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Charted: The Number of Deaths Every Hour, by Country

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December 10, 2024

Pallavi Rao

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Anna Diederichs

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Visualizing Global Deaths Every Hour, by Country

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In 2023, nearly 62 million lives were lost worldwide—an average of around 7,000 deaths every hour.

These numbers reflect the impacts of aging, illness, and conflict, and we further look into the countries with the most deaths every hour.

Data is sourced from the latest UN Population Prospects and figures are rounded.

Ranked: Countries with the Most Deaths (2023)

At the top of the list, China lost more than 1,300 people every hour in 2023. This is about 300 more deaths than second-ranked India (roughly 1,000 people ever hour).

Rank	Country	Deaths in 2023	Deaths per Hour
1	🇨🇳 China	11,684,177	1,334
2	🇮🇳 India	9,507,008	1,085
3	🇺🇸 U.S.	2,975,658	340
4	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2,675,442	305
5	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2,117,706	242
6	🇷🇺 Russia	1,794,857	205
7	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1,600,313	183
8	🇯🇵 Japan	1,524,430	174
9	🇧🇷 Brazil	1,494,154	171
10	🇩🇪 Germany	1,034,140	118
11	🇨🇩 DRC	901,851	103
12	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	859,075	98
13	🇲🇽 Mexico	799,366	91
14	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	767,018	88
15	🇵🇭 Philippines	716,490	82
16	🇮🇹 Italy	663,448	76
17	🇻🇳 Vietnam	659,980	75
18	🇬🇧 UK	653,747	75
19	🇹🇭 Thailand	637,306	73
20	🇪🇬 Egypt	625,449	71
21	🇫🇷 France	616,095	70
22	🇿🇦 South Africa	584,015	67
23	🇹🇷 Turkey	551,598	63
24	🇲🇲 Myanmar	495,470	57
25	🇺🇦 Ukraine	495,421	57
26	🇪🇸 Spain	447,463	51
27	🇮🇷 Iran	423,367	48
28	🇵🇱 Poland	412,310	47
29	🇰🇪 Kenya	399,024	46
30	🇹🇿 Tanzania	385,799	44
31	🇦🇷 Argentina	349,195	40
32	🇰🇷 South Korea	345,502	39
33	🇸🇩 Sudan	320,491	37
34	🇨🇦 Canada	311,824	36
35	🇨🇴 Colombia	282,433	32
36	🇷🇴 Romania	257,119	29
37	🇰🇵 North Korea	255,826	29
38	🇦🇴 Angola	254,482	29
39	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	240,296	27
40	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	238,741	27
41	🇬🇭 Ghana	237,869	27
42	🇺🇬 Uganda	235,583	27
43	🇲🇿 Mozambique	235,520	27
44	🇲🇬 Madagascar	234,841	27
45	🇳🇪 Niger	231,746	26
46	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	221,249	25
47	🇩🇿 Algeria	214,259	24
48	🇻🇪 Venezuela	213,955	24
49	🇹🇩 Chad	213,123	24
50	🇲🇦 Morocco	212,624	24
51	🇳🇵 Nepal	205,841	23
52	🇹🇼 Taiwan	205,339	23
53	🇲🇱 Mali	205,047	23
54	🇨🇲 Cameroon	202,882	23
55	🇾🇪 Yemen	188,764	22
56	🇮🇶 Iraq	186,266	21
57	🇵🇪 Peru	185,861	21
58	🇦🇺 Australia	183,924	21
59	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	183,375	21
60	🇲🇾 Malaysia	181,166	21
61	🇸🇴 Somalia	180,554	21
62	🇳🇱 Netherlands	169,320	19
63	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	162,453	19
64	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	136,388	16
65	🇬🇳 Guinea	131,455	15
66	🇭🇺 Hungary	128,063	15
67	🇨🇱 Chile	127,691	15
68	🇬🇷 Greece	127,018	14
69	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	124,412	14
70	🇧🇯 Benin	124,132	14
71	🇧🇾 Belarus	121,587	14
72	🇸🇾 Syria	118,900	14
73	🇵🇹 Portugal	115,917	13
74	🇧🇪 Belgium	113,791	13
75	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	113,525	13
76	🇲🇼 Malawi	113,181	13
77	🇨🇺 Cuba	111,819	13
78	🇰🇭 Cambodia	111,340	13
79	🇸🇸 South Sudan	110,339	13
