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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1956

-5 year -1 year 1956 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1956, a total of 46,806,573 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 24,496,325 were male and 22,310,248 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 11,953,128 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 8,533,395, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 1,544,495 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 5 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 20, and 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with 24 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 29,862,651 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 6311.85, and Europe with 5,899,594 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 13,298,550 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 11,738,325, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,352,723 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 35,896,406. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 84,503 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1956

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1956

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇨🇳China 11,953,128 6,378,786 5,574,342
2 🇮🇳India 8,533,395 4,273,641 4,259,755
3 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,544,495 808,305 736,189
4 🇺🇸United States of America 1,531,553 874,908 656,646
5 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,108,905 572,635 536,271
6 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,048,104 538,771 509,333
7 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,008,574 517,203 491,371
8 🇧🇷Brazil 997,779 547,522 450,257
9 🇷🇺Russian Federation 842,785 420,300 422,484
10 🇩🇪Germany 816,673 419,132 397,541
11 🇯🇵Japan 745,631 390,416 355,214
12 🇬🇧United Kingdom 598,223 308,035 290,188
13 🇪🇬Egypt 597,428 315,977 281,451
14 🇫🇷France 546,968 279,479 267,489
15 🇲🇽Mexico 513,333 272,617 240,718
16 🇪🇹Ethiopia 508,980 269,992 238,988
17 🇮🇹Italy 497,394 260,209 237,186
18 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 493,607 247,031 246,576
19 🇹🇷Türkiye 469,519 251,531 217,988
20 🇲🇲Myanmar 458,313 241,223 217,090
21 🇹🇭Thailand 405,818 219,787 186,031
22 🇺🇦Ukraine 393,186 178,171 215,015
23 🇻🇳Viet Nam 366,408 206,501 159,907
24 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 338,327 180,958 157,368
25 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 335,570 167,063 168,508
26 🇪🇸Spain 290,621 146,047 144,574
27 🇵🇭Philippines 288,322 152,172 136,150
28 🇦🇫Afghanistan 277,328 149,012 128,315
29 🇵🇱Poland 260,435 132,999 127,437
30 🇩🇿Algeria 254,614 142,113 112,501
31 🇲🇦Morocco 250,778 129,524 121,253
32 🇿🇦South Africa 246,627 130,942 115,685
33 🇳🇵Nepal 241,125 121,750 119,375
34 🇨🇴Colombia 196,894 105,833 91,061
35 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 191,099 98,333 92,766
36 🇷🇴Romania 189,299 92,716 96,583
37 🇲🇱Mali 180,285 94,408 85,876
38 🇾🇪Yemen 177,286 95,395 81,891
39 🇵🇪Peru 171,560 89,107 82,453
40 🇦🇷Argentina 167,627 98,714 68,913
41 🇲🇿Mozambique 157,146 78,957 78,189
42 🇰🇪Kenya 153,620 83,570 70,050
43 🇺🇬Uganda 149,905 82,340 67,564
44 🇦🇴Angola 135,579 70,846 64,732
45 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 135,570 64,634 70,937
46 🇨🇦Canada 132,395 76,878 55,517
47 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 127,677 75,292 52,385
48 🇸🇩Sudan 126,885 64,294 62,591
49 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 125,053 66,853 58,199
50 🇬🇭Ghana 123,935 68,342 55,592
51 🇨🇲Cameroon 118,659 60,939 57,721
52 🇮🇶Iraq 116,878 64,665 52,213
53 🇰🇭Cambodia 115,482 61,478 54,005
54 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 114,801 63,061 51,740
55 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 110,350 63,815 46,534
56 🇧🇪Belgium 108,790 57,906 50,884
57 🇵🇹Portugal 106,847 53,662 53,185
58 🇲🇬Madagascar 105,623 55,479 50,144
59 🇭🇺Hungary 104,326 53,940 50,387
60 🇲🇾Malaysia 102,940 56,114 46,826
61 🇲🇼Malawi 99,820 51,307 48,513
62 🇹🇳Tunisia 97,757 50,280 47,478
63 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 95,664 50,824 44,840
64 🇬🇳Guinea 95,610 50,466 45,144
65 🇨🇿Czechia 93,517 49,357 44,161
66 🇨🇱Chile 88,694 48,691 40,004
67 🇦🇹Austria 86,988 44,432 42,555
68 🇸🇸South Sudan 86,344 47,477 38,868
69 🇳🇪Niger 85,951 42,451 43,500
70 🇦🇺Australia 85,760 48,031 37,729
71 🇳🇱Netherlands 84,889 44,885 40,004
72 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 84,074 44,244 39,830
73 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 83,045 43,501 39,544
74 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 82,965 44,435 38,530
75 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 82,953 45,628 37,325
76 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 82,510 43,099 39,412
77 🇧🇾Belarus 82,506 39,265 43,240
78 🇭🇹Haiti 82,152 43,131 39,022
79 🇬🇹Guatemala 80,523 41,887 38,635
80 🇬🇷Greece 79,950 43,064 36,886
81 🇹🇩Chad 76,784 40,073 36,711
82 🇸🇳Senegal 75,940 37,674 38,266
83 🇧🇬Bulgaria 73,111 37,239 35,871
84 🇧🇯Benin 71,399 35,176 36,222
85 🇪🇨Ecuador 71,065 37,035 34,030
86 🇸🇪Sweden 70,167 36,654 33,513
87 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 69,038 35,583 33,455
88 🇷🇸Serbia 65,223 31,215 34,008
89 🇨🇺Cuba 61,942 35,422 26,521
90 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 58,943 31,167 27,775
91 🇧🇮Burundi 58,140 29,711 28,429
92 🇷🇼Rwanda 57,209 29,073 28,136
93 🇸🇴Somalia 56,832 29,610 27,222
94 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 55,045 29,859 25,186
95 🇬🇪Georgia 52,932 29,119 23,813
96 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 51,892 27,459 24,433
97 🇨🇭Switzerland 51,537 26,394 25,143
98 🇿🇲Zambia 50,654 26,170 24,484
99 🇸🇻El Salvador 49,840 26,258 23,582
100 🇭🇷Croatia 47,446 23,992 23,454
101 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 45,014 23,818 21,196
102 🇨🇫Central African Republic 42,807 21,988 20,819
