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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1966

-5 year -1 year 1966 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1966, a total of 48,043,572 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,248,589 were male and 22,794,983 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 10,524,760 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 9,885,962, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,821,951 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 6 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 19, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 26 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 29,806,171 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 7054.363, and Europe with 6,074,808 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,978,814 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 11,756,181, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,561,350 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 36,358,301. 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 1966

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1966

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇨🇳China 10,524,760 5,635,660 4,889,100
2 🇮🇳India 9,885,962 4,980,750 4,905,213
3 🇺🇸United States of America 1,821,951 1,029,701 792,251
4 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,739,828 932,838 806,990
5 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,281,281 660,250 621,030
6 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,088,091 549,626 538,465
7 🇧🇷Brazil 1,040,999 577,038 463,961
8 🇷🇺Russian Federation 993,559 483,594 509,965
9 🇩🇪Germany 911,670 459,436 452,234
10 🇵🇰Pakistan 869,523 457,035 412,487
11 🇯🇵Japan 694,705 374,983 319,722
12 🇬🇧United Kingdom 642,372 329,100 313,273
13 🇪🇹Ethiopia 607,372 322,393 284,978
14 🇪🇬Egypt 562,220 296,371 265,849
15 🇫🇷France 525,576 271,530 254,046
16 🇮🇹Italy 495,425 264,453 230,972
17 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 480,455 243,213 237,242
18 🇲🇽Mexico 475,946 256,438 219,508
19 🇹🇷Türkiye 465,714 252,518 213,197
20 🇻🇳Viet Nam 449,112 261,009 188,103
21 🇲🇲Myanmar 424,543 226,098 198,446
22 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 396,880 199,013 197,867
23 🇹🇭Thailand 381,235 205,921 175,315
24 🇺🇦Ukraine 375,959 174,834 201,124
25 🇵🇭Philippines 300,628 163,691 136,938
26 🇩🇿Algeria 293,180 150,925 142,255
27 🇦🇫Afghanistan 282,463 149,900 132,563
28 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 279,209 157,275 121,933
29 🇪🇸Spain 275,066 141,504 133,562
30 🇳🇵Nepal 262,418 131,629 130,788
31 🇿🇦South Africa 256,185 140,609 115,576
32 🇲🇦Morocco 253,641 130,791 122,850
33 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 239,151 124,408 114,743
34 🇵🇱Poland 231,977 121,385 110,592
35 🇦🇷Argentina 201,504 118,834 82,669
36 🇲🇱Mali 196,976 102,216 94,760
37 🇸🇩Sudan 192,691 104,672 88,019
38 🇾🇪Yemen 192,472 104,000 88,472
39 🇵🇪Peru 184,019 96,050 87,969
40 🇨🇴Colombia 182,973 97,503 85,470
41 🇲🇿Mozambique 175,547 90,369 85,178
42 🇷🇴Romania 156,631 77,445 79,186
43 🇺🇬Uganda 155,715 86,304 69,411
44 🇦🇴Angola 151,379 83,365 68,014
45 🇰🇪Kenya 150,404 80,600 69,804
46 🇬🇭Ghana 149,699 81,668 68,031
47 🇨🇦Canada 148,971 87,445 61,526
48 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 140,320 68,925 71,395
49 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 136,682 72,510 64,171
50 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 131,461 70,925 60,536
51 🇸🇸South Sudan 129,555 73,083 56,472
52 🇲🇼Malawi 123,656 64,004 59,652
53 🇨🇲Cameroon 122,289 62,369 59,920
54 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 121,931 70,399 51,532
55 🇧🇪Belgium 115,762 61,592 54,169
56 🇲🇬Madagascar 115,013 60,081 54,932
57 🇰🇭Cambodia 114,127 61,515 52,612
58 🇳🇪Niger 113,436 56,563 56,874
59 🇮🇶Iraq 109,332 60,481 48,850
60 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 109,262 58,784 50,478
61 🇨🇿Czechia 105,724 56,037 49,687
62 🇬🇳Guinea 105,060 54,967 50,093
63 🇦🇺Australia 104,246 57,890 46,356
64 🇭🇺Hungary 102,000 52,240 49,761
65 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 100,429 59,587 40,842
66 🇳🇱Netherlands 100,381 55,532 44,849
67 🇵🇹Portugal 100,017 51,438 48,579
68 🇸🇳Senegal 95,105 48,127 46,978
69 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 93,145 49,143 44,001
70 🇦🇹Austria 91,463 45,666 45,797
71 🇨🇱Chile 88,558 49,273 39,285
72 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 87,475 45,391 42,084
73 🇹🇩Chad 86,004 45,382 40,622
74 🇭🇹Haiti 84,410 43,911 40,499
75 🇬🇹Guatemala 83,499 44,397 39,102
76 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 80,969 45,366 35,602
77 🇸🇪Sweden 78,503 42,339 36,164
78 🇹🇳Tunisia 78,340 41,941 36,399
79 🇬🇷Greece 76,839 40,711 36,128
80 🇲🇾Malaysia 74,518 41,222 33,296
81 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 73,392 40,675 32,717
82 🇪🇨Ecuador 72,933 38,147 34,786
83 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 72,757 37,580 35,177
84 🇧🇯Benin 72,339 36,377 35,962
85 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 70,071 36,491 33,580
86 🇧🇬Bulgaria 68,619 35,390 33,229
87 🇧🇮Burundi 67,440 34,295 33,145
88 🇸🇴Somalia 66,971 34,917 32,054
89 🇧🇾Belarus 65,905 31,633 34,273
90 🇨🇺Cuba 63,503 36,532 26,972
91 🇿🇲Zambia 61,032 31,503 29,529
92 🇷🇼Rwanda 60,612 30,772 29,840
93 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 59,754 31,861 27,893
94 🇷🇸Serbia 59,211 29,740 29,471
95 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 56,337 29,657 26,680
96 🇨🇭Switzerland 55,746 29,056 26,690
97 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 54,380 29,788 24,592
98 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 52,685 28,234 24,451
99 🇸🇻El Salvador 52,547 28,385 24,162
100 🇩🇰Denmark 49,423 26,689 22,734
101 🇬🇪Georgia 48,903 26,529 22,374
102 🇫🇮Finland 43,522 22,823 20,699
103 🇨🇫Central African Republic 42,315 21,781 20,534
104 🇭🇷Croatia 41,398 21,051 20,347
105 🇹🇬Togo 39,029 20,204 18,826
