Officially, covid-19 has killed 3m people around the world. But statistical modelling from The Economist suggests the number could be as much as four times higher.

Chapters
00:00 - How accurate is the official death toll?
01:25 - How to calculate the real death toll
02:10 - How to calculate India’s death toll?
03:25 - Where has the death toll been underreported?
04:14 - Where are excess deaths lower than expected?
05:06 - India’s second wave explained?
06:09 - Is India an outlier?
06:47 - Rich v poor world: how covid-19 has spread

See the methodology behind our modelling: https://econ.st/3fD7dnC

Explore the data we used: https://econ.st/2TpouIk

Tracking covid-19 excess deaths across countries: https://econ.st/34zwZmH

Listen to an episode of “The Jab” podcast: https://econ.st/3tNqYN2

Find all of The Economist’s podcasts: https://econ.st/3m8YJpG

Find The Economist’s most recent coverage of covid-19: https://econ.st/2CQRUr2

Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter to keep up to date with our latest covid-19 coverage: https://econ.st/3l79OHi

Read The Economist’s brief on modelling excess deaths: https://econ.st/3btaDqN

Why we should vaccinate the world: https://econ.st/3hDyUyn

Estimating the odds of hospitalisations and deaths due to covid-19: https://econ.st/3fkL4cj