Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1975

-5 year -1 year 1975 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1975, a total of 47,592,762 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,075,383 were male and 22,517,379 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,592,460 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 8,241,591, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,853,600 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 27,668,036 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 7723.873, and Europe with 7,009,188 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,821,238 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,465,064, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,866,743 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 34,958,230. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 79,600 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1975

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1975

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,592,460	4,823,181	4,769,278
2	🇨🇳China	8,241,591	4,412,511	3,829,081
3	🇺🇸United States of America	1,853,600	1,029,750	823,850
4	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,544,272	828,631	715,641
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,336,292	686,890	649,402
6	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,316,539	645,394	671,145
7	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,246,441	628,292	618,149
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,059,368	586,919	472,449
9	🇩🇪Germany	989,460	480,889	508,571
10	🇵🇰Pakistan	882,423	476,146	406,277
11	🇪🇹Ethiopia	803,147	428,585	374,562
12	🇯🇵Japan	730,464	391,157	339,307
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	662,172	335,040	327,132
14	🇪🇬Egypt	594,716	313,433	281,282
15	🇰🇭Cambodia	578,219	377,219	201,000
16	🇫🇷France	560,204	290,659	269,545
17	🇮🇹Italy	553,806	294,684	259,122
18	🇲🇽Mexico	495,424	277,434	217,991
19	🇺🇦Ukraine	487,958	233,970	253,988
20	🇹🇷Türkiye	462,021	260,831	201,191
21	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	460,252	231,920	228,332
22	🇻🇳Viet Nam	445,334	257,826	187,508
23	🇲🇲Myanmar	429,077	229,614	199,463
24	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	428,029	221,635	206,393
25	🇵🇭Philippines	363,543	201,345	162,198
26	🇹🇭Thailand	342,433	190,576	151,857
27	🇵🇱Poland	299,343	159,272	140,071
28	🇪🇸Spain	296,718	154,480	142,237
29	🇦🇫Afghanistan	295,301	155,604	139,697
30	🇿🇦South Africa	285,288	159,779	125,509
31	🇩🇿Algeria	281,063	145,484	135,579
32	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	277,104	147,323	129,781
33	🇳🇵Nepal	269,064	134,976	134,088
34	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	255,831	148,478	107,352
35	🇲🇦Morocco	251,415	129,836	121,578
36	🇦🇷Argentina	232,513	135,486	97,026
37	🇺🇬Uganda	218,324	120,194	98,130
38	🇲🇿Mozambique	210,861	108,361	102,501
39	🇷🇴Romania	204,478	104,181	100,297
40	🇲🇱Mali	191,635	100,282	91,353
41	🇵🇪Peru	189,496	101,028	88,468
42	🇸🇩Sudan	182,793	96,721	86,072
43	🇾🇪Yemen	174,116	92,471	81,645
44	🇬🇭Ghana	167,687	90,496	77,191
45	🇨🇴Colombia	167,106	90,166	76,940
46	🇨🇦Canada	167,000	96,790	70,209
47	🇰🇪Kenya	161,995	85,579	76,416
48	🇦🇴Angola	160,539	88,985	71,554
49	🇳🇪Niger	147,863	75,147	72,717
50	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	139,756	73,314	66,442
51	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	138,830	73,588	65,242
52	🇲🇼Malawi	132,873	68,240	64,632
53	🇭🇺Hungary	131,021	68,165	62,857
54	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	129,600	73,525	56,075
55	🇲🇬Madagascar	127,448	66,872	60,577
56	🇨🇲Cameroon	126,013	64,730	61,282
57	🇨🇿Czechia	124,394	64,658	59,735
58	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	121,681	66,670	55,012
59	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	121,147	59,636	61,511
60	🇧🇪Belgium	119,536	62,686	56,850
61	🇮🇶Iraq	116,382	65,715	50,667
62	🇳🇱Netherlands	113,541	63,444	50,097
63	🇬🇳Guinea	111,625	57,997	53,628
64	🇦🇺Australia	108,707	60,603	48,104
65	🇸🇳Senegal	105,209	54,175	51,034
66	🇸🇸South Sudan	101,351	50,704	50,647
67	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	98,258	57,829	40,428
68	🇵🇹Portugal	97,650	51,129	46,522
69	🇦🇹Austria	96,106	46,873	49,233
70	🇹🇩Chad	95,742	49,697	46,044
71	🇧🇬Bulgaria	92,583	49,095	43,488
72	🇷🇼Rwanda	92,298	46,754	45,544
73	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	90,348	48,231	42,117
74	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	89,002	45,994	43,008
75	🇸🇪Sweden	88,206	48,337	39,868
76	🇭🇹Haiti	87,161	44,771	42,390
77	🇸🇴Somalia	86,447	45,096	41,351
78	🇬🇷Greece	86,152	45,983	40,169
79	🇧🇾Belarus	83,110	40,912	42,198
80	🇧🇮Burundi	81,127	41,000	40,128
81	🇬🇹Guatemala	78,433	42,357	36,075
82	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	77,148	43,950	33,198
83	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	74,619	38,438	36,181
84	🇧🇯Benin	72,937	37,330	35,607
85	🇨🇱Chile	72,516	40,757	31,758
86	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	71,827	41,575	30,252
87	🇪🇨Ecuador	71,273	37,696	33,578
88	🇲🇾Malaysia	70,988	39,674	31,314
89	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	69,080	36,518	32,561
90	🇿🇲Zambia	67,571	34,801	32,770
91	🇷🇸Serbia	66,863	34,910	31,953
92	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	63,220	32,560	30,660
93	🇹🇳Tunisia	58,344	31,646	26,698
94	🇨🇺Cuba	57,760	33,166	24,594
95	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	57,388	29,564	27,823
96	🇨🇭Switzerland	55,947	29,703	26,243
97	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	54,781	28,889	25,892
98	🇸🇻El Salvador	51,305	28,475	22,829
99	🇩🇰Denmark	50,903	27,781	23,122
100	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	50,612	27,841	22,772
101	🇬🇪Georgia	49,996	26,207	23,788
102	🇸🇰Slovakia	45,281	25,031	20,251
103	🇭🇷Croatia	44,365	23,328	21,037
104	🇫🇮Finland	43,848	23,901	19,947
105	🇹🇬Togo	43,422	22,325	21,097
106	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	42,831	21,718	21,113
