Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1954

-1 year 1954 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1954, a total of 47,002,805 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 24,539,831 were male and 22,462,974 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 12,145,227 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 8,413,993, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 1,533,493 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 30,052,709 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 6233.523, and Europe with 6,072,645 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 13,530,200 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 11,651,995, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,396,971 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 36,319,161. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 84,710 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1954

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1954

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	12,145,227	6,448,594	5,696,632
2	🇮🇳India	8,413,993	4,201,096	4,212,897
3	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,533,493	801,040	732,453
4	🇺🇸United States of America	1,452,153	830,004	622,149
5	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,107,831	554,744	553,087
6	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,074,414	553,960	520,453
7	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,046,554	539,949	506,605
8	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,044,277	532,721	511,556
9	🇧🇷Brazil	981,215	538,676	442,539
10	🇩🇪Germany	791,042	408,223	382,820
11	🇯🇵Japan	742,817	388,751	354,065
12	🇪🇬Egypt	611,919	322,084	289,835
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	577,903	299,849	278,054
14	🇲🇽Mexico	537,419	284,777	252,641
15	🇫🇷France	519,916	265,877	254,038
16	🇪🇹Ethiopia	505,362	268,098	237,264
17	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	490,379	245,052	245,327
18	🇹🇷Türkiye	475,328	254,737	220,591
19	🇲🇲Myanmar	468,721	246,805	221,916
20	🇮🇹Italy	442,479	231,475	211,004
21	🇺🇦Ukraine	419,762	189,514	230,248
22	🇹🇭Thailand	410,403	221,996	188,407
23	🇻🇳Viet Nam	405,597	229,951	175,646
24	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	373,252	199,215	174,038
25	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	330,110	163,859	166,251
26	🇵🇱Poland	293,189	148,792	144,397
27	🇵🇭Philippines	284,877	148,892	135,985
28	🇦🇫Afghanistan	280,476	150,791	129,685
29	🇪🇸Spain	264,397	132,728	131,669
30	🇿🇦South Africa	260,160	134,798	125,362
31	🇩🇿Algeria	245,452	137,917	107,535
32	🇲🇦Morocco	244,354	126,353	118,000
33	🇳🇵Nepal	234,642	118,705	115,937
34	🇨🇴Colombia	198,066	106,023	92,044
35	🇷🇴Romania	193,670	95,176	98,494
36	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	182,013	93,754	88,259
37	🇲🇱Mali	179,084	93,548	85,536
38	🇾🇪Yemen	172,085	92,743	79,342
39	🇵🇪Peru	167,705	87,004	80,701
40	🇦🇷Argentina	164,233	96,080	68,153
41	🇰🇪Kenya	159,117	86,836	72,281
42	🇲🇿Mozambique	157,952	79,293	78,659
43	🇺🇬Uganda	149,726	82,012	67,714
44	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	140,320	66,738	73,582
45	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	133,452	79,492	53,960
46	🇦🇴Angola	130,401	67,872	62,530
47	🇮🇶Iraq	130,180	71,834	58,346
48	🇨🇦Canada	125,273	72,640	52,633
49	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	122,537	65,947	56,590
50	🇨🇲Cameroon	121,585	62,300	59,285
51	🇸🇩Sudan	121,277	60,949	60,328
52	🇬🇭Ghana	120,564	66,534	54,029
53	🇰🇭Cambodia	112,279	59,672	52,606
54	🇲🇾Malaysia	110,260	60,462	49,798
55	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	109,986	60,304	49,682
56	🇭🇺Hungary	106,885	54,084	52,801
57	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	105,821	61,325	44,496
58	🇧🇪Belgium	105,059	55,792	49,267
59	🇲🇬Madagascar	103,201	54,268	48,933
60	🇹🇳Tunisia	100,001	51,379	48,622
61	🇨🇿Czechia	99,681	51,945	47,737
62	🇲🇼Malawi	97,926	49,943	47,983
63	🇵🇹Portugal	95,191	48,211	46,980
64	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	94,190	50,168	44,022
65	🇬🇳Guinea	93,223	49,572	43,651
66	🇧🇾Belarus	91,337	43,767	47,570
67	🇨🇱Chile	89,000	47,923	41,077
68	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	87,802	46,140	41,662
69	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	86,001	46,150	39,851
70	🇦🇹Austria	84,721	43,098	41,623
71	🇭🇹Haiti	84,188	44,249	39,938
72	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	83,246	46,070	37,176
73	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	82,307	43,346	38,961
74	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	81,897	42,823	39,074
75	🇸🇸South Sudan	81,892	45,100	36,793
76	🇦🇺Australia	81,640	45,707	35,933
77	🇳🇪Niger	80,958	39,852	41,107
78	🇬🇹Guatemala	79,701	41,433	38,268
79	🇳🇱Netherlands	79,663	42,000	37,663
80	🇬🇷Greece	76,329	39,608	36,721
81	🇹🇩Chad	75,067	39,208	35,860
82	🇸🇳Senegal	74,406	36,822	37,584
83	🇧🇯Benin	72,009	35,210	36,799
84	🇪🇨Ecuador	70,615	36,776	33,840
85	🇧🇬Bulgaria	70,574	36,271	34,303
86	🇸🇪Sweden	68,976	35,323	33,654
87	🇷🇸Serbia	68,838	33,085	35,753
88	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	68,348	35,244	33,105
89	🇨🇺Cuba	61,818	35,153	26,665
90	🇧🇮Burundi	57,299	29,270	28,029
91	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	57,141	30,164	26,977
92	🇸🇴Somalia	54,896	28,610	26,286
93	🇷🇼Rwanda	54,634	27,736	26,898
94	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	54,155	29,297	24,858
95	🇬🇪Georgia	53,552	29,916	23,637
96	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	50,481	26,740	23,741
97	🇸🇻El Salvador	49,294	26,005	23,289
98	🇿🇲Zambia	49,123	25,424	23,699
99	🇨🇭Switzerland	49,071	25,177	23,894
100	🇭🇷Croatia	48,861	24,790	24,071
101	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	44,037	23,287	20,750
102	🇨🇫Central African Republic	42,868	21,997	20,871
103	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	40,052	21,462	18,590
104	🇩🇰Denmark	39,893	20,590	19,303
105	🇭🇳Honduras	39,594	21,093	18,501
106	🇱🇾Libya	38,025	20,376	17,649
107	🇫🇮Finland	37,941	19,411	18,530
