Some major surprises among countries whose normal covid death rates are misleading include Germany and India. The Indians (whose death rate is 8 times higher) presumably couldn't cope. The Germans (whose death rate doubled, which brings its death rate almost exactly into line with the UK and France) probably defined covid deaths poorly.
Obviously countries like Russia and Belarus just cheat.
"In terms of cumulative number of excess deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic from Jan 1, 2020, to Dec 31, 2021, the highest numbers of deaths were estimated in India (4·07 million [95% UI 3·71–4·36]) and the USA (1·13 million [1·08–1·18]; figure 3, table). Five more countries had cumulative excess deaths exceeding 500 000 over this period: Russia (1·07 million [1·06–1·08]), Mexico (798 000 [741 000–867 000]), Brazil (792 000 [730 000–847 000]), Indonesia (736 000 [594 000–955 000]), and Pakistan (664 000 [498 000–847 000]). These seven countries accounted for more than half of the global excess deaths due to COVID-19 over the 24-month period."
So India had the most by far.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02796-3/fulltext
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