The number of intentional homicides by country, and the rate of homicides per 100,000 population is shown in the table below.
Counts | Rates per 100,000 | |||
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Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2005 | 2006 |
Algeria | 204 | 214 | 0.62 | 0.64 |
Argentina | 2,115 | 2,052 | 5.46 | 5.24 |
Armenia | 55 | 75 | 1.82 | 2.49 |
Austria | 54 | 61 | 0.65 | 0.73 |
Azerbaijan | 192 | 190 | 2.30 | 2.26 |
Bahrain | 4 | 7 | 0.55 | 0.95 |
Bangladesh | 3,431 | 4,123 | 2.24 | 2.64 |
Belarus | 836 | 734 | 8.53 | 7.53 |
Belize | 81 | 92 | 29.40 | 32.67 |
Bolivia | 478 | 454 | 5.21 | 4.85 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70 | 73 | 1.79 | 1.86 |
Brunei Darussalam | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.52 |
Canada | 663 | 606 | 2.05 | 1.86 |
Costa Rica | 338 | 348 | 7.81 | 7.91 |
Croatia | 68 | 74 | 1.49 | 1.62 |
Cyprus | 16 | 14 | 1.91 | 1.66 |
Czech Republic | 104 | 136 | 1.02 | 1.33 |
Denmark | 53 | 29 | 0.98 | 0.53 |
Dominican Republic | 1,666 | 1,537 | 17.59 | 15.99 |
Ecuador | 2,121 | 2,385 | 16.24 | 18.07 |
Egypt | 364 | 440 | 0.50 | 0.59 |
El Salvador | 3,779 | 3,927 | 56.67 | 58.07 |
England and Wales | 766 | 755 | 1.43 | 1.41 |
Estonia | 113 | 91 | 8.41 | 6.79 |
Finland | 113 | 112 | 2.15 | 2.13 |
Georgia | 403 | 323 | 9.01 | 7.29 |
Germany | 780 | 727 | 0.94 | 0.88 |
Greece | 127 | 109 | 1.14 | 0.98 |
India | 32,719 | 32,481 | 2.88 | 2.82 |
Ireland | 65 | 67 | 1.57 | 1.59 |
Italy | 610 | 625 | 1.04 | 1.06 |
Jordan | 67 | 100 | 1.21 | 1.75 |
Kazakhstan | 1,804 | 1,729 | 11.86 | 11.29 |
Kenya | 2,313 | 2,090 | 6.50 | 5.72 |
Kyrgyzstan | 491 | 446 | 9.44 | 8.48 |
Latvia | 130 | 148 | 5.65 | 6.47 |
Lebanon | 94 | 23 | 2.34 | 0.57 |
Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Lithuania | 369 | 277 | 10.77 | 8.13 |
Malaysia | 497 | 604 | 1.94 | 2.31 |
Malta | 4 | 0 | 0.99 | 0.00 |
Mauritius | 37 | 50 | 2.98 | 4.00 |
Mexico | 11,372 | 11,558 | 10.91 | 10.97 |
Monaco | 1 | 1 | 3.08 | 3.07 |
Mongolia | 310 | 311 | 12.01 | 11.94 |
Montenegro | 22 | 25 | 3.62 | 4.16 |
Morocco | 160 | 162 | 0.52 | 0.53 |
Nepal | 564 | 509 | 2.08 | 1.84 |
Netherlands | 197 | 159 | 1.21 | 0.97 |
New Zealand | 61 | 47 | 1.49 | 1.14 |
Nicaragua | 436 | 465 | 7.98 | 8.41 |
Northern Ireland | 26 | 23 | 1.51 | 1.33 |
Norway | 33 | 33 | 0.71 | 0.71 |
Occupied Palestinian Territory | 145 | 3.85 | ||
Panama | 364 | 363 | 11.26 | 11.04 |
Paraguay | 887 | 742 | 15.02 | 12.33 |
Philippines | 3,240 | 3,296 | 3.83 | 3.82 |
Poland | 555 | 490 | 1.45 | 1.28 |
Portugal | 175 | 227 | 1.66 | 2.15 |
Republic of Moldova | 226 | 184 | 5.83 | 4.80 |
Romania | 457 | 438 | 2.11 | 2.03 |
Scotland | 81 | 109 | 1.59 | 2.13 |
Serbia | 142 | 144 | 1.44 | 1.46 |
Singapore | 21 | 17 | 0.49 | 0.39 |
Slovakia | 72 | 65 | 1.34 | 1.21 |
Slovenia | 20 | 12 | 1.00 | 0.60 |
Spain | 405 | 336 | 0.93 | 0.77 |
Sweden | 127 | 115 | 1.41 | 1.27 |
Switzerland | 75 | 60 | 1.01 | 0.80 |
Syrian Arab Republic | 206 | 239 | 1.09 | 1.23 |
Tajikistan | 157 | 228 | 2.40 | 3.43 |
Thailand | 5,141 | 5,023 | 8.16 | 7.92 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 44 | 41 | 2.16 | 2.01 |
Turkey | 3,082 | 2,999 | 4.22 | 4.06 |
Turkmenistan | 162 | 142 | 3.35 | 2.90 |
Ukraine | 3,030 | 2,958 | 6.46 | 6.35 |
United Arab Emirates | 56 | 39 | 1.36 | 0.92 |
United States of America | 16,740 | 17,034 | 5.58 | 5.62 |
These figures are collected by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime through its Survey of Crime Trends. Its definition of intentional homicide is “death deliberately inflicted on a person by another person, including infanticide”.