# List of countries by number of deaths

The following list sorts sovereign states and dependent territories and by the total number of deaths. Figures are from the 2024 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the calendar year 2023.

## List of countries by number of deaths

Countries and dependent territories by the number of deaths in 2023 according to the World Population Prospects 2024 of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
| Country | Number of deaths (2023) |
| China | 11,684,177 |
| India | 9,507,008 |
| United States | 2,975,658 |
| Nigeria | 2,675,442 |
| Indonesia | 2,117,706 |
| Russia | 1,794,857 |
| Pakistan | 1,600,313 |
| Japan | 1,524,430 |
| Brazil | 1,494,154 |
| Germany | 1,034,140 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 901,851 |
| Bangladesh | 859,075 |
| Mexico | 799,366 |
| Ethiopia | 767,018 |
| Philippines | 716,490 |
| Italy | 663,448 |
| Vietnam | 659,980 |
| United Kingdom | 653,747 |
| Thailand | 637,306 |
| Egypt | 625,449 |
| France | 616,095 |
| South Africa | 584,015 |
| Turkey | 551,598 |
| Myanmar | 495,470 |
| Ukraine | 495,421 |
| Spain | 447,463 |
| Iran | 423,367 |
| Poland | 412,310 |
| Kenya | 399,024 |
| Tanzania | 385,799 |
| Argentina | 349,195 |
| South Korea | 345,502 |
| Sudan | 320,491 |
| Canada | 311,824 |
| Colombia | 282,433 |
| Romania | 257,119 |
| North Korea | 255,826 |
| Angola | 254,482 |
| Afghanistan | 240,296 |
| Ivory Coast | 238,741 |
| Ghana | 237,869 |
| Uganda | 235,583 |
| Mozambique | 235,520 |
| Madagascar | 234,841 |
| Niger | 231,746 |
| Uzbekistan | 221,249 |
| Algeria | 214,259 |
| Venezuela | 213,955 |
| Chad | 213,123 |
| Morocco | 212,624 |
| Nepal | 205,841 |
| Taiwan | 205,339 |
| Mali | 205,047 |
| Cameroon | 202,882 |
| Yemen | 188,764 |
| Iraq | 186,266 |
| Peru | 185,861 |
| Australia | 183,924 |
| Burkina Faso | 183,375 |
| Malaysia | 181,166 |
| Somalia | 180,554 |
| Netherlands | 169,320 |
| Sri Lanka | 162,453 |
| Kazakhstan | 136,388 |
| Guinea | 131,455 |
| Hungary | 128,063 |
| Chile | 127,691 |
| Greece | 127,018 |
| Zimbabwe | 124,412 |
| Benin | 124,132 |
| Belarus | 121,587 |
| Syria | 118,900 |
| Portugal | 115,917 |
| Belgium | 113,791 |
| Czech Republic | 113,525 |
| Malawi | 113,181 |
| Cuba | 111,819 |
| Cambodia | 111,340 |
| South Sudan | 110,339 |
| Zambia | 107,917 |
| Bulgaria | 102,980 |
| Senegal | 100,882 |
| Sweden | 93,944 |
| Serbia | 93,928 |
| Austria | 93,223 |
| Ecuador | 92,204 |
| Burundi | 91,963 |
| Haiti | 90,966 |
| Bolivia | 87,812 |
| Guatemala | 87,523 |
| Rwanda | 82,826 |
| Saudi Arabia | 77,837 |
| Tunisia | 74,071 |
| Switzerland | 73,788 |
| Togo | 71,661 |
| Dominican Republic | 70,823 |
| Sierra Leone | 70,116 |
| Azerbaijan | 67,842 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67,700 |
| Finland | 59,984 |
| Denmark | 57,275 |
| Hong Kong | 57,190 |
| Croatia | 55,029 |
| Slovakia | 54,167 |
| Israel | 51,294 |
| Libya | 48,610 |
| Central African Republic | 48,529 |
| Laos | 47,682 |
| Honduras | 47,670 |
| Tajikistan | 47,595 |
| El Salvador | 47,443 |
| Georgia | 45,077 |
| Liberia | 44,333 |
| Norway | 44,143 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42,861 |
