The map above shows a rather surprising fact, the US (population: 327 million) has roughly the same number of murders as all the countries in red combined (total population: over 2.3 billion): 17,250 vs 17,324.
Here is the homicide breakdown by country:
US: 17,250
Countries in red:
- China: 8,634
- Indonesia: 1,292
- Germany: 963
- France: 875
- UK: 791
- Canada: 611
- Italy: 400
- Japan: 362
- South Korea: 356
- Spain: 294
- Poland: 256
- Romania: 247
- Australia: 227
- Belgium: 220
- Hungary: 202
- Taiwan: 192
- Lithuania: 153
- Israel: 110
- Sweden: 106
- Netherlands: 94
- Greece: 84
- Bulgaria: 81
- Finland: 78
- Latvia: 67
- Portugal: 66
- Czech Republic: 65
- Austria: 57
- Slovakia: 57
- Denmark: 56
- New Zealand: 45
- Switzerland: 45
- Croatia: 44
- Estonia: 42
- Ireland: 38
- Hong Kong: 28
- Norway: 27
- Singapore: 18
- Cyprus: 13
- Slovenia: 10
- Luxembourg: 4
- Malta: 4
- Iceland: 1
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Y.D. says
Seems that in that sense the US has more in common with Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, etc. than with the rest of the developed world. 馃檨
JP says
2017: Where in the US?
Chicago 650
Baltimore 343
Philadephia 317
New York City 290
Los Angeles 286
Houston 269
Detroit 267
Memphis 200
Dallas 166
New Orleans 158
Indianapolis 154
Phoenix 152
Kansas City 149
Columbus 143
Las Vegas 141
Jacksonville 141
San Antonio 125
Milwaukee 119
Nashville 117
Washington, D.C. 116
Louisville 107
M says
South Africa has more on its own
Soraya says
We have lived and traveled in many countries. Now living here in the US and I can say that NOWHERE else in the world people are as gun crazy like this. In other countries it is the thugs that carry guns for bad purposes. Here everyone feels they must own one. And all feel they have the right to use it, even over road rage!
Nicholas says
You’re an idiot.
I’ve been driving for forty years, over 800,000 miles of commutes, lunch-trips, vacations, etc.. Never seen a single weapon wielded in anger or a bluff.
I’m more inclined to believe your ignorance makes you susceptible to being led by pipers.
Larry says
According to FBI, there were 15,129 murders in US in 2017. Approximately 11,000 by a gun. That鈥檚 2,000 less than your claim.
Al says
Which FBI stats are you referring to? Did you get the wrong year? Please read.
“In 2017, the estimated number of murders in the nation was 17,284. This was a 0.7 percent decrease from the 2016 estimate, a 20.7 percent increase from the 2013 figure, and a 5.0 percent rise from the number in 2008.”
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/murder
Yoohoo211 says
I think this map would work better by showing the data as per capita
Cogs says
Few quick sums while I avoid work…
per capita in USA is 1 murder per 18,994 people
per capita in sum of other countries listed is 1 murder per 131,566 people
I’m no statistician, but I think that means people in USA are about 7 x more likely to be murdered than people in the other countries mentioned – broadly speaking; east Asia, Europe, Canada & Australasia.
Kurt Acord says
How many other countries listed have a Constitution….that guarantees the people the right to keep and bear arms….or something identical to our US Constitution’s second Amendment?
Old-Dominion says
Carefully cherry-picked nations used to try to justify disarming law-abiding US citizens
All the NO-GO Zones in Europe means the authorities do not have an accurate count of the killings.
Phil says
Where are these ‘no-go areas’ you speak of? I’ve bee all over Europe and lived here all my life & never heard of one? Do you watch Fox news a lot by any chance?
P J says
Cherry picked? What, pretty much all of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand… ie countries with which (one would imagine) the USA would generally compare itself on other criteria, such as education, living standards, democracy (ahem), etc?
Colin Johnson says
Hi Yahoo211. I offered an answer to your question a couple of days ago, but the moderator decided not to post it. I can’t imagine why, since it was only numbers and extrapolation with no comment .
Still, who knows what demons haunt the inner lives of those who decide facts have no place in a chat about geography?
S铆lvia Casals i Major says
17324 is 74 more than 17250. In order for the map to be correct Iceland, Malta, Luxembourgh, Slovenia, Cyprus, and Estonia should not be in red.