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Number of Excess Deaths Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2021 Annual Average

The difference between the number of deaths in 2020 and 2021 and the deaths predicted for the same period if pre-pandemic trends had continued under normal circumstances as published by the World Health Organization. The difference reflects the number of deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic both directly through the coronavirus, SARS CoV-2, and indirectly through changes in access to health services and in people’s behavior. Negative values indicate the number of deaths averted due to lower risks from certain causes of deaths, such as traffic accidents and influenza, due to changes in people’s behavior. Mean estimates are presented; low and high estimates are available from the WHO.

Number of Excess Deaths Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2021 Annual Average

Number of Excess Deaths Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2021 Annual Average

Geography Number of Excess Deaths Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2021 Annual Average
WORLD 7,455,097
AFRICA 820,657
NORTHERN AFRICA 212,559
Algeria 34,794
Egypt 125,551
Libya 3,931
Morocco 17,374
Sudan 19,000
Tunisia 11,911
Western Sahara N/A
WESTERN AFRICA 188,016
Benin 5,927
Burkina Faso 11,080
Cape Verde 464
Cote dIvoire 12,717
Gambia 1,452
Ghana 10,454
Guinea 6,265
Guinea-Bissau 1,421
Liberia 2,022
Mali 13,656
Mauritania 3,474
Niger 17,170
Nigeria 93,217
Senegal 8,252
Sierra Leone 3,943
Togo -3,495
EASTERN AFRICA 184,612
Burundi 4,669
Comoros 362
Djibouti 884
Eritrea 1,207
Ethiopia 51,748
Kenya 6,176
Madagascar 12,791
Malawi 8,557
Mauritius 471
Mayotte N/A
Mozambique 21,366
Reunion N/A
Rwanda 2,701
Seychelles 4
Somalia 17,731
South Sudan 4,583
Tanzania 20,015
Uganda 10,260
Zambia 11,777
Zimbabwe 9,316
MIDDLE AFRICA 104,651
Angola 11,343
Cameroon 17,661
Central African Republic 3,123
Chad 9,625
Congo 2,265
Congo DR 58,879
Equatorial Guinea 860
Gabon 801
Sao Tome and Principe 96
SOUTHERN AFRICA 130,820
Botswana 3,707
eSwatini 1,910
Lesotho 1,991
Namibia 3,877
South Africa 119,336
NORTHERN AMERICA 477,239
Canada 11,010
United States 466,229
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 1,136,810
CENTRAL AMERICA 372,697
Belize 349
Costa Rica 4,824
El Salvador 8,518
Guatemala 24,698
Honduras 11,331
Mexico 313,109
Nicaragua 6,048
Panama 3,822
CARIBBEAN 23,144
Antigua and Barbuda -15
Bahamas 502
Barbados -178
Cuba 9,080
Curacao N/A
Dominica 8
Dominican Republic 5,937
Grenada -134
Guadeloupe N/A
Haiti 4,805
Jamaica 1,796
Martinique N/A
Puerto Rico N/A
St. Kitts-Nevis -104
Saint Lucia 185
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 248
Trinidad and Tobago 1,016
SOUTH AMERICA 740,970
Argentina 44,941
Bolivia 44,015
Brazil 340,634
Chile 19,348
Colombia 82,372
Ecuador 40,434
French Guiana N/A
Guyana 1,406
Paraguay 9,909
Peru 144,834
Suriname 364
Uruguay 1,553
Venezuela 11,163
ASIA 3,663,240
