Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1960

-5 year -1 year 1960 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1960, a total of 54,973,677 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 28,803,966 were male and 26,169,711 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 19,613,435 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 8,756,300, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,671,107 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 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 27 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 37,750,030 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 6552.895, and Europe with 5,783,828 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 20,932,487 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 11,925,561, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,386,960 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 43,897,800. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 82,719 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1960

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1960

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	19,613,435	10,352,999	9,260,436
2	🇮🇳India	8,756,300	4,392,735	4,363,565
3	🇺🇸United States of America	1,671,107	952,348	718,759
4	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,592,968	841,768	751,200
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,178,708	608,563	570,145
6	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,069,699	548,564	521,135
7	🇧🇷Brazil	1,024,950	564,825	460,124
8	🇵🇰Pakistan	961,020	495,471	465,549
9	🇷🇺Russian Federation	909,975	443,818	466,157
10	🇩🇪Germany	879,225	449,733	429,493
11	🇯🇵Japan	730,473	388,567	341,906
12	🇬🇧United Kingdom	603,662	308,965	294,696
13	🇪🇬Egypt	577,665	304,960	272,705
14	🇫🇷France	520,826	265,520	255,306
15	🇪🇹Ethiopia	507,670	270,623	237,047
16	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	492,822	246,846	245,976
17	🇹🇷Türkiye	488,850	264,046	224,803
18	🇲🇽Mexico	488,005	261,491	226,513
19	🇮🇹Italy	480,963	255,143	225,820
20	🇲🇲Myanmar	449,475	237,333	212,142
21	🇹🇭Thailand	391,987	212,107	179,880
22	🇻🇳Viet Nam	375,245	212,744	162,501
23	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	353,656	176,514	177,141
24	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	326,808	176,415	150,393
25	🇺🇦Ukraine	321,030	151,292	169,739
26	🇵🇭Philippines	299,155	162,838	136,318
27	🇦🇫Afghanistan	275,239	147,069	128,169
28	🇩🇿Algeria	271,718	149,311	122,406
29	🇪🇸Spain	270,174	137,496	132,678
30	🇲🇦Morocco	267,971	137,464	130,507
31	🇳🇵Nepal	252,886	127,483	125,402
32	🇿🇦South Africa	232,405	127,063	105,342
33	🇵🇱Poland	223,778	117,128	106,651
34	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	210,777	108,734	102,043
35	🇲🇱Mali	187,194	97,554	89,640
36	🇨🇴Colombia	186,589	99,589	87,001
37	🇾🇪Yemen	183,430	98,618	84,812
38	🇦🇷Argentina	179,885	106,571	73,314
39	🇵🇪Peru	175,308	91,507	83,802
40	🇷🇴Romania	162,724	80,772	81,952
41	🇲🇿Mozambique	157,926	79,650	78,277
42	🇸🇩Sudan	150,638	78,282	72,356
43	🇺🇬Uganda	147,006	81,235	65,771
44	🇨🇲Cameroon	146,603	88,203	58,400
45	🇰🇪Kenya	144,571	77,756	66,815
46	🇦🇴Angola	143,432	76,088	67,344
47	🇨🇦Canada	139,237	81,590	57,647
48	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	138,839	67,232	71,607
49	🇬🇭Ghana	131,212	72,190	59,023
50	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	129,967	69,430	60,538
51	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	125,433	68,318	57,115
52	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	118,426	68,779	49,647
53	🇰🇭Cambodia	116,133	61,795	54,338
54	🇧🇪Belgium	114,030	61,095	52,935
55	🇲🇬Madagascar	109,215	57,310	51,905
56	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	108,578	63,486	45,092
57	🇲🇼Malawi	107,715	55,913	51,802
58	🇸🇸South Sudan	104,977	57,234	47,743
59	🇭🇺Hungary	101,504	51,679	49,825
60	🇬🇳Guinea	99,852	52,661	47,191
61	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	99,406	53,067	46,339
62	🇮🇶Iraq	98,435	54,480	43,955
63	🇳🇪Niger	96,484	47,811	48,674
64	🇵🇹Portugal	96,233	48,766	47,466
65	🇨🇿Czechia	93,804	49,490	44,313
66	🇹🇳Tunisia	91,090	47,645	43,446
67	🇦🇹Austria	89,658	46,238	43,421
68	🇨🇱Chile	89,653	49,185	40,468
69	🇲🇾Malaysia	88,938	48,845	40,093
70	🇦🇺Australia	88,303	49,530	38,773
71	🇳🇱Netherlands	87,757	47,448	40,309
72	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	87,264	45,872	41,393
73	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	85,203	44,459	40,744
74	🇭🇹Haiti	83,104	43,595	39,509
75	🇸🇳Senegal	81,546	40,929	40,616
76	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	81,029	44,988	36,041
77	🇹🇩Chad	79,779	41,558	38,221
78	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	78,134	42,585	35,549
79	🇬🇹Guatemala	77,673	40,372	37,302
80	🇬🇷Greece	77,640	41,581	36,059
81	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	75,233	39,350	35,883
82	🇸🇪Sweden	75,085	39,489	35,596
83	🇧🇯Benin	71,600	35,584	36,016
84	🇪🇨Ecuador	71,016	37,060	33,957
85	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	70,505	36,277	34,228
86	🇧🇾Belarus	65,165	31,255	33,910
87	🇧🇬Bulgaria	64,188	32,856	31,332
88	🇨🇺Cuba	62,845	35,855	26,990
89	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	61,699	32,974	28,726
90	🇸🇴Somalia	60,662	31,597	29,065
91	🇧🇮Burundi	59,650	30,430	29,221
92	🇷🇸Serbia	58,143	27,507	30,636
93	🇷🇼Rwanda	57,072	29,044	28,027
94	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	55,791	30,424	25,367
95	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	54,201	28,583	25,618
96	🇿🇲Zambia	53,971	27,915	26,056
97	🇨🇭Switzerland	52,093	27,030	25,063
98	🇬🇪Georgia	51,290	27,928	23,363
99	🇸🇻El Salvador	50,074	26,654	23,420
100	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	48,138	25,627	22,511
101	🇩🇰Denmark	43,740	23,058	20,682
102	🇭🇷Croatia	42,811	21,580	21,231
103	🇨🇫Central African Republic	42,681	21,954	20,726
104	🇫🇮Finland	39,808	20,631	19,177
105	🇭🇳Honduras	38,395	20,389	18,006
106	🇹🇬Togo	37,196	19,396	17,799
107	🇱🇾Libya	36,901	19,885	17,016
