Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1959

-5 year -1 year 1959 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1959, a total of 51,327,051 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 26,899,305 were male and 24,427,746 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 16,174,979 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 8,687,830, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,621,018 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 26 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 34,213,371 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 6458.97, and Europe with 5,816,056 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 17,477,468 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 11,844,833, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,386,003 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 40,362,053. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 84,225 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1959

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1959

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	16,174,979	8,582,004	7,592,974
2	🇮🇳India	8,687,830	4,357,379	4,330,451
3	🇺🇸United States of America	1,621,018	922,864	698,154
4	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,577,821	833,663	744,158
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,159,436	597,750	561,686
6	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,044,943	537,165	507,778
7	🇧🇷Brazil	1,018,467	560,885	457,581
8	🇵🇰Pakistan	970,149	499,164	470,985
9	🇷🇺Russian Federation	934,020	454,633	479,387
10	🇩🇪Germany	837,398	428,715	408,683
11	🇯🇵Japan	711,205	377,124	334,081
12	🇬🇧United Kingdom	606,008	310,427	295,582
13	🇪🇬Egypt	582,366	306,863	275,503
14	🇫🇷France	508,689	258,622	250,068
15	🇪🇹Ethiopia	501,958	267,619	234,338
16	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	494,463	248,026	246,438
17	🇹🇷Türkiye	493,584	265,847	227,736
18	🇲🇽Mexico	492,873	263,626	229,247
19	🇮🇹Italy	454,767	240,362	214,404
20	🇲🇲Myanmar	451,146	239,117	212,029
21	🇹🇭Thailand	402,891	217,576	185,315
22	🇻🇳Viet Nam	376,152	212,415	163,737
23	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	348,446	174,266	174,179
24	🇺🇦Ukraine	332,936	158,322	174,613
25	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	328,862	178,081	150,781
26	🇵🇭Philippines	295,710	159,469	136,242
27	🇦🇫Afghanistan	274,920	147,066	127,854
28	🇪🇸Spain	269,666	136,684	132,982
29	🇩🇿Algeria	266,990	147,315	119,675
30	🇲🇦Morocco	255,275	131,747	123,528
31	🇵🇱Poland	251,584	131,075	120,510
32	🇳🇵Nepal	249,611	125,586	124,025
33	🇿🇦South Africa	233,310	127,058	106,252
34	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	205,721	106,087	99,634
35	🇷🇴Romania	199,692	99,669	100,022
36	🇨🇴Colombia	187,724	100,186	87,538
37	🇲🇱Mali	185,177	96,574	88,603
38	🇾🇪Yemen	182,330	98,024	84,306
39	🇦🇷Argentina	176,715	103,905	72,810
40	🇵🇪Peru	174,613	91,067	83,545
41	🇲🇿Mozambique	157,058	79,134	77,924
42	🇸🇩Sudan	148,511	76,961	71,550
43	🇺🇬Uganda	147,740	81,626	66,113
44	🇰🇪Kenya	146,007	78,478	67,529
45	🇦🇴Angola	141,650	75,007	66,643
46	🇨🇦Canada	139,525	81,176	58,349
47	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	138,823	67,090	71,732
48	🇬🇭Ghana	129,238	71,018	58,220
49	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	128,497	68,829	59,668
50	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	121,860	66,918	54,942
51	🇨🇲Cameroon	120,653	63,581	57,072
52	🇰🇭Cambodia	117,181	62,440	54,741
53	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	116,557	67,570	48,987
54	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	114,021	67,023	46,998
55	🇲🇬Madagascar	108,592	56,990	51,603
56	🇲🇼Malawi	105,411	54,419	50,991
57	🇸🇸South Sudan	104,367	57,238	47,130
58	🇧🇪Belgium	103,981	55,460	48,520
59	🇭🇺Hungary	103,729	53,303	50,426
60	🇮🇶Iraq	101,179	56,871	44,308
61	🇬🇳Guinea	98,930	52,097	46,833
62	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	98,143	52,228	45,916
63	🇵🇹Portugal	97,855	49,949	47,905
64	🇨🇿Czechia	97,188	51,135	46,053
65	🇳🇪Niger	93,819	46,487	47,332
66	🇹🇳Tunisia	92,995	48,227	44,768
67	🇨🇱Chile	92,781	50,979	41,802
68	🇲🇾Malaysia	92,067	50,469	41,598
69	🇦🇺Australia	89,005	50,162	38,843
70	🇦🇹Austria	88,098	45,105	42,992
71	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	86,656	45,565	41,091
72	🇳🇱Netherlands	85,946	46,576	39,370
73	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	84,468	44,023	40,445
74	🇭🇹Haiti	82,910	43,494	39,416
75	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	82,574	45,554	37,019
76	🇸🇳Senegal	79,820	40,025	39,795
77	🇹🇩Chad	78,900	41,114	37,786
78	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	78,847	42,284	36,563
79	🇬🇹Guatemala	78,174	40,600	37,574
80	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	76,950	40,304	36,646
81	🇬🇷Greece	76,123	39,017	37,105
82	🇧🇬Bulgaria	74,713	37,833	36,880
83	🇧🇾Belarus	71,480	34,380	37,100
84	🇧🇯Benin	71,390	35,417	35,973
85	🇪🇨Ecuador	70,977	37,016	33,960
86	🇸🇪Sweden	70,785	37,090	33,695
87	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	70,119	36,087	34,032
88	🇨🇺Cuba	62,467	35,636	26,831
89	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	61,259	32,707	28,552
90	🇸🇴Somalia	59,670	31,081	28,589
91	🇧🇮Burundi	59,253	30,213	29,040
92	🇷🇸Serbia	58,370	27,539	30,831
93	🇷🇼Rwanda	57,006	29,024	27,981
94	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	55,753	30,366	25,386
95	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	53,666	28,291	25,375
96	🇿🇲Zambia	53,068	27,405	25,663
97	🇬🇪Georgia	51,342	28,271	23,071
98	🇸🇻El Salvador	50,214	26,693	23,521
99	🇨🇭Switzerland	50,048	26,016	24,032
100	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	47,678	25,486	22,192
101	🇭🇷Croatia	43,722	21,964	21,758
102	🇨🇫Central African Republic	42,800	22,011	20,790
103	🇩🇰Denmark	42,136	22,035	20,102
104	🇫🇮Finland	38,800	20,106	18,694
105	🇭🇳Honduras	38,758	20,576	18,182
106	🇱🇾Libya	37,586	20,268	17,319
