Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1968

-5 year -1 year 1968 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1968, a total of 47,947,975 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,198,510 were male and 22,749,465 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 10,235,278 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 9,486,463, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,889,161 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 6 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 18, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 25 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 29,110,966 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 7210.043, and Europe with 6,427,622 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,603,328 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 11,467,080, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,526,294 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 35,901,733. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 82,407 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1968

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1968

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	10,235,278	5,452,147	4,783,131
2	🇮🇳India	9,486,463	4,768,994	4,717,469
3	🇺🇸United States of America	1,889,161	1,064,285	824,876
4	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,593,623	851,584	742,038
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,349,341	709,029	640,312
6	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,129,852	571,001	558,851
7	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,064,762	521,626	543,135
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,039,509	577,113	462,396
9	🇩🇪Germany	976,344	487,008	489,336
10	🇵🇰Pakistan	840,624	444,030	396,594
11	🇯🇵Japan	715,869	387,306	328,564
12	🇬🇧United Kingdom	656,064	333,717	322,347
13	🇪🇹Ethiopia	580,155	309,808	270,346
14	🇪🇬Egypt	576,234	304,093	272,140
15	🇻🇳Viet Nam	562,254	334,880	227,373
16	🇫🇷France	551,975	284,954	267,021
17	🇮🇹Italy	532,764	282,256	250,507
18	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	487,289	247,074	240,214
19	🇲🇽Mexico	480,514	259,654	220,858
20	🇹🇷Türkiye	473,423	258,759	214,664
21	🇲🇲Myanmar	412,873	221,963	190,910
22	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	410,664	206,418	204,245
23	🇺🇦Ukraine	402,038	190,654	211,384
24	🇹🇭Thailand	380,631	205,031	175,599
25	🇵🇭Philippines	308,568	167,955	140,614
26	🇩🇿Algeria	299,546	153,601	145,945
27	🇦🇫Afghanistan	285,867	151,466	134,401
28	🇪🇸Spain	281,985	145,484	136,501
29	🇿🇦South Africa	266,173	146,440	119,733
30	🇳🇵Nepal	264,299	132,987	131,312
31	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	259,158	148,493	110,665
32	🇲🇦Morocco	251,036	129,627	121,410
33	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	244,877	128,491	116,385
34	🇵🇱Poland	243,617	128,798	114,819
35	🇦🇷Argentina	214,677	127,541	87,136
36	🇲🇱Mali	198,304	102,866	95,438
37	🇸🇩Sudan	197,986	107,418	90,568
38	🇾🇪Yemen	190,279	102,581	87,697
39	🇷🇴Romania	187,775	94,040	93,735
40	🇵🇪Peru	185,747	97,230	88,517
41	🇲🇿Mozambique	182,510	94,129	88,380
42	🇨🇴Colombia	181,890	96,846	85,044
43	🇺🇬Uganda	160,829	89,012	71,817
44	🇬🇭Ghana	157,459	85,329	72,130
45	🇰🇪Kenya	154,794	82,977	71,817
46	🇨🇦Canada	152,538	89,169	63,369
47	🇦🇴Angola	149,246	82,703	66,544
48	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	139,353	73,838	65,515
49	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	137,903	67,923	69,980
50	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	130,447	70,321	60,126
51	🇲🇼Malawi	129,360	66,428	62,932
52	🇸🇸South Sudan	129,021	71,950	57,073
53	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	124,271	71,147	53,124
54	🇧🇪Belgium	121,896	64,834	57,061
55	🇨🇲Cameroon	121,356	62,018	59,338
56	🇳🇪Niger	120,973	60,416	60,558
57	🇲🇬Madagascar	116,985	61,208	55,777
58	🇰🇭Cambodia	116,231	63,081	53,150
59	🇭🇺Hungary	115,404	59,696	55,708
60	🇨🇿Czechia	115,178	60,924	54,254
61	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	112,516	60,598	51,918
62	🇮🇶Iraq	109,641	60,054	49,586
63	🇦🇺Australia	109,046	60,927	48,119
64	🇬🇳Guinea	106,024	55,565	50,459
65	🇳🇱Netherlands	104,930	58,551	46,379
66	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	99,455	59,559	39,896
67	🇸🇳Senegal	99,372	50,289	49,084
68	🇦🇹Austria	96,004	48,029	47,976
69	🇵🇹Portugal	94,852	48,447	46,405
70	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	93,770	49,546	44,224
71	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	88,241	45,759	42,482
72	🇹🇩Chad	86,861	45,681	41,181
73	🇬🇹Guatemala	85,700	45,944	39,756
74	🇭🇹Haiti	84,063	43,637	40,426
75	🇬🇷Greece	83,956	43,721	40,235
76	🇨🇱Chile	82,921	46,077	36,843
77	🇸🇪Sweden	82,507	44,232	38,275
78	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	80,349	44,899	35,450
79	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	75,321	42,661	32,659
80	🇪🇨Ecuador	74,158	38,846	35,312
81	🇲🇾Malaysia	73,692	40,861	32,831
82	🇹🇳Tunisia	73,388	39,437	33,951
83	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	73,248	37,764	35,484
84	🇧🇬Bulgaria	73,202	38,176	35,025
85	🇧🇯Benin	72,335	36,530	35,805
86	🇧🇮Burundi	71,542	36,444	35,098
87	🇸🇴Somalia	69,337	36,167	33,170
88	🇧🇾Belarus	69,063	33,129	35,934
89	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	68,378	35,639	32,738
90	🇷🇼Rwanda	65,282	33,133	32,148
91	🇿🇲Zambia	64,432	33,221	31,211
92	🇷🇸Serbia	62,939	32,235	30,703
93	🇨🇺Cuba	62,901	36,227	26,674
94	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	57,813	30,401	27,412
95	🇨🇭Switzerland	57,323	29,974	27,349
96	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	57,255	30,670	26,585
97	🇸🇻El Salvador	55,032	30,051	24,980
98	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	53,484	28,621	24,864
99	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	53,015	29,109	23,905
100	🇬🇪Georgia	49,559	26,395	23,164
101	🇩🇰Denmark	47,310	25,664	21,647
102	🇫🇮Finland	45,043	23,813	21,230
103	🇭🇷Croatia	42,729	22,183	20,547
104	🇨🇫Central African Republic	42,256	21,768	20,488
105	🇹🇬Togo	40,572	20,962	19,609
106	🇹🇯Tajikistan	38,243	20,664	17,580
107	🇸🇰Slovakia	38,098	20,613	17,485