106 🇹🇯Tajikistan 37,933 20,584 17,349
107 🇭🇳Honduras 37,395 19,836 17,560
108 🇸🇰Slovakia 36,311 19,441 16,870
109 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 36,224 19,701 16,523
110 🇳🇴Norway 35,943 19,480 16,463
111 🇮🇪Ireland 35,027 19,114 15,913
112 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 34,366 17,570 16,795
113 🇱🇷Liberia 33,382 18,057 15,325
114 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 32,375 18,326 14,050
115 🇳🇮Nicaragua 32,098 16,902 15,196
116 🇱🇾Libya 31,237 16,972 14,265
117 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 27,505 15,327 12,179
118 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 27,157 14,571 12,586
119 🇪🇷Eritrea 27,126 14,311 12,816
120 🇺🇾Uruguay 25,951 14,619 11,332
121 🇱🇹Lithuania 24,443 12,249 12,194
122 🇱🇻Latvia 23,900 11,081 12,819
123 🇳🇿New Zealand 23,733 13,192 10,541
124 🇦🇱Albania 23,510 12,474 11,037
125 🇲🇳Mongolia 23,299 12,272 11,027
126 🇦🇲Armenia 21,684 11,574 10,110
127 🇵🇾Paraguay 21,013 10,948 10,065
128 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 19,076 10,699 8,377
129 🇨🇬Congo 18,642 9,985 8,657
130 🇱🇧Lebanon 18,195 9,633 8,562
131 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 17,894 10,295 7,599
132 🇵🇸State of Palestine 17,156 9,444 7,711
133 🇸🇮Slovenia 16,713 8,565 8,148
134 🇲🇷Mauritania 16,543 8,537 8,006
135 🇮🇱Israel 16,251 8,929 7,323
136 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 15,476 8,670 6,806
137 🇯🇲Jamaica 15,024 7,446 7,578
138 🇱🇸Lesotho 14,790 7,536 7,254
139 🇲🇰North Macedonia 14,764 7,621 7,143
140 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 14,269 7,578 6,692
141 🇴🇲Oman 14,267 7,567 6,700
142 🇪🇪Estonia 13,777 6,222 7,555
143 🇯🇴Jordan 13,693 7,189 6,505
144 🇨🇷Costa Rica 13,547 7,490 6,058
145 🇬🇲Gambia 12,303 6,355 5,948
146 🇵🇦Panama 11,329 6,114 5,215
147 🇳🇦Namibia 10,638 5,486 5,152
148 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 10,408 5,337 5,072
149 🇬🇦Gabon 10,345 5,279 5,066
150 🇸🇬Singapore 9,529 5,494 4,035
151 🇧🇼Botswana 8,350 4,237 4,113
152 🇲🇺Mauritius 7,834 4,342 3,491
153 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 7,203 3,878 3,325
154 🇧🇹Bhutan 6,953 3,710 3,243
155 🇸🇿Eswatini 6,726 3,452 3,274
156 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 6,668 3,474 3,193
157 🇬🇾Guyana 6,278 3,410 2,868
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 5,507 3,155 2,352
159 🇰🇲Comoros 4,998 2,545 2,453
160 🇷🇪Réunion 4,185 2,192 1,993
161 🇰🇼Kuwait 4,182 2,420 1,762
162 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,024 2,231 1,792
163 🇲🇪Montenegro 3,889 1,988 1,902
164 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3,887 1,831 2,056
165 🇫🇯Fiji 3,823 2,289 1,533
166 🇸🇷Suriname 3,736 2,124 1,612
167 🇲🇹Malta 3,003 1,501 1,502
168 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,954 1,506 1,447
169 🇲🇶Martinique 2,608 1,359 1,249
170 🇲🇻Maldives 2,533 1,386 1,146
171 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2,229 1,303 926
172 🇩🇯Djibouti 2,142 1,137 1,004
173 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1,981 1,201 780
174 🇧🇧Barbados 1,981 907 1,074
175 🇧🇭Bahrain 1,845 1,004 840
176 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,443 695 748
177 🇮🇸Iceland 1,395 779 616
178 🇼🇸Samoa 1,325 705 621
179 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1,270 720 550
180 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,147 622 525
181 🇧🇿Belize 1,138 609 529
182 🇧🇸Bahamas 1,066 580 486
183 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,048 597 451
184 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,036 520 516
185 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,014 592 422
186 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1,006 487 519
187 🇮🇲Isle of Man 881 432 448
188 🇬🇩Grenada 875 403 472
189 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 874 472 402
190 🇵🇫French Polynesia 868 486 383
191 🇰🇮Kiribati 859 442 417
192 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 779 381 398
193 🇯🇪Jersey 778 374 404
194 🇸🇨Seychelles 726 393 334
195 🇹🇴Tonga 695 402 293
196 🇩🇲Dominica 686 338 348
197 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 636 295 340
198 🇶🇦Qatar 589 337 252
199 🇬🇬Guernsey 585 291 294
200 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 544 301 243
201 🇬🇺Guam 503 329 174
202 🇧🇲Bermuda 479 265 215
203 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 442 260 181
204 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 433 214 218
205 🇬🇫French Guiana 412 251 161
206 🇲🇨Monaco 386 187 199
207 🇦🇼Aruba 361 212 149
208 🇾🇹Mayotte 328 187 142
209 🇬🇱Greenland 315 177 138
210 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 262 153 109
211 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 259 153 107
212 🇦🇸American Samoa 232 122 110
213 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 213 119 95
214 🇬🇮Gibraltar 212 96 116
215 🇲🇸Montserrat 176 73 103
216 🇨🇰Cook Islands 171 85 86
217 🇵🇼Palau 143 88 55
218 🇸🇲San Marino 142 82 61
219 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 142 77 65
220 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 109 50 59
221 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 90 42 48
222 🇹🇻Tuvalu 90 47 43
223 🇦🇩Andorra 80 44 35
224 🇦🇮Anguilla 71 33 38
225 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 70 40 29
226 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 69 35 34
227 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 65 31 34
228 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 57 33 24
229 🇳🇺Niue 55 29 26
230 🇸🇭Saint Helena 54 28 26
231 🇳🇷Nauru 54 33 21
232 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 37 22 15
233 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 32 15 18
234 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 29 16 14
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 26 12 13
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 19 9 10
237 🇻🇦Holy See 6 3 3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1966

