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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1971

-5 year -1 year 1971 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1971, a total of 49,683,953 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 26,355,960 were male and 23,327,993 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,657,680 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 9,562,356, and 🇧🇩Bangladesh with 2,810,702 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 30,374,567 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 7423.189, and Europe with 6,675,051 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 14,570,612 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 10,781,763, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,523,064 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 37,420,392. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 79,940 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1971

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1971

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇮🇳India 9,657,680 4,845,984 4,811,696
2 🇨🇳China 9,562,356 5,055,173 4,507,183
3 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2,810,702 1,722,254 1,088,449
4 🇺🇸United States of America 1,885,038 1,053,529 831,510
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,570,440 842,888 727,552
6 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,348,194 691,973 656,220
7 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,165,839 572,398 593,441
8 🇧🇷Brazil 1,046,557 581,117 465,440
9 🇵🇰Pakistan 985,142 554,375 430,767
10 🇩🇪Germany 966,000 475,522 490,478
11 🇯🇵Japan 716,624 388,779 327,845
12 🇬🇧United Kingdom 644,846 328,394 316,451
13 🇪🇹Ethiopia 634,429 338,673 295,756
14 🇪🇬Egypt 598,847 316,092 282,755
15 🇫🇷France 554,164 285,161 269,003
16 🇻🇳Viet Nam 536,499 317,228 219,271
17 🇮🇹Italy 522,051 277,709 244,342
18 🇲🇽Mexico 483,615 263,988 219,626
19 🇹🇷Türkiye 466,571 258,343 208,229
20 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 459,449 234,353 225,096
21 🇺🇦Ukraine 447,210 211,503 235,707
22 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 430,500 216,740 213,760
23 🇲🇲Myanmar 420,476 225,952 194,525
24 🇹🇭Thailand 362,677 198,198 164,479
25 🇵🇭Philippines 328,794 179,153 149,642
26 🇪🇸Spain 306,754 159,643 147,111
27 🇩🇿Algeria 300,635 154,401 146,234
28 🇦🇫Afghanistan 290,646 153,706 136,940
29 🇵🇱Poland 285,800 153,264 132,536
30 🇿🇦South Africa 276,652 152,593 124,059
31 🇳🇵Nepal 265,443 133,905 131,539
32 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 258,740 148,480 110,259
33 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 257,005 135,971 121,034
34 🇲🇦Morocco 251,565 130,201 121,363
35 🇦🇷Argentina 226,680 132,018 94,662
36 🇷🇴Romania 201,621 102,045 99,576
37 🇲🇱Mali 199,016 103,257 95,759
38 🇲🇿Mozambique 193,726 100,184 93,541
39 🇺🇬Uganda 192,285 108,390 83,896
40 🇸🇩Sudan 186,456 101,064 85,392
41 🇵🇪Peru 184,876 97,558 87,317
42 🇾🇪Yemen 179,999 95,841 84,158
43 🇨🇴Colombia 177,215 94,493 82,722
44 🇬🇭Ghana 166,497 90,225 76,272
45 🇰🇪Kenya 158,836 85,552 73,284
46 🇨🇦Canada 156,901 91,554 65,346
47 🇰🇭Cambodia 150,362 95,585 54,777
48 🇦🇴Angola 147,649 81,807 65,842
49 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 142,290 75,263 67,027
50 🇳🇪Niger 137,707 68,682 69,025
51 🇲🇼Malawi 133,380 68,473 64,908
52 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 132,133 71,060 61,072
53 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 131,642 64,791 66,851
54 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 127,726 73,053 54,673
55 🇭🇺Hungary 122,838 64,242 58,596
56 🇨🇿Czechia 122,478 64,944 57,534
57 🇲🇬Madagascar 121,368 63,486 57,883
58 🇨🇲Cameroon 120,069 61,497 58,571
59 🇧🇪Belgium 119,595 63,421 56,174
60 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 116,952 63,293 53,660
61 🇸🇸South Sudan 111,224 59,139 52,085
62 🇳🇱Netherlands 110,033 61,017 49,015
63 🇦🇺Australia 109,612 60,584 49,028
64 🇮🇶Iraq 109,191 59,366 49,825
65 🇬🇳Guinea 109,110 57,010 52,100
66 🇸🇳Senegal 104,511 53,312 51,199
67 🇵🇹Portugal 98,180 50,297 47,883
68 🇦🇹Austria 97,263 47,822 49,441
69 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 92,744 49,076 43,668
70 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 92,065 54,088 37,976
71 🇹🇩Chad 91,625 48,201 43,424
72 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 88,641 45,806 42,835
73 🇬🇹Guatemala 84,545 45,524 39,020
74 🇭🇹Haiti 84,210 43,559 40,652
75 🇧🇬Bulgaria 84,143 44,551 39,592
76 🇨🇱Chile 82,987 46,192 36,795
77 🇸🇪Sweden 82,642 45,485 37,157
78 🇬🇷Greece 80,600 42,579 38,021
79 🇧🇮Burundi 77,798 39,580 38,218
80 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 77,760 43,746 34,014
81 🇷🇼Rwanda 74,863 37,975 36,888
82 🇪🇨Ecuador 74,736 39,244 35,492
83 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 73,829 38,019 35,810
84 🇸🇴Somalia 73,286 38,262 35,024
85 🇧🇯Benin 73,165 37,016 36,148
86 🇧🇾Belarus 73,150 34,801 38,350
87 🇲🇾Malaysia 72,724 40,363 32,360
88 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 68,908 39,397 29,511
89 🇿🇲Zambia 67,008 34,533 32,475
90 🇹🇳Tunisia 66,374 35,795 30,579
91 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 65,367 34,090 31,278
92 🇷🇸Serbia 64,544 33,544 31,000
93 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 61,148 32,063 29,085
94 🇨🇺Cuba 60,659 34,796 25,864
95 🇨🇭Switzerland 57,794 30,299 27,495
96 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 55,568 29,576 25,992
97 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 54,998 29,311 25,687
98 🇸🇻El Salvador 54,520 29,756 24,764
99 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 51,163 28,166 22,997
100 🇬🇪Georgia 50,046 26,688 23,358
101 🇩🇰Denmark 48,936 26,867 22,070
102 🇫🇮Finland 45,784 24,614 21,170
103 🇭🇷Croatia 43,826 23,140 20,686
104 🇹🇬Togo 42,907 22,169 20,738
105 🇸🇰Slovakia 42,800 23,589 19,210
106 🇨🇫Central African Republic 41,811 21,566 20,245