108	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	35,981	19,757	16,224
109	🇹🇯Tajikistan	35,437	19,341	16,096
110	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	34,322	17,808	16,514
111	🇳🇮Nicaragua	33,865	17,446	16,420
112	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	33,558	18,805	14,753
113	🇮🇪Ireland	32,676	17,503	15,173
114	🇳🇴Norway	32,487	17,079	15,408
115	🇸🇰Slovakia	31,645	16,469	15,176
116	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	31,164	16,681	14,483
117	🇱🇷Liberia	29,077	15,701	13,376
118	🇦🇱Albania	28,400	15,277	13,123
119	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	27,261	15,369	11,892
120	🇪🇷Eritrea	25,541	13,498	12,043
121	🇺🇾Uruguay	24,591	13,932	10,659
122	🇲🇳Mongolia	23,327	12,401	10,926
123	🇦🇲Armenia	23,160	12,457	10,703
124	🇱🇹Lithuania	22,638	11,056	11,582
125	🇱🇻Latvia	21,590	9,992	11,598
126	🇳🇿New Zealand	20,901	11,551	9,350
127	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	19,887	11,231	8,657
128	🇵🇾Paraguay	19,509	10,342	9,167
129	🇵🇸State of Palestine	19,304	10,720	8,583
130	🇲🇰North Macedonia	19,025	9,811	9,214
131	🇨🇬Congo	18,597	9,929	8,668
132	🇱🇧Lebanon	17,692	9,454	8,238
133	🇸🇮Slovenia	16,835	8,462	8,373
134	🇴🇲Oman	16,409	8,742	7,667
135	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	16,197	8,987	7,209
136	🇲🇷Mauritania	15,951	8,159	7,791
137	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	15,771	8,404	7,367
138	🇯🇲Jamaica	14,655	7,400	7,255
139	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	14,327	7,605	6,722
140	🇨🇷Costa Rica	13,770	7,478	6,292
141	🇯🇴Jordan	13,232	6,934	6,298
142	🇱🇸Lesotho	12,802	6,403	6,399
143	🇪🇪Estonia	12,763	5,885	6,877
144	🇮🇱Israel	12,198	6,542	5,656
145	🇬🇲Gambia	11,536	5,949	5,587
146	🇵🇦Panama	11,218	6,043	5,176
147	🇳🇦Namibia	10,801	5,570	5,230
148	🇬🇦Gabon	10,597	5,399	5,197
149	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,563	5,398	5,165
150	🇸🇬Singapore	9,606	5,282	4,324
151	🇧🇼Botswana	8,638	4,403	4,235
152	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,348	4,534	3,813
153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	6,833	3,746	3,087
154	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,577	3,485	3,092
155	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,533	3,352	3,181
156	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	6,326	3,288	3,038
157	🇬🇾Guyana	6,252	3,392	2,859
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	5,853	3,377	2,475
159	🇰🇲Comoros	4,897	2,475	2,422
160	🇲🇪Montenegro	4,588	2,298	2,291
161	🇷🇪Réunion	4,587	2,328	2,259
162	🇫🇯Fiji	4,316	2,504	1,812
163	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,894	1,914	1,979
164	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,725	2,032	1,693
165	🇰🇼Kuwait	3,408	1,973	1,435
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,232	1,790	1,442
167	🇲🇶Martinique	2,989	1,514	1,475
168	🇲🇹Malta	2,970	1,541	1,429
169	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,891	1,481	1,411
170	🇧🇭Bahrain	2,573	1,376	1,197
171	🇲🇻Maldives	2,456	1,353	1,103
172	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,282	1,311	970
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,222	982	1,240
174	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	2,043	1,206	837
175	🇩🇯Djibouti	1,727	913	814
176	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,580	756	824
177	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,522	839	683
178	🇼🇸Samoa	1,448	753	695
179	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,312	639	673
180	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,230	597	633
181	🇮🇸Iceland	1,174	589	584
182	🇧🇿Belize	1,131	615	516
183	🇬🇩Grenada	1,081	505	576
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,076	613	463
185	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,067	528	539
186	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,031	592	439
187	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	986	529	457
188	🇧🇸Bahamas	947	499	448
189	🇰🇮Kiribati	914	469	445
190	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	877	402	475
191	🇪🇭Western Sahara	870	470	400
192	🇩🇲Dominica	838	391	447
193	🇮🇲Isle of Man	832	418	413
194	🇵🇫French Polynesia	821	459	362
195	🇯🇪Jersey	781	378	402
196	🇸🇨Seychelles	765	408	356
197	🇹🇴Tonga	725	402	323
198	🇬🇬Guernsey	568	276	292
199	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	531	257	274
200	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	531	292	240
201	🇬🇺Guam	468	308	160
202	🇬🇫French Guiana	438	258	180
203	🇶🇦Qatar	400	216	184
204	🇾🇹Mayotte	387	221	166
205	🇦🇼Aruba	360	208	152
206	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	354	193	161
207	🇧🇲Bermuda	349	185	164
208	🇲🇨Monaco	332	167	166
209	🇬🇱Greenland	296	160	135
210	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	264	147	117
211	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	248	143	105
212	🇨🇰Cook Islands	231	115	116
213	🇲🇸Montserrat	212	92	120
214	🇬🇮Gibraltar	188	81	107
215	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	183	92	91
216	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	159	85	74
217	🇸🇲San Marino	154	85	69
218	🇵🇼Palau	141	85	57
219	🇦🇸American Samoa	133	74	59
220	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	125	57	68
221	🇹🇻Tuvalu	104	51	52
222	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	99	51	48
223	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	96	43	53
224	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	85	37	48
225	🇦🇮Anguilla	83	38	45
226	🇦🇩Andorra	65	33	32
227	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	65	38	28
228	🇳🇺Niue	59	30	29
229	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	56	33	23
230	🇸🇭Saint Helena	53	27	26
231	🇳🇷Nauru	50	30	20
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	37	22	15
233	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	28	15	13
234	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	28	11	17
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	27	13	14
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	20	10	10
237	🇻🇦Holy See	5	3	3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1960

