Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1972

-5 year -1 year 1972 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1972, a total of 47,961,807 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,156,942 were male and 22,804,865 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,701,774 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 9,235,162, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,919,617 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 6 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 16, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 21 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 28,421,285 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 7572.144, and Europe with 6,699,913 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,847,576 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 10,452,752, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,624,194 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 35,539,168. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 79,849 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1972

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1972

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,701,774	4,865,983	4,835,791
2	🇨🇳China	9,235,162	4,889,082	4,346,080
3	🇺🇸United States of America	1,919,617	1,071,813	847,804
4	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,560,202	836,226	723,976
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,342,554	689,269	653,285
6	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,201,398	585,379	616,019
7	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,188,671	597,278	591,393
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,049,218	582,474	466,744
9	🇩🇪Germany	964,839	475,336	489,503
10	🇵🇰Pakistan	838,978	448,249	390,730
11	🇯🇵Japan	715,921	388,693	327,228
12	🇪🇹Ethiopia	686,987	365,621	321,365
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	673,225	342,220	331,006
14	🇻🇳Viet Nam	639,917	381,663	258,254
15	🇪🇬Egypt	601,823	317,156	284,668
16	🇫🇷France	549,726	284,915	264,811
17	🇮🇹Italy	523,226	278,919	244,307
18	🇲🇽Mexico	486,584	266,993	219,592
19	🇹🇷Türkiye	464,682	257,886	206,796
20	🇺🇦Ukraine	463,880	217,619	246,262
21	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	455,608	232,119	223,489
22	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	436,830	219,895	216,935
23	🇲🇲Myanmar	424,086	226,760	197,327
24	🇹🇭Thailand	360,229	197,188	163,040
25	🇵🇭Philippines	337,768	184,886	152,882
26	🇩🇿Algeria	297,007	152,823	144,183
27	🇦🇫Afghanistan	291,819	154,263	137,556
28	🇪🇸Spain	284,217	146,777	137,440
29	🇿🇦South Africa	280,088	155,095	124,994
30	🇵🇱Poland	267,245	141,742	125,503
31	🇳🇵Nepal	266,634	134,278	132,356
32	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	262,155	138,373	123,782
33	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	258,255	148,775	109,480
34	🇲🇦Morocco	252,258	130,485	121,773
35	🇦🇷Argentina	228,185	132,790	95,395
36	🇲🇿Mozambique	198,967	103,718	95,249
37	🇺🇬Uganda	197,509	111,118	86,391
38	🇲🇱Mali	196,100	102,057	94,043
39	🇷🇴Romania	195,391	98,614	96,777
40	🇸🇩Sudan	189,491	102,046	87,445
41	🇵🇪Peru	184,985	97,915	87,070
42	🇾🇪Yemen	178,678	95,231	83,447
43	🇨🇴Colombia	174,530	93,225	81,305
44	🇬🇭Ghana	166,431	89,943	76,488
45	🇨🇦Canada	162,139	94,286	67,854
46	🇰🇪Kenya	158,161	85,484	72,676
47	🇦🇴Angola	148,783	82,221	66,562
48	🇰🇭Cambodia	147,593	93,405	54,188
49	🇧🇮Burundi	145,229	78,075	67,154
50	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	142,414	74,975	67,439
51	🇳🇪Niger	139,937	69,840	70,097
52	🇲🇼Malawi	133,532	68,535	64,997
53	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	133,173	71,526	61,646
54	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	130,368	64,316	66,052
55	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	127,840	72,871	54,969
56	🇲🇬Madagascar	122,880	64,069	58,810
57	🇨🇲Cameroon	120,160	61,617	58,543
58	🇨🇿Czechia	119,367	62,456	56,912
59	🇭🇺Hungary	118,997	61,814	57,183
60	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	118,446	64,220	54,227
61	🇧🇪Belgium	117,479	62,477	55,002
62	🇳🇱Netherlands	113,374	63,072	50,302
63	🇸🇸South Sudan	112,135	59,396	52,740
64	🇦🇺Australia	110,614	61,508	49,106
65	🇬🇳Guinea	109,657	57,283	52,373
66	🇮🇶Iraq	109,654	59,572	50,081
67	🇸🇳Senegal	105,472	53,868	51,604
68	🇦🇹Austria	95,228	46,967	48,261
69	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	94,657	55,625	39,032
70	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	92,312	48,969	43,343
71	🇹🇩Chad	90,370	47,795	42,575
72	🇵🇹Portugal	89,897	45,796	44,101
73	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	88,731	45,857	42,874
74	🇨🇱Chile	86,623	49,419	37,204
75	🇧🇬Bulgaria	85,828	45,093	40,734
76	🇭🇹Haiti	84,791	43,752	41,039
77	🇬🇷Greece	84,547	44,744	39,803
78	🇸🇪Sweden	83,964	45,965	37,999
79	🇬🇹Guatemala	82,770	44,528	38,241
80	🇷🇼Rwanda	78,350	39,755	38,594
81	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	77,695	43,953	33,742
82	🇧🇾Belarus	75,662	36,604	39,058
83	🇸🇴Somalia	74,644	38,984	35,660
84	🇪🇨Ecuador	74,224	39,018	35,207
85	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	73,941	38,079	35,862
86	🇧🇯Benin	72,968	36,965	36,003
87	🇲🇾Malaysia	72,304	40,195	32,109
88	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	69,597	39,876	29,721
89	🇿🇲Zambia	66,981	34,485	32,496
90	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	64,897	33,781	31,115
91	🇷🇸Serbia	64,635	33,903	30,733
92	🇹🇳Tunisia	63,737	34,461	29,276
93	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	62,670	32,895	29,775
94	🇨🇺Cuba	60,097	34,439	25,658
95	🇨🇭Switzerland	56,417	29,646	26,771
96	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	56,399	29,892	26,508
97	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	54,115	28,815	25,300
98	🇸🇻El Salvador	53,439	29,220	24,219
99	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	51,149	28,145	23,004
100	🇩🇰Denmark	50,491	27,486	23,004
101	🇬🇪Georgia	49,966	26,465	23,501
102	🇭🇷Croatia	44,016	23,380	20,637
103	🇫🇮Finland	43,878	23,520	20,358
104	🇹🇬Togo	43,239	22,329	20,910
105	🇳🇮Nicaragua	42,459	21,959	20,500