80	🇿🇲 Zambia	107,917	12
81	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	102,980	12
82	🇸🇳 Senegal	100,882	12
83	🇸🇪 Sweden	93,944	11
84	🇷🇸 Serbia	93,928	11
85	🇦🇹 Austria	93,223	11
86	🇪🇨 Ecuador	92,204	11
87	🇧🇮 Burundi	91,963	10
88	🇭🇹 Haiti	90,966	10
89	🇧🇴 Bolivia	87,812	10
90	🇬🇹 Guatemala	87,523	10
91	🇷🇼 Rwanda	82,826	9
92	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	77,837	9
93	🇹🇳 Tunisia	74,071	8
94	🇨🇭 Switzerland	73,788	8
95	🇹🇬 Togo	71,661	8
96	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	70,823	8
97	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	70,116	8
98	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	67,842	8
99	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	67,700	8
100	🇫🇮 Finland	59,984	7
101	🇩🇰 Denmark	57,275	7
102	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	57,190	7
103	🇭🇷 Croatia	55,029	6
104	🇸🇰 Slovakia	54,167	6
105	🇮🇱 Israel	51,294	6
106	🇱🇾 Libya	48,610	6
107	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	48,529	6
108	🇱🇦 Laos	47,682	5
109	🇭🇳 Honduras	47,670	5
110	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	47,595	5
111	🇸🇻 El Salvador	47,443	5
112	🇬🇪 Georgia	45,077	5
113	🇱🇷 Liberia	44,333	5
114	🇳🇴 Norway	44,143	5
115	🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina	42,861	5
116	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	42,575	5
117	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	42,200	5
118	🇲🇩 Moldova	41,730	5
119	🇱🇹 Lithuania	40,940	5
120	🇵🇾 Paraguay	39,034	4
121	🇵🇸 Palestine	38,937	4
122	🇨🇬 Congo	38,880	4
123	🇳🇿 New Zealand	37,686	4
124	🇮🇪 Ireland	35,550	4
125	🇯🇴 Jordan	34,873	4
126	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	34,664	4
127	🇱🇧 Lebanon	34,419	4
128	🇺🇾 Uruguay	33,145	4
129	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	31,294	4
130	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	27,861	3
131	🇸🇬 Singapore	27,728	3
132	🇲🇷 Mauritania	27,725	3
133	🇱🇻 Latvia	27,614	3
134	🇦🇲 Armenia	27,579	3
135	🇱🇸 Lesotho	24,612	3
136	🇦🇱 Albania	23,428	3
137	🇯🇲 Jamaica	22,933	3
138	🇸🇮 Slovenia	21,581	2
139	🇵🇦 Panama	21,272	2
140	🇪🇷 Eritrea	20,984	2
141	🇲🇳 Mongolia	20,340	2
142	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	19,863	2
143	🇳🇦 Namibia	18,279	2
144	🇬🇲 Gambia	16,975	2
145	🇪🇪 Estonia	16,693	2
146	🇬🇦 Gabon	15,577	2
147	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	15,181	2
148	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	14,556	2
149	🇧🇼 Botswana	14,197	2
150	🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago	12,577	1
151	🇲🇺 Mauritius	11,124	1
152	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	10,065	1
153	🇽🇰 Kosovo	9,981	1
154	🇦🇪 UAE	9,916	1
155	🇴🇲 Oman	9,597	1
156	🇨🇾 Cyprus	9,499	1
157	🇸🇿 Eswatini	9,475	1
158	🇰🇼 Kuwait	8,624	1
159	🇩🇯 Djibouti	8,596	1
160	🇫🇯 Fiji	8,553	1
161	🇲🇪 Montenegro	7,209	1
162	🇰🇲 Comoros	6,119	1
163	🇬🇾 Guyana	6,049	1
164	🇧🇹 Bhutan	4,805	1
165	🇷🇪 Réunion	4,797	1
166	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	4,642	1
167	🇸🇷 Suriname	4,182	0
168	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	4,113	0
169	🇲🇹 Malta	3,928	0
170	🇪🇭 Western Sahara	3,678	0
171	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	3,560	0
172	🇲🇶 Martinique	3,502	0
173	🇧🇸 Bahamas	3,480	0
174	🇲🇴 Macau	3,423	0
175	🇧🇭 Bahrain	3,278	0
176	🇧🇧 Barbados	2,996	0
177	🇶🇦 Qatar	2,771	0
178	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	2,642	0
179	🇮🇸 Iceland	2,612	0
180	🇧🇳 Brunei	2,400	0
181	🇧🇿 Belize	2,025	0
182	🇨🇼 Curaçao	1,844	0
183	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	1,818	0
