426	409,085
16	Central Asia	533,915	286,227	247,688
17	Caribbean	375,827	206,378	169,449
18	Australia/New Zealand	211,838	109,956	101,882
19	Melanesia	79,985	48,022	31,963
20	Polynesia	3,670	2,110	1,560
21	Micronesia	3,570	2,037	1,532

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2022

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	49,251,945	26,742,071	22,509,874
2	Lower-middle-income countries	28,935,297	15,610,923	13,324,374
3	Upper-middle-income countries	20,316,648	11,131,148	9,185,500
4	High-income countries	11,915,872	6,156,930	5,758,942
5	Low-income countries	5,696,415	3,095,669	2,600,746
6	No income group available	232,335	132,966	99,369

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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