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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1961

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In the year 1961, a total of 49,918,925 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 26,206,819 were male and 23,712,106 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 14,698,762 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 8,586,012, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,659,388 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 6 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 32,681,264 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 6638.545, and Europe with 5,748,796 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 16,018,117 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 11,771,529, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,379,986 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries has the highest death count of 42,310,955. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 82,902 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1961

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1961

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇨🇳China 14,698,762 7,815,057 6,883,705
2 🇮🇳India 8,586,012 4,305,447 4,280,565
3 🇺🇸United States of America 1,659,388 944,258 715,129
4 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,583,457 845,892 737,565
5 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,208,892 640,815 568,078
6 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,114,675 566,277 548,398
7 🇧🇷Brazil 989,676 542,547 447,129
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 914,173 460,079 454,094
9 🇷🇺Russian Federation 914,045 443,954 470,091
10 🇩🇪Germany 840,545 428,911 411,634
11 🇯🇵Japan 728,638 383,074 345,564
12 🇬🇧United Kingdom 628,633 320,686 307,947
13 🇪🇬Egypt 587,249 316,640 270,609
14 🇪🇹Ethiopia 515,851 282,266 233,585
15 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 507,688 255,857 251,831
16 🇲🇽Mexico 505,628 267,403 238,225
17 🇫🇷France 502,905 258,819 244,086
18 🇹🇷Türkiye 499,138 269,769 229,369
19 🇮🇹Italy 468,204 249,904 218,300
20 🇲🇲Myanmar 445,054 235,862 209,192
21 🇹🇭Thailand 403,924 215,626 188,298
22 🇻🇳Viet Nam 391,697 217,100 174,597
23 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 371,265 187,606 183,658
24 🇺🇦Ukraine 348,010 161,078 186,931
25 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 335,992 182,661 153,331
26 🇦🇫Afghanistan 286,822 153,027 133,795
27 🇵🇭Philippines 280,210 154,571 125,639
28 🇩🇿Algeria 274,324 150,469 123,855
29 🇪🇸Spain 261,404 133,427 127,979
30 🇲🇦Morocco 254,923 131,653 123,270
31 🇳🇵Nepal 252,522 126,968 125,554
32 🇿🇦South Africa 234,075 127,594 106,481
33 🇵🇱Poland 229,785 120,228 109,557
34 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 213,756 110,447 103,309
35 🇾🇪Yemen 188,005 100,872 87,133
36 🇲🇱Mali 187,337 98,320 89,018
37 🇨🇴Colombia 186,013 98,477 87,536
38 🇦🇷Argentina 176,657 105,177 71,480
39 🇵🇪Peru 174,832 92,083 82,748
40 🇷🇴Romania 167,184 83,327 83,857
41 🇲🇿Mozambique 159,677 80,920 78,757
42 🇦🇴Angola 148,840 82,352 66,489
43 🇨🇲Cameroon 147,782 88,205 59,576
44 🇺🇬Uganda 146,186 79,929 66,257
45 🇰🇪Kenya 143,936 77,118 66,818
46 🇨🇦Canada 138,931 81,976 56,956
47 🇸🇩Sudan 138,415 71,694 66,721
48 🇬🇭Ghana 135,675 74,437 61,238
49 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 130,064 69,506 60,557
50 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 129,615 63,289 66,326
51 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 128,800 69,006 59,794
52 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 122,311 70,715 51,596
53 🇰🇭Cambodia 115,139 60,217 54,923
54 🇲🇼Malawi 111,430 57,384 54,047
55 🇸🇸South Sudan 110,457 59,539 50,917
56 🇲🇬Madagascar 110,345 58,233 52,112
57 🇧🇪Belgium 106,893 57,370 49,522
58 🇮🇶Iraq 103,315 57,471 45,844
59 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 102,470 55,302 47,169
60 🇬🇳Guinea 101,303 53,291 48,012
61 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 101,014 59,065 41,950
62 🇳🇪Niger 99,451 49,433 50,018
63 🇵🇹Portugal 98,723 50,634 48,089
64 🇭🇺Hungary 96,396 49,242 47,155
65 🇨🇿Czechia 95,376 50,231 45,146
66 🇹🇳Tunisia 94,488 49,259 45,229
67 🇨🇱Chile 90,851 49,925 40,927
68 🇳🇱Netherlands 88,250 48,203 40,047
69 🇦🇺Australia 88,031 49,885 38,147
70 🇲🇾Malaysia 87,167 47,171 39,996
71 🇦🇹Austria 85,868 43,883 41,985
72 🇸🇳Senegal 85,591 43,362 42,230
73 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 84,686 44,467 40,219
74 🇭🇹Haiti 82,161 43,003 39,158
75 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 81,158 44,711 36,447
76 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 81,151 44,532 36,619
77 🇹🇩Chad 78,881 40,873 38,008
78 🇬🇹Guatemala 77,247 40,049 37,198
79 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 76,334 40,090 36,244
80 🇸🇪Sweden 73,499 38,725 34,774
81 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 71,763 38,369 33,394
82 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 70,863 36,735 34,129
83 🇧🇯Benin 70,774 36,269 34,505
84 🇪🇨Ecuador 70,061 36,991 33,070
85 🇨🇺Cuba 64,904 37,693 27,210
86 🇬🇷Greece 64,667 33,431 31,236
87 🇧🇾Belarus 64,174 30,950 33,224
88 🇧🇬Bulgaria 62,292 32,744 29,547
89 🇸🇴Somalia 61,876 32,307 29,570
90 🇧🇮Burundi 60,374 30,632 29,741
91 🇷🇸Serbia 59,990 29,662 30,328
92 🇷🇼Rwanda 59,359 30,206 29,152
93 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 54,346 28,990 25,356
94 🇿🇲Zambia 52,880 27,142 25,739
95 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 52,252 27,984 24,268
96 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 52,045 28,132 23,913
97 🇨🇭Switzerland 50,882 26,861 24,022
98 🇬🇪Georgia 50,291 27,848 22,443
99 🇸🇻El Salvador 50,206 26,736 23,470
100 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 48,120 25,416 22,704
101 🇩🇰Denmark 43,229 23,079 20,150
102 🇨🇫Central African Republic 42,902 21,955 20,947
103 🇭🇷Croatia 40,572 20,110 20,463
104 🇫🇮Finland 40,518 20,691 19,827