WESTERN ASIA 274,239
Armenia 9,832
Azerbaijan 28,504
Bahrain 333
Cyprus 505
Georgia 12,233
Iraq 33,368
Israel 3,089
Jordan 5,965
Kuwait 2,120
Lebanon 9,260
Oman 5,750
Palestinian Territory N/A
Qatar 770
Saudi Arabia 8,775
Syria 3,657
Turkey 132,021
United Arab Emirates 1,165
Yemen 16,896
CENTRAL ASIA 73,538
Kazakhstan 38,108
Kyrgyzstan 6,157
Tajikistan 6,505
Turkmenistan 326
Uzbekistan 22,443
SOUTH ASIA 2,706,158
Afghanistan 22,267
Bangladesh 70,382
Bhutan -199
India 2,370,447
Iran 116,077
Maldives 123
Nepal 16,257
Pakistan 115,220
Sri Lanka -4,416
SOUTHEAST ASIA 645,476
Brunei -55
Cambodia 6,259
Indonesia 514,283
Laos 878
Malaysia 3,767
Myanmar 22,094
Philippines 92,627
Singapore 738
Thailand 7,651
Timor-Leste 342
Vietnam -3,106
EAST ASIA -36,170
China -26,032
China, Hong Kong SAR N/A
China, Macao SAR N/A
Japan -9,736
Korea, North -3,549
Korea, South 3,144
Mongolia 2
Taiwan N/A
EUROPE 1,365,595
NORTHERN EUROPE 98,916
Denmark 1,858
Estonia 1,687
Finland 1,429
Iceland -6
Ireland 1,461
Latvia 3,834
Lithuania 8,628
Norway -51
Sweden 5,628
United Kingdom 74,449
WESTERN EUROPE 172,143
Austria 5,969
Belgium 8,959
France 40,925
Germany 97,494
Liechtenstein N/A
Luxembourg 35
Monaco 32
Netherlands 14,606
Switzerland 4,124
EASTERN EUROPE 878,698
Belarus 24,447
Bulgaria 28,747
Czechia 18,520
Hungary 18,249
Moldova 9,079
Poland 78,766
Romania 53,456
Russia 536,163
Slovakia 12,160
Ukraine 99,113
SOUTHERN EUROPE 215,838
Albania 6,345
Andorra 188
Bosnia-Herzegovina 7,858
Croatia 8,588
Greece 9,697
Italy 80,401
Kosovo N/A
Malta 239
Montenegro 1,955
North Macedonia 7,679
Portugal 10,224
San Marino 86
Serbia 27,822
Slovenia 2,791
Spain 51,969
OCEANIA -8,438
Australia -7,128
Federated States of Micronesia -56
Fiji -59
French Polynesia N/A
Guam N/A
Kiribati -23
Marshall Islands -40
Nauru -1
New Caledonia N/A
New Zealand -1,339
Palau -20
Papua New Guinea 381
Samoa -45
Solomon Islands -30
Tonga -19
Tuvalu -6
Vanuatu -38
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Geography Number of Excess Deaths Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2021 Annual Average
WORLD 7,455,097
AFRICA 820,657
NORTHERN AFRICA 212,559
Algeria 34,794
Egypt 125,551
Libya 3,931
Morocco 17,374
Sudan 19,000
Tunisia 11,911
Western Sahara N/A
WESTERN AFRICA 188,016
Benin 5,927
Burkina Faso 11,080
Cape Verde 464
Cote dIvoire 12,717
Gambia 1,452
Ghana 10,454
Guinea 6,265
Guinea-Bissau 1,421
Liberia 2,022
Mali 13,656
Mauritania 3,474
Niger 17,170
Nigeria 93,217
Senegal 8,252
Sierra Leone 3,943
Togo -3,495
EASTERN AFRICA 184,612
Burundi 4,669
Comoros 362
Djibouti 884
Eritrea 1,207
Ethiopia 51,748
Kenya 6,176
Madagascar 12,791
Malawi 8,557
Mauritius 471
Mayotte N/A
Mozambique 21,366
Reunion N/A
Rwanda 2,701
Seychelles 4
Somalia 17,731
South Sudan 4,583
Tanzania 20,015
Uganda 10,260
Zambia 11,777
Zimbabwe 9,316
MIDDLE AFRICA 104,651
Angola 11,343
Cameroon 17,661
Central African Republic 3,123
Chad 9,625
Congo 2,265
Congo DR 58,879
Equatorial Guinea 860
Gabon 801
Sao Tome and Principe 96
SOUTHERN AFRICA 130,820
