Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1953

-1 year 1953 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1953, a total of 47,499,083 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 24,806,138 were male and 22,692,945 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 12,252,150 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 8,442,216, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 1,526,178 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 24 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 30,398,353 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Europe with a death count 6220.937, and Africa with 6,188,063 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 13,817,710 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 11,718,474, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,421,416 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 36,544,800. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 83,729 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1953

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1953

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	12,252,150	6,501,380	5,750,771
2	🇮🇳India	8,442,216	4,207,628	4,234,587
3	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,526,178	794,926	731,252
4	🇺🇸United States of America	1,488,696	851,322	637,374
5	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,153,230	583,069	570,161
6	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,066,615	551,180	515,434
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,063,098	539,915	523,183
8	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,056,309	545,451	510,857
9	🇧🇷Brazil	974,800	534,537	440,263
10	🇯🇵Japan	796,456	409,584	386,872
11	🇩🇪Germany	780,436	404,556	375,880
12	🇪🇬Egypt	630,152	331,807	298,345
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	576,852	298,539	278,313
14	🇫🇷France	558,275	282,202	276,074
15	🇲🇽Mexico	553,076	292,934	260,141
16	🇪🇹Ethiopia	502,779	266,505	236,273
17	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	490,122	244,526	245,596
18	🇲🇲Myanmar	477,816	250,919	226,897
19	🇮🇹Italy	472,124	244,364	227,760
20	🇹🇷Türkiye	446,181	237,306	208,875
21	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	439,256	249,049	190,207
22	🇺🇦Ukraine	437,996	200,605	237,391
23	🇻🇳Viet Nam	422,932	253,420	169,512
24	🇹🇭Thailand	414,252	224,158	190,095
25	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	328,919	162,736	166,183
26	🇵🇭Philippines	282,427	146,850	135,577
27	🇵🇱Poland	280,299	145,086	135,213
28	🇦🇫Afghanistan	279,684	150,571	129,113
29	🇪🇸Spain	278,249	139,462	138,787
30	🇿🇦South Africa	267,248	136,779	130,469
31	🇲🇦Morocco	240,481	124,410	116,071
32	🇳🇵Nepal	230,698	116,953	113,745
33	🇩🇿Algeria	221,114	115,860	105,254
34	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	201,614	108,177	93,436
35	🇨🇴Colombia	199,936	106,864	93,072
36	🇷🇴Romania	196,803	96,606	100,197
37	🇲🇱Mali	178,587	93,170	85,417
38	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	178,141	91,691	86,450
39	🇾🇪Yemen	169,627	91,463	78,164
40	🇦🇷Argentina	165,410	97,765	67,644
41	🇵🇪Peru	165,212	85,742	79,470
42	🇰🇪Kenya	163,159	89,233	73,926
43	🇲🇿Mozambique	158,624	79,589	79,035
44	🇺🇬Uganda	148,919	81,496	67,423
45	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	137,927	82,088	55,839
46	🇮🇶Iraq	134,013	73,975	60,038
47	🇨🇦Canada	128,102	73,883	54,218
48	🇦🇴Angola	127,531	66,295	61,236
49	🇨🇲Cameroon	123,465	63,269	60,197
50	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	121,464	65,357	56,107
51	🇸🇩Sudan	119,319	59,622	59,697
52	🇬🇭Ghana	119,020	65,955	53,065
53	🇲🇾Malaysia	114,415	62,820	51,594
54	🇭🇺Hungary	112,269	57,353	54,916
55	🇰🇭Cambodia	111,554	59,181	52,373
56	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	106,719	58,682	48,037
57	🇧🇪Belgium	105,792	56,317	49,475
58	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	104,538	60,592	43,946
59	🇲🇬Madagascar	101,763	53,303	48,460
60	🇹🇳Tunisia	100,241	50,887	49,354
61	🇨🇿Czechia	98,807	51,496	47,311
62	🇵🇹Portugal	97,287	49,248	48,038
63	🇲🇼Malawi	97,154	49,330	47,824
64	🇧🇾Belarus	96,420	46,592	49,828
65	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	93,226	49,697	43,529
66	🇬🇳Guinea	91,698	48,826	42,872
67	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	90,438	47,637	42,802
68	🇨🇱Chile	90,154	48,165	41,989
69	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	85,614	45,361	40,252
70	🇭🇹Haiti	84,657	44,664	39,992
71	🇦🇹Austria	83,432	42,257	41,175
72	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	82,295	45,385	36,910
73	🇸🇸South Sudan	81,691	45,105	36,586
74	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	81,563	42,623	38,940
75	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	81,448	42,862	38,586
76	🇳🇱Netherlands	80,856	42,124	38,733
77	🇦🇺Australia	80,072	44,764	35,308
78	🇳🇪Niger	78,338	38,236	40,101
79	🇬🇹Guatemala	78,239	40,558	37,681
80	🇬🇷Greece	75,490	40,681	34,810
81	🇹🇩Chad	74,072	38,609	35,462
82	🇸🇳Senegal	73,519	36,285	37,234
83	🇷🇸Serbia	72,886	35,054	37,831
84	🇧🇯Benin	71,924	35,159	36,764
85	🇧🇬Bulgaria	70,577	36,397	34,180
86	🇪🇨Ecuador	70,167	36,537	33,630
87	🇸🇪Sweden	69,532	35,438	34,094
88	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	68,159	35,206	32,954
89	🇨🇺Cuba	62,161	35,276	26,885
90	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	56,846	29,900	26,946
91	🇧🇮Burundi	56,811	28,988	27,823
92	🇬🇪Georgia	54,338	30,335	24,004
93	🇸🇴Somalia	53,876	28,084	25,792
94	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	53,633	28,979	24,654
95	🇷🇼Rwanda	53,197	26,991	26,206
96	🇭🇷Croatia	50,064	25,582	24,482
97	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	49,824	26,406	23,418
98	🇨🇭Switzerland	49,620	25,489	24,132
99	🇸🇻El Salvador	49,108	26,044	23,064
100	🇿🇲Zambia	48,335	25,025	23,311
101	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	43,532	23,160	20,372
102	🇨🇫Central African Republic	42,910	22,004	20,906
103	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	42,007	22,509	19,498
104	🇫🇮Finland	39,855	20,367	19,488
105	🇭🇳Honduras	39,428	21,046	18,382