| Turkmenistan | 42,575 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 42,200 |
| Moldova | 41,730 |
| Lithuania | 40,940 |
| Paraguay | 39,034 |
| Palestine | 38,937 |
| Republic of the Congo | 38,880 |
| New Zealand | 37,686 |
| Ireland | 35,550 |
| Jordan | 34,873 |
| Puerto Rico | 34,664 |
| Lebanon | 34,419 |
| Uruguay | 33,145 |
| Nicaragua | 31,294 |
| Costa Rica | 27,861 |
| Singapore | 27,728 |
| Mauritania | 27,725 |
| Latvia | 27,614 |
| Armenia | 27,579 |
| Lesotho | 24,612 |
| Albania | 23,428 |
| Jamaica | 22,933 |
| Slovenia | 21,581 |
| Panama | 21,272 |
| Eritrea | 20,984 |
| Mongolia | 20,340 |
| North Macedonia | 19,863 |
| Namibia | 18,279 |
| Gambia | 16,975 |
| Estonia | 16,693 |
| Gabon | 15,577 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 15,181 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 14,556 |
| Botswana | 14,197 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 12,577 |
| Mauritius | 11,124 |
| Timor-Leste | 10,065 |
| Kosovo | 9,981 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9,916 |
| Oman | 9,597 |
| Cyprus | 9,499 |
| Eswatini | 9,475 |
| Kuwait | 8,624 |
| Djibouti | 8,596 |
| Fiji | 8,553 |
| Montenegro | 7,209 |
| Comoros | 6,119 |
| Guyana | 6,049 |
| Bhutan | 4,805 |
| Réunion | 4,797 |
| Luxembourg | 4,642 |
| Suriname | 4,182 |
| Solomon Islands | 4,113 |
| Malta | 3,928 |
| Western Sahara | 3,678 |
| Guadeloupe | 3,560 |
| Martinique | 3,502 |
| Bahamas | 3,480 |
| Macau | 3,423 |
| Bahrain | 3,278 |
| Barbados | 2,996 |
| Qatar | 2,771 |
| Cape Verde | 2,642 |
| Iceland | 2,612 |
| Brunei | 2,400 |
| Belize | 2,025 |
| Curaçao | 1,844 |
| New Caledonia | 1,818 |
| Vanuatu | 1,629 |
| Saint Lucia | 1,544 |
| French Guiana | 1,502 |
| Samoa | 1,334 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1,321 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,287 |
| Maldives | 1,230 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,165 |
| Jersey | 1,150 |
| Guam | 1,144 |
| Seychelles | 1,051 |
| Grenada | 1,037 |
| Aruba | 1,034 |
| French Polynesia | 1,026 |
| Kiribati | 934 |
| Isle of Man | 882 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 860 |
| Mayotte | 854 |
| Dominica | 849 |
| Monaco | 817 |
| Tonga | 674 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 643 |
| Guernsey | 595 |
| Bermuda | 573 |
| Faroe Islands | 564 |
| Greenland | 551 |
| Andorra | 491 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 466 |
| Cayman Islands | 351 |
| Sint Maarten | 347 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 342 |
| American Samoa | 334 |
| Liechtenstein | 300 |
| Marshall Islands | 271 |
| San Marino | 270 |
| Caribbean Netherlands | 258 |
| Saint Martin | 255 |
| Gibraltar | 250 |
| British Virgin Islands | 233 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 212 |
| Palau | 204 |
| Cook Islands | 132 |
| Anguilla | 96 |
| Tuvalu | 90 |
| Nauru | 89 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 89 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 88 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 82 |
| Saint Barthélemy | 70 |
| Montserrat | 60 |
| Falkland Islands | 27 |
| Niue | 27 |
| Tokelau | 14 |
| Vatican City | 13 |