105 🇭🇳Honduras 39,278 20,752 18,526
106 🇱🇾Libya 37,413 20,482 16,931
107 🇹🇬Togo 37,161 19,458 17,702
108 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 36,351 18,366 17,985
109 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 36,268 19,954 16,314
110 🇹🇯Tajikistan 35,915 19,391 16,523
111 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 34,602 17,478 17,124
112 🇮🇪Ireland 34,560 18,634 15,926
113 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 33,686 19,022 14,663
114 🇳🇴Norway 33,246 17,754 15,492
115 🇳🇮Nicaragua 33,110 17,225 15,885
116 🇸🇰Slovakia 31,424 16,465 14,960
117 🇱🇷Liberia 30,193 16,077 14,116
118 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 28,826 16,439 12,386
119 🇦🇱Albania 25,648 13,540 12,108
120 🇪🇷Eritrea 25,210 13,311 11,899
121 🇦🇲Armenia 24,956 13,450 11,506
122 🇺🇾Uruguay 24,914 14,080 10,834
123 🇲🇳Mongolia 22,715 11,971 10,745
124 🇱🇹Lithuania 22,217 11,128 11,089
125 🇱🇻Latvia 21,706 10,149 11,557
126 🇳🇿New Zealand 21,536 11,808 9,728
127 🇵🇾Paraguay 20,016 10,650 9,366
128 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 19,661 10,758 8,903
129 🇵🇸State of Palestine 18,837 10,436 8,401
130 🇨🇬Congo 18,763 9,756 9,008
131 🇱🇧Lebanon 18,272 9,798 8,474
132 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 18,000 9,314 8,686
133 🇲🇷Mauritania 16,653 8,663 7,990
134 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 16,379 9,139 7,241
135 🇴🇲Oman 15,773 8,438 7,335
136 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 15,589 8,232 7,357
137 🇸🇮Slovenia 15,144 7,747 7,397
138 🇯🇲Jamaica 15,024 7,569 7,455
139 🇲🇰North Macedonia 14,681 7,189 7,492
140 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 14,205 7,493 6,713
141 🇪🇪Estonia 13,471 6,034 7,437
142 🇯🇴Jordan 13,382 7,000 6,383
143 🇮🇱Israel 13,105 7,152 5,953
144 🇱🇸Lesotho 13,064 6,461 6,603
145 🇬🇲Gambia 11,776 6,011 5,766
146 🇨🇷Costa Rica 11,593 6,114 5,479
147 🇵🇦Panama 10,773 5,769 5,005
148 🇬🇦Gabon 10,565 5,535 5,030
149 🇳🇦Namibia 10,516 5,447 5,069
150 🇸🇬Singapore 10,029 6,031 3,998
151 🇧🇼Botswana 8,414 4,240 4,174
152 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 7,121 3,820 3,301
153 🇲🇺Mauritius 6,749 3,535 3,214
154 🇬🇾Guyana 6,592 3,571 3,021
155 🇸🇿Eswatini 6,467 3,309 3,157
156 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 6,211 3,333 2,878
157 🇧🇹Bhutan 6,148 3,260 2,888
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 6,062 3,505 2,557
159 🇰🇲Comoros 4,907 2,579 2,328
160 🇲🇪Montenegro 4,470 2,139 2,331
161 🇫🇯Fiji 4,291 2,608 1,684
162 🇷🇪Réunion 3,934 2,016 1,918
163 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3,899 1,857 2,043
164 🇸🇷Suriname 3,739 2,099 1,640
165 🇱🇺Luxembourg 3,596 1,956 1,640
166 🇰🇼Kuwait 3,356 1,966 1,390
167 🇲🇹Malta 3,089 1,593 1,497
168 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,842 1,447 1,395
169 🇲🇶Martinique 2,779 1,433 1,346
170 🇧🇭Bahrain 2,606 1,422 1,184
171 🇲🇻Maldives 2,479 1,374 1,105
172 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2,410 1,374 1,036
173 🇧🇧Barbados 2,016 906 1,110
174 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1,835 1,119 715
175 🇩🇯Djibouti 1,782 944 838
176 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,576 739 837
177 🇧🇿Belize 1,437 740 696
178 🇼🇸Samoa 1,432 782 650
179 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,409 769 641
180 🇮🇸Iceland 1,247 678 570
181 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,153 694 459
182 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,108 524 584
183 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1,102 551 551
184 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,055 604 451
185 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,046 505 541
186 🇧🇸Bahamas 1,033 553 480
187 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 986 508 478
188 🇰🇮Kiribati 908 466 442
189 🇬🇩Grenada 883 421 461
190 🇪🇭Western Sahara 850 453 397
191 🇮🇲Isle of Man 828 415 413
192 🇵🇫French Polynesia 814 453 361
193 🇯🇪Jersey 796 394 402
194 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 789 375 413
195 🇩🇲Dominica 756 349 407
196 🇹🇴Tonga 699 394 305
197 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 577 327 250
198 🇸🇨Seychelles 558 288 269
199 🇬🇬Guernsey 538 272 266
200 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 501 242 258
201 🇬🇫French Guiana 446 261 186
202 🇶🇦Qatar 426 233 193
203 🇬🇺Guam 421 251 169
204 🇦🇼Aruba 408 226 182
205 🇾🇹Mayotte 374 213 161
206 🇲🇨Monaco 351 172 179
207 🇧🇲Bermuda 346 185 162
208 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 325 166 159
209 🇬🇱Greenland 321 184 137
210 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 261 149 112
211 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 239 140 98
212 🇨🇰Cook Islands 230 118 112
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 184 82 102
214 🇲🇸Montserrat 178 75 103
215 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 143 80 63
216 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 135 78 58
217 🇵🇼Palau 135 80 55
218 🇸🇲San Marino 132 76 56
219 🇦🇸American Samoa 132 74 58
220 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 119 57 63
221 🇹🇻Tuvalu 99 53 46
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 96 45 51
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 81 45 36
224 🇦🇮Anguilla 79 39 40
225 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 78 38 40
226 🇦🇩Andorra 68 36 32
227 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 68 39 29
228 🇳🇺Niue 57 30 27
229 🇸🇭Saint Helena 53 28 26
230 🇳🇷Nauru 52 33 19
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 47 27 21
232 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 37 22 15
233 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 30 12 18
234 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 29 16 13
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 27 13 14
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 20 10 10
237 🇻🇦Holy See 6 3 3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1961

