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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2026

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In the year 2026, It is projected that 62,928,943 people will die globally. Out of this group, 33,836,988 will be male and 29,091,955 female.

The country with the highest death count is projected to be 🇨🇳China, with a total of 11,304,787 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 9,876,262, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 3,046,600 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count is projected to be 🇻🇦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 is projected to be Asia with a total of 34,625,764 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 11867.924, and Europe with 8,148,864 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 13,825,722 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 13,650,989, and South-Eastern Asia with 5,144,065 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 45,187,738. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 231,707 people will die in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2026

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 2026

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇨🇳China 11,304,787 6,273,481 5,031,306
2 🇮🇳India 9,876,262 5,378,405 4,497,857
3 🇺🇸United States of America 3,046,600 1,598,585 1,448,015
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,844,931 1,453,110 1,391,821
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 2,221,964 1,189,504 1,032,460
6 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,759,510 871,449 888,061
7 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,674,769 930,979 743,790
8 🇯🇵Japan 1,593,084 807,334 785,750
9 🇧🇷Brazil 1,550,041 846,491 703,550
10 🇩🇪Germany 962,696 476,482 486,214
11 🇧🇩Bangladesh 960,555 538,451 422,104
12 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 958,096 514,903 443,193
13 🇲🇽Mexico 900,031 503,165 396,866
14 🇪🇹Ethiopia 785,823 451,487 334,336
15 🇻🇳Viet Nam 715,719 403,361 312,358
16 🇵🇭Philippines 710,446 383,180 327,266
17 🇪🇬Egypt 648,308 356,111 292,197
18 🇮🇹Italy 647,402 312,995 334,407
19 🇬🇧United Kingdom 631,886 315,528 316,358
20 🇫🇷France 621,358 309,611 311,748
21 🇹🇭Thailand 582,804 327,959 254,845
22 🇿🇦South Africa 541,525 277,345 264,179
23 🇺🇦Ukraine 530,404 259,738 270,665
24 🇲🇲Myanmar 502,588 275,599 226,989
25 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 483,939 279,052 204,888
26 🇹🇷Türkiye 475,051 260,617 214,434
27 🇪🇸Spain 444,583 226,496 218,087
28 🇵🇱Poland 420,537 215,013 205,524
29 🇰🇪Kenya 409,304 221,008 188,295
30 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 393,061 212,676 180,385
31 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 392,983 214,075 178,908
32 🇦🇷Argentina 352,182 182,517 169,665
33 🇸🇩Sudan 332,263 185,518 146,745
34 🇨🇦Canada 318,181 163,434 154,747
35 🇨🇴Colombia 305,826 167,907 137,918
36 🇦🇴Angola 284,054 155,230 128,824
37 🇺🇬Uganda 281,145 151,218 129,928
38 🇦🇫Afghanistan 269,530 154,835 114,694
39 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 260,615 128,871 131,744
40 🇲🇿Mozambique 258,105 139,194 118,910
41 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 254,535 137,469 117,066
42 🇬🇭Ghana 248,366 134,633 113,733
43 🇲🇦Morocco 234,309 130,368 103,941
44 🇷🇴Romania 233,755 118,547 115,208
45 🇨🇲Cameroon 228,302 121,162 107,140
46 🇹🇩Chad 227,776 121,437 106,339
47 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 226,897 130,222 96,675
48 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 226,078 123,417 102,661
49 🇩🇿Algeria 210,840 113,362 97,478
50 🇮🇶Iraq 209,440 110,955 98,485
51 🇾🇪Yemen 209,329 122,951 86,378
52 🇳🇵Nepal 208,636 110,449 98,187
53 🇲🇱Mali 206,172 108,722 97,449
54 🇳🇪Niger 205,763 108,388 97,374
55 🇲🇾Malaysia 204,133 117,371 86,762
56 🇵🇪Peru 203,626 110,976 92,650
57 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 197,279 103,390 93,889
58 🇸🇴Somalia 196,472 106,007 90,465
59 🇲🇬Madagascar 194,824 109,021 85,802
60 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 192,101 107,946 84,155
61 🇦🇺Australia 190,118 99,104 91,014
62 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 170,755 93,056 77,700
63 🇳🇱Netherlands 166,198 83,167 83,031
64 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 163,176 84,690 78,486
65 🇿🇲Zambia 137,240 75,591 61,649
66 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 135,865 69,205 66,661
67 🇬🇳Guinea 133,339 67,487 65,852
68 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 133,032 79,608 53,424
69 🇲🇼Malawi 131,763 73,252 58,511
70 🇨🇱Chile 131,696 68,423 63,272
71 🇭🇺Hungary 126,926 61,556 65,370
72 🇧🇯Benin 125,396 65,996 59,400
73 🇧🇾Belarus 123,915 62,397 61,519
74 🇬🇷Greece 120,123 64,015 56,108
75 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 116,704 75,712 40,992
76 🇸🇸South Sudan 115,931 59,551 56,380
77 🇨🇺Cuba 115,104 60,963 54,141
78 🇵🇹Portugal 114,601 55,621 58,980
79 🇨🇿Czechia 114,593 57,484 57,108
80 🇧🇪Belgium 112,405 55,358 57,047
81 🇰🇭Cambodia 111,183 57,798 53,385
82 🇧🇬Bulgaria 102,240 51,530 50,710
83 🇧🇮Burundi 97,000 52,315 44,685
84 🇪🇨Ecuador 94,868 51,722 43,146
85 🇸🇪Sweden 94,794 47,591 47,203
86 🇷🇸Serbia 94,209 46,111 48,098
87 🇭🇹Haiti 93,328 51,635 41,692
88 🇬🇹Guatemala 90,673 50,091 40,582
89 🇦🇹Austria 87,561 43,492 44,069
90 🇸🇳Senegal 86,986 47,189 39,797
91 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 85,676 47,092 38,584
92 🇷🇼Rwanda 84,992 44,321 40,671
93 🇹🇳Tunisia 79,005 45,070 33,936
94 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 77,556 40,510 37,047
95 🇹🇬Togo 77,004 39,578 37,426
96 🇨🇭Switzerland 73,834 36,431 37,403
97 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 73,634 39,512 34,122
98 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 72,950 41,661 31,289
99 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 71,377 43,337 28,040
100 🇨🇫Central African Republic 63,223 33,945 29,278
101 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 58,876 32,607 26,268
102 🇩🇰Denmark 58,853 30,205 28,647
103 🇫🇮Finland 58,223 29,253 28,970
