Countries Where More People Died Than Were Born In 2024

Map created by reddit user OppositeRock4217The map above shows which countries had more deaths than births in 2024. Note countries populations can still grow via immigration.

The author also states that:

Furthermore, France, Denmark, Albania, Montenegro, Cyprus, Malta and Singapore are currently only recording more births than deaths by a razor thin margin and are expected to join those countries soon. In the European countries I mentioned in my comment, they are already recording more deaths than births during their colder months

And here’s a map for just Europe, from dalmatian.mapper.

Here’s the full list by the countries shrinking the fastest, note the data here does not seem to be the same as used by the original map author, so for example the UK is actually still growing (albeit barely).

Entity	Births	Deaths	Difference
China	8,822,056	11,678,348	-2,856,292
Japan	750,570	1,540,205	-789,635
Russia	1,270,354	1,862,624	-592,270
Germany	717,268	1,040,857	-323,589
Ukraine	206,937	515,025	-308,088
Italy	384,703	664,490	-279,787
Spain	333,155	455,407	-122,252
South Korea	240,982	357,949	-116,967
Poland	309,612	416,620	-107,008
Romania	180,942	257,984	-77,042
Taiwan	128,597	203,424	-74,827
Thailand	581,635	647,347	-65,712
Belarus	63,679	118,966	-55,287
Greece	71,411	126,048	-54,637
Hungary	85,003	128,401	-43,398
Bulgaria	61,463	103,053	-41,590
Serbia	58,988	95,094	-36,106
Portugal	86,151	117,517	-31,366
Czechia	90,211	115,433	-25,222
Croatia	31,379	54,208	-22,829
Cuba	94,650	113,920	-19,270
Bosnia and Herzegovina	24,430	42,788	-18,358
Lithuania	22,186	40,206	-18,020
Hong Kong	40,219	57,279	-17,060
Austria	76,247	92,941	-16,694
Finland	43,829	60,182	-16,353
Puerto Rico	19,051	34,269	-15,218
Belgium	101,368	115,448	-14,080
Latvia	14,017	27,434	-13,417
Moldova	32,140	41,951	-9,811
Estonia	10,926	16,550	-5,624
Slovakia	51,117	55,729	-4,612
Slovenia	17,563	21,936	-4,373
North Macedonia	16,587	19,871	-3,284
Georgia	42,983	45,064	-2,081
Curacao	1,399	1,876	-477
Uruguay	33,196	33,634	-438
Monaco	369	772	-403
United States Virgin Islands	941	1,305	-364
Jersey	851	1,139	-288
Montenegro	7,058	7,282	-224
Isle of Man	697	898	-201
Dominica	727	832	-105
San Marino	196	274	-78
Guernsey	525	598	-73
Bermuda	512	580	-68
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	29	79	-50
Saint Helena	38	86	-48
Aruba	1,022	1,048	-26
Martinique	3,558	3,583	-25
Montserrat	38	58	-20
Palau	189	201	-12
Saint Barthelemy	57	69	-12
Vatican	2	13	-11
Niue	25	27	-2
Wallis and Futuna	97	86	11
Falkland Islands	38	18	20
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	290	260	30
Cook Islands	159	128	31
Anguilla	134	98	36
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	394	353	41
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,203	1,159	44
Tokelau	51	3	48
Liechtenstein	371	306	65
Andorra	561	495	66
Saint Kitts and Nevis	550	469	81
British Virgin Islands	324	229	95
Mauritius	11,600	11,504	96
Malta	4,212	4,106	106
Tuvalu	212	85	127
Saint Martin (French part)	393	245	148
Turks and Caicos Islands	490	338	152
Faroe Islands	705	546	159
Greenland	762	562	200
Nauru	293	82	211
Gibraltar	480	252	228
Barbados	3,140	2,889	251
Grenada	1,345	1,045	300
Northern Mariana Islands	536	211	325
American Samoa	701	337	364
Antigua and Barbuda	1,102	659	443
Saint Lucia	2,015	1,571	444
Guadeloupe	4,101	3,640	461
Marshall Islands	754	270	484
Cayman Islands	861	356	505
Seychelles	1,753	1,062	691
Bahamas	4,341	3,521	820
Macao	4,600	3,424	1,176
Denmark	58,646	57,265	1,381
Micronesia (country)	2,526	870	1,656
Sweden	97,489	95,768	1,721
Tonga	2,400	675	1,725
Guam	2,910	1,165	1,745
Iceland	4,377	2,612	1,765
French Polynesia	3,012	1,076	1,936
Luxembourg	6,941	4,957	1,984
New Caledonia	4,106	1,828	2,278
Kiribati	3,405	955	2,450
Trinidad and Tobago	15,897	13,175	2,722
Brunei	6,167	2,470	3,697
Cape Verde	6,415	2,672	3,743
Samoa	5,444	1,339	4,105
Maldives	5,588	1,245	4,343
Albania	28,283	23,607	4,676
Netherlands	171,524	166,781	4,743
Cyprus	14,285	9,532	4,753
Bhutan	9,914	4,799	5,115
Western Sahara	9,090	3,809	5,281
Sao Tome and Principe	6,617	1,307	5,310
Belize	7,529	2,065	5,464
French Guiana	7,642	1,508	6,134
Suriname	10,882	4,344	6,538
Reunion	11,711	4,944	6,767
Vanuatu	9,063	1,650	7,413
Switzerland	82,864	75,143	7,721