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 29,806,171 15,632,497 14,173,674
2 Africa 7,054,363 3,695,194 3,359,169
3 Europe 6,074,808 3,087,186 2,987,622
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 2,962,074 1,618,615 1,343,459
5 Northern America 1,971,776 1,117,610 854,166
6 Oceania 174,380 97,487 76,893

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1966

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 12,978,814 6,576,832 6,401,982
2 Eastern Asia 11,756,181 6,301,166 5,455,015
3 South-Eastern Asia 3,561,350 1,934,069 1,627,281
4 Western Africa 2,453,239 1,272,697 1,180,542
5 Eastern Europe 2,171,045 1,069,573 1,101,472
6 Eastern Africa 2,056,197 1,087,528 968,669
7 South America 1,996,823 1,098,948 897,875
8 Western Europe 1,805,198 925,336 879,862
9 Northern Africa 1,412,577 742,381 670,196
10 Western Asia 1,154,766 623,486 531,280
11 Southern Europe 1,147,822 601,178 546,644
12 Northern Europe 950,743 491,099 459,644
13 Middle Africa 835,673 431,276 404,397
14 Central America 707,491 380,164 327,327
15 Central Asia 355,060 196,944 158,116
16 Southern Africa 296,677 161,312 135,365
17 Caribbean 257,760 139,503 118,257
18 Australia/New Zealand 127,995 71,093 56,902
19 Melanesia 40,485 23,104 17,381
20 Polynesia 3,563 1,930 1,633
21 Micronesia 2,337 1,360 977

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1966

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 36,358,301 19,033,108 17,325,193
2 Lower-middle-income countries 20,445,049 10,521,260 9,923,789
3 Upper-middle-income countries 15,913,252 8,511,848 7,401,404
4 High-income countries 7,884,001 4,219,755 3,664,246
5 Low-income countries 3,718,368 1,949,340 1,769,028
6 No income group available 82,902 46,386 36,516

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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