103 🇭🇳Honduras 39,731 21,132 18,599
104 🇩🇰Denmark 39,622 20,833 18,789
105 🇫🇮Finland 38,672 19,907 18,765
106 🇱🇾Libya 38,432 20,658 17,774
107 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 36,554 19,528 17,026
108 🇹🇬Togo 36,440 19,016 17,424
109 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 35,073 18,319 16,754
110 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 34,616 19,221 15,394
111 🇮🇪Ireland 34,087 18,361 15,726
112 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 33,677 18,925 14,752
113 🇳🇮Nicaragua 33,153 17,078 16,075
114 🇸🇰Slovakia 32,761 16,974 15,787
115 🇹🇯Tajikistan 31,650 17,322 14,328
116 🇦🇱Albania 30,218 16,270 13,948
117 🇳🇴Norway 29,814 15,423 14,392
118 🇱🇹Lithuania 29,270 14,002 15,268
119 🇱🇷Liberia 25,620 13,870 11,750
120 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 25,315 14,401 10,914
121 🇪🇷Eritrea 25,176 13,246 11,930
122 🇺🇾Uruguay 24,197 13,785 10,412
123 🇱🇻Latvia 22,072 10,329 11,743
124 🇲🇰North Macedonia 21,895 11,241 10,655
125 🇦🇲Armenia 21,694 11,665 10,029
126 🇲🇳Mongolia 21,597 11,429 10,169
127 🇵🇸State of Palestine 19,829 11,082 8,747
128 🇳🇿New Zealand 19,694 10,976 8,717
129 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 19,519 10,998 8,521
130 🇨🇬Congo 19,258 10,275 8,983
131 🇵🇾Paraguay 19,174 10,211 8,962
132 🇸🇮Slovenia 17,880 9,098 8,782
133 🇱🇧Lebanon 17,693 9,617 8,076
134 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 16,871 9,220 7,651
135 🇴🇲Oman 16,748 8,942 7,806
136 🇲🇷Mauritania 15,675 8,060 7,615
137 🇯🇲Jamaica 15,650 7,909 7,740
138 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 15,642 8,286 7,356
139 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 14,095 7,476 6,620
140 🇨🇷Costa Rica 13,316 7,170 6,146
141 🇪🇪Estonia 13,198 5,669 7,529
142 🇱🇸Lesotho 12,602 6,251 6,351
143 🇯🇴Jordan 12,528 6,584 5,944
144 🇵🇦Panama 11,611 6,323 5,288
145 🇳🇦Namibia 11,246 5,863 5,383
146 🇬🇲Gambia 11,034 5,672 5,363
147 🇮🇱Israel 11,004 5,877 5,127
148 🇬🇦Gabon 10,844 5,487 5,357
149 🇸🇬Singapore 10,833 5,820 5,013
150 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 10,630 5,395 5,235
151 🇧🇼Botswana 8,727 4,472 4,255
152 🇲🇺Mauritius 8,103 4,334 3,769
153 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 7,477 4,022 3,454
154 🇬🇾Guyana 6,414 3,437 2,977
155 🇸🇿Eswatini 6,291 3,233 3,058
156 🇧🇹Bhutan 6,283 3,320 2,963
157 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 6,212 3,232 2,980
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 6,067 3,558 2,509
159 🇲🇪Montenegro 5,237 2,575 2,661
160 🇫🇯Fiji 5,061 2,943 2,119
161 🇰🇲Comoros 4,759 2,413 2,345
162 🇷🇪Réunion 4,403 2,194 2,209
163 🇱🇺Luxembourg 3,766 2,079 1,687
164 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3,558 1,724 1,833
165 🇲🇹Malta 3,505 1,782 1,723
166 🇸🇷Suriname 3,333 1,840 1,492
167 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 3,199 1,612 1,588
168 🇲🇶Martinique 3,123 1,625 1,499
169 🇧🇭Bahrain 3,047 1,614 1,433
170 🇰🇼Kuwait 2,705 1,552 1,152
171 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2,643 1,512 1,131
172 🇧🇧Barbados 2,500 1,106 1,394
173 🇲🇻Maldives 2,236 1,238 998
174 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1,948 1,141 807
175 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,815 892 924
176 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,708 915 793
177 🇩🇯Djibouti 1,581 839 742
178 🇼🇸Samoa 1,471 757 715
179 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1,380 664 716
180 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,286 600 686
181 🇧🇿Belize 1,222 659 563
182 🇮🇸Iceland 1,158 576 582
183 🇬🇩Grenada 1,109 521 588
184 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,090 627 463
185 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,089 531 558
186 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,049 594 455
187 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 996 529 467
188 🇩🇲Dominica 980 495 485
189 🇰🇮Kiribati 914 467 447
190 🇧🇸Bahamas 900 465 435
191 🇸🇨Seychelles 890 530 360
192 🇵🇫French Polynesia 833 468 365
193 🇮🇲Isle of Man 800 399 401
194 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 750 329 421
195 🇯🇪Jersey 726 353 373
196 🇹🇴Tonga 722 394 328
197 🇬🇬Guernsey 643 287 356
198 🇪🇭Western Sahara 629 334 295
199 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 550 259 292
200 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 549 303 246
201 🇬🇺Guam 476 313 162
202 🇬🇫French Guiana 464 261 202
203 🇾🇹Mayotte 441 250 192
204 🇶🇦Qatar 386 208 178
205 🇦🇼Aruba 361 200 161
206 🇬🇱Greenland 348 181 167
207 🇧🇲Bermuda 339 176 163
208 🇲🇨Monaco 314 153 160
209 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 314 158 157
210 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 278 149 129
211 🇨🇰Cook Islands 278 138 141
212 🇲🇸Montserrat 230 121 109
213 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 215 116 99
214 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 213 121 92
215 🇬🇮Gibraltar 196 82 114
216 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 166 85 81
217 🇸🇲San Marino 152 84 69
218 🇦🇸American Samoa 151 81 70
219 🇵🇼Palau 140 83 57
220 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 137 64 73
221 🇹🇻Tuvalu 121 59 62
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 114 49 64
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 114 59 55
224 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 91 41 49
225 🇦🇮Anguilla 71 36 35
226 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 66 38 27
227 🇦🇩Andorra 64 31 33
228 🇳🇺Niue 63 32 31
229 🇸🇭Saint Helena 55 29 26
230 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 55 32 23
231 🇳🇷Nauru 52 29 23
232 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 38 23 15
233 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 28 14 14
234 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 27 14 13
235 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 24 8 16
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 20 10 10
237 🇻🇦Holy See 5 3 3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1956