107	🇨🇫Central African Republic	40,821	21,109	19,712
108	🇳🇴Norway	40,028	21,871	18,157
109	🇹🇯Tajikistan	39,433	20,883	18,550
110	🇱🇷Liberia	37,013	19,959	17,055
111	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	36,572	19,241	17,331
112	🇭🇳Honduras	35,966	19,024	16,942
113	🇳🇮Nicaragua	33,971	18,297	15,673
114	🇮🇪Ireland	33,103	18,019	15,084
115	🇱🇹Lithuania	31,780	16,577	15,203
116	🇱🇻Latvia	30,575	14,808	15,767
117	🇪🇷Eritrea	30,404	16,502	13,902
118	🇱🇧Lebanon	30,009	20,087	9,922
119	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	28,886	16,604	12,282
120	🇺🇾Uruguay	28,354	15,982	12,371
121	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	27,088	14,841	12,246
122	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	26,254	14,497	11,757
123	🇳🇿New Zealand	25,119	13,791	11,329
124	🇮🇱Israel	24,247	13,495	10,752
125	🇵🇾Paraguay	23,802	12,193	11,609
126	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	23,675	14,573	9,101
127	🇦🇲Armenia	22,668	12,178	10,491
128	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	21,871	12,046	9,825
129	🇱🇾Libya	21,294	11,791	9,503
130	🇲🇳Mongolia	20,911	11,075	9,836
131	🇨🇬Congo	20,471	10,976	9,495
132	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	20,390	11,983	8,407
133	🇦🇱Albania	18,898	9,884	9,014
134	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,559	9,658	8,901
135	🇲🇷Mauritania	18,408	9,750	8,658
136	🇱🇸Lesotho	17,225	9,382	7,843
137	🇯🇲Jamaica	16,566	8,128	8,438
138	🇪🇪Estonia	16,535	7,756	8,779
139	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	14,674	7,820	6,855
140	🇯🇴Jordan	14,364	7,594	6,770
141	🇬🇲Gambia	13,514	7,071	6,443
142	🇲🇰North Macedonia	13,357	6,996	6,361
143	🇵🇸State of Palestine	12,936	6,942	5,994
144	🇴🇲Oman	11,933	6,415	5,518
145	🇨🇷Costa Rica	11,402	6,536	4,866
146	🇸🇬Singapore	10,958	6,498	4,460
147	🇵🇦Panama	10,947	6,048	4,898
148	🇳🇦Namibia	10,850	5,730	5,121
149	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,572	5,458	5,114
150	🇬🇦Gabon	10,409	5,350	5,059
151	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	8,085	4,332	3,753
152	🇧🇼Botswana	7,843	3,973	3,870
153	🇲🇺Mauritius	7,773	4,526	3,248
154	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	7,346	3,936	3,410
155	🇧🇹Bhutan	7,001	3,762	3,239
156	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,894	3,502	3,392
157	🇬🇾Guyana	6,553	3,599	2,954
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,109	3,373	2,736
159	🇰🇲Comoros	5,387	2,881	2,505
160	🇰🇼Kuwait	5,195	3,056	2,139
161	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,360	2,319	2,040
162	🇫🇯Fiji	4,294	2,515	1,780
163	🇲🇪Montenegro	4,051	2,057	1,994
164	🇸🇷Suriname	3,757	2,097	1,660
165	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,687	1,793	1,894
166	🇷🇪Réunion	3,486	1,945	1,541
167	🇩🇯Djibouti	3,173	1,682	1,491
168	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	2,952	1,987	965
169	🇲🇹Malta	2,744	1,324	1,420
170	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,441	1,319	1,122
171	🇲🇶Martinique	2,374	1,309	1,065
172	🇲🇻Maldives	2,269	1,265	1,004
173	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,161	1,313	848
174	🇧🇧Barbados	2,101	993	1,108
175	🇪🇭Western Sahara	1,930	1,300	630
176	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,424	722	702
177	🇮🇸Iceland	1,415	808	606
178	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,392	800	593
179	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,236	690	546
180	🇼🇸Samoa	1,148	651	497
181	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,064	640	425
182	🇧🇿Belize	1,035	551	484
183	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,029	540	489
184	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1,000	492	507
185	🇨🇼Curaçao	990	507	482
186	🇯🇪Jersey	956	452	504
187	🇻🇺Vanuatu	940	518	422
188	🇵🇫French Polynesia	916	512	405
189	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	855	435	420
190	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	851	474	377
191	🇶🇦Qatar	802	493	309
192	🇬🇩Grenada	764	359	404
193	🇰🇮Kiribati	729	373	356
194	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	688	349	339
195	🇸🇨Seychelles	644	363	281
196	🇹🇴Tonga	625	384	241
197	🇬🇬Guernsey	613	294	319
198	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	551	314	237
199	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	529	299	230
200	🇩🇲Dominica	526	262	264
201	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	519	256	263
202	🇬🇺Guam	512	325	187
203	🇲🇨Monaco	460	218	242
204	🇬🇫French Guiana	423	247	176
205	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	382	191	191
206	🇬🇱Greenland	351	191	159
207	🇧🇲Bermuda	350	202	149
208	🇦🇼Aruba	347	210	137
209	🇾🇹Mayotte	287	164	123
210	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	286	163	123
211	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	280	164	116
212	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	229	116	113
213	🇬🇮Gibraltar	225	105	120
214	🇦🇸American Samoa	155	95	60
215	🇸🇲San Marino	144	83	61
216	🇲🇸Montserrat	142	64	78
217	🇵🇼Palau	135	86	49
218	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	125	63	62
219	🇨🇰Cook Islands	123	71	51
220	🇦🇩Andorra	119	73	46
221	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	116	62	54
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	92	44	48
223	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	81	47	33
224	🇹🇻Tuvalu	70	35	35
225	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	66	43	24
226	🇦🇮Anguilla	65	34	31
227	🇳🇷Nauru	58	39	19
228	🇸🇭Saint Helena	57	30	27
229	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	45	22	23
230	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	45	26	20
231	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	38	19	19
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	37	21	16
233	🇳🇺Niue	37	21	16
234	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	32	18	15
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	20	10	10
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	16	7	9
237	🇻🇦Holy See	7	4	3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1975