108	🇹🇬Togo	36,014	18,769	17,245
109	🇮🇪Ireland	35,784	19,322	16,462
110	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	35,685	18,627	17,057
111	🇸🇰Slovakia	34,896	17,594	17,302
112	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	34,239	19,150	15,090
113	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	33,564	18,956	14,609
114	🇳🇮Nicaragua	33,008	17,000	16,008
115	🇱🇹Lithuania	30,295	14,153	16,142
116	🇦🇱Albania	30,025	16,264	13,761
117	🇹🇯Tajikistan	29,364	16,042	13,322
118	🇳🇴Norway	29,103	14,826	14,277
119	🇪🇷Eritrea	24,939	13,158	11,781
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	24,155	13,825	10,330
121	🇺🇾Uruguay	24,083	13,770	10,313
122	🇱🇷Liberia	24,080	13,026	11,054
123	🇲🇰North Macedonia	22,467	11,518	10,949
124	🇱🇻Latvia	21,637	10,272	11,366
125	🇲🇳Mongolia	21,420	11,384	10,036
126	🇦🇲Armenia	20,950	11,171	9,779
127	🇵🇸State of Palestine	19,972	11,219	8,753
128	🇨🇬Congo	19,577	10,438	9,139
129	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	19,167	10,740	8,428
130	🇳🇿New Zealand	18,875	10,525	8,350
131	🇵🇾Paraguay	18,775	10,060	8,715
132	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	18,209	9,824	8,384
133	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,167	9,313	8,854
134	🇱🇧Lebanon	17,647	9,548	8,100
135	🇴🇲Oman	16,618	8,889	7,729
136	🇯🇲Jamaica	15,740	8,018	7,722
137	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	15,572	8,231	7,341
138	🇲🇷Mauritania	15,454	7,937	7,517
139	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	14,043	7,446	6,596
140	🇪🇪Estonia	13,431	5,755	7,676
141	🇱🇸Lesotho	12,939	6,414	6,524
142	🇨🇷Costa Rica	12,931	7,005	5,925
143	🇸🇬Singapore	12,306	6,606	5,700
144	🇯🇴Jordan	12,044	6,321	5,723
145	🇳🇦Namibia	11,444	5,995	5,449
146	🇵🇦Panama	11,365	6,240	5,125
147	🇬🇦Gabon	11,053	5,594	5,459
148	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,677	5,396	5,281
149	🇬🇲Gambia	10,532	5,407	5,125
150	🇮🇱Israel	10,168	5,455	4,712
151	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,708	4,542	4,166
152	🇧🇼Botswana	8,704	4,469	4,235
153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	7,747	4,089	3,658
154	🇬🇾Guyana	6,669	3,591	3,078
155	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	6,158	3,204	2,953
156	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,154	3,167	2,986
157	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,148	3,628	2,520
158	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,140	3,242	2,898
159	🇫🇯Fiji	5,829	3,486	2,343
160	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,413	2,635	2,777
161	🇰🇲Comoros	4,645	2,351	2,294
162	🇷🇪Réunion	4,435	2,256	2,178
163	🇲🇹Malta	3,805	1,999	1,806
164	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,522	1,695	1,827
165	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,493	1,937	1,557
166	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	3,469	1,777	1,692
167	🇸🇷Suriname	3,442	1,916	1,526
168	🇲🇶Martinique	3,290	1,660	1,631
169	🇧🇭Bahrain	3,182	1,682	1,500
170	🇧🇧Barbados	2,826	1,249	1,576
171	🇰🇼Kuwait	2,539	1,452	1,086
172	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,455	1,449	1,006
173	🇲🇻Maldives	2,099	1,166	932
174	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,975	988	987
175	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1,907	1,105	802
176	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,554	820	734
177	🇩🇯Djibouti	1,509	800	709
178	🇼🇸Samoa	1,489	761	728
179	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,422	691	731
180	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,297	593	704
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,232	664	568
182	🇬🇩Grenada	1,158	545	613
183	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,102	637	465
184	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,101	538	563
185	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,079	610	469
186	🇮🇸Iceland	1,065	551	513
187	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	946	500	446
188	🇩🇲Dominica	937	486	451
189	🇰🇮Kiribati	910	464	446
190	🇸🇨Seychelles	901	532	369
191	🇧🇸Bahamas	884	458	427
192	🇵🇫French Polynesia	851	478	373
193	🇮🇲Isle of Man	793	398	396
194	🇹🇴Tonga	724	393	331
195	🇯🇪Jersey	723	352	371
196	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	722	333	390
197	🇬🇬Guernsey	672	291	381
198	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	556	257	299
199	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	554	305	249
200	🇪🇭Western Sahara	525	277	248
201	🇧🇲Bermuda	522	266	256
202	🇬🇺Guam	483	319	165
203	🇾🇹Mayotte	477	266	211
204	🇬🇫French Guiana	471	263	207
205	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	442	232	210
206	🇬🇱Greenland	408	198	209
207	🇶🇦Qatar	385	208	177
208	🇦🇼Aruba	373	204	170
209	🇨🇰Cook Islands	307	153	154
210	🇲🇨Monaco	296	145	150
211	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	270	135	135
212	🇲🇸Montserrat	242	132	110
213	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	229	119	110
214	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	190	97	93
215	🇬🇮Gibraltar	186	77	109
216	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	165	83	82
217	🇦🇸American Samoa	153	84	69
218	🇸🇲San Marino	150	83	68
219	🇵🇼Palau	139	82	57
220	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	135	64	71
221	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	129	61	68
222	🇹🇻Tuvalu	129	63	66
223	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	111	48	63
224	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	94	43	51
225	🇦🇮Anguilla	72	37	35
226	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	66	39	28
227	🇳🇺Niue	65	33	32
228	🇦🇩Andorra	59	28	31
229	🇸🇭Saint Helena	58	32	26
230	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	55	32	23
231	🇳🇷Nauru	53	29	24
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	39	23	16
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	28	14	14
234	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	26	14	13
235	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	23	8	15
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	21	11	10
237	🇻🇦Holy See	5	2	2

