List of countries by number of deaths explained

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. ^[1]

style=width:16em	Country	style=width:10em	Number of deaths (2023)
	11,684,177
	9,507,008
	2,975,658
	2,675,442
	2,117,706
	1,794,857
	1,600,313
	1,524,430
	1,494,154
	1,034,140
	901,851
	859,075
	799,366
	767,018
	716,490
	663,448
	659,980
	653,747
	637,306
	625,449
	616,095
	584,015
	551,598
	495,470
	495,421
	447,463
	423,367
	412,310
	399,024
	385,799
	349,195
	345,502
	320,491
	311,824
	282,433
	257,119
	255,826
	254,482
	240,296
	238,741
	237,869
	235,583
	235,520
	234,841
	231,746
	221,249
	214,259
	213,955
	213,123
	212,624
	205,841
	205,339
	205,047
	202,882
	188,764
	186,266
	185,861
	183,924
	183,375
	181,166
	180,554
	166,338
	162,453
	136,388
	131,455
	128,063
	127,691
	127,018
	124,412
	124,132
	121,587
	118,900
	115,917
	113,791
	113,525
	113,181
	111,819
	111,340
	110,339
	107,917
	102,980
	100,882
	93,944
	93,928
	93,223
	92,204
	91,963
	90,966
	87,812
	87,523
	82,826
	77,837
	74,071
	73,788
	71,661
	70,823
	70,116
	67,842
	67,700
	59,984
	57,275
	57,190
	55,029
	54,167
	51,294
	48,610
	48,529
	47,682
	47,670
	47,595
	47,443
	45,077
	44,333
	44,143
	42,861
	42,575
	42,200
	41,730
	40,940
	39,034
	38,937
	38,880
	37,686
	35,550
	34,873
	34,664
	34,419
	33,145
	31,294
	27,861
	27,728
	27,725
	27,614
	27,579
	24,612
	23,428
	22,933
	21,581
	21,272
	20,984
	20,340
	19,863
	18,279
	16,975
	16,693
	15,577
	15,181
	14,556
	14,197
	12,577
	11,124
	10,065
	9,981
	9,916
	9,597
	9,499
	9,475
	8,624
	8,596
	8,553
	7,209
	6,119
	6,049
	4,805
	4,797
	4,642
	4,182
	4,113
	3,928
	3,678
	3,560
	3,502
	3,480
	3,423
	3,278
	2,996
	2,771
	2,642
	2,612
	2,400
	2,025
	1,844
	1,818
	1,629
	1,544
	1,502
	1,334
	1,321
	1,287
	1,230
	1,165
	1,150
	1,144
	1,051
	1,037
	1,034
	1,026
	934
	882
	860
	854
	849
	817
	674
	643
	595
	573
	564
	551
	491
	466
	351
	347
	342
	334
	300
	271
	270
	258
	255
	250
	233
	212
	204
	132
	96
	90
	89
	89
	88
	82
	70
	60
	27
	27
	14
	13

See also

• List of countries by mortality rate
• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of countries by number of births

External links

• United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division – World Population Prospects, the 2022 Revision

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Population Prospects 2024 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240715175654/https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/MostUsed/ . 2024-07-15 . 2024-07-18.