⏰ Here’s Where The Most People Die Every Hour

What We’re Showing:

This chart shows the countries with the highest death rates in 2023, visualized by the number of deaths every hour.

Data is sourced from the latest UN Population Prospects.

Key Takeaways

India and China’s high birth rates are dogged by an equally high death rate.

More than one-third of global deaths every hour occur in one of the two Asian giants.

And for China, more people are now dying than being born, signalling that an immense population decline is on the horizon.

In fact, estimates put China’s population at 525 million by 2100, or about half of what it is now.