106	🇩🇰Denmark	39,374	20,074	19,300
107	🇱🇾Libya	37,639	20,183	17,456
108	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	36,142	18,802	17,341
109	🇹🇬Togo	35,681	18,635	17,046
110	🇸🇰Slovakia	35,558	18,114	17,444
111	🇮🇪Ireland	34,784	18,540	16,244
112	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	34,071	19,001	15,069
113	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	33,581	18,952	14,629
114	🇳🇮Nicaragua	32,954	16,978	15,976
115	🇱🇹Lithuania	30,818	14,275	16,543
116	🇦🇱Albania	29,792	16,213	13,579
117	🇳🇴Norway	28,380	14,505	13,875
118	🇹🇯Tajikistan	28,138	15,444	12,695
119	🇪🇷Eritrea	24,951	13,158	11,793
120	🇲🇰North Macedonia	24,423	12,529	11,893
121	🇺🇾Uruguay	23,999	13,751	10,248
122	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	23,657	13,525	10,133
123	🇱🇷Liberia	23,555	12,757	10,798
124	🇱🇻Latvia	21,584	10,145	11,439
125	🇲🇳Mongolia	21,325	11,347	9,978
126	🇦🇲Armenia	20,667	10,979	9,687
127	🇵🇸State of Palestine	20,019	11,277	8,742
128	🇨🇬Congo	19,627	10,453	9,174
129	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	19,378	10,383	8,995
130	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	19,250	10,895	8,355
131	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,983	9,806	9,177
132	🇵🇾Paraguay	18,528	9,931	8,597
133	🇳🇿New Zealand	18,318	10,219	8,099
134	🇱🇧Lebanon	17,615	9,596	8,019
135	🇴🇲Oman	16,539	8,843	7,696
136	🇯🇲Jamaica	15,859	8,071	7,788
137	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	15,521	8,195	7,326
138	🇲🇷Mauritania	15,369	7,843	7,526
139	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	14,064	7,458	6,606
140	🇪🇪Estonia	13,517	5,839	7,678
141	🇸🇬Singapore	13,331	7,190	6,141
142	🇱🇸Lesotho	13,159	6,516	6,643
143	🇨🇷Costa Rica	13,102	7,064	6,038
144	🇯🇴Jordan	11,804	6,193	5,611
145	🇳🇦Namibia	11,561	6,059	5,501
146	🇬🇦Gabon	11,109	5,608	5,501
147	🇵🇦Panama	11,081	6,092	4,989
148	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,680	5,362	5,317
149	🇬🇲Gambia	10,306	5,294	5,012
150	🇮🇱Israel	9,859	5,308	4,551
151	🇲🇺Mauritius	9,016	4,717	4,298
152	🇧🇼Botswana	8,672	4,454	4,218
153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	8,093	4,233	3,861
154	🇬🇾Guyana	6,846	3,654	3,192
155	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,259	3,699	2,559
156	🇫🇯Fiji	6,253	3,766	2,487
157	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	6,125	3,187	2,938
158	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,102	3,137	2,965
159	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,076	3,208	2,868
160	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,609	2,729	2,880
161	🇷🇪Réunion	4,592	2,365	2,227
162	🇰🇲Comoros	4,562	2,312	2,250
163	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,091	2,172	1,920
164	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	3,721	1,895	1,826
165	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,546	1,704	1,841
166	🇲🇶Martinique	3,528	1,772	1,756
167	🇲🇹Malta	3,522	1,767	1,755
168	🇸🇷Suriname	3,500	1,951	1,549
169	🇧🇭Bahrain	3,163	1,668	1,495
170	🇧🇧Barbados	2,935	1,309	1,626
171	🇰🇼Kuwait	2,541	1,449	1,092
172	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,472	1,466	1,006
173	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2,053	1,033	1,020
174	🇲🇻Maldives	2,045	1,138	906
175	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1,883	1,083	800
176	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,555	819	736
177	🇼🇸Samoa	1,495	764	731
178	🇩🇯Djibouti	1,479	783	696
179	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,478	718	760
180	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,325	604	721
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,255	671	584
182	🇬🇩Grenada	1,174	552	623
183	🇮🇸Iceland	1,124	569	555
184	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,112	541	571
185	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,109	644	466
186	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,102	621	481
187	🇩🇲Dominica	985	515	470
188	🇸🇨Seychelles	937	557	380
189	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	925	488	438
190	🇰🇮Kiribati	904	460	444
191	🇧🇸Bahamas	883	458	425
192	🇵🇫French Polynesia	863	485	379
193	🇮🇲Isle of Man	780	389	391
194	🇹🇴Tonga	726	392	334
195	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	725	336	389
196	🇯🇪Jersey	724	351	373
197	🇬🇬Guernsey	667	286	382
198	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	561	257	304
199	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	561	308	253
200	🇧🇲Bermuda	512	282	230
201	🇾🇹Mayotte	497	276	221
202	🇬🇺Guam	489	321	168
203	🇪🇭Western Sahara	479	252	227
204	🇬🇫French Guiana	476	266	211
205	🇬🇱Greenland	437	206	231
206	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	405	211	194
207	🇶🇦Qatar	383	207	177
208	🇦🇼Aruba	383	207	176
209	🇨🇰Cook Islands	323	160	162
210	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	306	166	140
211	🇲🇨Monaco	293	144	149
212	🇲🇸Montserrat	251	137	114
213	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	213	116	96
214	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	205	108	97
215	🇬🇮Gibraltar	193	81	112
216	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	162	81	81
217	🇦🇸American Samoa	160	90	70
218	🇸🇲San Marino	150	83	67
219	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	148	68	79
220	🇵🇼Palau	141	83	58
221	🇹🇻Tuvalu	132	64	68
222	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	129	61	68
223	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	115	50	65
224	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	98	45	53
225	🇦🇮Anguilla	73	37	35
226	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	66	39	28
227	🇳🇺Niue	65	33	32
228	🇦🇩Andorra	61	29	32
229	🇸🇭Saint Helena	60	33	27
230	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	56	33	23
231	🇳🇷Nauru	54	30	25
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	39	23	16
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	28	14	14
234	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	26	13	13
235	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	24	8	16
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	21	11	10
237	🇻🇦Holy See	5	2	2

