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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2022

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In the year 2022, a total of 62,278,627 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 33,749,137 were male and 28,529,490 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 10,998,729 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 9,373,178, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 3,187,302 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 12 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 33,349,917 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 11628.157, and Europe with 8,811,692 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 13,555,196 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 12,864,924, and South-Eastern Asia with 4,995,395 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries has the highest death count of 49,674,307. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 211,616 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 🇨🇳China 10,998,729 6,276,218 4,722,512
2 🇮🇳India 9,373,178 5,065,907 4,307,271
3 🇺🇸United States of America 3,187,302 1,709,099 1,478,203
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,667,414 1,347,778 1,319,636
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 2,088,879 1,101,884 986,995
6 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,909,498 974,830 934,668
7 🇯🇵Japan 1,615,301 828,927 786,375
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,587,284 897,170 690,114
9 🇧🇷Brazil 1,585,581 879,030 706,552
10 🇩🇪Germany 1,082,760 543,991 538,769
11 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 914,409 492,024 422,385
12 🇧🇩Bangladesh 853,189 467,224 385,965
13 🇲🇽Mexico 838,628 465,144 373,484
14 🇪🇹Ethiopia 763,984 445,356 318,628
15 🇮🇹Italy 741,664 368,085 373,579
16 🇵🇭Philippines 714,113 393,633 320,480
17 🇹🇭Thailand 662,160 378,725 283,435
18 🇫🇷France 658,798 334,391 324,407
19 🇬🇧United Kingdom 648,522 327,305 321,217
20 🇻🇳Viet Nam 646,765 366,007 280,757
21 🇪🇬Egypt 639,137 346,862 292,275
22 🇿🇦South Africa 586,476 314,193 272,283
23 🇺🇦Ukraine 582,386 312,993 269,393
24 🇹🇷Türkiye 555,772 314,702 241,070
25 🇲🇲Myanmar 493,470 273,812 219,658
26 🇪🇸Spain 481,524 249,397 232,127
27 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 438,363 244,507 193,856
28 🇵🇱Poland 421,553 215,844 205,709
29 🇦🇷Argentina 399,475 201,337 198,138
30 🇰🇪Kenya 391,275 209,858 181,417
31 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 390,625 211,247 179,378
32 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 378,178 205,236 172,942
33 🇨🇦Canada 337,724 183,835 153,889
34 🇸🇩Sudan 322,068 187,169 134,899
35 🇨🇴Colombia 304,255 168,261 135,994
36 🇨🇫Central African Republic 281,035 175,206 105,829
37 🇷🇴Romania 268,224 135,453 132,771
38 🇦🇴Angola 252,902 137,685 115,217
39 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 249,694 118,772 130,922
40 🇦🇫Afghanistan 243,193 128,445 114,748
41 🇺🇬Uganda 238,198 130,169 108,027
42 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 237,562 133,651 103,911
43 🇲🇿Mozambique 236,920 125,020 111,900
44 🇲🇬Madagascar 235,225 126,252 108,972
45 🇬🇭Ghana 235,197 128,249 106,948
46 🇳🇪Niger 232,184 119,797 112,386
47 🇸🇴Somalia 228,085 122,442 105,643
48 🇵🇪Peru 213,886 111,071 102,815
49 🇨🇲Cameroon 212,026 114,602 97,425
50 🇹🇩Chad 211,974 113,775 98,199
51 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 211,323 118,114 93,209
52 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 210,766 117,938 92,829
53 🇩🇿Algeria 209,276 112,924 96,352
54 🇲🇦Morocco 207,990 117,031 90,959
55 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 207,270 116,371 90,900
56 🇦🇺Australia 204,735 110,218 94,517
57 🇳🇵Nepal 204,694 105,573 99,121
58 🇲🇱Mali 204,390 107,915 96,475
59 🇾🇪Yemen 199,986 110,545 89,441
60 🇲🇾Malaysia 192,464 113,257 79,207
61 🇮🇶Iraq 183,525 94,892 88,633
62 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 183,105 95,297 87,809
63 🇳🇱Netherlands 166,819 83,362 83,458
64 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 159,011 88,028 70,983
65 🇨🇱Chile 148,081 77,919 70,162
66 🇬🇷Greece 146,529 72,694 73,835
67 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 140,077 76,698 63,379
68 🇭🇺Hungary 133,838 65,629 68,209
69 🇬🇳Guinea 130,720 66,011 64,708
70 🇵🇹Portugal 125,512 63,656 61,857
71 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 124,999 63,220 61,778
72 🇧🇯Benin 123,117 63,695 59,422
73 🇧🇾Belarus 121,504 59,102 62,402
74 🇧🇪Belgium 119,832 60,933 58,899
75 🇲🇼Malawi 119,361 65,958 53,403
76 🇨🇿Czechia 117,348 60,353 56,995
77 🇧🇬Bulgaria 115,519 59,370 56,150
78 🇨🇺Cuba 113,757 61,168 52,589
79 🇿🇲Zambia 112,518 61,507 51,011
80 🇸🇸South Sudan 109,173 59,450 49,723
81 🇰🇭Cambodia 108,772 56,613 52,159
82 🇷🇸Serbia 107,638 61,820 45,818
83 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 107,220 59,028 48,192
84 🇸🇳Senegal 104,496 58,995 45,501
85 🇦🇹Austria 96,596 48,447 48,149
86 🇪🇨Ecuador 95,582 53,114 42,468
87 🇭🇹Haiti 95,162 53,090 42,072
88 🇸🇪Sweden 94,672 47,510 47,161
89 🇬🇹Guatemala 94,246 52,098 42,148
90 🇧🇮Burundi 93,204 49,818 43,386
91 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 92,765 51,071 41,694
92 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 82,701 56,602 26,098
93 🇷🇼Rwanda 81,816 42,133 39,682
94 🇨🇭Switzerland 76,534 38,642 37,892
95 🇹🇳Tunisia 74,641 41,502 33,139
96 🇹🇬Togo 71,555 35,633 35,922
97 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 70,547 37,312 33,234
98 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 69,848 42,244 27,604
99 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 66,252 37,790 28,463
100 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 65,937 35,721 30,216
101 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 65,872 34,624 31,249
102 🇫🇮Finland 63,010 33,092 29,918
103 🇩🇰Denmark 59,393 30,321 29,072
104 🇸🇰Slovakia 58,391 30,281 28,110
105 🇭🇷Croatia 53,353 26,104 27,248
106 🇮🇱Israel 49,681 25,239 24,443