106	🇨🇫Central African Republic	41,528	21,431	20,097
107	🇸🇰Slovakia	41,489	22,996	18,493
108	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	40,117	20,437	19,680
109	🇳🇴Norway	39,338	21,461	17,877
110	🇹🇯Tajikistan	38,948	20,927	18,022
111	🇭🇳Honduras	36,795	19,508	17,287
112	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	36,538	19,578	16,960
113	🇱🇷Liberia	35,628	19,265	16,361
114	🇮🇪Ireland	34,144	18,610	15,535
115	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	30,287	17,351	12,936
116	🇱🇹Lithuania	29,787	15,431	14,356
117	🇪🇷Eritrea	28,879	15,211	13,667
118	🇱🇻Latvia	27,820	13,296	14,524
119	🇺🇾Uruguay	27,608	15,661	11,948
120	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	26,938	14,873	12,065
121	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	26,746	14,678	12,069
122	🇳🇿New Zealand	24,774	13,272	11,502
123	🇱🇾Libya	23,562	12,904	10,658
124	🇵🇾Paraguay	22,601	11,560	11,041
125	🇮🇱Israel	22,096	12,351	9,745
126	🇦🇲Armenia	21,439	11,719	9,720
127	🇲🇳Mongolia	21,285	11,264	10,021
128	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	20,763	11,782	8,981
129	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	20,045	11,825	8,220
130	🇦🇱Albania	19,899	10,469	9,430
131	🇨🇬Congo	19,734	10,594	9,140
132	🇱🇧Lebanon	19,242	10,152	9,090
133	🇸🇮Slovenia	17,935	9,418	8,517
134	🇲🇷Mauritania	17,550	9,253	8,297
135	🇱🇸Lesotho	16,414	8,723	7,691
136	🇯🇲Jamaica	16,222	8,108	8,114
137	🇪🇪Estonia	15,480	7,207	8,273
138	🇯🇴Jordan	14,774	7,791	6,983
139	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	14,511	8,084	6,427
140	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	13,756	7,314	6,442
141	🇵🇸State of Palestine	13,516	7,432	6,084
142	🇲🇰North Macedonia	13,393	7,036	6,357
143	🇬🇲Gambia	12,987	6,764	6,223
144	🇴🇲Oman	12,617	6,790	5,826
145	🇨🇷Costa Rica	12,380	7,074	5,306
146	🇵🇦Panama	11,281	6,124	5,156
147	🇸🇬Singapore	11,053	6,567	4,486
148	🇳🇦Namibia	10,823	5,620	5,203
149	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,550	5,426	5,124
150	🇬🇦Gabon	10,346	5,297	5,049
151	🇲🇺Mauritius	7,970	4,463	3,507
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	7,932	4,093	3,838
153	🇧🇼Botswana	7,610	3,785	3,826
154	🇧🇹Bhutan	7,029	3,765	3,263
155	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,927	3,544	3,383
156	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	6,860	3,583	3,277
157	🇬🇾Guyana	6,469	3,540	2,930
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,088	3,491	2,597
159	🇰🇲Comoros	4,970	2,655	2,315
160	🇰🇼Kuwait	4,791	2,789	2,001
161	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,101	2,235	1,865
162	🇫🇯Fiji	4,056	2,416	1,640
163	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	4,003	1,987	2,016
164	🇲🇪Montenegro	3,969	2,047	1,922
165	🇸🇷Suriname	3,910	2,203	1,708
166	🇷🇪Réunion	3,620	2,004	1,616
167	🇲🇹Malta	2,741	1,439	1,303
168	🇩🇯Djibouti	2,702	1,435	1,267
169	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,593	1,345	1,249
170	🇲🇶Martinique	2,463	1,335	1,128
171	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	2,456	1,609	847
172	🇲🇻Maldives	2,406	1,324	1,083
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,086	973	1,113
174	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,069	1,259	810
175	🇪🇭Western Sahara	1,618	949	669
176	🇮🇸Iceland	1,454	795	659
177	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,449	815	634
178	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,396	710	686
179	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,215	672	543
180	🇼🇸Samoa	1,191	659	531
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,067	564	503
182	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,022	607	415
183	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1,010	499	511
184	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,004	542	463
185	🇨🇼Curaçao	999	510	489
186	🇻🇺Vanuatu	987	552	435
187	🇯🇪Jersey	914	432	482
188	🇵🇫French Polynesia	902	502	400
189	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	887	487	399
190	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	883	440	444
191	🇬🇩Grenada	790	369	421
192	🇶🇦Qatar	766	457	308
193	🇰🇮Kiribati	763	390	372
194	🇸🇨Seychelles	707	394	313
195	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	694	345	349
196	🇹🇴Tonga	624	381	244
197	🇬🇬Guernsey	596	293	303
198	🇩🇲Dominica	588	283	305
199	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	572	274	298
200	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	552	309	243
201	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	504	282	222
202	🇬🇺Guam	495	318	177
203	🇲🇨Monaco	428	204	224
204	🇬🇫French Guiana	418	248	170
205	🇧🇲Bermuda	390	227	162
206	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	374	186	189
207	🇦🇼Aruba	340	203	137
208	🇾🇹Mayotte	297	169	128
209	🇬🇱Greenland	297	165	132
210	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	284	153	131
211	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	267	161	106
212	🇬🇮Gibraltar	224	102	122
213	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	198	105	93
214	🇲🇸Montserrat	152	63	89
215	🇦🇸American Samoa	151	92	60
216	🇸🇲San Marino	144	84	60
217	🇵🇼Palau	140	88	52
218	🇨🇰Cook Islands	129	72	58
219	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	124	59	65
220	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	124	65	59
221	🇦🇩Andorra	100	59	41
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	87	41	46
223	🇹🇻Tuvalu	80	40	40
224	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	73	35	38
225	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	70	41	29
226	🇦🇮Anguilla	66	33	33
227	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	63	39	24
228	🇸🇭Saint Helena	57	30	27
229	🇳🇷Nauru	55	36	19
230	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	51	29	22
231	🇳🇺Niue	43	25	18
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	37	22	16
233	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	36	17	19
234	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	31	17	14
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	21	10	11
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	16	8	9
237	🇻🇦Holy See	6	3	3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1972

