Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1952

-1 year 1952 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1952, a total of 47,646,612 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 24,935,224 were male and 22,711,388 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 12,425,953 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 8,293,344, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 1,517,167 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 5 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 21, and 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with 23 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 30,549,918 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Europe with a death count 6265.135, and Africa with 6,154,863 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 14,120,126 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 11,582,262, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,418,171 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 36,632,732. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 82,685 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1952

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1952

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	12,425,953	6,625,759	5,800,194
2	🇮🇳India	8,293,344	4,122,618	4,170,728
3	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,517,167	790,287	726,880
4	🇺🇸United States of America	1,472,732	840,991	631,741
5	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,200,385	600,774	599,611
6	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,089,817	550,884	538,932
7	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,055,897	547,640	508,257
8	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,043,623	538,680	504,943
9	🇧🇷Brazil	960,045	528,008	432,037
10	🇯🇵Japan	788,162	404,473	383,689
11	🇩🇪Germany	770,648	401,249	369,399
12	🇪🇬Egypt	639,269	338,269	301,000
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	573,608	298,006	275,602
14	🇲🇽Mexico	570,356	301,960	268,396
15	🇫🇷France	525,413	267,076	258,336
16	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	511,016	304,118	206,898
17	🇪🇹Ethiopia	501,795	266,100	235,695
18	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	485,338	242,518	242,820
19	🇲🇲Myanmar	484,786	254,636	230,151
20	🇮🇹Italy	474,033	245,433	228,599
21	🇺🇦Ukraine	447,702	208,934	238,768
22	🇹🇷Türkiye	443,133	236,509	206,624
23	🇻🇳Viet Nam	420,535	251,840	168,695
24	🇹🇭Thailand	413,582	223,955	189,627
25	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	327,337	161,867	165,470
26	🇵🇱Poland	298,859	153,345	145,514
27	🇦🇫Afghanistan	280,803	151,241	129,562
28	🇵🇭Philippines	280,660	145,119	135,541
29	🇪🇸Spain	277,036	140,060	136,976
30	🇿🇦South Africa	272,059	137,272	134,788
31	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	266,650	151,806	114,844
32	🇲🇦Morocco	235,992	122,142	113,850
33	🇳🇵Nepal	226,417	114,826	111,591
34	🇩🇿Algeria	216,194	113,505	102,689
35	🇨🇴Colombia	202,559	108,198	94,361
36	🇷🇴Romania	199,564	97,886	101,678
37	🇲🇱Mali	178,178	92,880	85,298
38	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	174,245	89,646	84,599
39	🇰🇪Kenya	167,913	92,107	75,806
40	🇾🇪Yemen	167,568	90,515	77,053
41	🇦🇷Argentina	162,308	94,545	67,764
42	🇵🇪Peru	162,268	84,243	78,025
43	🇲🇿Mozambique	159,141	79,856	79,285
44	🇺🇬Uganda	147,988	81,005	66,984
45	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	142,696	85,286	57,409
46	🇮🇶Iraq	136,180	75,496	60,683
47	🇨🇦Canada	126,299	72,963	53,336
48	🇦🇴Angola	124,845	64,816	60,028
49	🇨🇲Cameroon	123,065	63,022	60,043
50	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	120,528	64,845	55,683
51	🇲🇾Malaysia	119,625	65,965	53,660
52	🇸🇩Sudan	117,508	58,843	58,665
53	🇬🇭Ghana	117,489	65,266	52,223
54	🇰🇭Cambodia	109,784	58,042	51,742
55	🇭🇺Hungary	107,606	55,846	51,760
56	🇧🇪Belgium	104,187	55,463	48,724
57	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	103,841	56,971	46,870
58	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	102,671	59,589	43,083
59	🇧🇾Belarus	102,226	49,840	52,385
60	🇵🇹Portugal	100,923	51,048	49,876
61	🇲🇬Madagascar	100,264	52,586	47,679
62	🇹🇳Tunisia	99,874	50,789	49,084
63	🇨🇿Czechia	97,567	50,690	46,877
64	🇲🇼Malawi	96,138	48,691	47,447
65	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	92,242	49,307	42,935
66	🇨🇱Chile	91,792	48,568	43,224
67	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	91,362	48,186	43,176
68	🇬🇳Guinea	90,125	47,997	42,128
69	🇧🇬Bulgaria	88,694	44,888	43,806
70	🇭🇹Haiti	85,919	45,271	40,648
71	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	85,709	45,338	40,371
72	🇦🇹Austria	83,457	42,356	41,101
73	🇸🇸South Sudan	81,970	45,388	36,582
74	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	81,945	42,953	38,992
75	🇦🇺Australia	81,460	45,774	35,686
76	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	81,248	44,921	36,326
77	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	80,426	42,350	38,076
78	🇬🇹Guatemala	76,813	39,729	37,084
79	🇳🇱Netherlands	76,290	39,452	36,837
80	🇳🇪Niger	75,278	36,390	38,888
81	🇹🇩Chad	73,361	38,254	35,107
82	🇷🇸Serbia	72,994	35,239	37,755
83	🇸🇳Senegal	72,658	35,815	36,843
84	🇧🇯Benin	72,151	35,073	37,078
85	🇬🇷Greece	70,022	37,055	32,966
86	🇪🇨Ecuador	69,551	36,218	33,333
87	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	68,372	35,227	33,146
88	🇸🇪Sweden	68,288	34,826	33,461
89	🇨🇺Cuba	62,463	35,338	27,124
90	🇧🇮Burundi	56,169	28,679	27,490
91	🇬🇪Georgia	55,359	30,828	24,531
92	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	55,349	29,043	26,306
93	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	53,067	28,647	24,420
94	🇸🇴Somalia	52,751	27,502	25,249
95	🇭🇷Croatia	52,572	26,981	25,591
96	🇷🇼Rwanda	51,720	26,272	25,448
97	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	49,065	26,001	23,064
98	🇸🇻El Salvador	48,955	26,129	22,827
99	🇿🇲Zambia	47,693	24,705	22,989
100	🇨🇭Switzerland	47,586	24,325	23,261
101	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	43,828	23,474	20,354
102	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	42,991	22,907	20,085
103	🇨🇫Central African Republic	42,925	21,997	20,928
104	🇩🇰Denmark	39,249	20,160	19,090