107 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 47,355 26,045 21,310
108 🇹🇯Tajikistan 47,023 25,707 21,316
109 🇸🇻El Salvador 46,844 25,498 21,346
110 🇭🇳Honduras 46,486 26,314 20,171
111 🇬🇪Georgia 46,336 24,132 22,205
112 🇳🇴Norway 45,614 22,891 22,724
113 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 45,028 23,675 21,353
114 🇱🇹Lithuania 44,732 21,657 23,074
115 🇱🇷Liberia 43,839 22,849 20,989
116 🇵🇾Paraguay 42,987 24,223 18,764
117 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 41,838 21,409 20,429
118 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 41,564 23,960 17,604
119 🇳🇿New Zealand 41,113 20,275 20,838
120 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 39,732 20,812 18,920
121 🇨🇬Congo 39,656 21,121 18,535
122 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 37,234 20,474 16,760
123 🇺🇾Uruguay 36,731 19,001 17,730
124 🇯🇴Jordan 35,608 20,867 14,741
125 🇮🇪Ireland 35,143 18,777 16,366
126 🇱🇾Libya 34,733 20,161 14,573
127 🇱🇧Lebanon 33,138 16,723 16,414
128 🇳🇮Nicaragua 31,574 16,811 14,763
129 🇨🇷Costa Rica 31,029 17,064 13,965
130 🇱🇻Latvia 29,864 13,922 15,943
131 🇦🇲Armenia 29,565 15,412 14,152
132 🇸🇬Singapore 28,342 16,049 12,294
133 🇲🇷Mauritania 27,435 14,821 12,614
134 🇱🇸Lesotho 24,961 12,800 12,161
135 🇦🇱Albania 24,626 13,197 11,429
136 🇸🇮Slovenia 22,495 11,119 11,376
137 🇯🇲Jamaica 22,444 12,099 10,346
138 🇲🇰North Macedonia 21,619 11,313 10,306
139 🇳🇦Namibia 21,588 11,960 9,628
140 🇪🇷Eritrea 21,543 11,287 10,257
141 🇵🇦Panama 20,910 11,721 9,189
142 🇲🇳Mongolia 20,082 12,188 7,894
143 🇬🇲Gambia 17,492 9,299 8,193
144 🇪🇪Estonia 17,084 8,095 8,988
145 🇵🇸State of Palestine 15,871 8,982 6,889
146 🇬🇦Gabon 15,846 8,942 6,904
147 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 15,210 8,039 7,171
148 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 14,456 8,061 6,394
149 🇧🇼Botswana 14,215 7,726 6,489
150 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 12,304 6,785 5,519
151 🇲🇺Mauritius 12,247 7,019 5,228
152 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 12,086 8,510 3,576
153 🇨🇾Cyprus 10,242 5,424 4,818
154 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 10,110 5,309 4,801
155 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 10,081 5,399 4,683
156 🇴🇲Oman 10,073 6,012 4,061
157 🇸🇿Eswatini 9,874 5,282 4,592
158 🇰🇼Kuwait 8,993 5,836 3,157
159 🇩🇯Djibouti 8,579 4,690 3,889
160 🇫🇯Fiji 8,550 4,562 3,987
161 🇲🇪Montenegro 7,333 3,745 3,588
162 🇰🇲Comoros 6,089 3,342 2,748
163 🇬🇾Guyana 6,006 3,436 2,569
164 🇷🇪Réunion 5,589 2,986 2,603
165 🇧🇹Bhutan 4,797 2,758 2,039
166 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,545 2,266 2,280
167 🇸🇷Suriname 4,167 2,319 1,848
168 🇲🇹Malta 4,112 2,224 1,888
169 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 4,059 1,959 2,101
170 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 4,057 2,236 1,821
171 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 3,880 2,036 1,844
172 🇲🇶Martinique 3,857 2,068 1,788
173 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3,577 2,154 1,424
174 🇧🇸Bahamas 3,402 1,869 1,533
175 🇧🇭Bahrain 3,211 1,882 1,329
176 🇧🇧Barbados 3,133 1,660 1,473
177 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 2,987 1,666 1,321
178 🇮🇸Iceland 2,826 1,499 1,327
179 🇶🇦Qatar 2,695 1,864 831
180 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 2,601 1,370 1,231
181 🇧🇿Belize 2,178 1,297 882
182 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,952 1,043 910
183 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,799 984 815
184 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,617 974 643
185 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1,512 858 654
186 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,452 846 606
187 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,357 852 505
188 🇼🇸Samoa 1,330 708 623
189 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,297 765 532
190 🇲🇻Maldives 1,221 759 462
191 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,184 628 556
192 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,168 668 500
193 🇯🇪Jersey 1,140 598 542
194 🇬🇺Guam 1,113 670 443
195 🇬🇩Grenada 1,024 567 458
196 🇦🇼Aruba 1,006 523 484
197 🇵🇫French Polynesia 989 586 404
198 🇰🇮Kiribati 923 453 469
199 🇲🇨Monaco 915 479 436
200 🇾🇹Mayotte 896 520 376
201 🇮🇲Isle of Man 864 453 411
202 🇩🇲Dominica 863 479 383
203 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 854 490 363
204 🇹🇴Tonga 680 381 299
205 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 629 324 304
206 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 614 331 284
207 🇬🇬Guernsey 589 315 274
208 🇧🇲Bermuda 568 318 250
209 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 545 308 236
210 🇬🇱Greenland 542 320 222
211 🇦🇩Andorra 474 261 213
212 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 345 197 148
213 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 338 184 154
214 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 336 209 127
215 🇦🇸American Samoa 329 194 135
216 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 293 153 141
217 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 275 160 115
218 🇸🇲San Marino 265 131 134
219 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 260 148 113
220 🇬🇮Gibraltar 241 128 113
221 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 228 138 90
222 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 226 126 100
223 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 208 124 84
224 🇵🇼Palau 204 115 89
225 🇨🇰Cook Islands 131 78 53
226 🇦🇮Anguilla 94 54 40
227 🇹🇻Tuvalu 91 51 40
228 🇸🇭Saint Helena 88 56 33
229 🇳🇷Nauru 88 48 40
230 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 86 45 41
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 82 44 38
232 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 68 36 33
233 🇲🇸Montserrat 61 34 27
234 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 27 15 12
235 🇳🇺Niue 27 14 13
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 13 7 7
237 🇻🇦Holy See 12 6 6