184	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	1,629	0
185	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	1,544	0
186	🇬🇫 French Guiana	1,502	0
187	🇼🇸 Samoa	1,334	0
188	🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands	1,321	0
189	🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe	1,287	0
190	🇲🇻 Maldives	1,230	0
191	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	1,165	0
192	🇯🇪 Jersey	1,150	0
193	🇬🇺 Guam	1,144	0
194	🇸🇨 Seychelles	1,051	0
195	🇬🇩 Grenada	1,037	0
196	🇦🇼 Aruba	1,034	0
197	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	1,026	0
198	🇰🇮 Kiribati	934	0
199	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	882	0
200	🇫🇲 Micronesia	860	0
201	🇾🇹 Mayotte	854	0
202	🇩🇲 Dominica	849	0
203	🇲🇨 Monaco	817	0
204	🇹🇴 Tonga	674	0
205	🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda	643	0
206	🇬🇬 Guernsey	595	0
207	🇧🇲 Bermuda	573	0
208	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	564	0
209	🇬🇱 Greenland	551	0
210	🇦🇩 Andorra	491	0
211	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts & Nevis	466	0
212	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	351	0
213	🇸🇽 Sint Maarten	347	0
214	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands	342	0
215	🇦🇸 American Samoa	334	0
216	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	300	0
217	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	271	0
218	🇸🇲 San Marino	270	0
219	🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands	258	0
220	🇲🇫 Saint Martin	255	0
221	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	250	0
222	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	233	0
223	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	212	0
224	🇵🇼 Palau	204	0
225	🇨🇰 Cook Islands	132	0
226	🇦🇮 Anguilla	96	0
227	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	90	0
228	🇳🇷 Nauru	89	0
229	🇸🇭 Saint Helena	89	0
230	🇼🇫 Wallis & Futuna	88	0
231	🇵🇲 Saint Pierre & Miquelon	82	0
232	🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy	70	0
233	🇲🇸 Montserrat	60	0
234	🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	27	0
235	🇳🇺 Niue	27	0
236	🇹🇰 Tokelau	14	0
237	🇻🇦 Vatican City	13	0
N/A	🌎 World	61,654,589	7,038

Note: Figures are rounded to closest whole number for deaths per hour

Put together, nearly one-in-three deaths every hour occur in India or China.

Going through the rest of the list, the U.S. (340) and Nigeria (305) have nearly the same number of hourly deaths, as do Indonesia (242), and Russia (205).

These six countries account for half of all global deaths every hour.

For two of them, Russia and China, their death rate is currently higher than their birth rate, and with low immigration, both their populations are officially shrinking.

What Shrinking Populations Mean for China and Russia

Both countries will have to contend with an aging population, shrinking workforces, and an increase in related social costs like healthcare.

For Russia, its demographic concerns are also exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, already impacting an economy under sanctions. Brain drain is also a serious issue.

Meanwhile China built its economic engine on top of an abundant and cost-competitive workforce. As it loses that advantage, a potential economic stagnation—similar to Japan in the 90s—could stifle future growth.

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We know what the first question is after reading this article. Check out: Global Births per Hour, by Country for an overview of the other side of the spectrum.