7,000 People Die Every Hour…

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 Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao takes a 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

the rest of the countries had a zero so I didn’t continue the article, but it can be found

here