Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1970

-5 year -1 year 1970 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1970, a total of 48,534,128 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,451,362 were male and 23,082,766 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 9,920,086 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 9,606,005, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,883,108 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 6 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 17, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 22 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 29,273,265 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 7384.342, and Europe with 6,602,177 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 13,059,251 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 11,172,440, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,534,593 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 36,310,796. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 80,653 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1970

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1970

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	9,920,086	5,266,756	4,653,330
2	🇮🇳India	9,606,005	4,826,227	4,779,778
3	🇺🇸United States of America	1,883,108	1,057,274	825,833
4	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,575,549	844,095	731,454
5	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,508,695	738,957	769,738
6	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,353,093	696,888	656,205
7	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,147,092	561,613	585,479
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,042,815	578,560	464,255
9	🇩🇪Germany	976,107	482,918	493,189
10	🇵🇰Pakistan	818,806	436,901	381,905
11	🇯🇵Japan	745,670	404,046	341,625
12	🇬🇧United Kingdom	655,267	334,309	320,958
13	🇪🇹Ethiopia	617,673	328,913	288,759
14	🇪🇬Egypt	595,100	315,333	279,767
15	🇫🇷France	541,997	278,744	263,253
16	🇻🇳Viet Nam	535,630	317,034	218,596
17	🇮🇹Italy	520,727	276,310	244,418
18	🇲🇽Mexico	483,743	262,938	220,805
19	🇹🇷Türkiye	470,703	259,127	211,575
20	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	468,344	238,350	229,994
21	🇺🇦Ukraine	444,715	212,123	232,592
22	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	424,737	214,197	210,540
23	🇲🇲Myanmar	420,026	225,562	194,464
24	🇹🇭Thailand	369,462	200,819	168,643
25	🇵🇭Philippines	326,689	177,422	149,267
26	🇩🇿Algeria	302,337	155,168	147,169
27	🇦🇫Afghanistan	288,979	152,875	136,105
28	🇪🇸Spain	284,846	146,570	138,275
29	🇿🇦South Africa	273,496	150,617	122,879
30	🇵🇱Poland	269,146	142,076	127,070
31	🇳🇵Nepal	264,861	133,721	131,140
32	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	261,598	149,818	111,781
33	🇵🇪Peru	254,397	129,241	125,155
34	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	252,262	133,419	118,843
35	🇲🇦Morocco	250,544	129,515	121,028
36	🇦🇷Argentina	218,037	128,537	89,500
37	🇸🇩Sudan	209,172	113,949	95,223
38	🇲🇱Mali	198,472	102,932	95,540
39	🇷🇴Romania	198,201	100,229	97,973
40	🇲🇿Mozambique	189,632	97,981	91,652
41	🇾🇪Yemen	181,941	97,444	84,496
42	🇨🇴Colombia	179,623	95,727	83,896
43	🇺🇬Uganda	169,065	93,648	75,418
44	🇬🇭Ghana	163,373	88,661	74,713
45	🇰🇪Kenya	158,483	84,842	73,641
46	🇨🇦Canada	155,330	90,703	64,626
47	🇰🇭Cambodia	153,686	98,824	54,862
48	🇦🇴Angola	147,634	82,082	65,552
49	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	141,272	74,742	66,530
50	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	133,692	65,864	67,828
51	🇸🇸South Sudan	133,469	74,180	59,289
52	🇲🇼Malawi	132,621	68,127	64,494
53	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	131,692	70,892	60,800
54	🇳🇪Niger	130,478	65,156	65,322
55	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	126,643	72,703	53,939
56	🇨🇿Czechia	123,547	65,108	58,440
57	🇭🇺Hungary	120,139	62,498	57,641
58	🇨🇲Cameroon	120,047	61,315	58,732
59	🇲🇬Madagascar	119,342	62,243	57,099
60	🇧🇪Belgium	118,888	62,960	55,928
61	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	115,345	62,307	53,037
62	🇦🇺Australia	112,806	62,592	50,213
63	🇮🇶Iraq	109,637	59,791	49,846
64	🇳🇱Netherlands	109,491	60,946	48,546
65	🇬🇳Guinea	108,263	56,637	51,626
66	🇸🇳Senegal	103,029	52,418	50,610
67	🇦🇹Austria	98,757	49,030	49,727
68	🇵🇹Portugal	94,520	48,097	46,423
69	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	94,057	55,791	38,265
70	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	93,414	49,358	44,056
71	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	88,623	45,781	42,842
72	🇹🇩Chad	88,368	46,601	41,768
73	🇬🇹Guatemala	85,904	46,312	39,592
74	🇭🇹Haiti	84,102	43,497	40,606
75	🇨🇱Chile	82,292	45,512	36,779
76	🇸🇪Sweden	80,035	43,397	36,638
77	🇬🇷Greece	79,732	42,411	37,322
78	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	78,500	44,105	34,395
79	🇧🇬Bulgaria	78,240	41,003	37,237
80	🇧🇮Burundi	75,757	38,540	37,217
81	🇪🇨Ecuador	74,935	39,316	35,619
82	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	73,631	37,906	35,725
83	🇲🇾Malaysia	73,054	40,507	32,546
84	🇧🇯Benin	72,957	36,781	36,176
85	🇧🇾Belarus	72,768	35,561	37,207
86	🇸🇴Somalia	71,911	37,531	34,380
87	🇷🇼Rwanda	71,517	36,276	35,242
88	🇹🇳Tunisia	68,385	36,621	31,764
89	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	67,592	38,578	29,014
90	🇿🇲Zambia	66,744	34,399	32,345
91	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	66,730	34,531	32,198
92	🇷🇸Serbia	64,669	33,497	31,172
93	🇨🇺Cuba	61,675	35,445	26,230
94	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	59,680	31,235	28,445
95	🇨🇭Switzerland	57,071	29,958	27,113
96	🇸🇻El Salvador	55,804	30,549	25,255
97	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	55,635	29,583	26,053
98	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	55,040	29,323	25,716
99	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	51,520	28,358	23,163
100	🇬🇪Georgia	50,511	27,066	23,446
101	🇩🇰Denmark	48,322	26,183	22,139
102	🇫🇮Finland	44,114	23,798	20,316
103	🇭🇷Croatia	43,630	23,092	20,538
104	🇹🇬Togo	42,337	21,861	20,476
105	🇸🇰Slovakia	42,219	23,019	19,200
