Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1969

-5 year -1 year 1969 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1969, a total of 48,234,879 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,347,520 were male and 22,887,359 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 10,137,922 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 9,550,627, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,883,000 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 23 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 29,048,827 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 7328.002, and Europe with 6,652,543 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,676,200 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 11,371,112, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,485,089 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 36,005,480. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 83,086 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1969

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1969

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	10,137,922	5,389,052	4,748,869
2	🇮🇳India	9,550,627	4,800,594	4,750,033
3	🇺🇸United States of America	1,883,000	1,059,122	823,879
4	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,582,204	846,333	735,871
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,367,484	716,321	651,163
6	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,159,386	586,197	573,189
7	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,130,144	554,084	576,060
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,039,869	576,908	462,962
9	🇩🇪Germany	987,041	492,575	494,466
10	🇵🇰Pakistan	831,202	440,414	390,788
11	🇯🇵Japan	723,559	394,224	329,335
12	🇬🇧United Kingdom	659,242	337,768	321,474
13	🇪🇹Ethiopia	599,034	319,921	279,113
14	🇪🇬Egypt	588,835	312,243	276,591
15	🇫🇷France	571,883	296,839	275,043
16	🇮🇹Italy	538,045	287,882	250,163
17	🇻🇳Viet Nam	525,776	311,123	214,653
18	🇲🇽Mexico	482,780	261,512	221,267
19	🇹🇷Türkiye	481,636	263,891	217,745
20	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	473,898	240,285	233,613
21	🇺🇦Ukraine	427,946	203,744	224,202
22	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	418,131	210,731	207,400
23	🇲🇲Myanmar	417,495	224,157	193,337
24	🇹🇭Thailand	375,652	203,353	172,299
25	🇵🇭Philippines	314,970	171,609	143,361
26	🇩🇿Algeria	302,324	155,111	147,213
27	🇪🇸Spain	302,292	156,088	146,204
28	🇦🇫Afghanistan	287,557	152,169	135,389
29	🇿🇦South Africa	270,353	148,854	121,499
30	🇳🇵Nepal	264,419	132,714	131,705
31	🇵🇱Poland	262,357	138,929	123,428
32	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	258,476	148,019	110,458
33	🇲🇦Morocco	250,283	129,323	120,960
34	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	247,928	130,675	117,253
35	🇦🇷Argentina	222,306	131,862	90,444
36	🇸🇩Sudan	206,173	112,392	93,781
37	🇷🇴Romania	204,463	102,880	101,583
38	🇲🇱Mali	198,619	103,071	95,549
39	🇵🇪Peru	186,320	97,720	88,600
40	🇲🇿Mozambique	186,084	96,006	90,078
41	🇾🇪Yemen	184,110	98,721	85,389
42	🇨🇴Colombia	180,816	96,301	84,515
43	🇺🇬Uganda	164,339	91,016	73,323
44	🇬🇭Ghana	161,232	87,235	73,997
45	🇰🇪Kenya	156,772	83,907	72,866
46	🇨🇦Canada	154,203	90,120	64,083
47	🇦🇴Angola	148,197	82,289	65,907
48	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	140,493	74,385	66,108
49	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	135,396	66,582	68,814
50	🇸🇸South Sudan	133,741	74,737	59,004
51	🇲🇼Malawi	131,327	67,472	63,856
52	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	129,848	70,367	59,483
53	🇳🇪Niger	125,553	62,755	62,798
54	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	125,372	71,806	53,566
55	🇨🇿Czechia	120,695	64,531	56,163
56	🇧🇪Belgium	120,597	64,406	56,191
57	🇨🇲Cameroon	120,504	61,610	58,894
58	🇲🇬Madagascar	118,019	61,706	56,312
59	🇭🇺Hungary	116,616	60,802	55,814
60	🇰🇭Cambodia	116,193	63,157	53,037
61	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	114,009	61,504	52,505
62	🇮🇶Iraq	110,331	60,627	49,704
63	🇳🇱Netherlands	107,612	59,521	48,092
64	🇬🇳Guinea	107,350	56,202	51,148
65	🇦🇺Australia	106,575	59,657	46,918
66	🇸🇳Senegal	101,478	51,377	50,101
67	🇵🇹Portugal	101,446	51,861	49,585
68	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	99,610	59,944	39,665
69	🇦🇹Austria	98,644	49,048	49,596
70	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	93,600	49,429	44,171
71	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	88,387	45,713	42,673
72	🇹🇩Chad	87,515	46,079	41,436
73	🇬🇹Guatemala	86,840	46,814	40,027
74	🇭🇹Haiti	84,106	43,584	40,521
75	🇨🇱Chile	83,975	46,826	37,148
76	🇸🇪Sweden	83,399	45,079	38,320
77	🇬🇷Greece	82,474	43,316	39,158
78	🇧🇬Bulgaria	81,103	42,595	38,508
79	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	80,992	45,071	35,921
80	🇪🇨Ecuador	75,113	39,373	35,741
81	🇧🇮Burundi	74,646	38,158	36,488
82	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	73,611	38,009	35,603
83	🇲🇾Malaysia	73,364	40,664	32,700
84	🇧🇯Benin	72,648	36,556	36,091
85	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	71,830	41,154	30,676
86	🇹🇳Tunisia	71,413	38,251	33,161
87	🇸🇴Somalia	70,594	36,832	33,762
88	🇧🇾Belarus	69,516	34,319	35,197
89	🇷🇼Rwanda	68,420	34,698	33,723
90	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	67,383	34,840	32,543
91	🇿🇲Zambia	65,721	33,901	31,820
92	🇷🇸Serbia	64,777	33,417	31,360
93	🇨🇺Cuba	62,407	35,922	26,485
94	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	58,746	30,752	27,995
95	🇨🇭Switzerland	57,933	30,401	27,532
96	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	56,669	30,093	26,576
97	🇸🇻El Salvador	55,805	30,555	25,250
98	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	54,361	28,985	25,376
99	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	52,248	28,725	23,524
100	🇬🇪Georgia	49,621	26,680	22,941
101	🇩🇰Denmark	47,981	26,083	21,898
102	🇫🇮Finland	45,893	24,434	21,458
103	🇭🇷Croatia	42,987	22,597	20,390
104	🇨🇫Central African Republic	42,160	21,735	20,425
105	🇹🇬Togo	41,570	21,412	20,158
106	🇸🇰Slovakia	40,651	22,382	18,270
107	🇳🇴Norway	38,918	21,315	17,602