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 32,681,264 17,082,077 15,599,187
2 Africa 6,638,545 3,523,875 3,114,670
3 Europe 5,748,796 2,917,992 2,830,804
4 Americas 4,692,110 2,593,543 2,098,567
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 2,893,089 1,566,916 1,326,173
6 Northern America 1,799,039 1,026,633 772,406
7 Oceania 158,192 89,327 68,865

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1961

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Eastern Asia 16,018,117 8,512,262 7,505,855
2 Southern Asia 11,771,529 5,931,349 5,840,180
3 South-Eastern Asia 3,379,986 1,815,884 1,564,102
4 Western Africa 2,307,741 1,217,791 1,089,950
5 Eastern Europe 2,043,290 1,005,695 1,037,595
6 South America 1,909,671 1,044,880 864,791
7 Eastern Africa 1,843,989 978,003 865,986
8 Western Europe 1,679,424 866,254 813,170
9 Northern Africa 1,387,665 740,647 647,018
10 Western Asia 1,159,494 627,069 532,425
11 Southern Europe 1,111,340 577,255 534,085
12 Northern Europe 914,736 468,781 445,955
13 Middle Africa 826,618 440,384 386,234
14 Central America 729,276 384,793 344,483
15 Central Asia 352,118 195,506 156,612
16 Southern Africa 272,536 147,050 125,486
17 Caribbean 254,152 137,246 116,906
18 Australia/New Zealand 109,575 61,695 47,880
19 Melanesia 42,596 24,304 18,292
20 Polynesia 3,627 1,990 1,637
21 Micronesia 2,402 1,340 1,062

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1961

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Low-and-middle-income countries 42,310,955 22,144,375 20,166,580
2 Middle-income countries 39,055,521 20,436,476 18,619,045
3 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 29,174,235 15,528,104 13,646,131
4 Upper-middle-income countries 21,652,014 11,512,547 10,139,467
5 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 20,658,940 10,631,832 10,027,108
6 Lower-middle-income countries 17,403,499 8,923,923 8,479,576
7 High-income countries 7,522,224 4,015,556 3,506,668
8 Low-income countries 3,255,436 1,707,902 1,547,534
9 No income group available 82,902 45,439 37,463

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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