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This article contains the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths per population as of 5 July 2024, by country. It also has cumulative death totals by country. For these numbers over time see the tables, graphs, and maps at COVID-19 pandemic deaths and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory.

This data is for entire populations, and does not reflect the differences in rates relative to different age groups. For example, in the United States as of 27 April 2021, the reported case fatality ratios were 0.015%, 0.15%, 2.3%, and 17% for the age groups 0–17, 18–49, 50–74, and 75 or over, respectively.[1]

Data reliability[edit]

Variation between testing programmes worldwide results in different ascertainment rates per country: not every SARS-CoV-2 infection, nor every COVID-19-related death, will be identified, while on the other hand some deaths may be wrongly attributed to COVID-19 (for example if all suspected COVID-19 deaths are counted as COVID-19 deaths, as Belgium was doing in September 2020, or when for several months after April 2020, England reported all deaths after a positive COVID-19 test "in order to be sure not to underestimate the number of COVID-19 related deaths", while Scotland reported all deaths within 28 days of such a positive test).[2][3] Therefore, the true numbers of infections and deaths[clarification needed] will exceed the observed (confirmed) numbers everywhere, though the extent will vary by country.[4] These statistics are therefore less suitable for between-country comparisons. As deaths are easier to identify than infections (which are regularly asymptomatic), the true case fatality rate (CFR) is likely lower than the observed CFR.

Causes of variation in true CFRs between countries, include variations in age and overall health of the population, medical care, and classification of deaths.[5]

Excess mortality statistics provide a more reliable estimate of all COVID-19-related mortality during the pandemic, though they include both "direct COVID-19 and indirect, non-COVID-19 deaths".[6] They compare overall mortality with that of previous years, and as such also include the potentially vast number of deaths among people with unconfirmed COVID-19.

Data from Russia illustrates how the true death rates from COVID-19 can be far higher than visible from confirmed COVID-19 deaths: in December 2020, based on overall excess mortality during the year, total COVID-19 deaths in Russia were estimated to be over 186,000,[7]while confirmed COVID-19 deaths were at 56,271.[8]

For the Netherlands, based on overall excess mortality, an estimated 20,000 people died from COVID-19 in 2020,[9] while only the death of 11,525 identified COVID-19 cases was registered.[8] The official count of COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021 is slightly more than 5.4 million, according to World Health Organization's report in May 2022. WHO also said that the real numbers are far higher than the official tally because of unregistered deaths in countries without adequate reporting.[10]

Table of total cases, deaths, and death rates by country[edit]

Note: Table is automatically updated daily.[note 1] Data source is Our World in Data.[note 2][note 3]