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	27,668,036	14,589,291	13,078,745
2	Africa	7,723,873	4,047,779	3,676,094
3	Europe	7,009,188	3,560,190	3,448,998
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,993,822	1,652,073	1,341,749
5	Northern America	2,021,315	1,126,949	894,366
6	Oceania	176,528	99,101	77,427

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1975

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,821,238	6,502,691	6,318,547
2	Eastern Asia	9,465,064	5,077,204	4,387,860
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,866,743	2,175,998	1,690,745
4	Eastern Europe	2,827,534	1,412,373	1,415,161
5	Western Africa	2,600,087	1,349,494	1,250,593
6	Eastern Africa	2,480,764	1,308,069	1,172,695
7	South America	2,021,295	1,116,113	905,182
8	Western Europe	1,939,801	976,884	962,917
9	Northern Africa	1,391,549	730,217	661,332
10	Southern Europe	1,240,465	654,644	585,821
11	Western Asia	1,143,483	631,325	512,158
12	Northern Europe	1,001,388	516,289	485,099
13	Middle Africa	923,362	477,631	445,731
14	Central America	718,481	398,731	319,750
15	Central Asia	371,508	202,073	169,435
16	Southern Africa	328,111	182,368	145,743
17	Caribbean	254,046	137,229	116,817
18	Australia/New Zealand	133,823	74,394	59,429
19	Melanesia	37,330	21,586	15,744
20	Polynesia	3,081	1,784	1,297
21	Micronesia	2,294	1,337	957

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1975

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	34,958,230	18,396,386	16,561,844
2	Lower-middle-income countries	20,924,000	10,866,325	10,057,675
3	Upper-middle-income countries	14,034,230	7,530,061	6,504,169
4	High-income countries	8,395,587	4,464,313	3,931,274
5	Low-income countries	4,159,345	2,169,170	1,990,175
6	No income group available	79,600	45,514	34,086

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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