106	🇨🇫Central African Republic	42,015	21,663	20,352
107	🇹🇯Tajikistan	38,740	20,905	17,835
108	🇳🇴Norway	38,681	21,310	17,370
109	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	37,812	19,134	18,678
110	🇭🇳Honduras	36,924	19,564	17,360
111	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	36,249	19,553	16,696
112	🇱🇷Liberia	35,037	18,939	16,097
113	🇮🇪Ireland	33,550	18,376	15,174
114	🇳🇮Nicaragua	31,250	16,805	14,445
115	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	30,887	17,595	13,292
116	🇱🇹Lithuania	28,800	14,847	13,952
117	🇪🇷Eritrea	28,417	14,991	13,426
118	🇱🇻Latvia	27,176	12,716	14,460
119	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	27,065	14,812	12,254
120	🇺🇾Uruguay	26,802	15,116	11,686
121	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	26,728	14,742	11,985
122	🇱🇾Libya	25,916	14,160	11,756
123	🇳🇿New Zealand	24,840	13,613	11,227
124	🇵🇾Paraguay	22,090	11,268	10,823
125	🇲🇳Mongolia	21,989	11,679	10,310
126	🇦🇲Armenia	21,441	11,630	9,812
127	🇦🇱Albania	20,896	10,991	9,905
128	🇮🇱Israel	20,410	11,427	8,984
129	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	20,396	11,511	8,885
130	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	19,540	11,269	8,271
131	🇨🇬Congo	19,242	10,320	8,922
132	🇱🇧Lebanon	18,757	9,902	8,855
133	🇸🇮Slovenia	17,642	9,201	8,441
134	🇲🇷Mauritania	16,967	8,881	8,086
135	🇱🇸Lesotho	15,899	8,326	7,573
136	🇯🇲Jamaica	15,848	7,975	7,873
137	🇯🇴Jordan	15,584	8,326	7,259
138	🇪🇪Estonia	15,175	7,050	8,125
139	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	14,715	8,222	6,494
140	🇲🇰North Macedonia	14,246	7,447	6,799
141	🇵🇸State of Palestine	14,193	7,823	6,369
142	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	13,996	7,442	6,554
143	🇴🇲Oman	13,034	6,919	6,115
144	🇨🇷Costa Rica	12,877	7,309	5,568
145	🇬🇲Gambia	12,747	6,603	6,144
146	🇵🇦Panama	11,615	6,242	5,373
147	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	11,009	5,969	5,040
148	🇳🇦Namibia	10,772	5,556	5,215
149	🇸🇬Singapore	10,550	6,216	4,334
150	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,425	5,350	5,075
151	🇬🇦Gabon	10,310	5,275	5,035
152	🇧🇼Botswana	7,803	3,898	3,905
153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	7,636	3,967	3,669
154	🇲🇺Mauritius	7,456	4,152	3,303
155	🇧🇹Bhutan	7,029	3,768	3,262
156	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,852	3,526	3,327
157	🇬🇾Guyana	6,415	3,499	2,916
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	5,870	3,348	2,521
159	🇰🇲Comoros	4,953	2,611	2,342
160	🇰🇼Kuwait	4,646	2,715	1,930
161	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,157	2,298	1,858
162	🇲🇪Montenegro	4,135	2,059	2,077
163	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,996	1,931	2,065
164	🇫🇯Fiji	3,956	2,365	1,590
165	🇷🇪Réunion	3,791	2,100	1,691
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,790	2,135	1,654
167	🇲🇹Malta	2,964	1,584	1,380
168	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,696	1,375	1,321
169	🇲🇶Martinique	2,553	1,362	1,191
170	🇩🇯Djibouti	2,474	1,311	1,163
171	🇲🇻Maldives	2,469	1,351	1,118
172	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	2,138	1,375	763
173	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,121	1,269	852
174	🇧🇧Barbados	2,082	955	1,126
175	🇪🇭Western Sahara	1,585	943	643
176	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,540	854	687
177	🇮🇸Iceland	1,460	816	644
178	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,401	700	701
179	🇼🇸Samoa	1,232	673	560
180	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,184	650	534
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,084	583	501
182	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,027	557	470
183	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,012	508	504
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,012	572	439
185	🇳🇨New Caledonia	992	585	408
186	🇮🇲Isle of Man	955	470	484
187	🇯🇪Jersey	920	437	483
188	🇵🇫French Polynesia	897	501	396
189	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	895	487	408
190	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	886	434	452
191	🇬🇩Grenada	799	372	427
192	🇰🇮Kiribati	790	405	385
193	🇶🇦Qatar	745	439	306
194	🇸🇨Seychelles	723	401	322
195	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	679	337	342
196	🇩🇲Dominica	654	306	348
197	🇹🇴Tonga	641	384	257
198	🇬🇬Guernsey	616	302	314
199	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	550	257	294
200	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	550	308	242
201	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	488	273	215
202	🇬🇺Guam	481	310	171
203	🇬🇫French Guiana	417	246	171
204	🇲🇨Monaco	413	198	215
205	🇧🇲Bermuda	383	237	146
206	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	379	187	192
207	🇦🇼Aruba	351	208	144
208	🇾🇹Mayotte	309	175	134
209	🇬🇱Greenland	292	165	127
210	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	273	151	123
211	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	266	161	105
212	🇬🇮Gibraltar	218	101	117
213	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	218	114	105
214	🇲🇸Montserrat	161	66	96
215	🇦🇸American Samoa	152	91	61
216	🇸🇲San Marino	149	86	63
217	🇵🇼Palau	141	88	54
218	🇨🇰Cook Islands	141	75	66
219	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	127	67	61
220	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	117	54	63
221	🇦🇩Andorra	93	54	39
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	80	37	43
223	🇹🇻Tuvalu	78	39	39
224	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	76	36	40
225	🇦🇮Anguilla	67	32	34
226	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	66	41	25
227	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	61	35	25
228	🇸🇭Saint Helena	56	30	27
229	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	54	31	23
230	🇳🇷Nauru	54	35	19
231	🇳🇺Niue	47	27	21
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	37	22	15
233	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	31	14	16
234	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	29	16	13
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	22	10	11
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	17	8	9
237	🇻🇦Holy See	6	3	3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1970