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Updated July 5, 2024.
COVID-19 pandemic cases and mortality by country[11]
Country Deaths / million Deaths Cases
World[a] 884 7,051,600 775,643,495
Peru 6,485 220,831 4,524,748
Bulgaria 5,706 38,700 1,329,405
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,068 16,388 403,644
Hungary 4,921 49,051 2,230,453
North Macedonia 4,765 9,977 350,606
Slovenia 4,746 10,062 1,356,013
Croatia 4,652 18,752 1,317,144
Georgia 4,580 17,150 1,863,101
Montenegro 4,232 2,654 251,280
Czech Republic 4,145 43,506 4,759,813
Latvia 4,039 7,475 977,765
Slovakia 3,761 21,226 1,877,788
Greece 3,758 39,035 5,641,241
San Marino 3,739 126 25,292
Moldova 3,739 12,239 635,749
Lithuania 3,565 9,806 1,366,800
United States 3,514 1,189,083 103,436,829
Romania 3,499 68,805 3,529,682
Gibraltar 3,458 113 20,550
United Kingdom 3,438 232,112 24,940,688
Italy 3,338 197,081 26,727,644
Brazil 3,260 702,116 37,511,921
Chile 3,199 62,715 5,400,569
Armenia 3,156 8,777 451,944
Poland 3,028 120,713 6,663,580
Martinique 3,003 1,104 230,354
Belgium 2,946 34,339 4,863,706
Paraguay 2,931 19,880 735,759
Argentina 2,875 130,867 10,132,689
Trinidad and Tobago 2,867 4,390 191,496
European Union[b] 2,802 1,261,748 185,666,273
Russia 2,785 403,031 24,225,459
Ukraine 2,768 109,920 5,531,787
Portugal 2,757 28,324 5,649,830
Colombia 2,751 142,727 6,386,212
Aruba 2,742 292 44,224
Serbia 2,627 18,057 2,583,470
Mexico 2,627 335,011 7,709,747
France 2,600 168,091 38,997,490
Sweden 2,588 27,309 2,752,383
Guadeloupe 2,579 1,021 203,235
Bermuda 2,569 165 18,860
Spain 2,562 121,852 13,980,340
Austria 2,520 22,534 6,082,356
Guam 2,439 419 52,287
Tunisia 2,381 29,423 1,153,361
Saint Lucia 2,279 410 30,257
Suriname 2,273 1,405 82,497
Liechtenstein 2,261 89 21,578
Estonia 2,260 2,998 610,471
Uruguay 2,243 7,679 1,041,263
French Polynesia 2,122 650 79,309
Barbados 2,105 593 110,786
Germany 2,098 174,979 38,437,756
Sint Maarten 2,081 92 11,051
Finland 2,069 11,466 1,499,712
Bahamas 2,068 848 38,619
British Virgin Islands 2,042 64 7,478
Ecuador 2,002 36,049 1,076,430
Lebanon 1,994 10,947 1,239,904
Andorra 1,991 159 48,015
Panama 1,974 8,706 1,044,375
Republic of Ireland 1,918 9,637 1,738,493
Grenada 1,897 238 19,693
Monaco 1,836 67 17,181
Bolivia 1,831 22,387 1,212,144
Puerto Rico 1,825 5,938 1,252,713
Montserrat 1,812 8 1,403
Costa Rica 1,808 9,368 1,230,653
Kosovo 1,802 3,212 274,279
Hong Kong 1,798 13,466 2,876,106
South Africa 1,712 102,595 4,072,719
Malta 1,704 909 121,628
Belize 1,697 688 71,409
Iran 1,658 146,837 7,627,863
Denmark 1,643 9,667 3,435,018
Switzerland 1,623 14,188 4,454,731
Cyprus 1,612 1,445 691,252
Guyana 1,608 1,301 74,161
Seychelles 1,605 172 51,770
Namibia 1,600 4,108 172,418
Curaçao 1,595 305 45,883
Antigua and Barbuda 1,556 146 9,106
Luxembourg 1,544 1,000 391,729
Caribbean Netherlands 1,515 41 11,922
Jersey 1,453 161 66,391
Collectivity of Saint Martin 1,445 46 12,324
Canada 1,432 55,103 4,812,623
Isle of Man 1,372 116 38,008
French Guiana 1,356 413 98,041
Israel 1,344 12,707 4,841,558
United States Virgin Islands 1,326 132 25,389
Netherlands 1,308 22,986 8,636,781
Jamaica 1,273 3,600 156,864
Albania 1,268 3,605 335,047
Jordan 1,251 14,122 1,746,997
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,192 124 9,674
Turkey 1,188 101,419 17,004,714
Eswatini 1,187 1,427 75,356
Guatemala 1,132 20,203 1,250,363
Malaysia 1,100 37,351 5,288,841
Palestine 1,087 5,708 703,228
New Caledonia 1,082 314 80,163
Honduras 1,065 11,114 472,804
Botswana 1,064 2,801 330,650
Guernsey 1,057 67 35,326
Norway 1,054 5,732 1,508,485
Bahrain 1,043 1,536 696,614
Dominica 1,017 74 16,047
Oman 1,011 4,628 399,449
Azerbaijan 999 10,353 835,468
Kazakhstan 983 19,072 1,504,370
