Table 1.
Population and mortality data for selected countries.
| Pre-COVID-19 population data |
COVID-19 morbidity/mortality |
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| Country | Population | Mean age (yrs) | LE (yrs) | Mortality rate/1000 | 65-yr+ mortality % | CVD deaths/10 0000 | DM prevalence (%) | Total cases | Total deaths | Deaths/million | CFR (%) | |
| Italy | 60 461 828 | 47.9 | 83.5 | 10.6 | 89 | 113 | 4.8 | 258 136 | 35 430 | 586.0 | 14.37 | |
| Spain | 46 754 783 | 45.5 | 83.6 | 9.1 | 86 | 99 | 7.17 | 386 054 | 28 838 | 616.8 | 10.98 | |
| UK | 67 886 004 | 40.8 | 81.3 | 9.4 | 85 | 122 | 4.28 | 324 601 | 41 423 | 610.2 | 15.42 | |
| US | 331 000 000 | 38.3 | 78.9 | 8.8 | 74 | 151 | 10.79 | 5 668 105 | 176 362 | 532.8 | 3.87 | |
| China | 1 440 000 000 | 38.7 | 76.9 | 7.3 | 72 | 262 | 9.7 | 89 654 | 4 711 | 3.27 | 5.44 | |
| India | 1 380 000 000 | 28.2 | 69.7 | 7.3 | 49 | 282 | 10.4 | 3 044 940 | 56 706 | 41.09 | 2.55 | |
| Japan | 126 000 000 | 48.2 | 84.6 | 10.7 | 90 | 79 | 5.7 | 61 747 | 1 176 | 9.30 | 4.20 | |
| Canada | 37 742 157 | 41.4 | 82.4 | 7.8 | 82 | 106 | 7.37 | 124 629 | 9 071 | 240.3 | 8.08 | |
| Australia | 25 499 881 | 37.9 | 83.4 | 6.6 | 83 | 108 | 5.07 | 24 602 | 485 | 19.02 | 1.04 | |
| Benin | 12 123 198 | 18.8 | 61.8 | 8.7 | 23 | 236 | 0.99 | 2 115 | 39 | 3.22 | 1.91 | |
| Burkina Faso | 20 903 278 | 17.6 | 61.6 | 7.9 | 21 | 269 | 2.42 | 1 320 | 55 | 2.63 | 5.11 | |
| Chad | 16 425 859 | 16.7 | 54.2 | 12.0 | 14 | 281 | 6.1 | 982 | 76 | 4.63 | 8.47 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 26 378 275 | 18.7 | 57.8 | 9.9 | 22 | 304 | 2.42 | 17 374 | 113 | 4.28 | 0.64 | |
| Cameroon | 26 545 864 | 18.8 | 59.3 | 9.1 | 22 | 245 | 7.2 | 18 762 | 408 | 15.37 | 2.31 | |
| DRC | 89 561 404 | 17 | 60.7 | 9.3 | 20 | 319 | 6.1 | 9 810 | 250 | 2.79 | 2.34 | |
| Ghana | 31 072 945 | 21.1 | 64.1 | 7.2 | 30 | 298 | 5.0 | 43 505 | 261 | 8.4 | 0.53 | |
| Madagascar | 27 691 019 | 19.6 | 67.0 | 5.9 | 31 | 406 | 3.9 | 14 277 | 178 | 6.43 | 0.87 | |
| Niger | 24 206 636 | 15.1 | 62.4 | 8 | 20 | 238 | 2.42 | 1 172 | 69 | 2.85 | 6.26 | |
| Nigeria | 206 000 000 | 18.1 | 54.7 | 12 | 19 | 181 | 2.42 | 51 905 | 997 | 4.84 | 2.21 | |
| Senegal | 16 743 930 | 18.7 | 67.9 | 5.6 | 35 | 241 | 2.42 | 12 850 | 266 | 15.89 | 1.84 | |
| Uganda | 45 741 000 | 16.4 | 63.4 | 6.4 | 19 | 213 | 2.5 | 1 848 | 19 | 0.415 | 0 | |
| Qatar | 2 881 060 | 31.9 | 80.2 | 1.2 | 41 | 177 | 16.52 | 116 765 | 193 | 66.99 | 0.14 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 34 813 867 | 31.9 | 75.1 | 3.5 | 52 | 260 | 17.72 | 306 370 | 3 619 | 103.9 | 0.97 | |
| World | 7 790 000 000 | 30.9 | 72.6 | 8 | 57 | 233 | 8.51 | 23 243 621 | 805 740 | 103.4 | 4.28 | |
LE = life expectancy, 65-yr+ mortality % = percentage of total deaths who were >65 yrs old in the pre-COVID-19 era, CVD = cardiovascular disease, DM = diabetes mellitus, CFR = case fatality rate.
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