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 29,862,651 15,592,314 14,270,337
2 Africa 6,311,850 3,299,094 3,012,756
3 Europe 5,899,594 2,989,071 2,910,523
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 2,912,713 1,576,733 1,335,980
5 Northern America 1,664,674 952,179 712,495
6 Oceania 155,091 86,934 68,157

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1956

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Eastern Asia 13,298,550 7,082,547 6,216,003
2 Southern Asia 11,738,325 5,927,256 5,811,069
3 South-Eastern Asia 3,352,723 1,783,225 1,569,498
4 Western Africa 2,139,770 1,111,054 1,028,715
5 Eastern Europe 2,106,995 1,039,285 1,067,710
6 South America 1,912,669 1,045,169 867,500
7 Eastern Africa 1,772,620 933,271 839,349
8 Western Europe 1,700,109 874,565 825,544
9 Northern Africa 1,366,528 723,181 643,347
10 Southern Europe 1,213,760 624,244 589,516
11 Western Asia 1,156,345 621,478 534,867
12 Northern Europe 878,730 450,977 427,753
13 Middle Africa 747,439 380,827 366,612
14 Central America 742,726 393,127 349,599
15 Central Asia 316,708 177,808 138,900
16 Southern Africa 285,493 150,761 134,732
17 Caribbean 257,317 138,437 118,881
18 Australia/New Zealand 105,463 59,011 46,452
19 Melanesia 43,526 24,597 18,929
20 Polynesia 3,773 1,994 1,779
21 Micronesia 2,329 1,332 997

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1956

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 35,896,406 18,738,942 17,157,464
2 Lower-middle-income countries 18,644,701 9,538,568 9,106,133
3 Upper-middle-income countries 17,251,705 9,200,374 8,051,331
4 High-income countries 7,569,904 4,015,047 3,554,857
5 Low-income countries 3,255,760 1,695,914 1,559,846
6 No income group available 84,503 46,422 38,081

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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