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1954

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	30,052,709	15,651,643	14,401,066
2	Africa	6,233,523	3,252,430	2,981,093
3	Europe	6,072,645	3,072,822	2,999,823
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,914,769	1,575,070	1,339,699
5	Northern America	1,578,409	903,137	675,272
6	Oceania	150,750	84,729	66,021

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1954

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Eastern Asia	13,530,200	7,172,570	6,357,630
2	Southern Asia	11,651,995	5,872,201	5,779,794
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,396,971	1,806,667	1,590,304
4	Eastern Europe	2,453,505	1,210,524	1,242,981
5	Western Africa	2,084,958	1,081,945	1,003,013
6	South America	1,889,431	1,030,971	858,460
7	Eastern Africa	1,749,233	921,007	828,226
8	Western Europe	1,633,443	842,337	791,106
9	Northern Africa	1,361,550	719,339	642,211
10	Western Asia	1,169,969	629,556	540,413
11	Southern Europe	1,127,029	578,629	548,400
12	Northern Europe	858,668	441,332	417,336
13	Central America	764,517	404,202	360,315
14	Middle Africa	738,378	375,295	363,083
15	Central Asia	303,574	170,649	132,925
16	Southern Africa	299,404	154,844	144,560
17	Caribbean	260,821	139,897	120,924
18	Australia/New Zealand	100,540	56,242	44,298
19	Melanesia	44,030	25,132	18,898
20	Polynesia	3,866	2,037	1,829
21	Micronesia	2,314	1,318	996

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1954

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	36,319,161	18,907,047	17,412,114
2	Lower-middle-income countries	18,559,185	9,479,798	9,079,387
3	Upper-middle-income countries	17,759,976	9,427,249	8,332,727
4	High-income countries	7,381,628	3,911,022	3,470,606
5	Low-income countries	3,217,306	1,674,940	1,542,366
6	No income group available	84,710	46,822	37,888

Data Information

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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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