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	28,421,285	14,867,631	13,553,654
2	Africa	7,572,144	3,971,579	3,600,565
3	Europe	6,699,913	3,399,518	3,300,395
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,006,769	1,651,594	1,355,175
5	Northern America	2,082,467	1,166,520	915,948
6	Oceania	179,228	100,100	79,128

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1972

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,847,576	6,492,878	6,354,698
2	Eastern Asia	10,452,752	5,554,496	4,898,256
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,624,194	2,004,579	1,619,615
4	Eastern Europe	2,609,380	1,292,761	1,316,619
5	Western Africa	2,595,850	1,344,198	1,251,652
6	Eastern Africa	2,349,333	1,246,833	1,102,500
7	South America	2,025,196	1,117,852	907,344
8	Western Europe	1,901,781	964,940	936,841
9	Northern Africa	1,429,497	750,811	678,686
10	Southern Europe	1,186,390	624,466	561,924
11	Western Asia	1,133,519	616,107	517,412
12	Northern Europe	1,002,362	517,351	485,011
13	Middle Africa	875,607	452,982	422,625
14	Central America	726,779	395,976	330,803
15	Central Asia	363,244	199,571	163,673
16	Southern Africa	321,857	176,755	145,102
17	Caribbean	254,794	137,766	117,028
18	Australia/New Zealand	135,395	74,787	60,608
19	Melanesia	38,412	22,189	16,222
20	Polynesia	3,129	1,784	1,345
21	Micronesia	2,292	1,340	952

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1972

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	35,539,168	18,562,013	16,977,155
2	Lower-middle-income countries	20,647,634	10,645,257	10,002,377
3	Upper-middle-income countries	14,891,534	7,916,756	6,974,778
4	High-income countries	8,304,347	4,433,375	3,870,972
5	Low-income countries	4,038,443	2,116,392	1,922,051
6	No income group available	79,849	45,162	34,687

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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