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	37,750,030	19,712,981	18,037,049
2	Africa	6,552,895	3,442,616	3,110,279
3	Europe	5,783,828	2,939,064	2,844,764
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,918,475	1,586,823	1,331,652
5	Northern America	1,811,029	1,034,310	776,718
6	Oceania	157,420	88,171	69,249

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1960

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Eastern Asia	20,932,487	11,052,192	9,880,295
2	Southern Asia	11,925,561	6,026,482	5,899,079
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,386,960	1,816,480	1,570,480
4	Western Africa	2,259,954	1,173,608	1,086,346
5	Eastern Europe	2,008,130	992,556	1,015,574
6	South America	1,947,671	1,067,890	879,781
7	Eastern Africa	1,821,672	960,390	861,282
8	Western Europe	1,747,790	899,334	848,456
9	Northern Africa	1,396,875	738,029	658,846
10	Western Asia	1,162,481	626,258	536,223
11	Southern Europe	1,139,863	591,718	548,145
12	Northern Europe	888,045	455,456	432,589
13	Middle Africa	803,205	423,788	379,417
14	Central America	714,100	380,469	333,631
15	Central Asia	342,541	191,569	150,972
16	Southern Africa	271,189	146,801	124,388
17	Caribbean	256,704	138,464	118,240
18	Australia/New Zealand	109,210	61,085	48,125
19	Melanesia	42,259	23,818	18,441
20	Polynesia	3,639	1,937	1,702
21	Micronesia	2,312	1,331	981

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1960

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	43,897,800	22,932,109	20,965,691
2	Upper-middle-income countries	24,909,379	13,175,192	11,734,187
3	Lower-middle-income countries	18,988,421	9,756,917	9,231,504
4	High-income countries	7,624,668	4,067,802	3,556,866
5	Low-income countries	3,368,490	1,758,211	1,610,279
6	No income group available	82,719	45,844	36,875

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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