Botswana 3,707
eSwatini 1,910
Lesotho 1,991
Namibia 3,877
South Africa 119,336
NORTHERN AMERICA 477,239
Canada 11,010
United States 466,229
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 1,136,810
CENTRAL AMERICA 372,697
Belize 349
Costa Rica 4,824
El Salvador 8,518
Guatemala 24,698
Honduras 11,331
Mexico 313,109
Nicaragua 6,048
Panama 3,822
CARIBBEAN 23,144
Antigua and Barbuda -15
Bahamas 502
Barbados -178
Cuba 9,080
Curacao N/A
Dominica 8
Dominican Republic 5,937
Grenada -134
Guadeloupe N/A
Haiti 4,805
Jamaica 1,796
Martinique N/A
Puerto Rico N/A
St. Kitts-Nevis -104
Saint Lucia 185
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 248
Trinidad and Tobago 1,016
SOUTH AMERICA 740,970
Argentina 44,941
Bolivia 44,015
Brazil 340,634
Chile 19,348
Colombia 82,372
Ecuador 40,434
French Guiana N/A
Guyana 1,406
Paraguay 9,909
Peru 144,834
Suriname 364
Uruguay 1,553
Venezuela 11,163
ASIA 3,663,240
WESTERN ASIA 274,239
Armenia 9,832
Azerbaijan 28,504
Bahrain 333
Cyprus 505
Georgia 12,233
Iraq 33,368
Israel 3,089
Jordan 5,965
Kuwait 2,120
Lebanon 9,260
Oman 5,750
Palestinian Territory N/A
Qatar 770
Saudi Arabia 8,775
Syria 3,657
Turkey 132,021
United Arab Emirates 1,165
Yemen 16,896
CENTRAL ASIA 73,538
Kazakhstan 38,108
Kyrgyzstan 6,157
Tajikistan 6,505
Turkmenistan 326
Uzbekistan 22,443
SOUTH ASIA 2,706,158
Afghanistan 22,267
Bangladesh 70,382
Bhutan -199
India 2,370,447
Iran 116,077
Maldives 123
Nepal 16,257
Pakistan 115,220
Sri Lanka -4,416
SOUTHEAST ASIA 645,476
Brunei -55
Cambodia 6,259
Indonesia 514,283
Laos 878
Malaysia 3,767
Myanmar 22,094
Philippines 92,627
Singapore 738
Thailand 7,651
Timor-Leste 342
Vietnam -3,106
EAST ASIA -36,170
China -26,032
China, Hong Kong SAR N/A
China, Macao SAR N/A
Japan -9,736
Korea, North -3,549
Korea, South 3,144
Mongolia 2
Taiwan N/A
EUROPE 1,365,595
NORTHERN EUROPE 98,916
Denmark 1,858
Estonia 1,687
Finland 1,429
Iceland -6
Ireland 1,461
Latvia 3,834
Lithuania 8,628
Norway -51
Sweden 5,628
United Kingdom 74,449
WESTERN EUROPE 172,143
Austria 5,969
Belgium 8,959
France 40,925
Germany 97,494
Liechtenstein N/A
Luxembourg 35
Monaco 32
Netherlands 14,606
Switzerland 4,124
EASTERN EUROPE 878,698
Belarus 24,447
Bulgaria 28,747
Czechia 18,520
Hungary 18,249
Moldova 9,079
Poland 78,766
Romania 53,456
Russia 536,163
Slovakia 12,160
Ukraine 99,113
SOUTHERN EUROPE 215,838
Albania 6,345
Andorra 188
Bosnia-Herzegovina 7,858
Croatia 8,588
Greece 9,697
Italy 80,401
Kosovo N/A
Malta 239
Montenegro 1,955
North Macedonia 7,679
Portugal 10,224
San Marino 86
Serbia 27,822
Slovenia 2,791
Spain 51,969
OCEANIA -8,438
Australia -7,128
Federated States of Micronesia -56
Fiji -59
French Polynesia N/A
Guam N/A
Kiribati -23
Marshall Islands -40
Nauru -1
New Caledonia N/A
New Zealand -1,339
Palau -20
Papua New Guinea 381
Samoa -45
Solomon Islands -30
Tonga -19
Tuvalu -6
Vanuatu -38

Endnotes

Sources

2022 World Population Data Sheet

Updated

08/16/2022

2022 World Population Data

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