107	🇹🇬Togo	37,015	19,292	17,724
108	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	35,740	19,557	16,183
109	🇹🇯Tajikistan	34,616	18,921	15,694
110	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	34,470	17,937	16,533
111	🇮🇪Ireland	34,248	18,629	15,619
112	🇸🇰Slovakia	34,064	17,740	16,324
113	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	33,558	18,811	14,747
114	🇳🇮Nicaragua	33,414	17,222	16,192
115	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	32,275	17,252	15,023
116	🇳🇴Norway	31,668	16,551	15,117
117	🇦🇱Albania	29,048	15,617	13,431
118	🇱🇷Liberia	28,212	15,239	12,973
119	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	26,936	15,200	11,736
120	🇪🇷Eritrea	25,469	13,415	12,054
121	🇺🇾Uruguay	24,431	13,858	10,573
122	🇱🇹Lithuania	24,322	11,743	12,578
123	🇲🇳Mongolia	22,950	12,184	10,766
124	🇦🇲Armenia	22,781	12,265	10,516
125	🇱🇻Latvia	22,416	10,151	12,264
126	🇳🇿New Zealand	21,134	11,641	9,492
127	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	20,190	11,462	8,728
128	🇵🇸State of Palestine	19,469	10,828	8,642
129	🇵🇾Paraguay	19,459	10,317	9,142
130	🇲🇰North Macedonia	19,192	9,891	9,301
131	🇨🇬Congo	18,773	10,021	8,751
132	🇱🇧Lebanon	17,602	9,438	8,164
133	🇴🇲Oman	16,829	8,954	7,875
134	🇸🇮Slovenia	16,817	8,494	8,323
135	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	16,164	8,964	7,200
136	🇲🇷Mauritania	15,969	8,167	7,802
137	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	15,735	8,372	7,363
138	🇯🇲Jamaica	14,653	7,419	7,234
139	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	14,342	7,615	6,727
140	🇨🇷Costa Rica	13,906	7,524	6,382
141	🇪🇪Estonia	13,118	5,986	7,132
142	🇯🇴Jordan	13,099	6,867	6,233
143	🇱🇸Lesotho	12,640	6,295	6,345
144	🇮🇱Israel	11,939	6,296	5,642
145	🇬🇲Gambia	11,409	5,879	5,531
146	🇵🇦Panama	11,335	6,107	5,227
147	🇳🇦Namibia	10,913	5,656	5,257
148	🇬🇦Gabon	10,652	5,414	5,238
149	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,555	5,385	5,170
150	🇸🇬Singapore	9,970	5,468	4,502
151	🇧🇼Botswana	8,685	4,432	4,253
152	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,461	4,627	3,834
153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	7,306	3,965	3,340
154	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,504	3,444	3,060
155	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,458	3,318	3,139
156	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	6,295	3,275	3,020
157	🇬🇾Guyana	6,272	3,399	2,873
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	5,989	3,490	2,500
159	🇰🇲Comoros	4,863	2,458	2,405
160	🇲🇪Montenegro	4,827	2,375	2,451
161	🇷🇪Réunion	4,805	2,422	2,383
162	🇫🇯Fiji	4,429	2,547	1,882
163	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,765	1,837	1,928
164	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,600	1,935	1,665
165	🇰🇼Kuwait	3,271	1,894	1,377
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,235	1,790	1,445
167	🇲🇹Malta	3,234	1,699	1,535
168	🇲🇶Martinique	3,058	1,575	1,483
169	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,905	1,503	1,403
170	🇧🇭Bahrain	2,691	1,433	1,258
171	🇲🇻Maldives	2,404	1,327	1,078
172	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,315	1,337	978
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,258	998	1,260
174	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	2,004	1,183	821
175	🇩🇯Djibouti	1,697	898	799
176	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,620	784	836
177	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,584	865	718
178	🇼🇸Samoa	1,458	756	702
179	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,347	653	694
180	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,274	610	665
181	🇮🇸Iceland	1,246	670	575
182	🇧🇿Belize	1,150	631	519
183	🇬🇩Grenada	1,113	521	592
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,080	616	464
185	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,075	530	545
186	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,034	591	443
187	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1,012	541	472
188	🇧🇸Bahamas	934	489	445
189	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	929	427	501
190	🇰🇮Kiribati	916	469	447
191	🇩🇲Dominica	856	419	438
192	🇵🇫French Polynesia	821	460	361
193	🇸🇨Seychelles	820	402	418
194	🇪🇭Western Sahara	807	430	377
195	🇮🇲Isle of Man	800	397	403
196	🇹🇴Tonga	723	400	324
197	🇯🇪Jersey	720	348	372
198	🇬🇬Guernsey	602	283	319
199	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	539	296	243
200	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	538	260	278
201	🇬🇺Guam	469	309	160
202	🇬🇫French Guiana	450	264	186
203	🇾🇹Mayotte	399	228	171
204	🇶🇦Qatar	394	213	182
205	🇦🇼Aruba	357	204	153
206	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	347	186	161
207	🇧🇲Bermuda	345	187	158
208	🇲🇨Monaco	330	163	167
209	🇬🇱Greenland	299	161	138
210	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	264	146	117
211	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	249	144	106
212	🇨🇰Cook Islands	242	121	122
213	🇲🇸Montserrat	210	99	110
214	🇬🇮Gibraltar	191	78	113
215	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	185	104	81
216	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	161	86	76
217	🇸🇲San Marino	154	85	69
218	🇦🇸American Samoa	144	78	65
219	🇵🇼Palau	141	85	57
220	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	128	59	69
221	🇹🇻Tuvalu	108	53	55
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	100	44	56
223	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	100	51	48
224	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	84	37	48
225	🇦🇮Anguilla	75	36	40
226	🇦🇩Andorra	65	33	32
227	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	65	37	28
228	🇳🇺Niue	60	30	30
229	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	55	32	23
230	🇸🇭Saint Helena	53	27	26
231	🇳🇷Nauru	50	29	21
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)	26	10	16
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	20	10	10
237	🇻🇦Holy See	5	3	3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1959

