The following list sorts sovereign states and dependent territories and by the total number of deaths. Figures are from the 2022 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the calendar year 2021.
Countries and dependent territories by the number of deaths in 2021 according to the World Population Prospects 2022 of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The list takes account of the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on mortality.[1]
Rank | Country | Number of deaths (2021) |
---|---|---|
1 | India | 13,299,618 |
2 | China | 10,617,528 |
3 | United States | 3,280,682 |
4 | Nigeria | 2,792,704 |
5 | Indonesia | 2,755,190 |
6 | Russia | 2,458,539 |
7 | Brazil | 1,784,239 |
8 | Pakistan | 1,660,400 |
9 | Japan | 1,574,533 |
10 | Mexico | 1,191,718 |
11 | Germany | 1,039,440 |
12 | Bangladesh | 962,479 |
13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 930,839 |
14 | Philippines | 832,888 |
15 | Ethiopia | 815,212 |
16 | Ukraine | 731,364 |
17 | Vietnam | 713,131 |
18 | Egypt | 691,381 |
19 | Italy | 680,373 |
20 | South Africa | 678,798 |
21 | United Kingdom | 652,723 |
22 | France | 639,714 |
23 | Thailand | 567,168 |
24 | Iran | 565,768 |
25 | Turkey | 542,597 |
26 | Myanmar | 525,701 |
27 | Poland | 502,541 |
28 | Spain | 454,123 |
29 | Kenya | 427,272 |
30 | Argentina | 405,428 |
31 | Colombia | 397,649 |
32 | Tanzania | 395,720 |
33 | Korea | 334,677 |
34 | Romania | 314,232 |
35 | Sudan | 310,515 |
36 | Canada | 297,242 |
37 | Afghanistan | 295,236 |
38 | Mozambique | 282,145 |
39 | Angola | 276,278 |
40 | Uganda | 269,420 |
41 | Peru | 269,050 |
42 | Ghana | 250,471 |
43 | Côte d'Ivoire | 247,449 |
44 | North Korea | 241,887 |
45 | Cameroon | 233,498 |
46 | Nepal | 232,398 |
47 | Venezuela | 231,205 |
48 | Morocco | 228,888 |
49 | Yemen | 226,104 |
50 | Uzbekistan | 220,493 |
51 | Chad | 214,803 |
52 | Iraq | 207,099 |
53 | Niger | 205,694 |
54 | Madagascar | 205,436 |
55 | Mali | 203,297 |
56 | Malaysia | 202,436 |
57 | Algeria | 200,842 |
58 | Burkina Faso | 198,073 |
59 | Somalia | 198,038 |
60 | Kazakhstan | 196,490 |
61 | Taiwan | 176,533 |
62 | Netherlands | 168,003 |
63 | Australia | 166,082 |
64 | Cuba | 164,950 |
65 | Sri Lanka | 160,593 |
66 | Belarus | 158,349 |
67 | Hungary | 154,245 |
68 | Bulgaria | 153,894 |
69 | Zimbabwe | 144,973 |
70 | Chile | 144,326 |
71 | Malawi | 138,931 |
72 | Serbia | 138,202 |
73 | Zambia | 135,787 |
74 | Greece | 135,773 |
75 | Guinea | 135,224 |
76 | Czech Republic | 134,058 |
77 | Portugal | 123,550 |
78 | Benin | 122,627 |
79 | Bolivia | 120,158 |
80 | Ecuador | 119,463 |
81 | South Sudan | 118,956 |
82 | Guatemala | 114,597 |
83 | Cambodia | 113,507 |
84 | Belgium | 110,280 |
85 | Syria | 108,607 |
86 | Saudi Arabia | 103,140 |
87 | Senegal | 99,995 |
88 | Haiti | 99,459 |
89 | Tunisia | 96,709 |
90 | Azerbaijan | 94,932 |
91 | Burundi | 93,864 |
92 | Sweden | 92,278 |
93 | Austria | 89,691 |
94 | Rwanda | 84,576 |
95 | Sierra Leone | 76,745 |
96 | Dominican Republic | 74,290 |
97 | Slovakia | 72,471 |
98 | Togo | 70,622 |
99 | Switzerland | 69,734 |
100 | Papua New Guinea | 66,458 |
101 | Central African Republic | 62,683 |
102 | Croatia | 62,262 |
103 | Denmark | 58,422 |
104 | Honduras | 57,654 |
105 | Finland | 57,283 |
106 | Georgia | 57,023 |
107 | El Salvador | 54,803 |
108 | Hong Kong | 53,764 |
109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,587 |
110 | Paraguay | 51,237 |
111 | Lithuania | 50,975 |
112 | Republic of Moldova | 50,200 |
113 | Israel | 49,845 |
