Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1974

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In the year 1974, a total of 47,493,921 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 24,934,754 were male and 22,559,167 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,627,602 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 8,568,626, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,894,914 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 7 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 16, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 20 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 27,767,736 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 7657.616, and Europe with 6,818,259 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,879,644 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,801,247, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,578,322 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 34,956,210. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 79,287 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1974

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1974

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,627,602	4,829,236	4,798,366
2	🇨🇳China	8,568,626	4,574,941	3,993,685
3	🇺🇸United States of America	1,894,914	1,050,493	844,420
4	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,547,052	829,228	717,824
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,339,600	686,630	652,970
6	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,274,673	640,179	634,494
7	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,246,453	610,471	635,983
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,056,911	585,702	471,209
9	🇩🇪Germany	955,538	465,577	489,961
10	🇵🇰Pakistan	874,080	469,898	404,182
11	🇪🇹Ethiopia	783,185	415,954	367,231
12	🇯🇵Japan	738,200	394,973	343,227
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	666,878	337,002	329,876
14	🇪🇬Egypt	599,313	315,571	283,742
15	🇻🇳Viet Nam	596,862	355,410	241,452
16	🇫🇷France	552,097	285,882	266,215
17	🇮🇹Italy	531,413	282,614	248,799
18	🇲🇽Mexico	491,830	273,335	218,495
19	🇺🇦Ukraine	482,475	226,841	255,633
20	🇹🇷Türkiye	463,636	260,350	203,286
21	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	450,519	227,376	223,142
22	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	433,176	224,391	208,785
23	🇲🇲Myanmar	426,514	229,520	196,995
24	🇵🇭Philippines	355,161	196,151	159,010
25	🇹🇭Thailand	347,996	192,591	155,405
26	🇪🇸Spain	299,112	155,028	144,084
27	🇦🇫Afghanistan	294,363	155,282	139,081
28	🇩🇿Algeria	286,766	148,409	138,357
29	🇿🇦South Africa	283,615	158,159	125,455
30	🇵🇱Poland	279,456	147,795	131,661
31	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	271,787	144,540	127,247
32	🇳🇵Nepal	269,051	135,181	133,870
33	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	255,800	148,451	107,349
34	🇲🇦Morocco	252,362	130,396	121,965
35	🇦🇷Argentina	232,810	135,876	96,934
36	🇺🇬Uganda	210,510	117,691	92,819
37	🇲🇿Mozambique	207,727	107,342	100,385
38	🇷🇴Romania	198,154	100,289	97,865
39	🇲🇱Mali	193,041	101,014	92,026
40	🇵🇪Peru	188,805	100,371	88,435
41	🇸🇩Sudan	177,315	93,749	83,566
42	🇾🇪Yemen	175,420	93,195	82,225
43	🇨🇴Colombia	169,838	91,215	78,623
44	🇬🇭Ghana	167,581	90,482	77,100
45	🇨🇦Canada	166,958	96,616	70,342
46	🇰🇪Kenya	160,331	85,669	74,662
47	🇦🇴Angola	153,404	84,685	68,719
48	🇰🇭Cambodia	149,920	93,373	56,547
49	🇳🇪Niger	146,398	73,802	72,595
50	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	141,417	74,310	67,107
51	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	136,856	72,958	63,898
52	🇲🇼Malawi	133,677	68,139	65,538
53	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	129,014	73,643	55,371
54	🇨🇿Czechia	126,820	65,886	60,934
55	🇭🇺Hungary	126,194	65,711	60,484
56	🇲🇬Madagascar	125,479	65,679	59,800
57	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	123,419	60,757	62,662
58	🇨🇲Cameroon	123,377	63,260	60,117
59	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	120,585	65,834	54,751
60	🇮🇶Iraq	116,596	65,835	50,762
61	🇧🇪Belgium	116,198	61,123	55,075
62	🇦🇺Australia	115,441	64,099	51,341
63	🇬🇳Guinea	111,597	57,983	53,614
64	🇳🇱Netherlands	109,158	60,525	48,633
65	🇸🇳Senegal	105,802	54,299	51,503
66	🇸🇸South Sudan	99,900	49,927	49,973
67	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	97,403	57,242	40,161
68	🇵🇹Portugal	96,407	49,214	47,193
69	🇦🇹Austria	94,286	46,358	47,929
70	🇹🇩Chad	94,063	48,908	45,155
71	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	90,833	48,434	42,399
72	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	88,726	45,692	43,034
73	🇷🇼Rwanda	87,473	44,290	43,183
74	🇧🇬Bulgaria	87,412	46,127	41,285
75	🇸🇪Sweden	86,364	47,538	38,827
76	🇭🇹Haiti	86,161	44,283	41,877
77	🇸🇴Somalia	85,619	44,647	40,973
78	🇬🇷Greece	83,616	44,218	39,398
79	🇬🇹Guatemala	79,001	42,396	36,605
80	🇧🇾Belarus	78,927	38,363	40,564
81	🇧🇮Burundi	78,781	39,882	38,898
82	🇨🇱Chile	77,339	42,713	34,626
83	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	77,257	43,854	33,403
84	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	74,449	38,337	36,113
85	🇧🇯Benin	73,116	37,226	35,890
86	🇪🇨Ecuador	72,405	38,208	34,196
87	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	71,759	41,603	30,156
88	🇲🇾Malaysia	71,273	39,753	31,520
89	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	66,873	35,402	31,471
90	🇿🇲Zambia	66,844	34,369	32,475
91	🇷🇸Serbia	65,319	34,138	31,181
92	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	63,379	32,877	30,502
93	🇹🇳Tunisia	60,229	32,729	27,500
94	🇨🇺Cuba	58,393	33,462	24,931
95	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	56,809	29,239	27,570
96	🇨🇭Switzerland	56,350	29,805	26,545
97	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	54,186	28,872	25,314
98	🇩🇰Denmark	51,660	28,348	23,311
99	🇸🇻El Salvador	51,253	28,079	23,174
100	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	50,890	27,993	22,897
101	🇬🇪Georgia	50,058	26,212	23,846
102	🇸🇰Slovakia	45,000	24,819	20,180
103	🇭🇳Honduras	44,820	22,906	21,914
104	🇫🇮Finland	44,626	24,277	20,349
105	🇭🇷Croatia	44,182	23,399	20,783
