Ranking: countries with the most Covid-19 deaths in the world

Which countries have the largest number of casualties from Covid-19?

What are the Covid-19 numbers in Canada?

More than 6.3 million dead

As of December 2020, 6,372,000 people across the world have died from Covid-19, to Roylab Stats calculates. According to TIME magazine, the coronavirus has become the third leading cause of death worldwide, after heart disease and stroke.

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Which countries have the largest number of casualties from Covid-19?

Roylab Stats analyzed 233 countries and compiled a list of the countries with the highest number of deaths from the coronavirus. Which countries are at the top?

United States

Population: 332.4 million

Deaths: 1.04 million

Infections: 89.5 million

Cured: 85.3 million

Brazil

Population: 214 million

Deaths: 671,500

Infections: 32.5 million

Cured: 30.9 million

India

Population: 1.4 billion

Deaths: 525,200

Infections: 43.5 million

Cured: 42.8 million

Russia

Population: 146 million

Deaths: 381,200

Infections: 18.4 million

Cured: 17.8 million

Mexico

Population: 131.7 million

Deaths: 325,700

Infections: 6 million

Cured: 5.2 million

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Peru

Population: 33.9 million

Deaths: 213,500

Infections: 3.6 million

Cured: 3.4 million

United Kingdom

Population 68.6 million

Deaths: 180,330

Infections: 22.7 million

Cured: 22.1 million

Italy

Population: 60.3 million

Deaths: 168,350

Infections: 18.8 million

Cured: 17.6 million

Indonesia

Population: 279.5 million

Deaths: 156,700

Infections: 6 million

Cured: 5.9 million

France

Population: 65.5 million

Deaths: 149,500

Infections: 31.4 million

Cured: 29.8 million

Iran

Population: 86.2 million

Deaths: 141,390

Infections: 7.2 million

Cured: 7 million

Germany

Population: 84.3 million

Deaths: 141,200

Infections: 28.5 million

Cured: 26.8 million

Colombia

Population: 52 million

Deaths: 140,070

Infections: 6.1 million

Cured: 5.9 million

Argentina

Population: 46 million

Deaths: 129,070

Infections: 9.4 million

Cured: 9.1 million

Poland

Population: 37.7 million

Deaths: 116,429

Infections: 6 million

Cured: 5.3 million

Ukraine

Population: 43.2 million

Deaths: 108,368

Infections: 5 million

Cured: 4.9 million

Spain

Population: 46.8 million

Deaths: 107,906

Infections: 12.8 million

Cured: 12.2 million

South Africa

Population: 60.8 million

Deaths: 101,793

Infections: 3.9 million

Cured: 3.8 million

Turkey

Population: 86.2 million

Deaths: 99,032

Infections: 15.1 million

Cured: 15 million

Romania

Population: 18.9 million

Deaths: 65,739 people

Infections: 2.9 million

Cured: 2.8 million

Philippines

Population: 112.6 million

Deaths: 60,565

Infections: 3.7 million

Cured: 3.6 million

Relative numbers: another top 5

If you calculate the number of deaths per capita, considering the population figures of 2022, Peru has had the most deaths in relative terms. For every 159 Peruvians, 1 person has died from Covid-19.

(In the photo: Hospital staff cross the Camana River in Arequipa, Southern Peru, to vaccinate citizens against Covid-19)

United States remains in the top 4

Romania comes in second with a relative death toll of 1 in 290. Then we see the US and Brazil, which also lead the list in absolute numbers, with 1 person dying from the virus for every 319 citizens.

What are the Covid-19 numbers in Canada?

We haven't seen Canada in the list of highest death rates from Covid-19. How does it compare to the other countries?

Canadian population: 38.4 million

Deaths: 41,756

Infections: 3.98 million

This would mean that approximately 1 person for every 919 Canadians has died from Covid-19.