105	🇭🇳Honduras	39,181	20,905	18,276
106	🇫🇮Finland	39,025	19,871	19,154
107	🇱🇾Libya	37,189	19,943	17,246
108	🇸🇰Slovakia	36,877	18,897	17,980
109	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	36,318	18,932	17,386
110	🇹🇬Togo	35,468	18,479	16,989
111	🇮🇪Ireland	35,336	19,064	16,271
112	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	33,616	18,944	14,672
113	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	33,493	18,983	14,510
114	🇳🇮Nicaragua	32,863	16,944	15,919
115	🇱🇹Lithuania	31,557	14,490	17,067
116	🇦🇱Albania	29,094	15,922	13,171
117	🇳🇴Norway	28,373	14,270	14,103
118	🇹🇯Tajikistan	26,853	14,743	12,109
119	🇪🇷Eritrea	24,922	13,156	11,766
120	🇺🇾Uruguay	23,928	13,744	10,184
121	🇲🇰North Macedonia	23,416	12,002	11,414
122	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	23,110	13,254	9,856
123	🇱🇷Liberia	23,023	12,473	10,550
124	🇱🇻Latvia	21,321	10,060	11,261
125	🇲🇳Mongolia	21,009	11,207	9,802
126	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	20,508	10,957	9,551
127	🇦🇲Armenia	20,474	10,811	9,663
128	🇵🇸State of Palestine	20,057	11,335	8,723
129	🇨🇬Congo	19,736	10,524	9,212
130	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	19,506	11,086	8,420
131	🇸🇮Slovenia	19,419	10,077	9,342
132	🇳🇿New Zealand	18,849	10,315	8,533
133	🇵🇾Paraguay	18,151	9,776	8,375
134	🇱🇧Lebanon	17,610	9,607	8,002
135	🇴🇲Oman	16,524	8,824	7,700
136	🇯🇲Jamaica	15,950	8,090	7,859
137	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	15,476	8,157	7,319
138	🇲🇷Mauritania	15,244	7,768	7,475
139	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	14,124	7,491	6,633
140	🇸🇬Singapore	14,031	7,553	6,478
141	🇪🇪Estonia	13,536	5,865	7,671
142	🇱🇸Lesotho	13,434	6,663	6,770
143	🇨🇷Costa Rica	13,021	7,042	5,979
144	🇳🇦Namibia	11,635	6,115	5,520
145	🇯🇴Jordan	11,567	6,076	5,491
146	🇬🇦Gabon	11,244	5,678	5,565
147	🇵🇦Panama	10,830	5,946	4,884
148	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,691	5,455	5,236
149	🇬🇲Gambia	10,139	5,186	4,953
150	🇮🇱Israel	9,384	5,029	4,355
151	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,929	4,711	4,218
152	🇧🇼Botswana	8,632	4,433	4,198
153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	8,493	4,366	4,127
154	🇬🇾Guyana	7,030	3,736	3,294
155	🇫🇯Fiji	6,695	4,019	2,675
156	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,372	3,793	2,579
157	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	6,070	3,161	2,910
158	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,026	3,104	2,921
159	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,026	3,180	2,846
160	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,616	2,723	2,893
161	🇷🇪Réunion	4,822	2,489	2,332
162	🇰🇲Comoros	4,468	2,265	2,203
163	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	3,933	1,982	1,950
164	🇲🇹Malta	3,796	1,981	1,815
165	🇲🇶Martinique	3,648	1,836	1,811
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,554	1,985	1,568
167	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,524	1,687	1,837
168	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,516	1,938	1,577
169	🇧🇭Bahrain	3,133	1,654	1,479
170	🇧🇧Barbados	3,000	1,337	1,663
171	🇰🇼Kuwait	2,545	1,455	1,089
172	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,505	1,496	1,008
173	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2,120	1,074	1,046
174	🇲🇻Maldives	1,940	1,084	856
175	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1,840	1,052	788
176	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,562	823	739
177	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,523	729	794
178	🇼🇸Samoa	1,502	766	736
179	🇩🇯Djibouti	1,454	771	682
180	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,336	606	730
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,257	678	579
182	🇬🇩Grenada	1,165	546	619
183	🇩🇲Dominica	1,131	610	521
184	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,128	544	584
185	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,127	626	501
186	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,118	652	466
187	🇮🇸Iceland	1,092	570	522
188	🇸🇨Seychelles	979	585	393
189	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	907	477	430
190	🇰🇮Kiribati	899	457	442
191	🇧🇸Bahamas	890	459	430
192	🇵🇫French Polynesia	881	494	387
193	🇮🇲Isle of Man	798	402	396
194	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	733	341	392
195	🇹🇴Tonga	729	393	336
196	🇬🇬Guernsey	679	288	391
197	🇯🇪Jersey	668	325	343
198	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	564	258	307
199	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	564	308	256
200	🇧🇲Bermuda	552	299	253
201	🇾🇹Mayotte	515	285	230
202	🇬🇺Guam	497	325	172
203	🇬🇫French Guiana	483	270	213
204	🇪🇭Western Sahara	436	228	207
205	🇬🇱Greenland	430	202	227
206	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	415	213	202
207	🇦🇼Aruba	392	211	181
208	🇶🇦Qatar	381	206	176
209	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	359	191	168
210	🇨🇰Cook Islands	339	168	171
211	🇲🇨Monaco	314	153	160
212	🇲🇸Montserrat	260	142	118
213	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	219	119	100
214	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	199	107	92
215	🇬🇮Gibraltar	197	83	115
216	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	162	74	88
217	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	159	80	79
218	🇦🇸American Samoa	156	87	69
219	🇸🇲San Marino	150	83	67
220	🇵🇼Palau	145	86	59
221	🇹🇻Tuvalu	134	65	69
222	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	120	58	63
223	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	115	50	66
224	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	102	47	55
225	🇦🇮Anguilla	72	37	35
226	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	67	39	28
227	🇳🇺Niue	65	34	32
228	🇦🇩Andorra	64	31	33
229	🇸🇭Saint Helena	61	34	27
230	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	57	33	24
231	🇳🇷Nauru	55	30	25
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	38	22	16
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	28	14	14
234	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	25	13	12
235	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	23	8	16
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	21	11	10
237	🇻🇦Holy See	5	2	2