Saint Kitts and Nevis 964 46 6,607
Australia 964 25,236 11,861,161
Fiji 951 885 69,047
Réunion 945 921 494,595
Libya 944 6,437 507,269
Turks and Caicos Islands 874 40 6,754
Northern Mariana Islands 827 41 14,702
Mauritius 823 1,070 327,305
New Zealand 787 4,083 2,614,723
Wallis and Futuna 776 9 3,760
Sri Lanka 774 16,904 672,779
American Samoa 767 34 8,359
Cuba 760 8,530 1,113,662
Anguilla 755 12 3,904
Belarus 746 7,118 994,037
Taiwan 739 17,672 9,970,937
Cabo Verde 703 417 64,474
South Korea 693 35,934 34,571,873
El Salvador 667 4,230 201,878
Mongolia 628 2,136 1,011,489
Maldives 603 316 186,694
Japan 602 74,694 33,803,572
Kuwait 602 2,570 667,290
Indonesia 588 162,058 6,829,120
Philippines 578 66,864 4,140,383
Mayotte 573 187 42,027
Iraq 570 25,375 2,465,545
Federated States of Micronesia 569 65 26,460
Palau 552 10 6,366
Cayman Islands 538 37 31,472
Faroe Islands 527 28 34,658
Iceland 498 186 210,013
Thailand 483 34,665 4,789,165
Saint Barthélemy 454 5 5,507
Vietnam 440 43,206 11,624,000
Morocco 435 16,305 1,279,115
Marshall Islands 408 17 16,248
Brunei 396 178 345,096
Nepal 393 12,031 1,003,450
Dominican Republic 390 4,384 661,103
India 376 533,619 45,040,074
Greenland 371 21 11,971
Myanmar 359 19,494 642,618
Singapore 359 2,024 3,006,155
Sao Tome and Principe 351 80 6,771
Zimbabwe 351 5,740 266,365
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 339 2 3,426
Lesotho 307 709 36,138
Solomon Islands 274 199 25,954
Saudi Arabia 264 9,646 841,469
Qatar 256 690 514,524
United Arab Emirates 248 2,349 1,067,030
Egypt 223 24,830 516,023
Mauritania 210 997 63,866
Venezuela 206 5,856 552,695
Zambia 203 4,069 349,661
Afghanistan 194 7,998 235,214
Comoros 191 160 9,109
Kiribati 182 24 5,085
Cambodia 182 3,056 139,256
Macau 174 121 3,514
Bangladesh 172 29,496 2,050,834
Djibouti 168 189 15,690
Kyrgyzstan 154 1,024 88,953
Algeria 153 6,881 272,034
Syria 142 3,163 57,423
Samoa 139 31 17,057
Gambia 137 372 12,627
Malawi 131 2,686 89,168
Pakistan 129 30,656 1,580,631
Gabon 128 307 49,051
Cook Islands 117 2 7,327
Senegal 113 1,971 89,101
Tonga 112 12 16,966
Equatorial Guinea 109 183 17,130
Sudan 107 5,046 63,993
Rwanda 106 1,468 133,252
Kenya 105 5,689 344,101
Timor-Leste 102 138 23,460
Laos 89 671 219,048
Tuvalu 88 1 2,943
China[c] 85 122,248 99,361,338
Guinea-Bissau 84 177 9,614
Nauru 78 1 5,393
Somalia 77 1,361 27,334
Uganda 76 3,632 172,152
Haiti 74 860 34,298
Cameroon 70 1,974 125,238
Mozambique 68 2,252 233,825
Papua New Guinea 66 670 46,864
Republic of the Congo 65 389 25,220
Yemen 64 2,159 11,945
Ethiopia 61 7,574 501,172
Liberia 55 294 7,930
Angola 54 1,937 107,468
Madagascar 48 1,427 68,552
Ghana 43 1,462 172,037
Vanuatu 42 14 12,019
Nicaragua 35 245 16,150
Guinea 33 468 38,572
Mali 32 743 33,164
Togo 32 290 39,530
Ivory Coast 29 835 88,428
Uzbekistan 29 1,016 175,081
Eritrea 27 103 10,189
Bhutan 26 21 62,697
Central African Republic 20 113 15,440
Burkina Faso 17 400 22,129
Democratic Republic of the Congo 14 1,470 100,616
Sierra Leone 14 125 7,836
Nigeria 14 3,155 267,188
South Sudan 13 147 18,823
Tanzania 12 846 43,226
Tajikistan 12 125 17,786
Benin 12 163 28,036
Niger 12 315 9,518
Chad 10 194 7,702
Burundi 1 15 54,569
North Korea 0 6 1
Pitcairn Islands — — 4
Falkland Islands — — 1,923
Niue — — 1,074
Turkmenistan — 0 0
Vatican City — 0 26
Tokelau — 0 80
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha — — 2,166
  1. ^ Countries which do not report data for a column are not included in that column's world total.
  2. ^ Data on member states of the European Union are individually listed, but are also summed here for convenience. They are not double-counted in world totals.
  3. ^ Does not include special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau) or Taiwan.


