What we count
Deaths from all causes and age groups worldwide since midnight in the visitor's time zone.
People who died today
An estimate of how many people have died since local midnight and what this sensitive indicator is based on.
Continuous calculation
WORLDPopulation events today
8,309,263,082current population
211,764children born today
110,060population growth today
What lies behind this number
This is a running demographic calculation of deaths since local midnight, not a live list of people or newly received reports.
How Metrilum calculates it
We turn the UN 2026 medium projection into an average per second and display the share matching today's elapsed time.
What one number cannot show
The total does not explain causes of death or individual risk. It also omits seasonal variation, while direct registration quality differs across countries.
Average deaths per day
UN estimates and projections show total deaths across all causes.
Estimate and projection boundary: 1950, 1975 and 2000 are UN historical estimates. 2025, 2050 and 2100 are medium projections.
YearDeaths per dayType
1950132,753estimate
1975130,387estimate
2000143,029estimate
2025172,860projection
2050251,550projection
2100336,550projection
How the number is calculated
The annual 2026 projection is scaled by seconds since local midnight.
Formula used
D(t) = D₂₀₂₆ × elapsed seconds today ÷ seconds in the yearDeaths in 202663,637,310UN medium projection
Average per day174,233deaths per 24 hours
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuous calculation
Annual value
Use the published UN medium projection for 2026.
Elapsed share
Scale it by the elapsed share of the day. The counter restarts at midnight in the visitor's device time zone.
Smooth display
The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.
Where the data comes from
The input is the latest published 2026 value for deaths from all causes in World Population Prospects 2024, checked on 11 August 2026.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- UN Population Division
- Indicator
- Total deaths
- Reference year
- 2026
- Variant
- Medium projection
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Checked
- 11 August 2026