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. 2022 Jun 23;37(8):797–806. doi: 10.1007/s10654-022-00866-5

Table 1.

Population, all-cause deaths, and COVID-19 cases and deaths by sex and country

Country Period/year Population (000 s) All-cause deaths (000 s) Date* COVID-19 deaths
Female Male Female Male Female Male
Afghanistan 2015–2020 18,952 19,976 215.8 262.4 29/11/2020 385 1145
Argentina 2015–2020 23,147 22,049 182.0 199.9 09/02/2021 22,498 30,499
Australia 2018 12,599 12,400 76.2 82.3 08/02/2021 469 440
Austria 2019 4512 4368 42.6 40.8 09/02/2021 3,929 4232
Belgium 2020 5809 5650 64.7 62.2 09/02/2021 11,078 10,688
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015–2020 1674 1607 18.5 19.7 31/12/2020 1609 2829
Brazil 2015–2020 108,124 104,436 700.5 898.2 09/02/2021 104,077 137,178
Bulgaria 2017 3640 3436 53.0 56.8 09/02/2021 3626 5697
Cameroon 2015–2020 13,269 13,277 201.7 229.9 09/09/2020 113 212
Canada 2019 18,882 18,642 138.5 145.6 19/02/2021 10,939 10,296
Chad 2015–2020 8226 8200 162.1 186.8 21/10/2020 22 70
Chile 2017 8952 8601 50.6 55.8 09/02/2021 8354 11,193
Colombia 2015–2020 25,898 24,985 151.5 182.5 09/02/2021 23,494 41,240
Cuba 2015–2020 5703 5623 51.6 57.1 24/05/2020 30 52
Czechia 2019 5414 5259 55.0 57.3 09/02/2021 18,061
Denmark 2020 2931 2901 26.7 28.0 09/02/2021 1024 1220
Dominican Republic 2015–2020 5430 5418 38.1 51.5 17/08/2020 509 980
Ecuador 2015–2020 8819 8,824 48.6 62.4 31/07/2020 3590 7025
Eswatini 2015–2020 590 570 7.0 8.6 30/12/2020 79 105
France 2018 33,440 31,336 300.0 296.6 09/02/2021 23,753 32,887
Georgia 2015–2020 2088 1901 26.1 27.9 31/12/2020 1458
Germany 2017 41,885 40,770 474.5 457.8 09/02/2021 35,747 37,524
Greece 2019 5511 5212 61.9 63.1 09/02/2021 2483 3534
Honduras 2015–2020 4956 4949 25.9 30.7 22/04/2021 697 984
Hungary 2020 5079 4673 72.3 68.7 09/02/2021 6553 6696
India 2015–2020 662,903 717,101 6,175.7 7,114.3 02/10/2020 30,988 69,887
Iraq 2015–2020 19,865 20,358 133.3 162.4 24/05/2020 50 110
Israel 2016 4309 4237 22.3 21.9 17/02/2021 2325 3,145
Italy 2018 30,731 29,142 328.7 300.7 10/02/2021 40,471 51,867
Japan 2020 63,397 60,026 665.9 706.8 09/02/2021 2419 3587
Jordan 2015–2020 5037 5166 24.0 29.0 09/02/2021 1565 2830
Kenya 2015–2020 27,053 26,719 222.6 275.3 31/08/2020 70 210
Latvia 2019 1031 883 14.7 13.0 31/12/2020 332 368
Lithuania 2020 1486 1309 22.2 21.3 31/12/2020 1077 1189
Malawi 2015–2020 9696 9434 98.5 122.0 27/12/2020 44 144
Mexico 2015–2020 65,861 63,071 411.2 502.7 09/02/2021 73,319 124,373
Moldova 2015–2020 2102 1932 23.3 26.9 09/02/2021 1738 1835
Nepal 2015–2020 15,788 13,348 120.1 129.0 26/01/2021 524 1226
Netherlands 2019 8730 8615 77.5 74.4 07/02/2021 6,767 7990
Nigeria 2015–2020 101,670 104,470 1,823.8 2,084.3 07/02/2021 353 912
North Macedonia 2015–2020 1041 1042 11.0 11.8 31/12/2020 1009 1801
Norway 2020 2667 2713 20.6 20.0 09/02/2021 275 308
Oman 2015–2020 1736 3370 5.4 10.0 31/12/2020 422 1078
Pakistan 2015–2020 107,220 113,672 1,303.2 1,592.8 02/06/2020 436 1251
Panama 2015–2020 2155 2160 11.4 15.6 04/07/2020 242 478
Paraguay 2015–2020 3508 3624 23.0 27.9 09/02/2021 1435 2072
Peru 2015–2020 16,593 16,379 96.8 127.6 09/02/2021 39,633 71,504
Philippines 2015–2020 54,552 55,029 335.3 484.3 09/02/2021 5185 7863
Portugal 2020 5439 4860 62.0 61.4 09/02/2021 7062 7656
Qatar 2015–2020 716 2165 1.2 3.3 31/12/2020 35 177
Romania 2015–2020 9884 9354 130.7 135.6 10/06/2020 550 808
Slovakia 2019 2791 2663 25.8 27.4 09/02/2021 3,179 3679
Slovenia 2019 1043 1045 10.5 10.1 09/02/2021 2,116 1890
South Korea 2018 25,703 25,607 137.6 161.2 28/06/2020 130 152
Spain 2020 24,152 23,213 243.7 248.7 09/02/2021 31,741 38,088
Switzerland 2020 4353 4286 38.6 37.6 09/02/2021 4158 4803
Togo 2015–2020 4159 4119 53.6 60.6 09/02/2021 23 57
Turkey 2015–2020 42,703 41,636 237.2 286.7 26/10/2020 3744 6,056
Ukraine 2013 24,367 20,940 337.7 324.7 09/02/2021 10,898 12,221
United Arab Emirates 2015–2020 3054 6836 4.7 13.7 31/12/2020 112 555
United Kingdom 2018 33,645 32,787 311.6 304.4 12/02/2021 37,540 40,351
Uruguay 2015–2020 1795 1678 17.5 17.8 18/01/2021 140 170
USA 2019 166,263 161,347 1,381 1,473.8 06/02/2021 229,075 276,356

*Reference date for cumulative sex-specific COVID-19 death data.

Year for which population and death data are available in the HMD. Population and mortality projections for the 2015–2020 period from the UN’s World Population Prospects (WPP) were used for countries not in the HMD.