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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1951

-1 year 1951 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1951, a total of 48,514,552 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,505,184 were male and 23,009,368 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 12,408,511 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 8,171,043, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 1,522,031 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 31,092,766 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Europe with a death count 6609.794, and Africa with 6,132,451 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 14,752,502 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 11,499,801, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,433,536 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 36,687,482. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 81,700 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1951

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1951

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇨🇳China 12,408,511 6,614,592 5,793,919
2 🇮🇳India 8,171,043 4,054,483 4,116,559
3 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,522,031 789,978 732,053
4 🇺🇸United States of America 1,458,412 831,967 626,445
5 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,315,214 666,040 649,174
6 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,121,858 563,238 558,620
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,065,671 553,772 511,899
8 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,028,429 532,039 496,390
9 🇧🇷Brazil 949,351 522,505 426,845
10 🇯🇵Japan 862,235 441,729 420,506
11 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 764,626 520,496 244,131
12 🇩🇪Germany 762,100 398,525 363,575
13 🇪🇬Egypt 669,470 354,539 314,931
14 🇬🇧United Kingdom 631,875 324,339 307,536
15 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 589,398 372,768 216,630
16 🇲🇽Mexico 587,209 310,594 276,614
17 🇫🇷France 566,424 286,483 279,941
18 🇲🇲Myanmar 498,719 261,708 237,011
19 🇪🇹Ethiopia 497,833 264,681 233,152
20 🇮🇹Italy 481,215 248,577 232,638
21 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 480,932 240,135 240,797
22 🇺🇦Ukraine 469,539 216,391 253,149
23 🇹🇷Türkiye 431,699 230,111 201,588
24 🇹🇭Thailand 415,020 225,275 189,745
25 🇻🇳Viet Nam 413,992 248,192 165,800
26 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 328,066 161,997 166,069
27 🇪🇸Spain 327,386 165,756 161,630
28 🇵🇱Poland 298,592 153,934 144,658
29 🇦🇫Afghanistan 282,577 152,188 130,389
30 🇵🇭Philippines 277,910 142,954 134,956
31 🇿🇦South Africa 276,519 138,347 138,173
32 🇲🇦Morocco 231,110 119,684 111,426
33 🇳🇵Nepal 222,482 112,648 109,834
34 🇩🇿Algeria 213,647 112,150 101,497
35 🇨🇴Colombia 205,240 109,743 95,496
36 🇷🇴Romania 201,210 98,603 102,607
37 🇲🇱Mali 177,579 92,445 85,134
38 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 170,393 87,520 82,872
39 🇾🇪Yemen 166,298 89,888 76,411
40 🇰🇪Kenya 165,834 90,542 75,291
41 🇦🇷Argentina 165,770 96,444 69,326
42 🇲🇿Mozambique 159,997 80,208 79,788
43 🇵🇪Peru 159,027 82,534 76,494
44 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 147,377 88,244 59,132
45 🇺🇬Uganda 146,942 80,543 66,399
46 🇮🇶Iraq 137,421 76,251 61,171
47 🇲🇾Malaysia 125,343 69,208 56,135
48 🇨🇦Canada 125,281 71,234 54,048
49 🇨🇲Cameroon 122,464 62,630 59,834
50 🇦🇴Angola 121,847 63,364 58,483
51 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 119,294 64,279 55,015
52 🇸🇩Sudan 116,236 58,116 58,120
53 🇬🇭Ghana 115,622 64,337 51,285
54 🇧🇪Belgium 109,764 57,996 51,768
55 🇭🇺Hungary 109,701 57,367 52,334
56 🇧🇾Belarus 109,682 53,722 55,960
57 🇰🇭Cambodia 108,250 57,280 50,970
58 🇵🇹Portugal 105,601 53,496 52,106
59 🇨🇿Czechia 102,603 53,579 49,024
60 🇹🇳Tunisia 101,366 51,535 49,830
61 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 100,614 58,521 42,093
62 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 99,838 54,854 44,984
63 🇲🇬Madagascar 98,639 51,644 46,995
64 🇲🇼Malawi 95,504 48,270 47,234
65 🇨🇱Chile 95,157 49,619 45,538
66 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 91,853 48,487 43,365
67 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 91,137 48,890 42,247
68 🇦🇹Austria 88,232 45,113 43,119
69 🇬🇳Guinea 88,138 46,831 41,307
70 🇭🇹Haiti 87,397 46,293 41,104
71 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 85,554 45,096 40,458
72 🇸🇸South Sudan 82,257 45,614 36,643
73 🇷🇸Serbia 81,797 39,538 42,259
74 🇦🇺Australia 81,541 45,830 35,711
75 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 81,510 42,672 38,838
76 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 80,269 44,355 35,914
77 🇧🇬Bulgaria 79,749 40,861 38,888
78 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 79,146 41,754 37,392
79 🇳🇱Netherlands 77,412 40,227 37,185
80 🇬🇹Guatemala 76,018 39,306 36,712
81 🇬🇷Greece 72,161 37,764 34,398
82 🇧🇯Benin 72,119 34,784 37,335
83 🇹🇩Chad 72,023 37,740 34,283
84 🇳🇪Niger 71,734 33,919 37,815
85 🇸🇳Senegal 71,373 35,031 36,342
86 🇸🇪Sweden 69,766 35,321 34,445
87 🇪🇨Ecuador 69,002 35,930 33,072
88 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 68,637 35,428 33,209
89 🇨🇺Cuba 62,659 35,352 27,307
90 🇭🇷Croatia 55,510 28,601 26,909
91 🇧🇮Burundi 55,161 28,189 26,972
92 🇬🇪Georgia 55,069 31,736 23,333
93 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 54,696 28,753 25,943
94 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 52,480 28,314 24,165
95 🇸🇴Somalia 51,484 26,846 24,638
96 🇷🇼Rwanda 50,153 25,424 24,730
97 🇸🇻El Salvador 49,925 26,677 23,248
98 🇨🇭Switzerland 49,891 25,503 24,388
99 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 48,039 25,517 22,522
100 🇿🇲Zambia 46,965 24,330 22,634
101 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 45,976 24,671 21,306
102 🇨🇫Central African Republic 42,886 21,956 20,930
103 🇮🇪Ireland 42,663 22,621 20,043
