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Countries by deaths per million inhabitants

Period: 12 months to 31 Aug 2026Order: country names

What the table counts

a best estimate, containing the most reliable estimate of deaths identified in the source material;

a low estimate, containing the most conservative estimate of deaths that is identified in the source material;

a high estimate, containing the highest reliable estimate of deaths identified in the source material.

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5, Definitions, copied on .
  • A count holds the events that UCDP finds in its sources. It does not measure danger, the size of a conflict or the conduct of a government.
  • A count depends on the sources that UCDP can reach. It also depends on the limit of 25 deaths in a year that UCDP uses for a conflict.
  • A rate divides the count by the population of the country. The table shows the count and the population beside the rate.
  • The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. A figure carries the mark P only when it counts at least one event from Candidate Events.

UCDP attempts to distinguish and not include unreasonable claims in the high estimate of fatalities, and tends to be highly conservative when counting fatalities

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5, Definitions, copied on .

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A country is in the table when it has a page: 10 or more events in the last 12 months. Select a column head to sort the rows.

Table 1. Countries by deaths per million inhabitants, 12 months to 31 Aug 2026, in name order
CountryDeaths per millionEstimated deathsPopulationYear of the population
Afghanistan21.3P935P43,844,1112025
Argentina0.5P21P45,851,3782025
Bangladesh0.5P80P175,686,8992025
Belize35.5P15P422,9242025
Benin3.0P45P14,814,4602025
Brazil1.7P371P212,812,4052025
Burkina Faso113.8P2,740P24,074,5802025
Burundi2.6P38P14,390,0032025
Cameroon15.7P470P29,879,3372025
Central African Republic52.1P287P5,513,2822025
Chad11.3P237P21,003,7052025
Colombia30.6P1,637P53,425,6352025
Costa Rica9.1475,152,9502025
Dominican Republic1.0P11P11,520,4872025
DR Congo34.7P3,918P112,832,4732025
Ecuador23.7P433P18,289,8962025
Ethiopia39.2P5,315P135,472,0512025
Ghana2.2P77P35,064,2722025
Guatemala2.7P50P18,687,8812025
Haiti79.4P945P11,906,0952025
India0.2P364P1,463,865,5252025
Indonesia0.5P156P285,721,2362025
Iran255.9P23,650P92,417,6812025
Iraq5.1P238P47,020,7742025
Israel and Palestine258.9P4,023P15,536,3962025
Kenya1.2P69P57,532,4932025
Lebanon782.6P4,578P5,849,4212025
Libya4.2P31P7,458,5552025
Mali77.0P1,941P25,198,8212025
Mexico24.7P3,253P131,946,9002025
Mozambique12.3P438P35,631,6532025
Myanmar35.0P1,922P54,850,6482025
Niger45.0P1,255P27,917,8312025
Nigeria32.7P7,777P237,527,7822025
Pakistan18.4P4,692P255,219,5542025
Papua New Guinea3.2P34P10,762,8172025
Philippines1.5P171P116,786,9622025
Russia3.8P547P143,513,3282025
Somalia191.4P3,762P19,654,7392025
South Africa2.3P147P64,747,3192025
South Sudan65.6P799P12,188,7882025
Sudan1,306.4P67,494P51,662,1472025
Syria26.3P674P25,620,4272025
Tanzania14.3P1,007P70,545,8652025
Thailand1.1P76P71,619,8632025
Ukraine2,182.8P85,085P38,980,3762025
United Arab Emirates1.0P12P11,513,1492025
Venezuela4.2P119P28,516,8962025
Yemen59.7P2,492P41,773,8782025

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Population: World Bank, CC BY 4.0.

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ConflictStats. Countries by deaths per million inhabitants. https://conflictstats.com/tables/deaths-per-million/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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