compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 3 May 2020
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Rates per population by country
Table 1: Cases per million population by country or territory
| province | population 2020 est. | cases 2 May 2020 | cases per million pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Marino | 34,230 | 580 | 14,987 |
| Vatican City | 1,000 | 11 | 11,000 |
| Andorra | 77,000 | 747 | 9,701 |
| Qatar | 2,444,000 | 14,872 | 6,085.11 |
| Luxembourg | 628,400 | 3,812 | 6,066.2 |
| Guam [1] | 168,500 | 945 | 5,608 |
| Iceland | 350,700 | 1,798 | 5,126.9 |
| Gibraltar | 29,580 | 144 | 4,868 |
| Spain | 50,016,000 | 213,435 | 4,267.33 |
| Belgium | 11,721,000 | 49,517 | 4,224.64 |
| Ireland | 5,177,000 | 21,176 | 4,090.40 |
| Falkland Ialands | 3,200 | 13 | 4,062 |
| Guernsey | 67,050 | 252 | 3,758 |
| Faroe Islands | 51,630 | 187 | 3,622 |
| Switzerland | 8,404,000 | 29,817 | 3,547.95 |
| Isle of Man | 90,500 | 320 | 3,536 |
| United States | 332,639,000 | 1,120,888 | 3,369.68 |
| Italy | 62,403,000 | 209,328 | 3,354.45 |
| Jersey | 101,100 | 292 | 2,888 |
| Singapore | 6,210,000 | 17,548 | 2,825.76 |
| United Kingdom | 65,761,000 | 183,495 | 2,790.33 |
| France | 65,622,000 | 167,305 | 2,549.53 |
| Portugal | 10,303,000 | 25,190 | 2,444.92 |
| Monaco | 39,000 | 95 | 2,436 |
| Netherlands | 17,255,000 | 40,434 | 2,343.32 |
| Bahrain | 1,505,000 | 3,284 | 2,182.1 |
| Sweden | 10,202,000 | 22,082 | 2,164.48 |
| Liechtenstein | 39,140 | 82 | 2,095 |
| ROK S Korea | 5,183,500 | 10,780 | 2,079.68 |
| Germany | 80,160,000 | 164,602 | 2,053.42 |
| Montserrat | 5,370 | 11 | 2,048 |
| Mayotte | 270,400 | 539 | 1,993 |
| Israel | 8,675,000 | 16,152 | 1,861.90 |
| Austria | 8,859,000 | 15,558 | 1,756.18 |
| Sint Maarten | 43,850 | 76 | 1,733 |
| Panama | 3,894,000 | 6,720 | 1,725.7 |
| Belarus | 9,478,000 | 15,828 | 1,669.97 |
| Denmark | 5,869,000 | 9,605 | 1,636.6 |
| Ecuador | 16,905,000 | 27,464 | 1,624.61 |
| Bermuda | 71,750 | 114 | 1,589 |
| Kuwait | 2,994,000 | 4,619 | 1,542.8 |
| Turkey | 82,018,000 | 124,375 | 1,516.44 |
| Norway | 5,467,000 | 7,801 | 1,426.9 |
| Moldova | 2,895,000 | 4,052 | 1,399.6 |
| Estonia | 1,229,000 | 1,699 | 1,382.4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9,992,000 | 13,599 | 1,360.99 |
| Maldives | 391,900 | 514 | 1,312 |
| Serbia | 7,012,000 | 9,009 | 1,284.8 |
| Peru | 31,915,000 | 40,459 | 1,267.71 |
| Djibouti | 921,800 | 1,112 | 1,206.3 |
| Cayman Islands | 61,940 | 74 | 1,195 |
| Canada | 37,694,000 | 44,137 | 1,170.93 |
| Saint Martin | 32,560 | 38 | 1,167 |
| Iran | 84,923,000 | 96,448 | 1,135.71 |
| Saba | 1,920 | 2 | 1,042 |
| Malta | 457,300 | 468 | 1,023 |
| Chile | 18,187,000 | 18,435 | 1,013.64 |
| Cyprus | 925,100 | 864 | 934.0 |
| Finland | 5,572,000 | 5,176 | 928.93 |
| Russia | 141,722,000 | 124,054 | 875.33 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 7,120 | 6 | 843 |
| Aruba | 119,400 | 100 | 837.5 |
| Armenia | 3,021,000 | 2,273 | 752.40 |
| Saudi Arabia | 34,173,000 | 25,459 | 745.00 |
| Czech Rep. | 10,702,000 | 7,750 | 724.16 |
| Dominican Rep. | 10,500,000 | 7,578 | 721.71 |
| North Macedonia | 2,126,000 | 1,506 | 708.37 |
| Slovenia | 2,103,000 | 1,439 | 684.26 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 15,600 | 10 | 641 |
| Virgin Islands | 106,200 | 66 | 621 |
| Romania | 21,303,000 | 12,732 | 597.66 |
| Puerto Rico | 3,189,000 | 1,757 | 550.96 |
| Oman | 4,665,000 | 2,483 | 532.26 |
| Montenegro | 609,900 | 322 | 528.0 |
| Lithuania | 2,731,000 | 1,406 | 514.83 |
| Croatia | 4,228,000 | 2,088 | 493.85 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,836,000 | 1,839 | 479.41 |