108	🇹🇯Tajikistan	38,403	20,775	17,628
109	🇭🇳Honduras	36,970	19,585	17,385
110	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	36,640	18,572	18,067
111	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	36,164	19,461	16,703
112	🇱🇷Liberia	34,724	18,769	15,954
113	🇮🇪Ireland	33,571	18,250	15,321
114	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	31,360	17,834	13,527
115	🇳🇮Nicaragua	31,124	16,697	14,427
116	🇪🇷Eritrea	28,158	14,835	13,323
117	🇱🇹Lithuania	27,815	14,235	13,581
118	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	27,205	14,822	12,383
119	🇱🇾Libya	27,200	14,810	12,390
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	26,921	14,860	12,060
121	🇱🇻Latvia	26,817	12,773	14,043
122	🇺🇾Uruguay	26,569	14,964	11,605
123	🇳🇿New Zealand	24,135	13,318	10,817
124	🇲🇳Mongolia	22,416	11,852	10,564
125	🇵🇾Paraguay	21,859	11,259	10,600
126	🇦🇱Albania	21,524	11,360	10,164
127	🇦🇲Armenia	21,362	11,629	9,733
128	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	20,125	11,200	8,925
129	🇮🇱Israel	19,284	10,795	8,489
130	🇨🇬Congo	19,067	10,238	8,829
131	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	18,877	10,822	8,055
132	🇱🇧Lebanon	18,518	9,787	8,731
133	🇸🇮Slovenia	17,657	9,209	8,448
134	🇲🇷Mauritania	16,759	8,724	8,035
135	🇯🇲Jamaica	15,888	7,949	7,939
136	🇱🇸Lesotho	15,663	8,141	7,521
137	🇪🇪Estonia	15,143	7,019	8,124
138	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	14,932	8,354	6,578
139	🇵🇸State of Palestine	14,815	8,164	6,650
140	🇲🇰North Macedonia	14,560	7,594	6,966
141	🇯🇴Jordan	14,452	7,604	6,848
142	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	14,029	7,458	6,571
143	🇴🇲Oman	13,265	7,040	6,225
144	🇨🇷Costa Rica	12,907	7,354	5,552
145	🇬🇲Gambia	12,636	6,549	6,088
146	🇵🇦Panama	11,602	6,226	5,376
147	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	11,077	6,018	5,060
148	🇳🇦Namibia	10,723	5,525	5,197
149	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,490	5,381	5,109
150	🇬🇦Gabon	10,311	5,281	5,030
151	🇸🇬Singapore	10,180	5,991	4,189
152	🇧🇼Botswana	7,949	3,986	3,963
153	🇲🇺Mauritius	7,810	4,290	3,521
154	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	7,590	3,960	3,630
155	🇧🇹Bhutan	7,029	3,765	3,264
156	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,800	3,500	3,300
157	🇬🇾Guyana	6,370	3,469	2,901
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	5,796	3,307	2,489
159	🇰🇲Comoros	4,954	2,590	2,364
160	🇰🇼Kuwait	4,587	2,669	1,919
161	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,185	2,305	1,880
162	🇲🇪Montenegro	4,070	2,081	1,990
163	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,981	1,902	2,079
164	🇫🇯Fiji	3,952	2,378	1,574
165	🇷🇪Réunion	3,912	2,162	1,750
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,764	2,121	1,643
167	🇲🇹Malta	3,045	1,587	1,458
168	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,703	1,373	1,330
169	🇲🇶Martinique	2,558	1,336	1,222
170	🇲🇻Maldives	2,470	1,351	1,119
171	🇩🇯Djibouti	2,368	1,257	1,111
172	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,141	1,269	871
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,005	929	1,075
174	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1,974	1,248	726
175	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,591	872	719
176	🇪🇭Western Sahara	1,513	887	626
177	🇮🇸Iceland	1,457	789	668
178	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,404	693	711
179	🇼🇸Samoa	1,253	679	574
180	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,153	632	521
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,108	593	515
182	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,059	570	489
183	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,025	582	443
184	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,022	517	506
185	🇳🇨New Caledonia	997	588	409
186	🇮🇲Isle of Man	940	463	477
187	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	905	439	467
188	🇵🇫French Polynesia	891	498	393
189	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	890	483	407
190	🇯🇪Jersey	860	410	450
191	🇬🇩Grenada	815	379	437
192	🇰🇮Kiribati	809	414	394
193	🇸🇨Seychelles	727	402	325
194	🇩🇲Dominica	710	324	386
195	🇶🇦Qatar	704	412	292
196	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	688	340	348
197	🇹🇴Tonga	656	389	267
198	🇬🇬Guernsey	635	309	326
199	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	574	263	310
200	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	547	304	243
201	🇬🇺Guam	480	309	170
202	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	467	265	203
203	🇬🇫French Guiana	419	250	168
204	🇲🇨Monaco	407	196	211
205	🇧🇲Bermuda	401	232	168
206	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	384	190	195
207	🇦🇼Aruba	355	209	145
208	🇾🇹Mayotte	315	178	137
209	🇬🇱Greenland	297	165	133
210	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	269	151	118
211	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	267	160	107
212	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	221	115	106
213	🇬🇮Gibraltar	220	105	116
214	🇲🇸Montserrat	169	68	101
215	🇸🇲San Marino	151	86	65
216	🇦🇸American Samoa	150	90	60
217	🇨🇰Cook Islands	148	78	71
218	🇵🇼Palau	142	88	54
219	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	129	67	61
220	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	111	51	60
221	🇦🇩Andorra	97	56	41
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	85	42	43
223	🇹🇻Tuvalu	81	41	40
224	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	74	36	39
225	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	70	42	28
226	🇦🇮Anguilla	67	32	35
227	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	66	39	28
228	🇸🇭Saint Helena	56	29	26
229	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	54	31	23
230	🇳🇷Nauru	53	34	19
231	🇳🇺Niue	50	28	22
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	37	22	15
233	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	33	16	16
234	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	30	17	13
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	23	12	12
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	18	8	9
237	🇻🇦Holy See	6	3	3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1969

