Revealed: countries with the most annual deaths

Have you ever wondered how many people pass away in a year? How about how many people per hour? These are strange questions but they are also questions that we have answers to thanks to the United Nations. 

The UN World Population Prospects report provides a lot of data on population trends throughout the planet, and the 2024 report revealed just how many people died in 2023, as well as a whole host of other useful information.

Among the information in the report was detailed data on how many people died in the world in 2023. Visual Capitalist used this detailed data to chart which countries had the most deaths in 2023. 

Not only did Visual Capitalist rank the countries with the highest number of deaths, it also charted each country's deaths per hour. Let’s take a look at which nations saw the most deaths in 2023. The list might surprise you.  

According to the UN report, there were 61,654,589 total deaths throughout the world in 2023. 7,038 people were lost each hour. Now let’s move on to the countries with the most deaths in 2023, starting with number 21 on that list. 

Deaths in 2023: 616,095

Deaths per hour: 70

Deaths in 2023: 625,449

Deaths per hour: 71

Deaths in 2023: 637,306

Deaths per hour: 73

Deaths in 2023: 653,747

Deaths per hour: 75

Deaths in 2023: 659,980

Deaths per hour: 75

Deaths in 2023: 663,448

Deaths per hour: 76

Deaths in 2023: 716,490

Deaths per hour: 82

Deaths in 2023: 767,018

Deaths per hour: 88

Deaths in 2023: 799,366

Deaths per hour: 91

Deaths in 2023: 859,075

Deaths per hour: 98

Deaths in 2023: 901,851

Deaths per hour: 103

Deaths in 2023: 1,034,140

Deaths per hour: 118

Deaths in 2023: 1,494,154

Deaths per hour: 118

Deaths in 2023: 1,524,430

Deaths per hour: 174

Deaths in 2023: 1,600,313

Deaths per hour: 183

Deaths in 2023: 1,794,857

Deaths per hour: 205

Deaths in 2023: 2,117,706

Deaths per hour: 242

Deaths in 2023: 2,675,442

Deaths per hour: 305

Deaths in 2023: 2,975,658

Deaths per hour: 340

Deaths in 2023: 9,507,008

Deaths per hour: 1,085

Deaths in 2023: 11,684,177

Deaths per hour: 1,334