| Martinique | 376,000 | 179 | 476.1 |
| Reunion | 889,000 | 422 | 474.7 |
| Latvia | 1,881,000 | 871 | 463.0 |
| French Guiana | 291,000 | 128 | 439.9 |
| Brazil | 211,716,000 | 92,865 | 438.63 |
| Kosovo | 1,933,000 | 806 | 417.0 |
| Guadeloupe | 400,000 | 152 | 380.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 836,200 | 315 | 376.7 |
| Aland Islands | 29,900 | 11 | 368 |
| Poland | 38,282,000 | 13,375 | 349.38 |
| Northern Cyprus | 326,000 | 108 | 331 |
| New Zealand | 4,925,000 | 1,485 | 301.52 |
| Hungary | 9,772,000 | 2,942 | 301.06 |
| Brunei | 464,500 | 138 | 279.1 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53,820 | 15 | 279 |
| Barbados | 294,600 | 81 | 275 |
| Ukraine | 41,623,000 | 11,411 | 274.15 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 51,430 | 14 | 272 |
| Australia | 25,466,000 | 6,781 | 266.28 |
| Cabo Verde | 583,300 | 152 | 260.6 |
| Slovakia | 5,441,000 | 1,407 | 258.59 |
| Albania | 3,075,000 | 789 | 256.6 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 98,180 | 25 | 255 |
| Greece | 10,607,000 | 2,620 | 247.01 |
| Bahamas | 337,700 | 82 | 243 |
| Mauritius | 1,379,000 | 332 | 240.8 |
| Bulgaria | 6,967,000 | 1,594 | 228.79 |
| Dominica | 74,240 | 16 | 216 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 55,930 | 12 | 215 |
| Kazakhstan | 19,092,000 | 3,857 | 202.02 |
| Bonaire | 20,100 | 4 | 199 |
| French Polynesia | 295,100 | 58 | 197 |
| Uruguay | 3,388,000 | 648 | 191.3 |
| Greenland | 57,620 | 11 | 191 |
| Malaysia | 32,652,000 | 6,176 | 189.15 |
| Azerbaijan | 10,059,000 | 1,894 | 188.29 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,350 | 1 | 187 |
| Grenada | 113,100 | 20 | 177 |
| Anguilla | 18,090 | 3 | 166 |
| West Bank | 2,900,000 | 468 | 161.4 |
| Mexico | 128,650,000 | 20,739 | 161.20 |
| British Virgin Islands | 37,380 | 6 | 161 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 101,400 | 16 | 158 |
| Jamaica | 2,809,000 | 432 | 153.8 |
| Cuba | 11,059,000 | 1,611 | 145.67 |
| Georgia | 3,997,000 | 582 | 145.6 |
| Costa Rica | 5,098,000 | 733 | 143.8 |
| Hong Kong | 7,250,000 | 1,039 | 143.31 |
| Colombia | 49,085,000 | 7,006 | 142.73 |
| Lebanon | 5,470,000 | 733 | 134.0 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1,927,000 | 257 | 133.4 |
| Morocco | 35,562,000 | 4,729 | 132.98 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5,965,000 | 769 | 128.9 |
| Gabon | 2,231,000 | 276 | 123.7 |
| Guinea | 12,527,000 | 1,537 | 122.69 |
| Seychelles | 95,980 | 11 | 115 |
| Japan [2] | 125,507,000 | 14,305 | 113.98 |
| South Africa | 56,464,000 | 6,336 | 112.21 |
| Guyana | 750,200 | 82 | 109 |
| Curacao | 151,300 | 16 | 106 |
| Bolivia | 11,640,000 | 1,229 | 105.58 |
| Saint Lucia | 166,500 | 17 | 102 |
| Algeria | 42,973,000 | 4,295 | 99.95 |
| Argentina | 45,479,000 | 4,532 | 99.65 |
| Eswatini | 1,104,000 | 108 | 97.83 |
| Honduras | 9,235,000 | 899 | 97.35 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1,209,000 | 116 | 95.95 |
| Tunisia | 11,721,000 | 998 | 85.15 |
| Philippines | 109,181,000 | 8,928 | 81.77 |
| Pakistan | 233,501,000 | 19,022 | 81.46 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 211,100 | 16 | 75.8 |
| Cameroon | 27,745,000 | 2,077 | 74.86 |
| Transnistria | 469,000 | 35 | 74.6 |
| Ghana | 29,340,000 | 2,169 | 73.93 |
| Macau | 614,500 | 45 | 73.2 |
| Senegal | 15,736,000 | 1,115 | 70.86 |
| Uzbekistan | 30,565,000 | 2,118 | 69.29 |
| El Salvador | 6,481,000 | 446 | 68.82 |
| Afghanistan | 36,644,000 | 2,469 | 67.38 |
| New Caledonia | 290,000 | 18 | 62.1 |
| Egypt | 104,124,000 | 6,193 | 59.48 |
| PR China [3] | 1,394,020,000 | 82,875 | 59.45 |