106	🇹🇬Togo	43,536	22,437	21,098
107	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	42,036	21,151	20,885
108	🇨🇫Central African Republic	41,008	21,194	19,814
109	🇳🇴Norway	39,421	21,450	17,971
110	🇹🇯Tajikistan	39,198	20,826	18,371
111	🇱🇷Liberia	36,474	19,709	16,765
112	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	36,225	19,380	16,845
113	🇮🇪Ireland	34,743	18,810	15,932
114	🇳🇮Nicaragua	33,370	17,941	15,429
115	🇱🇹Lithuania	30,049	15,589	14,460
116	🇪🇷Eritrea	29,736	15,893	13,843
117	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	29,283	16,780	12,503
118	🇱🇻Latvia	28,628	13,818	14,810
119	🇺🇾Uruguay	28,134	15,907	12,227
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	26,827	14,662	12,166
121	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	26,403	14,514	11,889
122	🇳🇿New Zealand	25,219	13,735	11,485
123	🇮🇱Israel	23,828	13,353	10,476
124	🇵🇾Paraguay	23,398	11,968	11,430
125	🇦🇲Armenia	22,193	12,031	10,162
126	🇱🇾Libya	21,934	12,001	9,934
127	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	21,122	11,704	9,418
128	🇲🇳Mongolia	20,916	11,079	9,837
129	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	20,375	12,095	8,279
130	🇨🇬Congo	20,185	10,857	9,328
131	🇱🇧Lebanon	19,528	10,311	9,218
132	🇦🇱Albania	19,151	10,005	9,146
133	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,282	9,523	8,759
134	🇲🇷Mauritania	18,220	9,628	8,591
135	🇱🇸Lesotho	17,056	9,165	7,891
136	🇯🇲Jamaica	16,363	8,064	8,298
137	🇪🇪Estonia	15,364	7,199	8,164
138	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	14,806	7,842	6,964
139	🇯🇴Jordan	14,527	7,689	6,838
140	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	13,573	7,177	6,395
141	🇲🇰North Macedonia	13,273	6,972	6,301
142	🇬🇲Gambia	13,271	6,940	6,330
143	🇵🇸State of Palestine	13,077	7,041	6,036
144	🇴🇲Oman	12,046	6,475	5,571
145	🇨🇷Costa Rica	11,738	6,781	4,957
146	🇨🇾Cyprus	11,160	8,282	2,879
147	🇸🇬Singapore	11,077	6,574	4,502
148	🇵🇦Panama	10,995	6,042	4,953
149	🇳🇦Namibia	10,877	5,697	5,180
150	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,579	5,469	5,110
151	🇬🇦Gabon	10,382	5,331	5,051
152	🇲🇺Mauritius	7,898	4,563	3,335
153	🇧🇼Botswana	7,748	3,896	3,852
154	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	7,192	3,735	3,457
155	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	7,189	3,801	3,388
156	🇧🇹Bhutan	7,007	3,763	3,245
157	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,921	3,519	3,402
158	🇬🇾Guyana	6,526	3,580	2,946
159	🇰🇲Comoros	5,062	2,709	2,353
160	🇰🇼Kuwait	4,987	2,920	2,067
161	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,310	2,309	2,001
162	🇫🇯Fiji	4,226	2,479	1,747
163	🇲🇪Montenegro	3,929	2,012	1,917
164	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,825	1,887	1,938
165	🇸🇷Suriname	3,811	2,128	1,683
166	🇷🇪Réunion	3,505	1,949	1,556
167	🇩🇯Djibouti	2,977	1,583	1,393
168	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	2,761	1,841	920
169	🇲🇹Malta	2,682	1,284	1,398
170	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,539	1,375	1,164
171	🇲🇶Martinique	2,421	1,326	1,094
172	🇲🇻Maldives	2,314	1,284	1,030
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,104	991	1,113
174	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	1,991	1,226	765
175	🇪🇭Western Sahara	1,492	845	647
176	🇮🇸Iceland	1,492	857	636
177	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,408	717	692
178	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,402	798	605
179	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,227	682	545
180	🇼🇸Samoa	1,153	649	504
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,068	572	496
182	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,038	621	417
183	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1,016	503	514
184	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,014	539	476
185	🇨🇼Curaçao	980	502	478
186	🇻🇺Vanuatu	953	528	425
187	🇵🇫French Polynesia	916	510	406
188	🇯🇪Jersey	903	427	476
189	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	861	478	383
190	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	861	433	428
191	🇶🇦Qatar	789	484	305
192	🇬🇩Grenada	774	363	410
193	🇰🇮Kiribati	742	379	363
194	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	690	349	341
195	🇸🇨Seychelles	664	373	291
196	🇹🇴Tonga	619	380	239
197	🇬🇬Guernsey	605	294	312
198	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	551	312	238
199	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	545	265	280
200	🇩🇲Dominica	538	255	283
201	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	514	290	224
202	🇬🇺Guam	511	327	184
203	🇲🇨Monaco	448	213	235
204	🇬🇫French Guiana	414	242	172
205	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	376	187	189
206	🇧🇲Bermuda	346	199	147
207	🇦🇼Aruba	340	205	135
208	🇬🇱Greenland	331	181	150
209	🇾🇹Mayotte	292	166	126
210	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	286	164	122
211	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	278	163	115
212	🇬🇮Gibraltar	237	105	132
213	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	185	100	85
214	🇦🇸American Samoa	153	93	60
215	🇲🇸Montserrat	143	64	79
216	🇸🇲San Marino	139	82	58
217	🇵🇼Palau	139	89	51
218	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	123	60	62
219	🇨🇰Cook Islands	122	70	52
220	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	120	64	56
221	🇦🇩Andorra	114	69	45
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	90	43	47
223	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	81	48	33
224	🇹🇻Tuvalu	69	35	34
225	🇦🇮Anguilla	66	34	32
226	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	63	41	22
227	🇸🇭Saint Helena	57	30	27
228	🇳🇷Nauru	56	37	19
229	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	54	27	28
230	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	47	27	21
231	🇳🇺Niue	39	22	17
232	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	37	18	19
233	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	37	21	16
234	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	32	18	14
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	20	10	10
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	16	7	9
237	🇻🇦Holy See	7	3	3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1974

