Number of female deaths

(thousand cases)

India is the top country by number of female deaths in the world. As of 2020, number of female deaths in India was 22,514.99 thousand cases that accounts for 17.00% of the world's number of female deaths. The top 5 countries (others are China, the United States of America, Nigeria, and Russian Federation) account for 46.59% of it. The world's total number of female deaths was estimated at 132,416.63 thousand cases in 2020.

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What is number of female deaths?

Number of deaths over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is expressed as number of deaths per 1,000 population.