Based on a comparison of 174 countries in 2024, China ranked the highest in deaths with 10.9 mil followed by India and USA. On the other end of the scale was Seychelles with < 0.001 mil, Maldives with 0.001 mil and Brunei with 0.002 mil.
Total deaths reached 66.3 mil in 2024 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 1.52 % more than in the previous year and 15.3 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total deaths reached an all time high of 101 mil in 2050 and an all time low of 0 mil in 1900.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 10.8 % of deaths in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 24.4 % share while the ten largest countries some 36.3 % in 2024.
Data for more countries are available at Total Deaths indicator page.
| Total Deaths | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Bangladesh | mil | 0.890 | 0.886 | 1.02 | 1.06 | 0.853 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | mil | 1.31 | 1.34 | 1.57 | 1.75 | 1.59 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 9.97 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo (DRC) | mil | 0.869 | 0.879 | 0.894 | 0.930 | 0.914 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | mil | 0.747 | 0.750 | 0.761 | 0.811 | 0.764 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 0.961 | 0.947 | 0.991 | 0.957 | 1.08 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 9.17 | 9.26 | 10.1 | 13.1 | 9.37 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | 2.04 | 2.06 | 2.43 | 2.78 | 2.09 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 1.41 | 1.43 | 1.42 | 1.49 | 1.62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | mil | 2.65 | 2.66 | 2.69 | 2.69 | 2.67 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 1.55 | 1.56 | 1.72 | 1.73 | 1.59 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | mil | 0.630 | 0.653 | 0.654 | 0.904 | 0.714 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 1.79 | 1.79 | 2.16 | 2.44 | 1.91 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | mil | 0.515 | 0.521 | 0.586 | 0.734 | 0.586 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 2.82 | 2.84 | 3.38 | 3.49 | 3.19 |
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