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	27,767,736	14,569,278	13,198,458
2	Africa	7,657,616	4,008,584	3,649,032
3	Europe	6,818,259	3,454,214	3,364,045
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,004,211	1,652,597	1,351,614
5	Northern America	2,062,563	1,147,503	915,061
6	Oceania	183,535	102,578	80,957

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1974

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,879,644	6,516,435	6,363,209
2	Eastern Asia	9,801,247	5,244,224	4,557,023
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,578,322	1,980,163	1,598,159
4	Eastern Europe	2,712,936	1,347,457	1,365,479
5	Western Africa	2,602,513	1,347,710	1,254,803
6	Eastern Africa	2,428,345	1,280,787	1,147,558
7	South America	2,026,388	1,117,452	908,936
8	Western Europe	1,888,529	951,860	936,669
9	Northern Africa	1,399,400	733,694	665,706
10	Southern Europe	1,214,805	638,650	576,155
11	Western Asia	1,140,403	626,997	513,405
12	Northern Europe	1,001,989	516,246	485,742
13	Middle Africa	901,142	465,958	435,184
14	Central America	724,084	398,066	326,018
15	Central Asia	368,120	201,459	166,661
16	Southern Africa	326,216	180,435	145,781
17	Caribbean	253,739	137,079	116,660
18	Australia/New Zealand	140,671	77,843	62,828
19	Melanesia	37,472	21,624	15,848
20	Polynesia	3,078	1,768	1,310
21	Micronesia	2,314	1,343	971

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1974

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	34,956,210	18,309,678	16,646,532
2	Lower-middle-income countries	20,673,755	10,662,867	10,010,888
3	Upper-middle-income countries	14,282,455	7,646,811	6,635,644
4	High-income countries	8,356,262	4,441,260	3,915,002
5	Low-income countries	4,102,162	2,138,846	1,963,316
6	No income group available	79,287	44,970	34,317

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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