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	29,048,827	15,208,598	13,840,229
2	Africa	7,328,002	3,856,223	3,471,779
3	Europe	6,652,543	3,394,742	3,257,801
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,991,863	1,639,551	1,352,312
5	Northern America	2,037,933	1,149,651	888,282
6	Oceania	175,711	98,755	76,956

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1969

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,676,200	6,417,442	6,258,758
2	Eastern Asia	11,371,112	6,062,770	5,308,342
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,485,089	1,903,300	1,581,789
4	Western Africa	2,587,121	1,353,141	1,233,980
5	Eastern Europe	2,490,113	1,242,838	1,247,275
6	Eastern Africa	2,123,634	1,125,511	998,123
7	South America	2,016,758	1,111,839	904,919
8	Western Europe	1,948,512	995,408	953,104
9	Northern Africa	1,447,726	763,011	684,715
10	Southern Europe	1,231,005	647,422	583,583
11	Western Asia	1,159,708	627,811	531,897
12	Northern Europe	982,913	509,074	473,839
13	Middle Africa	858,034	444,557	413,477
14	Central America	719,165	389,353	329,812
15	Central Asia	356,718	197,275	159,443
16	Southern Africa	311,487	170,003	141,484
17	Caribbean	255,940	138,359	117,581
18	Australia/New Zealand	130,703	72,971	57,732
19	Melanesia	39,475	22,642	16,833
20	Polynesia	3,244	1,820	1,424
21	Micronesia	2,289	1,322	967

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1969

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	36,005,480	18,839,289	17,166,191
2	Lower-middle-income countries	20,265,335	10,452,180	9,813,155
3	Upper-middle-income countries	15,740,145	8,387,109	7,353,036
4	High-income countries	8,328,339	4,459,963	3,868,376
5	Low-income countries	3,817,974	2,002,030	1,815,944
6	No income group available	83,086	46,238	36,848

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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