Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1950

1950 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1950, a total of 48,788,536 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,784,509 were male and 23,004,027 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 12,627,719 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 7,942,496, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 1,504,880 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 5 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 22, and 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with 26 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 31,626,510 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Europe with a death count 6473.233, and Africa with 6,062,986 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 15,518,748 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 11,318,665, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,409,086 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 36,611,377. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 80,091 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1950

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1950

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	12,627,719	6,756,775	5,870,944
2	🇮🇳India	7,942,496	3,935,660	4,006,836
3	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,504,880	776,531	728,348
4	🇺🇸United States of America	1,427,489	813,717	613,772
5	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,315,664	670,408	645,256
6	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,173,219	586,501	586,718
7	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,072,107	558,157	513,948
8	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,009,623	523,307	486,315
9	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	988,622	699,023	289,599
10	🇧🇷Brazil	934,070	514,977	419,092
11	🇯🇵Japan	933,809	479,249	454,560
12	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	842,523	551,957	290,566
13	🇩🇪Germany	755,567	397,028	358,539
14	🇪🇬Egypt	675,786	358,275	317,511
15	🇲🇽Mexico	592,738	312,727	280,011
16	🇬🇧United Kingdom	589,147	301,173	287,975
17	🇫🇷France	533,995	271,815	262,180
18	🇲🇲Myanmar	495,907	259,468	236,439
19	🇪🇹Ethiopia	493,657	262,876	230,781
20	🇺🇦Ukraine	471,746	219,531	252,215
21	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	468,811	233,398	235,412
22	🇮🇹Italy	452,229	233,701	218,528
23	🇹🇭Thailand	417,015	226,785	190,229
24	🇻🇳Viet Nam	416,443	248,889	167,554
25	🇹🇷Türkiye	415,165	220,975	194,190
26	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	326,449	160,847	165,602
27	🇪🇸Spain	310,451	158,506	151,945
28	🇵🇱Poland	300,850	155,106	145,743
29	🇦🇫Afghanistan	283,668	152,514	131,154
30	🇿🇦South Africa	279,631	138,988	140,643
31	🇵🇭Philippines	265,400	135,868	129,532
32	🇲🇦Morocco	223,341	115,741	107,600
33	🇳🇵Nepal	218,304	110,459	107,845
34	🇨🇴Colombia	205,952	110,390	95,562
35	🇩🇿Algeria	205,790	108,268	97,521
36	🇷🇴Romania	202,085	98,805	103,280
37	🇲🇱Mali	176,134	91,812	84,322
38	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	167,586	85,939	81,647
39	🇰🇪Kenya	166,677	91,762	74,915
40	🇦🇷Argentina	166,065	97,689	68,376
41	🇾🇪Yemen	165,855	89,820	76,035
42	🇲🇿Mozambique	160,132	80,415	79,718
43	🇵🇪Peru	155,279	80,422	74,857
44	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	152,260	91,328	60,932
45	🇺🇬Uganda	144,167	79,466	64,700
46	🇮🇶Iraq	141,877	78,128	63,749
47	🇲🇾Malaysia	130,459	71,804	58,655
48	🇨🇦Canada	123,412	70,344	53,068
49	🇨🇲Cameroon	121,121	61,795	59,326
50	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	119,151	64,325	54,825
51	🇦🇴Angola	118,594	61,592	57,002
52	🇬🇭Ghana	114,495	64,126	50,368
53	🇧🇾Belarus	114,067	55,916	58,151
54	🇸🇩Sudan	113,700	56,836	56,865
55	🇧🇪Belgium	108,041	57,344	50,697
56	🇰🇭Cambodia	106,934	56,600	50,333
57	🇭🇺Hungary	106,591	55,227	51,365
58	🇵🇹Portugal	104,207	53,030	51,177
59	🇨🇿Czechia	103,297	53,891	49,405
60	🇹🇳Tunisia	101,717	50,928	50,789
61	🇨🇱Chile	101,362	51,424	49,938
62	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	98,237	56,994	41,244
63	🇲🇬Madagascar	96,425	50,605	45,821
64	🇲🇼Malawi	95,671	48,210	47,461
65	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	95,076	52,085	42,991
66	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	91,700	48,634	43,066
67	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	89,305	48,067	41,238
68	🇭🇹Haiti	87,321	46,443	40,878
69	🇦🇹Austria	85,768	43,820	41,948
70	🇬🇳Guinea	85,452	45,474	39,978
71	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	84,552	44,471	40,081
72	🇸🇸South Sudan	83,039	46,244	36,795
73	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	81,441	42,659	38,782
74	🇷🇸Serbia	81,205	39,414	41,791
75	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	78,633	43,473	35,160
76	🇦🇺Australia	77,952	43,588	34,364
77	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	76,601	40,450	36,151
78	🇬🇹Guatemala	76,248	39,578	36,669
79	🇧🇬Bulgaria	75,917	39,417	36,499
80	🇳🇱Netherlands	75,846	39,053	36,793
81	🇬🇷Greece	71,635	36,320	35,316
82	🇧🇯Benin	71,531	34,174	37,357
83	🇸🇪Sweden	70,199	35,377	34,823
84	🇸🇳Senegal	70,149	34,216	35,934
85	🇹🇩Chad	69,861	36,528	33,333
86	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	68,402	35,260	33,141
87	🇳🇪Niger	68,386	31,540	36,846
88	🇪🇨Ecuador	68,227	35,507	32,720
89	🇨🇺Cuba	62,062	34,945	27,117
90	🇭🇷Croatia	56,936	29,717	27,220
91	🇬🇪Georgia	55,536	32,036	23,501
92	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	54,053	28,234	25,818
93	🇧🇮Burundi	53,310	27,069	26,241
94	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	51,380	27,740	23,639
95	🇸🇴Somalia	49,555	25,833	23,721
96	🇸🇻El Salvador	48,512	25,941	22,571
97	🇷🇼Rwanda	48,161	24,377	23,785
98	🇨🇭Switzerland	47,303	24,141	23,163
99	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	46,367	24,630	21,737
100	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	46,201	24,845	21,355
101	🇿🇲Zambia	45,796	23,772	22,025
102	🇫🇮Finland	42,538	22,499	20,039
103	🇨🇫Central African Republic	42,437	21,695	20,742
104	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	40,831	21,670	19,161