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	29,273,265	15,305,096	13,968,169
2	Africa	7,384,342	3,873,567	3,510,775
3	Europe	6,602,177	3,355,297	3,246,880
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,053,103	1,667,289	1,385,814
5	Northern America	2,039,147	1,148,397	890,750
6	Oceania	182,094	101,716	80,378

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1970

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	13,059,251	6,587,940	6,471,311
2	Eastern Asia	11,172,440	5,948,949	5,223,491
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,534,593	1,947,744	1,586,849
4	Western Africa	2,585,750	1,340,880	1,244,870
5	Eastern Europe	2,533,882	1,262,353	1,271,529
6	Eastern Africa	2,166,331	1,147,098	1,019,233
7	South America	2,078,768	1,139,051	939,718
8	Western Europe	1,907,089	967,163	939,926
9	Northern Africa	1,453,042	765,686	687,356
10	Southern Europe	1,185,898	621,632	564,266
11	Western Asia	1,146,937	621,668	525,269
12	Northern Europe	975,308	504,149	471,159
13	Middle Africa	864,388	447,978	416,410
14	Central America	719,218	390,316	328,902
15	Central Asia	360,044	198,795	161,249
16	Southern Africa	314,831	171,925	142,906
17	Caribbean	255,116	137,922	117,194
18	Australia/New Zealand	137,643	76,205	61,438
19	Melanesia	38,958	22,375	16,583
20	Polynesia	3,216	1,813	1,403
21	Micronesia	2,277	1,323	954

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1970

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	36,310,796	18,962,631	17,348,165
2	Lower-middle-income countries	20,721,705	10,667,342	10,054,363
3	Upper-middle-income countries	15,589,091	8,295,289	7,293,802
4	High-income countries	8,273,942	4,416,455	3,857,488
5	Low-income countries	3,868,736	2,026,958	1,841,778
6	No income group available	80,653	45,318	35,335

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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