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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1976

-5 year -1 year 1976 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1976, a total of 47,407,648 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 24,939,127 were male and 22,468,521 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,571,887 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,928,454, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,869,770 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 27,355,722 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 7709.523, and Europe with 7,085,837 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,830,940 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,153,501, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,807,902 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 34,744,806. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 79,295 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1976

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1976

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇮🇳India 9,571,887 4,833,770 4,738,117
2 🇨🇳China 7,928,454 4,248,419 3,680,035
3 🇺🇸United States of America 1,869,770 1,031,259 838,511
4 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,540,090 829,094 710,996
5 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,360,229 668,939 691,290
6 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,324,372 683,439 640,933
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,260,455 629,049 631,406
8 🇧🇷Brazil 1,065,005 589,583 475,422
9 🇩🇪Germany 967,313 468,240 499,073
10 🇵🇰Pakistan 900,018 487,405 412,613
11 🇪🇹Ethiopia 744,074 401,648 342,426
12 🇯🇵Japan 732,200 392,400 339,800
13 🇬🇧United Kingdom 680,810 342,025 338,785
14 🇪🇬Egypt 589,536 310,750 278,786
15 🇫🇷France 557,885 290,157 267,728
16 🇮🇹Italy 549,614 292,622 256,992
17 🇰🇭Cambodia 548,079 299,332 248,747
18 🇲🇽Mexico 500,754 282,637 218,118
19 🇺🇦Ukraine 498,564 237,187 261,377
20 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 467,972 235,340 232,632
21 🇹🇷Türkiye 459,068 260,595 198,473
22 🇲🇲Myanmar 428,433 230,345 198,088
23 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 424,517 220,571 203,947
24 🇻🇳Viet Nam 416,628 237,197 179,431
25 🇵🇭Philippines 373,506 205,946 167,559
26 🇹🇭Thailand 336,727 188,076 148,651
27 🇵🇱Poland 306,574 165,043 141,532
28 🇪🇸Spain 297,814 155,182 142,632
29 🇦🇫Afghanistan 295,770 155,740 140,030
30 🇩🇿Algeria 285,646 148,717 136,930
31 🇿🇦South Africa 285,368 160,371 124,997
32 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 281,251 149,595 131,656
33 🇳🇵Nepal 269,903 135,663 134,240
34 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 255,704 148,722 106,982
35 🇲🇦Morocco 248,833 128,405 120,428
36 🇦🇷Argentina 237,399 138,295 99,104
37 🇺🇬Uganda 228,142 125,226 102,917
38 🇲🇿Mozambique 217,696 112,069 105,627
39 🇷🇴Romania 208,663 105,737 102,926
40 🇵🇪Peru 190,390 101,751 88,638
41 🇲🇱Mali 189,129 98,817 90,312
42 🇸🇩Sudan 189,075 100,426 88,649
43 🇾🇪Yemen 172,273 91,739 80,534
44 🇨🇦Canada 167,609 97,008 70,601
45 🇬🇭Ghana 167,502 90,402 77,100
46 🇦🇴Angola 165,634 91,914 73,719
47 🇨🇴Colombia 165,226 89,598 75,628
48 🇰🇪Kenya 164,216 87,261 76,955
49 🇳🇪Niger 150,136 75,926 74,211
50 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 139,531 74,617 64,914
51 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 138,270 72,375 65,895
52 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 133,841 74,435 59,406
53 🇭🇺Hungary 132,122 68,334 63,788
54 🇲🇼Malawi 132,033 68,383 63,650
55 🇲🇬Madagascar 130,555 68,685 61,870
56 🇨🇲Cameroon 128,804 66,306 62,498
57 🇨🇿Czechia 125,320 65,163 60,156
58 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 122,252 67,433 54,819
59 🇧🇪Belgium 118,940 62,471 56,469
60 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 118,102 57,858 60,244
61 🇳🇱Netherlands 114,274 63,849 50,426
62 🇦🇺Australia 112,698 62,546 50,152
63 🇬🇳Guinea 111,697 57,897 53,800
64 🇮🇶Iraq 108,325 58,624 49,701
65 🇸🇳Senegal 104,054 53,777 50,277
66 🇸🇸South Sudan 103,228 51,480 51,748
67 🇵🇹Portugal 101,535 53,018 48,517
68 🇬🇹Guatemala 100,524 52,955 47,569
69 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 99,149 58,314 40,835
70 🇹🇩Chad 96,688 50,863 45,826
71 🇷🇼Rwanda 95,815 48,873 46,942
72 🇦🇹Austria 95,089 45,794 49,295
73 🇧🇬Bulgaria 91,182 48,451 42,731
74 🇸🇪Sweden 90,724 49,650 41,074
75 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 89,517 48,059 41,457
76 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 89,113 45,978 43,134
77 🇭🇹Haiti 88,206 45,160 43,046
78 🇸🇴Somalia 87,327 45,573 41,754
79 🇬🇷Greece 86,329 46,650 39,679
80 🇧🇾Belarus 85,349 41,618 43,732
81 🇱🇧Lebanon 84,780 53,986 30,793
82 🇧🇮Burundi 82,434 41,848 40,585
83 🇨🇱Chile 77,450 42,961 34,489
84 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 77,401 43,926 33,475
85 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 74,780 38,558 36,222
86 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 73,287 42,857 30,431
87 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 72,905 39,315 33,589
88 🇧🇯Benin 72,272 37,121 35,151
89 🇲🇾Malaysia 70,486 39,402 31,084
90 🇪🇨Ecuador 70,289 37,281 33,008
91 🇿🇲Zambia 68,515 35,392 33,123
92 🇷🇸Serbia 68,098 35,424 32,674
93 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 63,203 32,738 30,466
94 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 59,142 30,526 28,616
95 🇨🇺Cuba 57,566 33,154 24,412
96 🇨🇭Switzerland 57,181 30,252 26,929
97 🇹🇳Tunisia 57,059 31,047 26,012
98 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 55,090 29,277 25,814
99 🇩🇰Denmark 54,102 29,294 24,808
100 🇸🇻El Salvador 52,253 29,632 22,621
101 🇬🇪Georgia 50,736 26,219 24,516
102 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 50,413 27,732 22,681
103 🇸🇰Slovakia 45,474 25,036 20,438