105	🇸🇰Slovakia	40,015	20,369	19,645
106	🇩🇰Denmark	39,252	19,872	19,380
107	🇭🇳Honduras	38,103	20,408	17,696
108	🇮🇪Ireland	37,791	20,061	17,729
109	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	36,301	18,790	17,511
110	🇱🇾Libya	36,021	19,374	16,647
111	🇹🇬Togo	34,803	18,183	16,620
112	🇱🇹Lithuania	33,740	15,355	18,386
113	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	33,333	18,983	14,350
114	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	32,552	18,327	14,225
115	🇳🇮Nicaragua	31,824	16,469	15,354
116	🇳🇴Norway	29,558	14,769	14,789
117	🇦🇱Albania	27,895	15,458	12,437
118	🇪🇷Eritrea	25,310	13,504	11,806
119	🇹🇯Tajikistan	24,286	13,358	10,928
120	🇺🇾Uruguay	23,935	13,834	10,101
121	🇲🇰North Macedonia	22,418	11,428	10,990
122	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	22,289	11,893	10,396
123	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	22,192	12,758	9,434
124	🇱🇷Liberia	22,020	11,956	10,064
125	🇸🇮Slovenia	20,960	11,051	9,909
126	🇱🇻Latvia	20,901	10,077	10,824
127	🇵🇸State of Palestine	20,020	11,412	8,608
128	🇲🇳Mongolia	20,002	10,725	9,278
129	🇨🇬Congo	19,715	10,498	9,217
130	🇦🇲Armenia	19,638	10,420	9,219
131	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	19,475	11,171	8,304
132	🇳🇿New Zealand	18,043	9,922	8,121
133	🇵🇾Paraguay	17,300	9,381	7,919
134	🇱🇧Lebanon	17,092	9,356	7,736
135	🇴🇲Oman	16,367	8,742	7,625
136	🇯🇲Jamaica	15,618	7,817	7,801
137	🇸🇬Singapore	15,503	8,353	7,150
138	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	15,250	8,038	7,212
139	🇲🇷Mauritania	15,148	7,630	7,518
140	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	14,863	7,903	6,960
141	🇱🇸Lesotho	14,075	7,031	7,044
142	🇪🇪Estonia	13,713	5,940	7,773
143	🇨🇷Costa Rica	13,023	7,054	5,969
144	🇳🇦Namibia	11,625	6,163	5,462
145	🇬🇦Gabon	11,418	5,757	5,662
146	🇯🇴Jordan	11,139	5,878	5,260
147	🇵🇦Panama	10,926	5,907	5,018
148	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,918	5,553	5,365
149	🇬🇲Gambia	9,842	5,041	4,800
150	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	8,507	4,474	4,033
151	🇧🇼Botswana	8,423	4,324	4,099
152	🇮🇱Israel	8,240	4,455	3,785
153	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,070	4,315	3,755
154	🇫🇯Fiji	7,812	4,782	3,030
155	🇬🇾Guyana	7,511	3,926	3,585
156	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,743	4,034	2,710
157	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,021	3,183	2,838
158	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5,903	3,066	2,837
159	🇸🇿Eswatini	5,842	2,997	2,845
160	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,767	2,764	3,003
161	🇷🇪Réunion	5,155	2,673	2,482
162	🇲🇹Malta	4,433	2,372	2,062
163	🇰🇲Comoros	4,250	2,145	2,105
164	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	4,234	2,135	2,099
165	🇲🇶Martinique	3,971	2,001	1,968
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,823	2,171	1,651
167	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,647	2,053	1,595
168	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,546	1,689	1,857
169	🇧🇭Bahrain	3,024	1,593	1,430
170	🇧🇧Barbados	3,004	1,331	1,673
171	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,606	1,582	1,025
172	🇰🇼Kuwait	2,500	1,438	1,062
173	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2,037	1,033	1,004
174	🇲🇻Maldives	1,779	1,002	777
175	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1,728	971	757
176	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,701	811	890
177	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,540	812	728
178	🇼🇸Samoa	1,503	766	737
179	🇩🇯Djibouti	1,423	756	667
180	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,363	615	748
181	🇬🇩Grenada	1,290	600	690
182	🇧🇿Belize	1,196	656	540
183	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,185	657	528
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,129	663	467
185	🇩🇲Dominica	1,125	617	508
186	🇮🇸Iceland	1,122	582	540
187	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,121	538	583
188	🇸🇨Seychelles	1,106	666	440
189	🇧🇸Bahamas	923	479	444
190	🇵🇫French Polynesia	897	504	394
191	🇰🇮Kiribati	885	448	437
192	🇮🇲Isle of Man	858	445	413
193	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	850	446	404
194	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	742	339	403
195	🇹🇴Tonga	731	392	338
196	🇯🇪Jersey	701	338	364
197	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	573	257	316
198	🇧🇲Bermuda	564	306	258
199	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	548	300	248
200	🇾🇹Mayotte	540	296	244
201	🇬🇬Guernsey	536	264	272
202	🇬🇺Guam	513	334	179
203	🇬🇫French Guiana	501	277	224
204	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	432	228	204
205	🇦🇼Aruba	403	216	187
206	🇬🇱Greenland	399	196	203
207	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	397	195	202
208	🇶🇦Qatar	372	201	171
209	🇨🇰Cook Islands	371	184	187
210	🇪🇭Western Sahara	363	188	174
211	🇲🇨Monaco	308	162	146
212	🇲🇸Montserrat	276	154	122
213	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	236	133	103
214	🇬🇮Gibraltar	182	78	104
215	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	181	82	99
216	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	158	78	80
217	🇦🇸American Samoa	157	88	69
218	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	154	78	77
219	🇵🇼Palau	151	90	61
220	🇸🇲San Marino	150	83	67
221	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	140	63	77
222	🇹🇻Tuvalu	134	64	70
223	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	108	53	55
224	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	107	49	58
225	🇦🇩Andorra	74	37	38
226	🇦🇮Anguilla	69	35	34
227	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	69	39	29
228	🇸🇭Saint Helena	64	36	28
229	🇳🇺Niue	64	33	31
230	🇳🇷Nauru	59	32	27
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	58	34	24
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	39	22	17
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	31	16	16
234	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	27	14	13
235	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	26	9	18
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	22	12	11
237	🇻🇦Holy See	5	2	2

