Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1957

-5 year -1 year 1957 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1957, a total of 47,269,070 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 24,758,646 were male and 22,510,424 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 11,973,494 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 8,617,802, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,597,038 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 30,004,413 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 6490.08, and Europe with 5,963,269 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 13,345,123 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 11,799,645, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,368,201 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 36,073,203. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 85,981 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1957

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1957

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	11,973,494	6,393,429	5,580,065
2	🇮🇳India	8,617,802	4,317,911	4,299,891
3	🇺🇸United States of America	1,597,038	910,367	686,671
4	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,555,754	815,382	740,373
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,124,325	581,219	543,106
6	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,037,196	532,589	504,608
7	🇧🇷Brazil	1,006,223	552,486	453,737
8	🇵🇰Pakistan	993,703	509,392	484,311
9	🇷🇺Russian Federation	900,903	448,658	452,245
10	🇩🇪Germany	845,157	434,958	410,199
11	🇯🇵Japan	774,572	407,000	367,572
12	🇪🇹Ethiopia	642,968	338,046	304,921
13	🇪🇬Egypt	592,084	312,685	279,398
14	🇬🇧United Kingdom	591,536	306,631	284,905
15	🇫🇷France	532,248	273,784	258,464
16	🇲🇽Mexico	505,265	268,902	236,363
17	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	497,280	249,140	248,140
18	🇹🇷Türkiye	487,650	261,641	226,009
19	🇮🇹Italy	484,075	255,501	228,574
20	🇲🇲Myanmar	456,137	240,981	215,157
21	🇹🇭Thailand	404,220	218,821	185,399
22	🇺🇦Ukraine	386,157	178,017	208,140
23	🇻🇳Viet Nam	374,556	210,335	164,221
24	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	338,131	168,627	169,504
25	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	331,469	177,223	154,246
26	🇪🇸Spain	295,264	149,383	145,880
27	🇵🇭Philippines	290,357	154,012	136,345
28	🇵🇱Poland	278,193	142,903	135,290
29	🇦🇫Afghanistan	276,560	148,408	128,151
30	🇩🇿Algeria	259,305	144,052	115,253
31	🇲🇦Morocco	252,459	130,303	122,157
32	🇳🇵Nepal	244,175	122,964	121,211
33	🇿🇦South Africa	240,801	129,088	111,714
34	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	195,774	100,889	94,884
35	🇷🇴Romania	195,204	95,193	100,012
36	🇨🇴Colombia	190,300	101,680	88,619
37	🇲🇱Mali	181,696	95,084	86,612
38	🇾🇪Yemen	180,053	96,885	83,168
39	🇦🇷Argentina	176,963	103,862	73,101
40	🇵🇪Peru	172,906	89,926	82,980
41	🇲🇿Mozambique	157,128	78,972	78,156
42	🇺🇬Uganda	149,308	82,415	66,894
43	🇰🇪Kenya	149,281	80,250	69,032
44	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	138,436	66,480	71,956
45	🇦🇴Angola	137,802	72,357	65,444
46	🇨🇦Canada	136,669	80,029	56,640
47	🇸🇩Sudan	132,317	67,571	64,745
48	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	126,245	67,556	58,689
49	🇬🇭Ghana	125,671	69,343	56,329
50	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	124,265	72,940	51,325
51	🇨🇲Cameroon	121,571	64,089	57,482
52	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	117,913	64,762	53,151
53	🇰🇭Cambodia	116,334	62,001	54,333
54	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	112,861	65,375	47,487
55	🇧🇪Belgium	107,744	57,388	50,356
56	🇮🇶Iraq	107,117	59,290	47,827
57	🇲🇬Madagascar	106,688	56,064	50,624
58	🇭🇺Hungary	103,398	52,851	50,548
59	🇵🇹Portugal	102,129	51,814	50,315
60	🇲🇼Malawi	101,447	52,235	49,212
61	🇲🇾Malaysia	99,506	54,415	45,091
62	🇨🇿Czechia	98,652	51,646	47,006
63	🇬🇳Guinea	96,855	51,040	45,815
64	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	96,531	51,247	45,284
65	🇹🇳Tunisia	96,042	49,474	46,568
66	🇨🇱Chile	92,210	49,844	42,366
67	🇸🇸South Sudan	90,372	49,628	40,744
68	🇦🇹Austria	89,344	45,776	43,568
69	🇳🇪Niger	88,466	43,755	44,710
70	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	84,849	44,638	40,212
71	🇦🇺Australia	84,830	47,593	37,237
72	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	84,400	46,333	38,068
73	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	83,099	43,390	39,709
74	🇳🇱Netherlands	83,021	44,107	38,914
75	🇭🇹Haiti	82,310	43,227	39,084
76	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	82,153	43,906	38,247
77	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	80,713	42,235	38,478
78	🇬🇹Guatemala	80,154	41,669	38,485
79	🇬🇷Greece	78,716	42,440	36,276
80	🇧🇾Belarus	78,591	37,214	41,377
81	🇹🇩Chad	77,601	40,371	37,230
82	🇸🇳Senegal	76,951	38,315	38,636
83	🇸🇪Sweden	73,016	38,112	34,904
84	🇧🇯Benin	71,561	35,337	36,224
85	🇪🇨Ecuador	71,049	37,044	34,005
86	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	69,477	35,812	33,664
87	🇧🇬Bulgaria	67,024	34,246	32,778
88	🇷🇸Serbia	63,948	30,532	33,416
89	🇨🇺Cuba	62,050	35,493	26,557
90	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	59,674	31,717	27,957
91	🇧🇮Burundi	58,451	29,812	28,639
92	🇸🇴Somalia	57,788	30,105	27,683
93	🇷🇼Rwanda	57,202	29,094	28,109
94	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	55,372	30,079	25,293
95	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	52,558	27,826	24,732
96	🇬🇪Georgia	52,522	28,727	23,796
97	🇿🇲Zambia	51,514	26,572	24,942
98	🇨🇭Switzerland	51,015	26,566	24,449
99	🇸🇻El Salvador	50,115	26,476	23,639
100	🇭🇷Croatia	46,036	23,187	22,850
101	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	45,605	24,019	21,586
102	🇨🇫Central African Republic	42,806	22,000	20,806
103	🇩🇰Denmark	41,763	21,937	19,827
104	🇫🇮Finland	40,659	20,868	19,792
105	🇭🇳Honduras	39,463	20,971	18,492
106	🇱🇾Libya	38,451	20,675	17,776
107	🇹🇬Togo	36,684	19,122	17,561
108	🇸🇰Slovakia	35,633	18,364	17,270
109	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	34,923	18,643	16,280