107 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 39,226 19,851 19,375
108 🇳🇴Norway 38,946 21,320 17,626
109 🇹🇯Tajikistan 38,861 20,929 17,931
110 🇭🇳Honduras 36,933 19,554 17,380
111 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 36,421 19,478 16,942
112 🇱🇷Liberia 35,396 19,151 16,245
113 🇮🇪Ireland 31,767 17,283 14,484
114 🇳🇮Nicaragua 31,678 17,038 14,640
115 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 30,722 17,595 13,127
116 🇪🇷Eritrea 28,638 15,093 13,545
117 🇱🇹Lithuania 27,621 14,372 13,250
118 🇺🇾Uruguay 27,146 15,339 11,807
119 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 27,026 14,839 12,188
120 🇱🇻Latvia 26,891 12,801 14,090
121 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 26,752 14,662 12,090
122 🇱🇾Libya 24,735 13,522 11,213
123 🇳🇿New Zealand 24,368 13,420 10,948
124 🇵🇾Paraguay 22,378 11,424 10,954
125 🇲🇳Mongolia 21,611 11,475 10,136
126 🇦🇲Armenia 21,415 11,657 9,758
127 🇮🇱Israel 21,317 11,941 9,377
128 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 20,474 11,668 8,807
129 🇦🇱Albania 20,405 10,731 9,674
130 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 19,901 11,564 8,337
131 🇨🇬Congo 19,451 10,447 9,004
132 🇱🇧Lebanon 18,970 10,026 8,944
133 🇸🇮Slovenia 18,156 9,576 8,579
134 🇲🇷Mauritania 17,229 9,057 8,172
135 🇱🇸Lesotho 16,196 8,552 7,644
136 🇯🇲Jamaica 16,015 8,055 7,960
137 🇪🇪Estonia 15,004 7,009 7,996
138 🇯🇴Jordan 14,900 7,852 7,048
139 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 14,766 8,253 6,513
140 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 13,894 7,387 6,506
141 🇲🇰North Macedonia 13,826 7,277 6,549
142 🇵🇸State of Palestine 13,764 7,587 6,177
143 🇬🇲Gambia 12,881 6,692 6,190
144 🇴🇲Oman 12,708 6,738 5,970
145 🇨🇷Costa Rica 12,434 7,105 5,329
146 🇵🇦Panama 11,440 6,176 5,265
147 🇳🇦Namibia 10,785 5,587 5,198
148 🇸🇬Singapore 10,740 6,387 4,353
149 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 10,497 5,398 5,099
150 🇬🇦Gabon 10,335 5,282 5,053
151 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 8,807 4,705 4,102
152 🇧🇼Botswana 7,667 3,814 3,853
153 🇲🇺Mauritius 7,659 4,267 3,392
154 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 7,620 3,995 3,625
155 🇧🇹Bhutan 7,034 3,773 3,262
156 🇸🇿Eswatini 6,899 3,544 3,355
157 🇬🇾Guyana 6,450 3,522 2,928
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 5,989 3,402 2,587
159 🇰🇲Comoros 4,958 2,632 2,325
160 🇰🇼Kuwait 4,721 2,769 1,952
161 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,384 2,404 1,979
162 🇲🇪Montenegro 4,094 2,124 1,971
163 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 4,019 1,975 2,044
164 🇫🇯Fiji 3,995 2,378 1,617
165 🇸🇷Suriname 3,865 2,168 1,696
166 🇷🇪Réunion 3,702 2,055 1,647
167 🇲🇹Malta 3,001 1,527 1,474
168 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,650 1,363 1,287
169 🇩🇯Djibouti 2,644 1,399 1,245
170 🇲🇶Martinique 2,477 1,335 1,142
171 🇲🇻Maldives 2,437 1,337 1,100
172 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 2,298 1,498 800
173 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2,116 1,283 833
174 🇧🇧Barbados 2,072 965 1,107
175 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1,639 987 651
176 🇮🇸Iceland 1,510 851 659
177 🇧🇭Bahrain 1,477 824 653
178 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,397 705 692
179 🇼🇸Samoa 1,211 666 546
180 🇧🇸Bahamas 1,202 663 539
181 🇧🇿Belize 1,063 561 502
182 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,010 552 459
183 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,010 508 502
184 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,010 597 413
185 🇻🇺Vanuatu 998 562 436
186 🇮🇲Isle of Man 971 478 493
187 🇵🇫French Polynesia 901 502 398
188 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 896 490 406
189 🇯🇪Jersey 885 419 467
190 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 880 434 446
191 🇬🇩Grenada 796 370 426
192 🇰🇮Kiribati 773 396 377
193 🇶🇦Qatar 755 449 306
194 🇸🇨Seychelles 723 403 320
195 🇩🇲Dominica 687 307 380
196 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 679 338 341
197 🇬🇬Guernsey 632 307 325
198 🇹🇴Tonga 630 381 249
199 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 559 265 294
200 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 550 309 241
201 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 491 281 211
202 🇬🇺Guam 484 307 177
203 🇲🇨Monaco 420 200 219
204 🇬🇫French Guiana 419 246 173
205 🇧🇲Bermuda 418 243 175
206 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 373 185 187
207 🇦🇼Aruba 349 206 143
208 🇾🇹Mayotte 303 172 130
209 🇬🇱Greenland 293 167 126
210 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 278 150 128
211 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 264 161 104
212 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 261 131 129
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 217 100 117
214 🇲🇸Montserrat 155 65 90
215 🇦🇸American Samoa 150 90 60
216 🇸🇲San Marino 142 82 59
217 🇵🇼Palau 139 87 52
218 🇨🇰Cook Islands 135 73 61
219 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 126 66 60
220 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 117 54 62
221 🇦🇩Andorra 103 60 42
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 86 38 47
223 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 76 36 40
224 🇹🇻Tuvalu 76 38 38
225 🇦🇮Anguilla 66 32 34
226 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 64 37 27
227 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 63 39 24
228 🇸🇭Saint Helena 56 30 26
229 🇳🇷Nauru 54 35 19
230 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 53 30 23
231 🇳🇺Niue 45 26 19
232 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 37 21 15
233 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 34 15 19
234 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 30 16 14
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 22 10 11
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 17 8 9
237 🇻🇦Holy See 6 3 3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1971

