Table 2.

Summary of reported and estimated road traffic deaths per 100,000 population in countries of the South Asia region

Member stateBangladeshBhutanIndiaMaldivesNepalSri Lanka
Estimated population in 2021 (million)169.360.781,407.560.5230.0321.77
Reported road traffic deaths in the year 20102,87279130,03761,6892,483
Reported road traffic deaths in the year 2021 [% change since 2010]5,08471153,97252,8832,513
[+77.0][−10.1][+18.4][−16.7][+70.7][+1.2]
Reported road traffic deaths per 100,000 population in the year 20101.911.210.51.76.212.0
Reported road traffic deaths per 100,000 population in the year 2021 [% change since 2010]3.09.811.60.99.711.7
[+55.4][−12.5][+10.5][−47.0][+56.5][−2.5]
Estimated road traffic deaths for the year 201025,697125212,091136,7972,805
Estimated road traffic deaths for the year 2021 [% change since 2010]31,57895216,61878,4792,513
[+22.9][−24.0][+2.1][−46.2][+24.7][−10.4]
Estimated road traffic deaths per 100,000 population for the year 201017.317.717.13.625.013.6
Estimated road traffic deaths per 100,000 population for the year 2021 [% change since 2010]18.612.215.41.328.211.5
[+7.5][−31.1][−9.9][−63.9][+12.8][−15.4]
Estimated road traffic death rate/reported road traffic death rate for the year 20216.21.21.31.42.91.0
Source(s): WHO (2024) 

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