| Iraq | 38,873,000 | 2,219 | 57.08 |
| Somalia | 11,757,000 | 671 | 57.07 |
| Bangladesh | 162,651,000 | 8,790 | 54.04 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 27,481,000 | 1,333 | 48.51 |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | 147,000 | 7 | 48 |
| Paraguay | 7,192,000 | 333 | 46.30 |
| Crimea | 2,300,000 | 104 | 45.22 |
| Belize | 399,600 | 18 | 45.1 |
| Congo Rep. | 5,293,000 | 229 | 43.26 |
| Thailand | 68,977,000 | 2,966 | 43.00 |
| Jordan | 10,821,000 | 460 | 42.51 |
| Indonesia | 267,026,000 | 10,843 | 40.61 |
| Guatemala | 17,153,000 | 644 | 37.54 |
| Niger | 22,772,000 | 728 | 31.97 |
| Burkina Faso | 20,835,000 | 649 | 31.15 |
| Sri Lanka | 22,889,000 | 702 | 30.67 |
| Liberia | 5,073,000 | 152 | 29.96 |
| India | 1,326,093,000 | 39,699 | 29.94 |
| Mali | 19,553,000 | 544 | 27.82 |
| Sierra Leone | 6,625,000 | 155 | 23.40 |
| Rwanda | 12,712,000 | 249 | 19.59 |
| Fiji | 936,000 | 18 | 19.2 |
| ROC Taiwan | 23,603,000 | 432 | 18.30 |
| Timor-Leste | 1,384,000 | 24 | 17.3 |
| Suriname | 609,600 | 10 | 16.4 |
| Togo | 8,608,000 | 123 | 14.29 |
| Mongolia | 3,168,000 | 39 | 12.3 |
| Abkhazia | 245,000 | 3 | 12 |
| Central African Rep. | 5,991,000 | 72 | 12.02 |
| Sudan | 45,562,000 | 533 | 11.70 |
| Venezuela | 28,645,000 | 335 | 11.69 |
| Nigeria | 214,028,000 | 2,170 | 10.14 |
| Botswana | 2,317,000 | 23 | 9.93 |
| Western Sahara | 652,300 | 6 | 9.2 |
| Libya | 6,891,000 | 63 | 9.14 |
| Bhutan | 782,300 | 7 | 9.0 |
| Gaza | 1,918,000 | 17 | 8.86 |
| Tanzania | 58,553,000 | 480 | 8.20 |
| Kenya | 53,528,000 | 435 | 8.13 |
| Gambia | 2,174,000 | 17 | 7.82 |
| Haiti | 11,068,000 | 85 | 7.68 |
| Cambodia | 16,927,000 | 122 | 7.21 |
| Benin | 12,865,000 | 90 | 7.00 |
| Chad | 16,877,000 | 117 | 6.93 |
| Zambia | 17,427,000 | 119 | 6.83 |
| Eritrea | 6,081,000 | 39 | 6.41 |
| Namibia | 2,630,000 | 16 | 6.08 |
| Congo DR | 101,780,000 | 604 | 5.93 |
| Madagascar | 26,956,000 | 135 | 5.01 |
| South Sudan | 10,561,000 | 45 | 4.26 |
| Tajikistan | 8,874,000 | 32 | 3.61 |
| Vietnam | 98,721,000 | 270 | 2.73 |
| Burma | 56,590,000 | 151 | 2.67 |
| Mozambique | 30,098,000 | 79 | 2.62 |
| Laos | 7,447,000 | 19 | 2.55 |
| Zimbabwe | 14,546,000 | 34 | 2.34 |
| Syria | 19,398,000 | 44 | 2.27 |
| Nicaragua | 6,203,000 | 14 | 2.26 |
| Mauritania | 4,005,000 | 8 | 2.0 |
| Uganda | 43,253,000 | 85 | 1.97 |
| Nepal | 30,328,000 | 59 | 1.95 |
| Malawi | 21,197,000 | 38 | 1.79 |
| Ethiopia | 108,113,000 | 133 | 1.23 |
| Comoros | 846,300 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7,259,000 | 8 | 1.1 |
| Angola | 35,522,000 | 35 | 0.99 |
| Burundi | 11,866,000 | 11 | 0.93 |
| Yemen | 29,884,000 | 10 | 0.33 |
Notes:
Figure 1: Case rates per million population for world countries/territories, to 25 April 2020
Figure 2: Case rates per million population for world countries/territories, to 18 April 2020
Figure 3: Case rates per million population for world countries/territories, to 11 April 2020
Figure 4: Case rates per million population for world countries/territories, to 4 April 2020
Figure 5: Case rates per million population for world countries/territories, to 28 March 2020
Figure 6: Case rates per million population for world countries/territories, to 21 March 2020
Figure 7: Case rates per million population for world countries/territories, to 14 March 2020
Figure 8: Case rates per million population for world countries/territories, to 2 March 2020
Figure 9: Case rates per million population for world countries/territories, to 22 February 2020
© 2020 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 3 May 2020.
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