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2022

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 33,349,917 18,413,594 14,936,323
2 Africa 11,628,157 6,239,604 5,388,553
3 Europe 8,811,692 4,486,955 4,324,737
4 Americas 8,149,662 4,423,302 3,726,360
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 4,623,444 2,529,685 2,093,759
6 Northern America 3,526,220 1,893,614 1,632,606
7 Oceania 339,211 185,678 153,533

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2022

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Eastern Asia 13,555,196 7,602,969 5,952,227
2 Southern Asia 12,864,924 7,000,367 5,864,557
3 South-Eastern Asia 4,995,395 2,733,094 2,262,301
4 Western Africa 4,366,945 2,250,761 2,116,184
5 Eastern Europe 3,767,993 1,934,670 1,833,323
6 Eastern Africa 3,169,063 1,736,895 1,432,168
7 South America 3,138,267 1,708,010 1,430,257
8 Western Europe 2,207,091 1,112,660 1,094,431
9 Middle Africa 1,943,603 1,072,180 871,423
10 Southern Europe 1,792,534 912,862 879,672
11 Northern Africa 1,491,433 827,812 663,621
12 Western Asia 1,452,566 811,272 641,294
13 Central America 1,111,898 615,947 495,951
14 Northern Europe 1,044,065 526,765 517,299
15 Southern Africa 657,115 351,961 305,154
16 Central Asia 481,826 265,889 215,937
17 Caribbean 373,282 205,726 167,556
18 Australia/New Zealand 245,852 130,497 115,355
19 Melanesia 86,022 51,057 34,965
20 Polynesia 3,676 2,063 1,613
21 Micronesia 3,664 2,061 1,603

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2022

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Low-and-middle-income countries 49,674,307 27,181,887 22,492,420
2 Middle-income countries 44,178,904 24,182,897 19,996,007
3 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 34,388,975 18,638,522 15,750,453
4 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 27,674,154 14,989,601 12,684,553
5 Lower-middle-income countries 22,178,749 11,990,616 10,188,133
6 Upper-middle-income countries 22,000,150 12,192,278 9,807,872
7 High-income countries 12,388,818 6,446,242 5,942,576
8 Low-income countries 5,495,412 2,998,993 2,496,419
9 No income group available 211,616 118,973 92,643

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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