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 2022 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the calendar year 2021.

List of countries by number of deaths[edit]

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]

Country	Number of deaths (2021)
India	13,299,618
China	10,617,528
United States	3,280,682
Nigeria	2,792,704
Indonesia	2,755,190
Russia	2,458,539
Brazil	1,784,239
Pakistan	1,660,400
Japan	1,574,533
Mexico	1,191,718
Germany	1,039,440
Bangladesh	962,479
Democratic Republic of the Congo	930,839
Philippines	832,888
Ethiopia	815,212
Ukraine	731,364
Vietnam	713,131
Egypt	691,381
Italy	680,373
South Africa	678,798
United Kingdom	652,723
France	639,714
Thailand	567,168
Iran	565,768
Turkey	542,597
Myanmar	525,701
Poland	502,541
Spain	454,123
Kenya	427,272
Argentina	405,428
Colombia	397,649
Tanzania	395,720
South Korea	334,677
Romania	314,232
Sudan	310,515
Canada	297,242
Afghanistan	295,236
Mozambique	282,145
Angola	276,278
Uganda	269,420
Peru	269,050
Ghana	250,471
Côte d'Ivoire	247,449
North Korea	241,887
Cameroon	233,498
Nepal	232,398
Venezuela	231,205
Morocco	228,888
Yemen	226,104
Uzbekistan	220,493
Chad	214,803
Iraq	207,099
Niger	205,694
Madagascar	205,436
Mali	203,297
Malaysia	202,436
Algeria	200,842
Burkina Faso	198,073
Somalia	198,038
Kazakhstan	196,490
Taiwan	176,533
Netherlands	168,003
Australia	166,082
Cuba	164,950
Sri Lanka	160,593
Belarus	158,349
Hungary	154,245
Bulgaria	153,894
Zimbabwe	144,973
Chile	144,326
Malawi	138,931
Serbia	138,202
Zambia	135,787
Greece	135,773
Guinea	135,224
Czech Republic	134,058
Portugal	123,550
Benin	122,627
Bolivia	120,158
Ecuador	119,463
South Sudan	118,956
Guatemala	114,597
Cambodia	113,507
Belgium	110,280
Syria	108,607
Saudi Arabia	103,140
Senegal	99,995
Haiti	99,459
Tunisia	96,709
Azerbaijan	94,932
Burundi	93,864
Sweden	92,278
Austria	89,691
Rwanda	84,576
Sierra Leone	76,745
Dominican Republic	74,290
Slovakia	72,471
Togo	70,622
Switzerland	69,734
Papua New Guinea	66,458
Central African Republic	62,683
Croatia	62,262
Denmark	58,422
Honduras	57,654
Finland	57,283
Georgia	57,023
El Salvador	54,803
Hong Kong	53,764
Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,587
Paraguay	51,237
Lithuania	50,975
Republic of Moldova	50,200
Israel	49,845
Laos	49,136
Lebanon	46,727
Liberia	45,955
Tajikistan	44,345
Jordan	43,100
Norway	41,871
Turkmenistan	41,769
Uruguay	41,681
Republic of the Congo	41,238
Libya	40,532
Kyrgyzstan	40,495
Costa Rica	37,055
Armenia	36,379
Latvia	36,094
Ireland	35,151
Mauritania	34,347
New Zealand	33,869
Nicaragua	33,308
Puerto Rico	32,914
Albania	32,392
Lesotho	32,376
Singapore	31,862
Macedonia	29,194
Namibia	27,119
Panama	26,382
Jamaica	24,899
Botswana	24,478
Eritrea	24,415
Slovenia	22,948
Mongolia	20,520
Gambia	19,923
Palestinian Territory	19,610
Estonia	18,826
Guinea-Bissau	17,969
United Arab Emirates	17,548
Oman	17,206
Gabon	16,987
Equatorial Guinea	14,750
Trinidad and Tobago	13,917
Swaziland	13,566
Mauritius	12,527
Kuwait	12,398
Kosovo	12,054
Djibouti	10,109
East Timor	9,562
Cyprus	9,021
Fiji	8,218
Guyana	8,057
Montenegro	7,556
Comoros	7,171
Réunion	5,638
Suriname	5,315
Bhutan	5,035
Luxembourg	4,341
Martinique	4,135
Guadeloupe	4,091
Malta	3,819
Bahamas	3,663
Bahrain	3,638
Solomon Islands	3,561
Cape Verde	3,548
Qatar	3,542
Western Sahara	3,497
Macao	2,813
Belize	2,540
Barbados	2,533
Iceland	2,512
Brunei	2,321
Curaçao	1,940
Saint Lucia	1,850
New Caledonia	1,749
Vanuatu	1,722
French Polynesia	1,635
Maldives	1,573
French Guiana	1,463
Sao Tome and Principe	1,428
United States Virgin Islands	1,426
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,403
Guam	1,252
Aruba	1,194
Samoa	1,171
Grenada	1,016
Mayotte	999
Seychelles	955
Jersey	953
Isle of Man	891
Kiribati	805
Monaco	778
Tonga	742
Federated States of Micronesia	705
Bermuda	689
Dominica	651
Andorra	642
Faroe Islands	597
Antigua and Barbuda	593
Guernsey	506
Greenland	498
Saint Kitts and Nevis	485
Cayman Islands	448
Turks and Caicos Islands	414
San Marino	391
Gibraltar	378
Sint Maarten	339
Marshall Islands	325
American Samoa	311
Northern Mariana Islands	295
Liechtenstein	281
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	276
British Virgin Islands	236
Palau	228
Saint Martin	159
Cook Islands	144
Tuvalu	114
Anguilla	106
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	87
Wallis and Futuna	86
Nauru	83
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	73
Saint Barthélemy	60
Montserrat	49
Falkland Islands	28
Niue	18
Tokelau	9