110	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	34,839	19,297	15,541
111	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	34,764	18,171	16,593
112	🇮🇪Ireland	34,387	18,392	15,996
113	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	33,581	18,866	14,715
114	🇳🇮Nicaragua	33,235	17,124	16,111
115	🇹🇯Tajikistan	32,810	17,927	14,882
116	🇳🇴Norway	30,532	15,747	14,785
117	🇦🇱Albania	29,952	16,120	13,831
118	🇱🇹Lithuania	27,206	13,051	14,154
119	🇱🇷Liberia	26,447	14,315	12,132
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	25,850	14,686	11,164
121	🇪🇷Eritrea	25,197	13,274	11,923
122	🇺🇾Uruguay	24,253	13,795	10,458
123	🇲🇳Mongolia	23,354	12,284	11,070
124	🇦🇲Armenia	22,085	11,924	10,162
125	🇱🇻Latvia	22,048	10,162	11,886
126	🇲🇰North Macedonia	21,573	11,088	10,485
127	🇳🇿New Zealand	20,871	11,667	9,204
128	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	19,886	11,284	8,602
129	🇵🇸State of Palestine	19,727	11,005	8,722
130	🇵🇾Paraguay	19,297	10,261	9,036
131	🇨🇬Congo	19,086	10,192	8,894
132	🇱🇧Lebanon	17,598	9,500	8,098
133	🇸🇮Slovenia	17,576	8,909	8,667
134	🇴🇲Oman	16,805	8,981	7,824
135	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	16,545	9,106	7,439
136	🇲🇷Mauritania	15,811	8,132	7,678
137	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	15,683	8,313	7,370
138	🇯🇲Jamaica	15,039	7,634	7,405
139	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	14,168	7,518	6,651
140	🇨🇷Costa Rica	13,496	7,366	6,130
141	🇪🇪Estonia	13,251	5,684	7,567
142	🇯🇴Jordan	12,736	6,687	6,049
143	🇱🇸Lesotho	12,491	6,186	6,305
144	🇵🇦Panama	11,567	6,270	5,297
145	🇮🇱Israel	11,387	6,071	5,317
146	🇬🇲Gambia	11,168	5,743	5,425
147	🇳🇦Namibia	11,144	5,794	5,350
148	🇬🇦Gabon	10,754	5,463	5,291
149	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,597	5,392	5,205
150	🇸🇬Singapore	10,554	5,707	4,848
151	🇧🇼Botswana	8,738	4,475	4,263
152	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,292	4,489	3,803
153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	7,722	4,080	3,642
154	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,357	3,361	2,996
155	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,356	3,271	3,085
156	🇬🇾Guyana	6,289	3,375	2,914
157	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	6,240	3,246	2,995
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,035	3,534	2,501
159	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,123	2,516	2,607
160	🇰🇲Comoros	4,786	2,426	2,360
161	🇫🇯Fiji	4,767	2,745	2,021
162	🇷🇪Réunion	4,610	2,294	2,316
163	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,839	2,163	1,676
164	🇲🇹Malta	3,631	1,886	1,745
165	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,622	1,754	1,868
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,299	1,826	1,473
167	🇲🇶Martinique	3,101	1,622	1,480
168	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	3,095	1,580	1,514
169	🇰🇼Kuwait	2,933	1,696	1,236
170	🇧🇭Bahrain	2,914	1,545	1,370
171	🇧🇧Barbados	2,429	1,072	1,357
172	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,366	1,380	987
173	🇲🇻Maldives	2,299	1,271	1,028
174	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1,961	1,152	809
175	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,741	850	891
176	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,687	902	785
177	🇩🇯Djibouti	1,620	859	762
178	🇼🇸Samoa	1,453	750	703
179	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,389	670	719
180	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,287	605	682
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,199	648	552
182	🇮🇸Iceland	1,163	579	584
183	🇬🇩Grenada	1,111	521	590
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,086	623	463
185	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,080	532	548
186	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,041	591	450
187	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1,016	540	476
188	🇰🇮Kiribati	915	468	447
189	🇧🇸Bahamas	910	472	438
190	🇩🇲Dominica	899	454	444
191	🇸🇨Seychelles	869	510	359
192	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	842	374	468
193	🇵🇫French Polynesia	831	466	365
194	🇮🇲Isle of Man	803	401	402
195	🇯🇪Jersey	739	360	379
196	🇹🇴Tonga	722	395	327
197	🇪🇭Western Sahara	686	365	321
198	🇬🇬Guernsey	644	291	353
199	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	547	260	287
200	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	546	300	246
201	🇬🇺Guam	476	314	163
202	🇬🇫French Guiana	461	264	196
203	🇾🇹Mayotte	425	241	184
204	🇶🇦Qatar	388	209	179
205	🇦🇼Aruba	358	201	157
206	🇧🇲Bermuda	350	180	170
207	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	324	166	157
208	🇬🇱Greenland	322	171	151
209	🇲🇨Monaco	319	156	163
210	🇨🇰Cook Islands	265	132	133
211	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	255	137	118
212	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	228	126	101
213	🇲🇸Montserrat	225	114	110
214	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	200	109	92
215	🇬🇮Gibraltar	193	83	110
216	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	165	86	80
217	🇸🇲San Marino	153	84	69
218	🇦🇸American Samoa	151	81	69
219	🇵🇼Palau	140	83	57
220	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	134	62	72
221	🇹🇻Tuvalu	117	57	59
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	106	46	60
223	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	106	56	50
224	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	88	40	48
225	🇦🇮Anguilla	72	36	36
226	🇦🇩Andorra	67	33	34
227	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	66	38	28
228	🇳🇺Niue	62	32	31
229	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	56	33	23
230	🇸🇭Saint Helena	54	28	26
231	🇳🇷Nauru	51	29	22
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	37	22	15
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	27	13	14
234	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	27	14	13
235	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	24	8	15
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	20	10	10
237	🇻🇦Holy See	5	3	3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1957