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1952

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	30,549,918	15,978,665	14,571,253
2	Europe	6,265,135	3,178,168	3,086,967
3	Africa	6,154,863	3,199,460	2,955,403
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,925,067	1,579,156	1,345,911
5	Northern America	1,600,065	914,488	685,577
6	Oceania	151,564	85,287	66,277

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1952

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Eastern Asia	14,120,126	7,554,860	6,565,266
2	Southern Asia	11,582,262	5,819,275	5,762,987
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,418,171	1,828,261	1,589,910
4	Eastern Europe	2,615,789	1,300,022	1,315,767
5	Western Africa	2,033,577	1,055,261	978,316
6	South America	1,864,869	1,017,164	847,705
7	Eastern Africa	1,732,948	912,787	820,161
8	Western Europe	1,611,571	832,106	779,465
9	Northern Africa	1,346,431	703,703	642,728
10	Southern Europe	1,183,836	607,631	576,205
11	Western Asia	1,139,263	612,761	526,502
12	Northern Europe	853,939	438,409	415,530
13	Central America	793,258	419,328	373,930
14	Middle Africa	730,130	370,126	360,004
15	Southern Africa	311,777	157,583	154,194
16	Central Asia	290,096	163,508	126,588
17	Caribbean	266,940	142,664	124,276
18	Australia/New Zealand	100,324	56,097	44,227
19	Melanesia	44,947	25,781	19,166
20	Polynesia	3,947	2,077	1,870
21	Micronesia	2,346	1,332	1,014

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1952

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	36,632,732	19,086,218	17,546,514
2	Lower-middle-income countries	18,463,250	9,421,893	9,041,357
3	Upper-middle-income countries	18,169,482	9,664,325	8,505,157
4	High-income countries	7,626,525	4,065,054	3,561,471
5	Low-income countries	3,304,670	1,738,293	1,566,377
6	No income group available	82,685	45,659	37,026

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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