114 | Laos | 49,136 |
115 | Lebanon | 46,727 |
116 | Liberia | 45,955 |
117 | Tajikistan | 44,345 |
118 | Jordan | 43,100 |
119 | Norway | 41,871 |
120 | Turkmenistan | 41,769 |
121 | Uruguay | 41,681 |
122 | Republic of the Congo | 41,238 |
123 | Libya | 40,532 |
124 | Kyrgyzstan | 40,495 |
125 | Costa Rica | 37,055 |
126 | Armenia | 36,379 |
127 | Latvia | 36,094 |
128 | Ireland | 35,151 |
129 | Mauritania | 34,347 |
130 | New Zealand | 33,869 |
131 | Nicaragua | 33,308 |
132 | Puerto Rico | 32,914 |
133 | Albania | 32,392 |
134 | Lesotho | 32,376 |
135 | Singapore | 31,862 |
136 | Macedonia | 29,194 |
137 | Namibia | 27,119 |
138 | Panama | 26,382 |
139 | Jamaica | 24,899 |
140 | Botswana | 24,478 |
141 | Eritrea | 24,415 |
142 | Slovenia | 22,948 |
143 | Mongolia | 20,520 |
144 | Gambia | 19,923 |
145 | Palestinian Territory | 19,610 |
146 | Estonia | 18,826 |
147 | Guinea-Bissau | 17,969 |
148 | United Arab Emirates | 17,548 |
149 | Oman | 17,206 |
150 | Gabon | 16,987 |
151 | Equatorial Guinea | 14,750 |
152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13,917 |
153 | Swaziland | 13,566 |
154 | Mauritius | 12,527 |
155 | Kuwait | 12,398 |
156 | Kosovo | 12,054 |
157 | Djibouti | 10,109 |
158 | East Timor | 9,562 |
159 | Cyprus | 9,021 |
160 | Fiji | 8,218 |
161 | Guyana | 8,057 |
162 | Montenegro | 7,556 |
163 | Comoros | 7,171 |
164 | Réunion | 5,638 |
165 | Suriname | 5,315 |
166 | Bhutan | 5,035 |
167 | Luxembourg | 4,341 |
168 | Martinique | 4,135 |
169 | Guadeloupe | 4,091 |
170 | Malta | 3,819 |
171 | Bahamas | 3,663 |
172 | Bahrain | 3,638 |
173 | Solomon Islands | 3,561 |
174 | Cape Verde | 3,548 |
175 | Qatar | 3,542 |
176 | Western Sahara | 3,497 |
177 | Macao | 2,813 |
178 | Belize | 2,540 |
179 | Barbados | 2,533 |
180 | Iceland | 2,512 |
181 | Brunei | 2,321 |
182 | Curaçao | 1,940 |
183 | Saint Lucia | 1,850 |
184 | New Caledonia | 1,749 |
185 | Vanuatu | 1,722 |
186 | French Polynesia | 1,635 |
187 | Maldives | 1,573 |
188 | French Guiana | 1,463 |
189 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,428 |
190 | United States Virgin Islands | 1,426 |
191 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,403 |
192 | Guam | 1,252 |
193 | Aruba | 1,194 |
194 | Samoa | 1,171 |
195 | Grenada | 1,016 |
196 | Mayotte | 999 |
197 | Seychelles | 955 |
198 | Jersey | 953 |
199 | Isle of Man | 891 |
200 | Kiribati | 805 |
201 | Monaco | 778 |
202 | Tonga | 742 |
203 | Federated States of Micronesia | 705 |
204 | Bermuda | 689 |
205 | Dominica | 651 |
206 | Andorra | 642 |
207 | Faroe Islands | 597 |
208 | Antigua and Barbuda | 593 |
209 | Guernsey | 506 |
210 | Greenland | 498 |
211 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 485 |
212 | Cayman Islands | 448 |
213 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 414 |
214 | San Marino | 391 |
215 | Gibraltar | 378 |
216 | Sint Maarten | 339 |
217 | Marshall Islands | 325 |
218 | American Samoa | 311 |
219 | Northern Mariana Islands | 295 |
220 | Liechtenstein | 281 |
221 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 276 |
222 | British Virgin Islands | 236 |
223 | Palau | 228 |
224 | Saint Martin | 159 |
225 | Cook Islands | 144 |
226 | Tuvalu | 114 |
227 | Anguilla | 106 |
228 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 87 |
229 | Wallis and Futuna | 86 |
230 | Nauru | 83 |
231 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 73 |
232 | Saint Barthélemy | 60 |
233 | Montserrat | 49 |
234 | Falkland Islands | 28 |
235 | Niue | 18 |
236 | Tokelau | 9 |