108	🇳🇴Norway	37,605	20,341	17,264
109	🇭🇳Honduras	37,017	19,592	17,425
110	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	36,120	19,426	16,695
111	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	35,771	18,251	17,520
112	🇱🇷Liberia	34,329	18,554	15,774
113	🇮🇪Ireland	33,029	17,964	15,065
114	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	31,639	18,000	13,639
115	🇳🇮Nicaragua	31,283	16,705	14,577
116	🇱🇾Libya	28,581	15,631	12,949
117	🇪🇷Eritrea	27,895	14,752	13,143
118	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	27,161	15,018	12,144
119	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	27,072	14,661	12,411
120	🇺🇾Uruguay	26,340	14,829	11,512
121	🇱🇹Lithuania	26,313	13,353	12,960
122	🇱🇻Latvia	25,637	12,118	13,519
123	🇳🇿New Zealand	24,529	13,547	10,982
124	🇲🇳Mongolia	22,692	11,950	10,742
125	🇦🇱Albania	22,175	11,715	10,459
126	🇵🇾Paraguay	21,614	11,169	10,445
127	🇦🇲Armenia	21,513	11,680	9,833
128	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	19,431	10,767	8,664
129	🇨🇬Congo	18,926	10,155	8,772
130	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	18,558	10,557	8,000
131	🇮🇱Israel	18,291	10,156	8,134
132	🇱🇧Lebanon	18,287	9,673	8,614
133	🇸🇮Slovenia	17,324	8,841	8,483
134	🇲🇷Mauritania	16,673	8,651	8,021
135	🇯🇲Jamaica	15,751	7,878	7,873
136	🇵🇸State of Palestine	15,595	8,596	6,998
137	🇱🇸Lesotho	15,417	7,971	7,446
138	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	14,910	8,342	6,569
139	🇲🇰North Macedonia	14,453	7,488	6,965
140	🇪🇪Estonia	14,232	6,602	7,631
141	🇯🇴Jordan	14,115	7,406	6,709
142	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	14,071	7,476	6,595
143	🇴🇲Oman	13,578	7,199	6,379
144	🇨🇷Costa Rica	13,124	7,344	5,780
145	🇬🇲Gambia	12,514	6,480	6,034
146	🇵🇦Panama	11,548	6,203	5,346
147	🇳🇦Namibia	10,676	5,502	5,175
148	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,437	5,360	5,078
149	🇬🇦Gabon	10,313	5,274	5,039
150	🇸🇬Singapore	9,990	5,837	4,154
151	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,237	4,515	3,722
152	🇧🇼Botswana	8,093	4,075	4,018
153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	7,427	3,892	3,536
154	🇧🇹Bhutan	7,037	3,767	3,270
155	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	6,860	3,581	3,279
156	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,764	3,473	3,291
157	🇬🇾Guyana	6,335	3,448	2,887
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	5,638	3,214	2,424
159	🇰🇲Comoros	4,961	2,569	2,392
160	🇰🇼Kuwait	4,488	2,596	1,892
161	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,085	2,191	1,894
162	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,962	1,885	2,076
163	🇷🇪Réunion	3,942	2,149	1,793
164	🇲🇪Montenegro	3,926	2,012	1,914
165	🇫🇯Fiji	3,850	2,311	1,539
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,744	2,116	1,628
167	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,821	1,407	1,414
168	🇲🇹Malta	2,783	1,460	1,323
169	🇲🇶Martinique	2,623	1,365	1,258
170	🇲🇻Maldives	2,459	1,345	1,114
171	🇩🇯Djibouti	2,298	1,219	1,078
172	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,172	1,280	891
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,025	917	1,108
174	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1,864	1,153	712
175	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,663	914	748
176	🇪🇭Western Sahara	1,432	828	604
177	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,415	694	722
178	🇮🇸Iceland	1,389	736	653
179	🇼🇸Samoa	1,275	685	590
180	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,122	612	510
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,119	598	521
182	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,044	561	483
183	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,034	589	444
184	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,030	515	516
185	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,002	588	415
186	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	923	447	476
187	🇮🇲Isle of Man	906	445	462
188	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	884	479	406
189	🇵🇫French Polynesia	883	494	389
190	🇯🇪Jersey	862	413	449
191	🇬🇩Grenada	832	386	447
192	🇰🇮Kiribati	827	425	402
193	🇸🇨Seychelles	727	401	326
194	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	709	348	361
195	🇹🇴Tonga	674	397	277
196	🇶🇦Qatar	662	384	278
197	🇩🇲Dominica	661	300	361
198	🇬🇬Guernsey	634	307	327
199	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	585	267	318
200	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	547	302	244
201	🇬🇺Guam	478	316	161
202	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	455	261	193
203	🇬🇫French Guiana	408	245	163
204	🇲🇨Monaco	402	194	208
205	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	400	197	203
206	🇧🇲Bermuda	383	220	163
207	🇦🇼Aruba	358	211	147
208	🇾🇹Mayotte	318	181	137
209	🇬🇱Greenland	305	170	135
210	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	269	153	116
211	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	267	159	109
212	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	234	121	112
213	🇬🇮Gibraltar	210	96	114
214	🇲🇸Montserrat	172	70	102
215	🇨🇰Cook Islands	155	80	76
216	🇦🇸American Samoa	149	88	61
217	🇸🇲San Marino	146	84	63
218	🇵🇼Palau	142	88	54
219	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	134	71	63
220	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	110	50	60
221	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	90	44	46
222	🇦🇩Andorra	88	50	38
223	🇹🇻Tuvalu	84	43	41
224	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	72	40	32
225	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	71	34	37
226	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	71	41	30
227	🇦🇮Anguilla	69	33	36
228	🇸🇭Saint Helena	55	29	26
229	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	54	31	23
230	🇳🇷Nauru	52	33	19
231	🇳🇺Niue	52	28	24
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	37	22	15
233	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	34	17	17
234	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	31	17	14
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	25	12	12
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	18	9	10
237	🇻🇦Holy See	6	3	3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1968