104 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 42,333 22,581 19,751
105 🇸🇰Slovakia 40,518 20,912 19,607
106 🇫🇮Finland 40,327 20,738 19,590
107 🇭🇳Honduras 38,900 20,806 18,093
108 🇩🇰Denmark 37,955 19,234 18,721
109 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 37,769 21,132 16,636
110 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 36,719 19,093 17,626
111 🇱🇾Libya 36,450 19,567 16,884
112 🇹🇬Togo 35,180 18,385 16,795
113 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 33,360 18,748 14,612
114 🇳🇮Nicaragua 33,167 17,091 16,075
115 🇱🇹Lithuania 32,668 14,991 17,678
116 🇦🇱Albania 28,739 15,831 12,908
117 🇳🇴Norway 27,617 13,910 13,707
118 🇲🇰North Macedonia 26,595 13,618 12,976
119 🇹🇯Tajikistan 25,599 14,051 11,548
120 🇪🇷Eritrea 24,982 13,210 11,772
121 🇺🇾Uruguay 23,897 13,766 10,131
122 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 22,681 13,012 9,669
123 🇱🇷Liberia 22,556 12,230 10,326
124 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 21,434 11,437 9,997
125 🇱🇻Latvia 20,988 9,951 11,037
126 🇸🇮Slovenia 20,829 10,946 9,883
127 🇲🇳Mongolia 20,612 11,009 9,603
128 🇵🇸State of Palestine 20,081 11,392 8,689
129 🇦🇲Armenia 20,059 10,678 9,381
130 🇨🇬Congo 19,780 10,538 9,241
131 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 19,446 11,089 8,357
132 🇳🇿New Zealand 18,792 10,342 8,450
133 🇵🇾Paraguay 17,745 9,587 8,157
134 🇱🇧Lebanon 17,448 9,482 7,966
135 🇴🇲Oman 16,475 8,799 7,676
136 🇯🇲Jamaica 16,033 8,086 7,948
137 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 15,410 8,116 7,295
138 🇲🇷Mauritania 15,160 7,694 7,466
139 🇸🇬Singapore 14,773 7,959 6,814
140 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 14,317 7,595 6,721
141 🇪🇪Estonia 13,726 5,944 7,782
142 🇱🇸Lesotho 13,708 6,806 6,902
143 🇨🇷Costa Rica 13,083 7,068 6,016
144 🇳🇦Namibia 11,717 6,191 5,526
145 🇬🇦Gabon 11,336 5,695 5,641
146 🇯🇴Jordan 11,322 5,959 5,363
147 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 10,803 5,503 5,300
148 🇵🇦Panama 10,747 5,870 4,876
149 🇬🇲Gambia 9,958 5,092 4,866
150 🇮🇱Israel 8,835 4,742 4,094
151 🇧🇼Botswana 8,590 4,411 4,179
152 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 8,588 4,563 4,025
153 🇲🇺Mauritius 8,409 4,478 3,931
154 🇬🇾Guyana 7,198 3,809 3,390
155 🇫🇯Fiji 7,191 4,365 2,825
156 🇨🇾Cyprus 6,591 3,937 2,654
157 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 6,018 3,131 2,886
158 🇧🇹Bhutan 6,000 3,166 2,834
159 🇸🇿Eswatini 5,939 3,054 2,885
160 🇲🇪Montenegro 5,927 2,867 3,060
161 🇷🇪Réunion 4,995 2,583 2,412
162 🇰🇲Comoros 4,901 2,424 2,477
163 🇲🇹Malta 4,143 2,215 1,928
164 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 4,049 2,037 2,009
165 🇲🇶Martinique 3,784 1,907 1,877
166 🇸🇷Suriname 3,599 2,013 1,585
167 🇱🇺Luxembourg 3,580 1,962 1,618
168 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3,525 1,686 1,839
169 🇧🇭Bahrain 3,094 1,629 1,464
170 🇧🇧Barbados 3,033 1,351 1,682
171 🇰🇼Kuwait 2,547 1,461 1,086
172 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2,536 1,524 1,012
173 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2,121 1,095 1,027
174 🇲🇻Maldives 1,868 1,047 822
175 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1,808 1,026 781
176 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1,563 741 822
177 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,562 823 739
178 🇼🇸Samoa 1,505 766 738
179 🇩🇯Djibouti 1,429 759 670
180 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,346 607 739
181 🇧🇿Belize 1,238 676 562
182 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,234 707 527
183 🇬🇩Grenada 1,197 559 638
184 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,162 646 516
185 🇮🇸Iceland 1,146 582 563
186 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,144 552 592
187 🇩🇲Dominica 1,063 562 501
188 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,029 617 412
189 🇧🇸Bahamas 904 468 437
190 🇵🇫French Polynesia 900 505 395
191 🇰🇮Kiribati 892 453 439
192 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 888 466 422
193 🇮🇲Isle of Man 839 424 415
194 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 746 344 403
195 🇹🇴Tonga 732 394 338
196 🇯🇪Jersey 720 348 372
197 🇧🇲Bermuda 651 349 302
198 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 569 257 312
199 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 564 309 255
200 🇾🇹Mayotte 536 293 242
201 🇬🇬Guernsey 528 264 264
202 🇬🇺Guam 504 329 175
203 🇬🇫French Guiana 494 274 219
204 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 463 234 229
205 🇬🇱Greenland 444 201 243
206 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 432 226 206
207 🇦🇼Aruba 403 217 186
208 🇪🇭Western Sahara 397 207 190
209 🇶🇦Qatar 381 206 175
210 🇨🇰Cook Islands 355 176 180
211 🇲🇨Monaco 347 167 180
212 🇲🇸Montserrat 269 148 121
213 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 230 128 102
214 🇬🇮Gibraltar 202 85 117
215 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 177 81 96
216 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 163 81 82
217 🇦🇸American Samoa 157 88 70
218 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 156 79 78
219 🇸🇲San Marino 150 83 67
220 🇵🇼Palau 148 89 60
221 🇹🇻Tuvalu 135 65 70
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 130 58 73
223 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 106 49 57
224 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 99 49 50
225 🇦🇩Andorra 77 38 39
226 🇦🇮Anguilla 71 36 35
227 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 67 39 28
228 🇳🇺Niue 65 33 32
229 🇸🇭Saint Helena 64 36 29
230 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 58 34 24
231 🇳🇷Nauru 57 31 26
232 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 38 21 17
233 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 31 15 15
234 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 27 14 13
235 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 26 9 17
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 22 11 11
237 🇻🇦Holy See 5 2 2