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1950

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	31,626,510	16,791,248	14,835,262
2	Europe	6,473,233	3,294,245	3,178,988
3	Africa	6,062,986	3,152,087	2,910,899
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,925,484	1,578,717	1,346,767
5	Northern America	1,551,914	884,596	667,318
6	Oceania	148,409	83,616	64,793

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1950

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Eastern Asia	15,518,748	8,554,403	6,964,345
2	Southern Asia	11,318,665	5,672,207	5,646,458
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,409,086	1,814,319	1,594,767
4	Eastern Europe	2,766,525	1,387,447	1,379,078
5	Western Africa	1,973,263	1,024,862	948,401
6	South America	1,844,126	1,006,150	837,976
7	Eastern Africa	1,696,390	895,546	800,844
8	Western Europe	1,610,608	835,489	775,119
9	Northern Africa	1,356,718	709,604	647,114
10	Southern Europe	1,215,615	624,332	591,283
11	Western Asia	1,107,670	596,793	510,877
12	Northern Europe	880,485	446,977	433,508
13	Central America	812,540	428,726	383,814
14	Middle Africa	717,018	362,574	354,444
15	Southern Africa	319,597	159,501	160,096
16	Central Asia	272,341	153,526	118,815
17	Caribbean	268,818	143,841	124,977
18	Australia/New Zealand	96,005	53,514	42,491
19	Melanesia	46,058	26,656	19,402
20	Polynesia	3,994	2,108	1,886
21	Micronesia	2,352	1,338	1,014

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1950

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	36,611,377	19,092,330	17,519,047
2	Upper-middle-income countries	18,477,375	9,860,920	8,616,455
3	Lower-middle-income countries	18,134,002	9,231,410	8,902,592
4	High-income countries	8,266,222	4,535,116	3,731,106
5	Low-income countries	3,830,846	2,112,834	1,718,012
6	No income group available	80,091	44,229	35,862

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

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The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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