104 🇭🇷Croatia 44,975 23,721 21,253
105 🇫🇮Finland 44,776 24,423 20,353
106 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 43,619 21,912 21,707
107 🇹🇬Togo 43,324 22,372 20,953
108 🇨🇫Central African Republic 40,782 21,113 19,669
109 🇳🇴Norway 40,164 21,878 18,286
110 🇹🇯Tajikistan 39,960 21,148 18,812
111 🇱🇷Liberia 37,427 20,172 17,255
112 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 36,847 19,179 17,668
113 🇭🇳Honduras 36,255 19,214 17,041
114 🇳🇮Nicaragua 34,450 18,621 15,828
115 🇮🇪Ireland 33,906 18,382 15,523
116 🇱🇹Lithuania 32,298 16,940 15,358
117 🇱🇻Latvia 30,862 15,041 15,821
118 🇪🇷Eritrea 30,669 16,672 13,997
119 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 28,572 16,438 12,134
120 🇺🇾Uruguay 28,449 15,963 12,485
121 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 27,551 14,880 12,671
122 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 26,708 14,767 11,942
123 🇳🇿New Zealand 25,452 13,996 11,456
124 🇮🇱Israel 24,530 13,769 10,761
125 🇵🇾Paraguay 24,188 12,398 11,790
126 🇦🇲Armenia 23,069 12,389 10,680
127 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 22,884 14,260 8,624
128 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 22,767 12,481 10,287
129 🇲🇳Mongolia 21,532 11,461 10,071
130 🇱🇾Libya 20,686 11,533 9,153
131 🇨🇬Congo 20,623 11,097 9,526
132 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 20,458 12,007 8,451
133 🇦🇱Albania 18,814 9,826 8,988
134 🇸🇮Slovenia 18,777 9,783 8,994
135 🇲🇷Mauritania 18,707 9,880 8,827
136 🇱🇸Lesotho 17,460 9,629 7,831
137 🇪🇪Estonia 17,312 8,119 9,191
138 🇯🇲Jamaica 16,537 7,972 8,564
139 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 15,909 8,526 7,384
140 🇯🇴Jordan 14,157 7,496 6,661
141 🇬🇲Gambia 13,716 7,184 6,532
142 🇲🇰North Macedonia 13,127 6,934 6,192
143 🇵🇸State of Palestine 12,736 6,796 5,940
144 🇴🇲Oman 11,561 6,159 5,402
145 🇨🇷Costa Rica 11,124 6,356 4,768
146 🇸🇬Singapore 11,101 6,610 4,491
147 🇵🇦Panama 10,975 6,093 4,882
148 🇳🇦Namibia 10,894 5,770 5,124
149 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 10,614 5,490 5,124
150 🇬🇦Gabon 10,385 5,357 5,028
151 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 10,066 5,476 4,591
152 🇧🇼Botswana 7,935 4,046 3,888
153 🇲🇺Mauritius 7,794 4,640 3,154
154 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 7,750 4,263 3,488
155 🇧🇹Bhutan 6,985 3,757 3,228
156 🇸🇿Eswatini 6,835 3,477 3,358
157 🇬🇾Guyana 6,580 3,617 2,964
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 5,958 3,256 2,702
159 🇰🇼Kuwait 5,315 3,155 2,160
160 🇰🇲Comoros 5,193 2,789 2,405
161 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,537 2,441 2,096
162 🇫🇯Fiji 4,380 2,566 1,814
163 🇲🇪Montenegro 4,050 2,078 1,972
164 🇸🇷Suriname 3,711 2,071 1,640
165 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3,596 1,734 1,862
166 🇷🇪Réunion 3,500 1,950 1,550
167 🇩🇯Djibouti 3,436 1,824 1,612
168 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 3,146 2,136 1,010
169 🇲🇹Malta 2,849 1,334 1,514
170 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,383 1,290 1,093
171 🇲🇶Martinique 2,350 1,292 1,058
172 🇲🇻Maldives 2,247 1,256 991
173 🇧🇧Barbados 2,116 997 1,119
174 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 1,919 1,197 722
175 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,442 728 714
176 🇧🇭Bahrain 1,377 795 582
177 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1,366 898 468
178 🇮🇸Iceland 1,347 766 581
179 🇧🇸Bahamas 1,225 678 547
180 🇼🇸Samoa 1,148 656 492
181 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,062 641 421
182 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,039 545 494
183 🇧🇿Belize 1,039 565 474
184 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1,008 496 512
185 🇨🇼Curaçao 983 498 485
186 🇻🇺Vanuatu 929 511 418
187 🇯🇪Jersey 918 432 486
188 🇵🇫French Polynesia 911 510 401
189 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 852 439 413
190 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 845 473 372
191 🇶🇦Qatar 818 510 309
192 🇬🇩Grenada 763 364 400
193 🇰🇮Kiribati 714 366 347
194 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 692 349 343
195 🇹🇴Tonga 631 388 243
196 🇸🇨Seychelles 618 350 268
197 🇬🇬Guernsey 594 284 309
198 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 549 314 235
199 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 543 307 236
200 🇩🇲Dominica 537 272 265
201 🇬🇺Guam 518 330 189
202 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 512 257 254
203 🇲🇨Monaco 463 219 244
204 🇬🇫French Guiana 432 253 179
205 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 385 190 194
206 🇧🇲Bermuda 376 215 161
207 🇦🇼Aruba 353 212 142
208 🇬🇱Greenland 352 200 152
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 295 157 138
210 🇾🇹Mayotte 284 161 124
211 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 282 166 116
212 🇬🇮Gibraltar 235 110 125
213 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 227 115 112
214 🇦🇸American Samoa 157 96 61
215 🇸🇲San Marino 150 83 67
216 🇲🇸Montserrat 142 65 77
217 🇵🇼Palau 131 84 47
218 🇦🇩Andorra 124 77 47
219 🇨🇰Cook Islands 124 72 51
220 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 123 63 61
221 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 113 61 52
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 95 45 50
223 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 80 47 33
224 🇹🇻Tuvalu 71 36 35
225 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 68 44 24
226 🇦🇮Anguilla 65 34 31
227 🇸🇭Saint Helena 58 30 27
228 🇳🇷Nauru 58 39 19
229 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 44 25 19
230 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 40 20 20
231 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 39 19 20
232 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 37 22 16
233 🇳🇺Niue 36 20 15
234 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 33 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 1976