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	29,110,966	15,253,151	13,857,815
2	Africa	7,210,043	3,792,479	3,417,564
3	Europe	6,427,622	3,267,680	3,159,942
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,978,028	1,630,902	1,347,126
5	Northern America	2,042,421	1,153,863	888,558
6	Oceania	178,895	100,435	78,460

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1968

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,603,328	6,380,226	6,223,102
2	Eastern Asia	11,467,080	6,121,959	5,345,121
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,526,294	1,927,760	1,598,534
4	Western Africa	2,551,924	1,337,108	1,214,816
5	Eastern Europe	2,344,886	1,165,899	1,178,987
6	Eastern Africa	2,075,302	1,099,142	976,160
7	South America	2,005,940	1,106,097	899,843
8	Western Europe	1,913,185	975,857	937,328
9	Northern Africa	1,428,193	750,630	677,563
10	Southern Europe	1,197,785	626,075	571,710
11	Western Asia	1,158,004	626,621	531,383
12	Northern Europe	971,766	499,849	471,917
13	Middle Africa	847,514	438,151	409,363
14	Central America	715,337	386,084	329,253
15	Central Asia	356,260	196,585	159,675
16	Southern Africa	307,110	167,448	139,662
17	Caribbean	256,750	138,721	118,030
18	Australia/New Zealand	133,577	74,475	59,102
19	Melanesia	39,696	22,769	16,927
20	Polynesia	3,322	1,851	1,471
21	Micronesia	2,300	1,340	960

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1968

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	35,901,733	18,798,643	17,103,090
2	Lower-middle-income countries	20,162,001	10,402,865	9,759,136
3	Upper-middle-income countries	15,739,732	8,395,778	7,343,954
4	High-income countries	8,206,103	4,383,925	3,822,179
5	Low-income countries	3,757,731	1,969,919	1,787,812
6	No income group available	82,407	46,023	36,384

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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UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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