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1951

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 31,092,766 16,385,449 14,707,317
2 Europe 6,609,794 3,355,026 3,254,768
3 Africa 6,132,451 3,187,351 2,945,100
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 2,938,142 1,585,597 1,352,545
5 Northern America 1,584,821 903,772 681,049
6 Oceania 156,578 87,989 68,589

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1951

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Eastern Asia 14,752,502 8,017,873 6,734,629
2 Southern Asia 11,499,801 5,768,921 5,730,880
3 South-Eastern Asia 3,433,536 1,833,187 1,600,349
4 Eastern Europe 2,763,518 1,380,506 1,383,012
5 Western Africa 2,005,911 1,041,214 964,696
6 South America 1,858,260 1,013,262 844,998
7 Eastern Africa 1,715,464 903,690 811,774
8 Western Europe 1,657,902 856,046 801,856
9 Northern Africa 1,368,648 715,785 652,863
10 Southern Europe 1,267,103 649,584 617,519
11 Western Asia 1,124,822 606,279 518,543
12 Northern Europe 921,271 468,890 452,381
13 Central America 810,296 428,094 382,202
14 Middle Africa 725,962 367,857 358,105
15 Southern Africa 316,466 158,804 157,662
16 Central Asia 282,105 159,189 122,916
17 Caribbean 269,586 144,241 125,345
18 Australia/New Zealand 100,336 56,175 44,161
19 Melanesia 49,884 28,367 21,517
20 Polynesia 3,995 2,103 1,892
21 Micronesia 2,363 1,344 1,018

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1951

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 36,687,482 19,104,897 17,582,585
2 Lower-middle-income countries 18,403,603 9,376,645 9,026,958
3 Upper-middle-income countries 18,283,879 9,728,252 8,555,627
4 High-income countries 8,137,635 4,406,366 3,731,269
5 Low-income countries 3,607,735 1,948,835 1,658,900
6 No income group available 81,700 45,086 36,614

Data Information

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

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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