104 🇸🇰Slovakia 56,146 28,782 27,364
105 🇭🇷Croatia 52,881 25,571 27,310
106 🇹🇯Tajikistan 50,678 28,762 21,917
107 🇭🇳Honduras 50,052 28,325 21,726
108 🇮🇱Israel 49,546 24,829 24,716
109 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 48,255 26,601 21,654
110 🇨🇬Congo 46,461 24,670 21,791
111 🇸🇻El Salvador 46,236 24,920 21,317
112 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 45,929 25,741 20,189
113 🇱🇷Liberia 45,765 23,678 22,088
114 🇳🇴Norway 44,097 22,361 21,736
115 🇬🇪Georgia 43,693 22,173 21,520
116 🇵🇾Paraguay 40,909 22,928 17,981
117 🇱🇾Libya 39,913 23,374 16,539
118 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 39,676 20,948 18,728
119 🇯🇴Jordan 39,152 22,948 16,204
120 🇱🇹Lithuania 38,488 18,020 20,468
121 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 38,263 19,268 18,995
122 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 38,082 22,091 15,991
123 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 37,950 20,480 17,470
124 🇳🇿New Zealand 37,203 19,173 18,030
125 🇸🇬Singapore 35,277 20,007 15,270
126 🇳🇮Nicaragua 35,114 19,586 15,527
127 🇮🇪Ireland 35,100 18,173 16,927
128 🇺🇾Uruguay 34,018 16,876 17,142
129 🇲🇷Mauritania 31,647 17,244 14,402
130 🇨🇷Costa Rica 30,650 16,849 13,801
131 🇱🇧Lebanon 30,086 14,871 15,215
132 🇱🇸Lesotho 29,884 15,851 14,033
133 🇱🇻Latvia 28,132 12,760 15,373
134 🇦🇲Armenia 26,454 12,923 13,530
135 🇦🇱Albania 25,155 14,091 11,063
136 🇵🇦Panama 25,144 14,044 11,100
137 🇪🇷Eritrea 23,082 12,202 10,880
138 🇯🇲Jamaica 22,749 12,211 10,538
139 🇸🇮Slovenia 21,590 10,697 10,893
140 🇳🇦Namibia 21,316 11,446 9,870
141 🇲🇳Mongolia 19,970 12,071 7,900
142 🇧🇼Botswana 19,709 10,568 9,141
143 🇲🇰North Macedonia 19,288 10,013 9,275
144 🇬🇲Gambia 18,726 9,987 8,740
145 🇵🇸State of Palestine 18,069 9,810 8,259
146 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 17,417 9,157 8,260
147 🇬🇦Gabon 16,884 9,531 7,353
148 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 16,544 11,254 5,289
149 🇪🇪Estonia 15,818 7,253 8,565
150 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 14,523 8,189 6,333
151 🇰🇼Kuwait 14,090 10,283 3,807
152 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 13,493 7,417 6,076
153 🇲🇺Mauritius 12,348 6,773 5,575
154 🇸🇿Eswatini 10,963 6,109 4,854
155 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 10,289 5,385 4,904
156 🇴🇲Oman 10,007 6,044 3,962
157 🇩🇯Djibouti 9,737 5,298 4,439
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 9,351 4,806 4,545
159 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 8,883 4,802 4,081
160 🇫🇯Fiji 8,095 4,337 3,758
161 🇰🇲Comoros 6,861 3,785 3,075
162 🇲🇪Montenegro 6,718 3,421 3,297
163 🇬🇾Guyana 6,443 3,610 2,833
164 🇷🇪Réunion 6,075 3,291 2,784
165 🇧🇹Bhutan 5,020 2,855 2,165
166 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,868 2,510 2,358
167 🇸🇷Suriname 4,754 2,641 2,114
168 🇲🇹Malta 4,275 2,224 2,051
169 🇪🇭Western Sahara 4,091 2,503 1,588
170 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3,799 2,125 1,673
171 🇧🇭Bahrain 3,682 2,235 1,447
172 🇲🇶Martinique 3,592 1,805 1,787
173 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 3,472 1,766 1,705
174 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3,336 1,878 1,458
175 🇧🇸Bahamas 3,286 1,804 1,482
176 🇶🇦Qatar 3,230 2,333 897
177 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 2,834 1,532 1,302
178 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 2,795 1,603 1,192
179 🇧🇧Barbados 2,701 1,347 1,355
180 🇮🇸Iceland 2,639 1,364 1,275
181 🇧🇿Belize 2,129 1,285 844
182 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,899 989 910
183 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,775 1,042 734
184 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,714 987 727
185 🇲🇻Maldives 1,533 889 644
186 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1,504 850 654
187 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,421 807 614
188 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,368 803 565
189 🇵🇫French Polynesia 1,327 777 550
190 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,324 756 568
191 🇼🇸Samoa 1,280 728 551
192 🇬🇺Guam 1,222 695 528
193 🇦🇼Aruba 1,084 562 522
194 🇬🇩Grenada 1,016 551 465
195 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 963 555 408
196 🇯🇪Jersey 944 490 454
197 🇮🇲Isle of Man 903 464 439
198 🇰🇮Kiribati 877 441 436
199 🇾🇹Mayotte 862 524 338
200 🇸🇨Seychelles 789 474 316
201 🇹🇴Tonga 755 414 341
202 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 747 437 310
203 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 623 318 304
204 🇩🇲Dominica 622 354 268
205 🇧🇲Bermuda 622 321 302
206 🇲🇨Monaco 606 306 300
207 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 583 310 273
208 🇬🇱Greenland 555 352 203
209 🇦🇩Andorra 543 299 243
210 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 505 291 214
211 🇬🇬Guernsey 500 255 245
212 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 484 277 206
213 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 382 215 167
214 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 371 225 147
215 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 364 208 156
216 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 363 220 143
217 🇦🇸American Samoa 332 185 147
218 🇸🇲San Marino 326 157 169
219 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 295 151 144
220 🇬🇮Gibraltar 293 148 145
221 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 258 153 105
222 🇵🇼Palau 253 148 104
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 233 135 99
224 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 185 106 79
225 🇨🇰Cook Islands 152 88 64
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 118 69 49
227 🇦🇮Anguilla 113 69 44
228 🇸🇭Saint Helena 95 58 37
229 🇳🇷Nauru 89 52 37
230 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 85 44 42
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 69 37 32
232 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 68 38 30
233 🇲🇸Montserrat 53 32 22
234 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 28 15 13
235 🇳🇺Niue 27 13 14
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 14 7 8
237 🇻🇦Holy See 10 5 5