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 27,355,722 14,383,649 12,972,073
2 Africa 7,709,523 4,052,430 3,657,093
3 Europe 7,085,837 3,595,913 3,489,924
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 3,038,075 1,677,413 1,360,662
5 Northern America 2,038,122 1,128,698 909,424
6 Oceania 180,369 101,024 79,345

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1976

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 12,830,940 6,525,528 6,305,412
2 Eastern Asia 9,153,501 4,914,923 4,238,578
3 South-Eastern Asia 3,807,902 2,081,246 1,726,655
4 Eastern Europe 2,897,107 1,447,422 1,449,685
5 Western Africa 2,587,180 1,345,634 1,241,546
6 Eastern Africa 2,459,642 1,303,710 1,155,932
7 South America 2,035,658 1,123,676 911,982
8 Western Europe 1,915,886 963,536 952,350
9 Northern Africa 1,392,212 731,777 660,435
10 Southern Europe 1,243,754 657,079 586,675
11 Western Asia 1,185,645 657,684 527,961
12 Northern Europe 1,029,089 527,876 501,214
13 Middle Africa 941,991 488,012 453,979
14 Central America 747,373 416,077 331,296
15 Central Asia 377,734 204,267 173,467
16 Southern Africa 328,498 183,297 145,201
17 Caribbean 255,044 137,660 117,384
18 Australia/New Zealand 138,153 76,544 61,609
19 Melanesia 36,843 21,351 15,492
20 Polynesia 3,087 1,793 1,294
21 Micronesia 2,286 1,336 950

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1976

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 34,744,806 18,248,566 16,496,240
2 Lower-middle-income countries 20,950,925 10,844,135 10,106,790
3 Upper-middle-income countries 13,793,881 7,404,431 6,389,450
4 High-income countries 8,444,847 4,482,008 3,962,839
5 Low-income countries 4,138,700 2,163,461 1,975,239
6 No income group available 79,295 45,092 34,203

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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