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 30,374,567 16,184,107 14,190,460
2 Africa 7,423,189 3,890,584 3,532,605
3 Europe 6,675,051 3,396,074 3,278,977
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 2,990,200 1,640,141 1,350,059
5 Northern America 2,042,695 1,145,524 897,171
6 Oceania 178,251 99,530 78,721

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1971

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 14,570,612 7,703,783 6,866,829
2 Eastern Asia 10,781,763 5,720,467 5,061,296
3 South-Eastern Asia 3,523,064 1,943,207 1,579,857
4 Western Africa 2,598,511 1,345,365 1,253,146
5 Eastern Europe 2,585,091 1,291,186 1,293,905
6 Eastern Africa 2,204,961 1,168,285 1,036,675
7 South America 2,019,727 1,112,879 906,848
8 Western Europe 1,909,900 965,965 943,935
9 Northern Africa 1,430,269 752,061 678,208
10 Southern Europe 1,213,392 638,612 574,780
11 Western Asia 1,137,236 617,465 519,770
12 Northern Europe 966,668 500,311 466,357
13 Middle Africa 871,248 450,789 420,459
14 Central America 716,234 389,715 326,519
15 Central Asia 361,892 199,185 162,707
16 Southern Africa 318,200 174,084 144,116
17 Caribbean 254,239 137,547 116,692
18 Australia/New Zealand 133,981 74,010 59,971
19 Melanesia 38,827 22,406 16,421
20 Polynesia 3,171 1,796 1,375
21 Micronesia 2,272 1,318 954

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1971

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 37,420,392 19,848,046 17,572,346
2 Lower-middle-income countries 22,238,709 11,782,428 10,456,281
3 Upper-middle-income countries 15,181,683 8,065,618 7,116,065
4 High-income countries 8,289,689 4,424,680 3,865,009
5 Low-income countries 3,893,932 2,038,249 1,855,683
6 No income group available 79,940 44,985 34,955

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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