Map of death rates[edit]

Total confirmed COVID-19 deaths per million people by country:[12][note 3][note 4]

See date at top of map.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The table this note applies to is updated daily by a bot. For more info see Template:COVID-19 data/Cite.
  2. ^ Our World in Data (OWID). See Coronavirus Source Data for OWID sourcing info. Excerpt: "Deaths and cases: our data source. Our World in Data relies on data from Johns Hopkins University. ... JHU updates its data multiple times each day. This data is sourced from governments, national and subnational agencies across the world — a full list of data sources for each country is published on Johns Hopkins GitHub site. It also makes its data publicly available there."
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "CSSEGISandData/COVID-19". GitHub. 5 August 2022. COVID-19 Data Repository by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The CSV files are downloaded via the "Raw" links. The "Raw" link doesn't show up until you click the csv file link. This opens into a GitHub page with the data and the "Raw" link. See How to Use our Data for more info and links. See: Pandemic Data Initiative. See more sourcing history and info.
  4. ^ Our World in Data (OWID) maps and graphs on cases and deaths. Click on the download tab to download the image. The table tab has a table of the exact data by country. The source tab says the data is from the COVID-19 Data Repository by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The image at the source is interactive and provides more detail. For example, for maps run your cursor over the color bar legend to see the countries that apply to that point in the legend. For graphs run your cursor over the graph for more info. See Coronavirus Source Data for more OWID sourcing info.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Demographic Trends of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the US reported to CDC". 2021-04-27.
  2. ^ John Newton (12 August 2020). "Behind the headlines: Counting COVID-19 deaths". UK Health Security Agency. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ^ Beaney, Thomas; Clarke, Jonathan M; Jain, Vageesh; Golestaneh, Amelia Kataria; Lyons, Gemma; Salman, David; Majeed, Azeem (2020). "Excess mortality: the gold standard in measuring the impact of COVID-19 worldwide?". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 113 (9): 329–334. doi:10.1177/0141076820956802. ISSN 0141-0768. PMC 7488823. PMID 32910871. Russia's case definition for a COVID-19 death, for example, relies solely on results from autopsy, unlike most European countries.6 Death must have been due directly to COVID-19, so it is not counted if a patient was found to have COVID-19 but it did not cause their death.6,7 This will lead to significant underreporting, especially as Russia has one of the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases worldwide and yet has a case fatality rate of only 1.7% as of 31 July 2020.3 Spain's definition requires a positive polymerase chain reaction or antibody test for COVID-19, with only hospital deaths included in the death count despite a significant number of deaths from COVID-19 in the community and care homes.8,9 Belgium, by contrast, has one of the broadest definitions for a COVID-19 death, including all suspected cases. Care home deaths in Belgium account for around half of all excess deaths, but only 26% of care home deaths were confirmed (rather than suspected) COVID-19,10 leading to possible overcounting relative to other countries.11
  4. ^ Verity, Robert (March 30, 2020). "Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis". The Lancet. Infectious Diseases. 20 (6): 669–677. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30243-7. PMC 7158570. PMID 32240634.
  5. ^ Aravindan, John Geddie (18 September 2020). "Why is Singapore's COVID-19 death rate the world's lowest". Reuters.
  6. ^ Beaney, Thomas; Clarke, Jonathan M; Jain, Vageesh; Golestaneh, Amelia Kataria; Lyons, Gemma; Salman, David; Majeed, Azeem (2020). "Excess mortality: the gold standard in measuring the impact of COVID-19 worldwide?". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 113 (9): 329–334. doi:10.1177/0141076820956802. ISSN 0141-0768. PMC 7488823. PMID 32910871. Under the assumption that the incidence of other diseases remains steady over time, then excess deaths can be viewed as those caused both directly and indirectly by COVID-19 and gives a summary measure of the 'whole system' impact. ... Despite this, when seeking to understand the full impact of deaths due to COVID-19 and explain why excess deaths vary, there is a need to distinguish the component parts – of direct COVID-19 and indirect, non-COVID-19 deaths.
  7. ^ Agence France-Presse (December 28, 2020). "Russia admits to world's third-worst Covid-19 death toll". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "COVID-19 Data Explorer". Our World in Data.
  9. ^ "CBS: afgelopen jaar ruim 20.000 coronadoden". nos.nl (in Dutch). 7 April 2021.
  10. ^ Rigby, Jennifer (2022-05-05). "Almost three times as many died as a result of COVID than officially reported - WHO". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  11. ^ Ritchie, Hannah; Mathieu, Edouard; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Appel, Cameron; Giattino, Charlie; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Hasell, Joe; Macdonald, Bobbie; Beltekian, Diana; Dattani, Saloni; Roser, Max (2020–2022). "Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)". Our World in Data. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  12. ^ World map of cumulative confirmed COVID-19 deaths per million people. From Our World in Data.

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