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	30,004,413	15,673,680	14,330,733
2	Africa	6,490,080	3,393,294	3,096,786
3	Europe	5,963,269	3,032,172	2,931,097
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,922,277	1,581,955	1,340,322
5	Northern America	1,734,402	990,766	743,636
6	Oceania	154,629	86,779	67,850

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1957

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Eastern Asia	13,345,123	7,112,464	6,232,659
2	Southern Asia	11,799,645	5,957,974	5,841,671
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,368,201	1,793,743	1,574,458
4	Eastern Europe	2,178,524	1,077,253	1,101,271
5	Western Africa	2,167,241	1,126,109	1,041,132
6	South America	1,930,767	1,054,098	876,669
7	Eastern Africa	1,916,261	1,005,983	910,278
8	Western Europe	1,712,854	884,986	827,868
9	Northern Africa	1,371,359	725,130	646,229
10	Southern Europe	1,193,909	617,594	576,315
11	Western Asia	1,167,169	627,448	539,721
12	Northern Europe	877,982	452,339	425,643
13	Middle Africa	755,683	387,255	368,428
14	Central America	734,504	389,426	345,078
15	Central Asia	324,275	182,051	142,224
16	Southern Africa	279,536	148,817	130,719
17	Caribbean	257,005	138,431	118,575
18	Australia/New Zealand	105,707	59,264	46,443
19	Melanesia	42,852	24,206	18,646
20	Polynesia	3,732	1,972	1,760
21	Micronesia	2,338	1,337	1,000

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1957

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	36,073,203	18,841,819	17,231,384
2	Lower-middle-income countries	18,751,647	9,600,022	9,151,625
3	Upper-middle-income countries	17,321,556	9,241,797	8,079,759
4	High-income countries	7,692,510	4,090,182	3,602,328
5	Low-income countries	3,417,376	1,779,513	1,637,863
6	No income group available	85,981	47,132	38,849

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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