Fiji	16,592	8,831	7,761
Armenia	36,278	27,510	8,768
Jamaica	32,508	23,294	9,214
Norway	52,516	43,097	9,419
Kosovo	19,967	10,064	9,903
Guyana	16,525	6,214	10,311
Mayotte	11,270	873	10,397
United Kingdom	683,910	670,733	13,177
France	635,995	621,770	14,225
Djibouti	24,462	8,749	15,713
Bahrain	19,338	3,555	15,783
Ireland	52,767	36,650	16,117
Solomon Islands	21,878	4,167	17,711
Comoros	24,467	6,174	18,293
Eswatini	29,390	9,607	19,783
Singapore	48,802	28,951	19,851
East Timor	30,489	10,117	20,372
New Zealand	59,121	38,623	20,498
Costa Rica	51,253	28,553	22,700
Qatar	29,034	3,204	25,830
Lesotho	55,542	24,493	31,049
Kuwait	48,132	9,029	39,103
Canada	361,079	321,789	39,290
Equatorial Guinea	56,763	14,860	41,903
Chile	172,406	130,049	42,357
Mongolia	63,101	20,638	42,463
Botswana	61,418	14,462	46,956
Panama	71,650	22,184	49,466
Guinea-Bissau	65,072	15,430	49,642
El Salvador	98,858	47,346	51,512
Azerbaijan	121,322	68,615	52,707
Gabon	68,875	15,807	53,068
Lebanon	92,653	35,035	57,618
Namibia	78,452	18,716	59,736
Gambia	82,405	17,249	65,156
Libya	121,747	48,230	73,517
Oman	88,613	10,052	78,561
North Korea	340,728	261,227	79,501
Eritrea	101,539	21,197	80,342
Tunisia	164,145	75,227	88,918
Paraguay	136,695	39,475	97,220
United Arab Emirates	108,273	10,719	97,554
Nicaragua	132,383	32,062	100,321
Kyrgyzstan	150,335	43,150	107,185
Turkmenistan	156,679	43,740	112,939
Palestine	145,440	32,261	113,179
Laos	162,644	48,068	114,576
Israel	171,566	51,767	119,799
Australia	304,984	179,984	125,000
Liberia	171,626	44,991	126,635
Dominican Republic	201,350	71,407	129,943
Mauritania	175,914	27,985	147,929
Congo	192,673	39,518	153,155
Argentina	506,609	353,298	153,311
Sri Lanka	320,429	162,940	157,489
Haiti	258,340	91,870	166,470
Bolivia	261,003	89,023	171,980
Ecuador	268,769	94,422	174,347
Honduras	234,369	48,923	185,446
Papua New Guinea	256,911	69,314	187,597
Sierra Leone	260,194	70,953	189,241
Central African Republic	246,241	50,000	196,241
Jordan	236,284	36,055	200,229
Venezuela	432,648	218,111	214,537
Tajikistan	268,304	48,625	219,679
Togo	292,572	72,863	219,709
South Sudan	349,013	117,282	231,731
Cambodia	358,220	113,838	244,382
Malaysia	439,568	187,479	252,089
Kazakhstan	401,985	137,905	264,080
Guatemala	379,512	89,456	290,056
Rwanda	400,062	84,039	316,023
Peru	538,952	191,442	347,510
Nepal	562,232	206,740	355,492
Benin	483,336	125,969	357,367
Guinea	491,708	133,199	358,509
Zimbabwe	497,215	124,717	372,498
Burundi	466,545	93,703	372,842
Myanmar	897,269	500,074	397,195
Morocco	624,620	218,053	406,567
Colombia	700,784	289,098	411,686
Senegal	539,970	101,846	438,124
Syria	571,460	121,697	449,763
Turkey	1,060,605	580,396	480,209
Saudi Arabia	560,224	79,353	480,871
Burkina Faso	737,914	186,377	551,537
Malawi	674,407	114,589	559,818
Zambia	697,518	110,079	587,439
South Africa	1,182,869	591,227	591,642
United States	3,654,449	3,046,572	607,877
Somalia	804,966	185,177	619,789
Ghana	892,343	241,312	651,031
Chad	878,222	224,900	653,322
Algeria	881,823	216,165	665,658
Vietnam	1,355,563	671,113	684,450
Uzbekistan	929,292	219,425	709,867
Iran	1,151,057	435,289	715,768
Mali	967,695	208,324	759,371
Cote d'Ivoire	1,007,981	242,928	765,053
Cameroon	971,107	204,805	766,302
Madagascar	1,013,751	238,827	774,924
Niger	1,119,695	235,704	883,991
Iraq	1,177,772	191,813	985,959
Mozambique	1,282,336	239,249	1,043,087
Brazil	2,572,100	1,498,360	1,073,740
Philippines	1,841,191	735,576	1,105,615
Kenya	1,521,907	405,211	1,116,696
Angola	1,407,760	259,145	1,148,615
Yemen	1,394,397	192,110	1,202,287
Mexico	2,023,623	813,823	1,209,800
Afghanistan	1,492,956	243,182	1,249,774
Sudan	1,664,612	319,579	1,345,033
Uganda	1,722,321	238,400	1,483,921
Egypt	2,437,410	641,602	1,795,808
Tanzania	2,385,984	392,219	1,993,765
Indonesia	4,468,312	2,161,269	2,307,043
Bangladesh	3,469,124	885,976	2,583,148
Ethiopia	4,155,828	776,412	3,379,416
Democratic Republic of Congo	4,467,740	920,547	3,547,193
Nigeria	7,560,407	2,708,533	4,851,874
Pakistan	6,887,798	1,619,470	5,268,328
India	23,186,978	9,557,052	13,629,926

Also see this map for a very simple view of which countries are above or below replacement level fertility rates (2.1 children per woman). It does not match the list above, because countries can be below replacement level for a long time before their population starts to decline.