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 2026

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 34,625,764 18,993,545 15,632,219
2 Africa 11,867,924 6,332,798 5,535,126
3 Europe 8,148,864 4,055,399 4,093,465
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 4,598,452 2,517,962 2,080,489
5 Northern America 3,366,010 1,762,718 1,603,292
6 Oceania 321,929 174,566 147,363

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 2026

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Eastern Asia 13,825,722 7,578,233 6,247,489
2 Southern Asia 13,650,989 7,488,966 6,162,023
3 South-Eastern Asia 5,144,065 2,807,793 2,336,272
4 Western Africa 4,573,798 2,368,115 2,205,683
5 Eastern Europe 3,507,681 1,747,432 1,760,249
6 Eastern Africa 3,281,255 1,797,180 1,484,075
7 South America 3,038,315 1,652,219 1,386,096
8 Western Europe 2,029,790 1,007,492 1,022,298
9 Middle Africa 1,840,737 989,877 850,860
10 Southern Europe 1,600,500 796,487 804,013
11 Northern Africa 1,548,734 856,311 692,423
12 Western Asia 1,481,053 833,850 647,203
13 Central America 1,180,018 658,265 521,753
14 Northern Europe 1,010,893 503,988 506,905
15 Southern Africa 623,400 321,315 302,085
16 Central Asia 523,934 284,703 239,232
17 Caribbean 380,119 207,478 172,641
18 Australia/New Zealand 227,327 118,283 109,044
19 Melanesia 86,747 51,813 34,934
20 Polynesia 4,001 2,298 1,703
21 Micronesia 3,854 2,172 1,682

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 2026

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 45,187,738 24,536,139 20,651,599
2 Lower-middle-income countries 25,325,599 13,702,368 11,623,231
3 Upper-middle-income countries 19,862,139 10,833,771 9,028,368
4 High-income countries 11,770,274 6,040,597 5,729,677
5 Low-income countries 5,739,224 3,127,099 2,612,125
6 No income group available 231,707 133,153 98,554

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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