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	34,213,371	17,890,057	16,323,314
2	Africa	6,458,970	3,381,450	3,077,520
3	Europe	5,816,056	2,949,655	2,866,401
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,918,863	1,584,728	1,334,135
5	Northern America	1,761,238	1,004,422	756,816
6	Oceania	158,553	88,993	69,560

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1959

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Eastern Asia	17,477,468	9,271,013	8,206,455
2	Southern Asia	11,844,833	5,986,157	5,858,676
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,386,003	1,814,280	1,571,723
4	Western Africa	2,226,686	1,155,300	1,071,386
5	Eastern Europe	2,133,866	1,056,022	1,077,844
6	South America	1,942,195	1,063,254	878,941
7	Eastern Africa	1,806,032	952,058	853,974
8	Western Europe	1,678,253	862,686	815,567
9	Northern Africa	1,384,528	731,800	652,728
10	Western Asia	1,169,370	630,451	538,919
11	Southern Europe	1,116,842	576,413	540,429
12	Northern Europe	887,095	454,534	432,561
13	Middle Africa	769,738	395,542	374,196
14	Central America	719,811	382,978	336,833
15	Central Asia	335,697	188,156	147,541
16	Southern Africa	271,986	146,750	125,236
17	Caribbean	256,857	138,496	118,361
18	Australia/New Zealand	110,147	61,805	48,342
19	Melanesia	42,408	23,900	18,508
20	Polynesia	3,665	1,946	1,719
21	Micronesia	2,333	1,342	991

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1959

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	40,362,053	21,094,692	19,267,361
2	Upper-middle-income countries	21,530,661	11,430,390	10,100,271
3	Lower-middle-income countries	18,831,392	9,664,302	9,167,090
4	High-income countries	7,540,614	4,014,388	3,526,226
5	Low-income countries	3,340,159	1,743,833	1,596,326
6	No income group available	84,225	46,392	37,833

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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