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1953

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	30,398,353	15,845,612	14,552,741
2	Europe	6,220,937	3,154,455	3,066,482
3	Africa	6,188,063	3,216,657	2,971,406
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,924,775	1,579,867	1,344,908
5	Northern America	1,617,795	925,725	692,070
6	Oceania	149,160	83,822	65,337

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1953

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Eastern Asia	13,817,710	7,336,831	6,480,879
2	Southern Asia	11,718,474	5,897,207	5,821,267
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,421,416	1,830,561	1,590,855
4	Eastern Europe	2,518,102	1,254,120	1,263,982
5	Western Africa	2,056,259	1,067,788	988,471
6	South America	1,882,881	1,027,176	855,704
7	Eastern Africa	1,740,306	915,917	824,389
8	Western Europe	1,662,966	855,343	807,623
9	Northern Africa	1,349,416	703,019	646,397
10	Southern Europe	1,181,508	605,480	576,028
11	Western Asia	1,143,625	613,767	529,858
12	Northern Europe	858,361	439,512	418,849
13	Central America	778,251	411,396	366,855
14	Middle Africa	735,330	372,985	362,345
15	Southern Africa	306,752	156,948	149,804
16	Central Asia	297,128	167,246	129,882
17	Caribbean	263,643	141,294	122,349
18	Australia/New Zealand	98,413	54,995	43,418
19	Melanesia	44,515	25,445	19,070
20	Polynesia	3,896	2,045	1,851
21	Micronesia	2,336	1,337	999

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1953

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	36,544,800	19,017,262	17,527,538
2	Lower-middle-income countries	18,622,460	9,507,293	9,115,167
3	Upper-middle-income countries	17,922,340	9,509,969	8,412,371
4	High-income countries	7,612,574	4,038,700	3,573,874
5	Low-income countries	3,257,980	1,704,064	1,553,916
6	No income group available	83,729	46,112	37,617

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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