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7,000 People Die Every Hour...

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by Tyler Durden
Monday, Dec 23, 2024 - 07:45 AM

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).

RankCountryDeaths in 2023Deaths per Hour
1๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China11,684,1771,334
2๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India9,507,0081,085
3๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ U.S.2,975,658340
4๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria2,675,442305
5๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia2,117,706242
6๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia1,794,857205
7๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan1,600,313183
8๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan1,524,430174
9๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil1,494,154171
10๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany1,034,140118
11๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ DRC901,851103
12๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh859,07598
13๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico799,36691
14๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia767,01888
15๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines716,49082
16๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy663,44876
17๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam659,98075
18๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK653,74775
19๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand637,30673
20๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt625,44971
21๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France616,09570
22๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa584,01567
23๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey551,59863
24๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar495,47057
25๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine495,42157
26๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain447,46351
27๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran423,36748
28๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland412,31047
29๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya399,02446
30๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania385,79944
31๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina349,19540
32๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea345,50239
33๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan320,49137
34๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada311,82436
35๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia282,43332
36๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania257,11929
37๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต North Korea255,82629
38๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola254,48229
39๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan240,29627
40๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Ivory Coast238,74127
41๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana237,86927
42๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda235,58327
43๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique235,52027
44๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar234,84127
45๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger231,74626
46๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan221,24925
47๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria214,25924
48๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela213,95524
49๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad213,12324
50๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco212,62424
51๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal205,84123
52๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan205,33923
53๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali205,04723
54๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon202,88223
55๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen188,76422
56๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq186,26621
57๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru185,86121
58๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia183,92421
59๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso183,37521
60๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia181,16621
61๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia180,55421
62๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands169,32019
63๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka162,45319
64๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan136,38816
65๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea131,45515
66๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary128,06315
67๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile127,69115
68๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece127,01814
69๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe124,41214
70๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin124,13214
71๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus121,58714
72๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syria118,90014
73๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal115,91713
74๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium113,79113
75๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic113,52513
76๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi113,18113
77๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba111,81913
78๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia111,34013
79๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan110,33913
80๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia107,91712
81๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria102,98012
82๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal100,88212
83๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden93,94411
84๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia93,92811
85๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria93,22311
86๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador92,20411
87๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi91,96310
88๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti90,96610
89๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia87,81210
90๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala87,52310
91๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda82,8269
92๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia77,8379
93๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia74,0718
94๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland73,7888
95๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo71,6618
96๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic70,8238
97๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone70,1168
98๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan67,8428
99๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea67,7008
100๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland59,9847
101๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark57,2757
102๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong57,1907
103๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia55,0296
104๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia54,1676
105๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel51,2946
106๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya48,6106
107๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic48,5296
108๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Laos47,6825
109๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras47,6705
110๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan47,5955
111๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador47,4435
112๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia45,0775
113๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia44,3335
114๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway44,1435
115๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia & Herzegovina42,8615
116๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan42,5755
117๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan42,2005
118๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova41,7305
119๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania40,9405
120๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay39,0344
121๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Palestine38,9374
122๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo38,8804
123๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand37,6864
124๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland35,5504
125๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan34,8734
126๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico34,6644
127๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon34,4194
128๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay33,1454
129๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua31,2944
130๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica27,8613
131๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore27,7283
132๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania27,7253
133๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia27,6143
134๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia27,5793
135๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho24,6123
136๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania23,4283
137๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica22,9333
138๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia21,5812
139๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama21,2722
140๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea20,9842
141๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia20,3402
142๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia19,8632
143๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia18,2792
144๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia16,9752
145๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia16,6932
146๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon15,5772
147๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau15,1812
148๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea14,5562
149๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana14,1972
150๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad & Tobago12,5771
151๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius11,1241
152๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste10,0651
153๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo9,9811
154๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช UAE9,9161
155๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman9,5971
156๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus9,4991
157๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini9,4751
158๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait8,6241
159๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti8,5961
160๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji8,5531
161๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro7,2091
162๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros6,1191
163๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana6,0491
164๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan4,8051
165๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion4,7971
166๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg4,6421
167๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname4,1820
168๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands4,1130
169๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta3,9280
170๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara3,6780
171๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe3,5600
172๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique3,5020
173๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas3,4800
174๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด Macau3,4230
175๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain3,2780
176๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados2,9960
177๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar2,7710
178๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cape Verde2,6420
179๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland2,6120
180๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei2,4000
181๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize2,0250
182๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao1,8440
183๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia1,8180
184๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu1,6290
185๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia1,5440
186๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana1,5020
187๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa1,3340
188๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ U.S. Virgin Islands1,3210
189๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sรฃo Tomรฉ & Prรญncipe1,2870
190๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives1,2300
191๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent & the Grenadines1,1650
192๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey1,1500
193๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam1,1440
194๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles1,0510
195๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada1,0370
196๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba1,0340
197๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia1,0260
198๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati9340
199๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man8820
200๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia8600
201๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte8540
202๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica8490
203๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco8170
204๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga6740
205๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua & Barbuda6430
206๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey5950
207๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda5730
208๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands5640
209๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland5510
210๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra4910
211๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts & Nevis4660
212๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands3510
213๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten3470
214๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands3420
215๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa3340
216๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein3000
217๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands2710
218๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino2700
219๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Caribbean Netherlands2580
220๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin2550
221๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar2500
222๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands2330
223๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands2120
224๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau2040
225๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands1320
226๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla960
227๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu900
228๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru890
229๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena890
230๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis & Futuna880
231๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre & Miquelon820
232๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy700
233๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat600
234๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands270
235๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue270
236๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau140
237๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Vatican City130
N/A๐ŸŒŽ World61,654,5897,038

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 stagnationโ€”similar to Japan in the 90sโ€”could stifle future growth.

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.

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