Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1977

-5 year -1 year 1977 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1977, a total of 46,745,923 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 24,652,766 were male and 22,093,157 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,555,203 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,680,624, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,860,479 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 26,717,434 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 7763.576, and Europe with 7,039,667 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,840,680 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 8,908,553, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,454,167 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 34,143,358. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 80,007 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1977

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1977

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,555,203	4,849,341	4,705,862
2	🇨🇳China	7,680,624	4,124,167	3,556,456
3	🇺🇸United States of America	1,860,479	1,025,833	834,646
4	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,534,312	827,719	706,593
5	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,385,868	688,826	697,042
6	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,323,237	685,976	637,261
7	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,265,521	636,598	628,923
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,070,203	592,992	477,211
9	🇩🇪Germany	931,163	451,721	479,442
10	🇵🇰Pakistan	922,294	502,405	419,890
11	🇪🇹Ethiopia	765,534	413,131	352,404
12	🇯🇵Japan	718,893	385,924	332,969
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	655,391	330,174	325,217
14	🇪🇬Egypt	584,282	306,931	277,351
15	🇮🇹Italy	545,755	290,852	254,904
16	🇫🇷France	536,462	280,955	255,507
17	🇺🇦Ukraine	515,173	247,929	267,243
18	🇲🇽Mexico	506,071	287,870	218,201
19	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	476,471	239,944	236,526
20	🇹🇷Türkiye	451,194	256,536	194,658
21	🇲🇲Myanmar	430,233	231,834	198,399
22	🇻🇳Viet Nam	421,589	240,016	181,573
23	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	420,922	219,890	201,032
24	🇵🇭Philippines	373,198	205,832	167,366
25	🇹🇭Thailand	336,505	188,640	147,865
26	🇵🇱Poland	314,943	170,784	144,158
27	🇦🇫Afghanistan	295,112	155,173	139,939
28	🇪🇸Spain	292,796	152,891	139,906
29	🇿🇦South Africa	285,109	160,939	124,171
30	🇩🇿Algeria	284,935	149,533	135,402
31	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	284,626	151,624	133,002
32	🇳🇵Nepal	270,922	135,649	135,273
33	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	268,786	156,399	112,386
34	🇲🇦Morocco	245,109	126,536	118,573
35	🇺🇬Uganda	237,871	130,339	107,531
36	🇦🇷Argentina	234,100	136,572	97,528
37	🇲🇿Mozambique	224,853	115,964	108,889
38	🇷🇴Romania	214,993	109,636	105,358
39	🇸🇩Sudan	194,982	103,623	91,359
40	🇰🇭Cambodia	192,226	102,591	89,635
41	🇵🇪Peru	191,093	102,390	88,703
42	🇲🇱Mali	187,032	97,574	89,458
43	🇾🇪Yemen	170,124	90,221	79,903
44	🇦🇴Angola	169,095	93,758	75,337
45	🇬🇭Ghana	168,632	90,643	77,990
46	🇨🇦Canada	167,553	96,840	70,714
47	🇰🇪Kenya	163,581	87,466	76,115
48	🇨🇴Colombia	163,447	89,107	74,341
49	🇳🇪Niger	151,262	76,516	74,745
50	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	144,085	76,952	67,133
51	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	137,320	71,860	65,459
52	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	134,839	75,182	59,657
53	🇲🇬Madagascar	133,917	70,647	63,270
54	🇭🇺Hungary	131,904	68,863	63,041
55	🇨🇲Cameroon	131,658	67,777	63,880
56	🇲🇼Malawi	131,350	68,445	62,905
57	🇨🇿Czechia	126,230	65,208	61,022
58	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	123,238	67,930	55,308
59	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	116,398	57,004	59,394
60	🇧🇪Belgium	112,715	59,238	53,476
61	🇬🇳Guinea	112,012	58,154	53,858
62	🇳🇱Netherlands	109,940	61,191	48,750
63	🇦🇺Australia	108,334	60,042	48,292
64	🇮🇶Iraq	108,018	58,417	49,601
65	🇸🇸South Sudan	103,689	51,885	51,803
66	🇸🇳Senegal	102,502	53,191	49,311
67	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	101,524	59,695	41,829
68	🇷🇼Rwanda	98,405	50,436	47,969
69	🇧🇬Bulgaria	97,646	52,001	45,645
70	🇹🇩Chad	97,561	51,304	46,257
71	🇵🇹Portugal	95,511	50,164	45,347
72	🇦🇹Austria	92,365	44,492	47,873
73	🇭🇹Haiti	89,343	45,708	43,635
74	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	89,141	45,939	43,202
75	🇬🇷Greece	88,503	47,753	40,751
76	🇸🇪Sweden	88,205	48,640	39,566
77	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	87,919	47,258	40,661
78	🇧🇾Belarus	87,705	43,306	44,400
79	🇧🇮Burundi	83,248	42,410	40,838
80	🇸🇴Somalia	81,625	42,687	38,938
81	🇬🇹Guatemala	78,257	43,095	35,162
82	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	77,945	44,867	33,078
83	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	76,825	42,184	34,641
84	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	75,918	44,545	31,373
85	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	74,968	38,681	36,287
86	🇧🇯Benin	71,975	37,244	34,731
87	🇨🇱Chile	71,365	40,225	31,140
88	🇲🇾Malaysia	70,198	40,063	30,135
89	🇿🇲Zambia	70,193	36,375	33,818
90	🇪🇨Ecuador	69,296	36,876	32,420
91	🇷🇸Serbia	69,127	36,266	32,861
92	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	64,798	33,483	31,315
93	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	59,305	30,613	28,692
94	🇨🇺Cuba	57,889	33,435	24,454
95	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	57,153	30,203	26,950
96	🇨🇭Switzerland	55,631	29,576	26,055
97	🇹🇳Tunisia	55,336	30,162	25,175
98	🇸🇻El Salvador	53,982	31,482	22,500
99	🇩🇰Denmark	50,580	27,556	23,025
100	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	50,262	27,648	22,614
101	🇬🇪Georgia	50,241	26,038	24,203
102	🇸🇰Slovakia	47,229	26,255	20,975
103	🇭🇷Croatia	46,008	24,326	21,682
104	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	44,757	22,477	22,280
105	🇫🇮Finland	44,011	24,124	19,887
106	🇹🇬Togo	43,427	22,376	21,051
107	🇹🇯Tajikistan	40,682	21,544	19,138
108	🇨🇫Central African Republic	40,626	21,108	19,518
109	🇳🇴Norway	39,780	21,699	18,081
110	🇱🇷Liberia	37,738	20,308	17,431
111	🇱🇧Lebanon	36,970	21,326	15,644
112	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	36,747	19,149	17,598
113	🇭🇳Honduras	36,432	19,332	17,099
114	🇳🇮Nicaragua	35,269	19,368	15,901
115	🇮🇪Ireland	33,447	18,183	15,264
116	🇱🇹Lithuania	33,306	17,443	15,863
117	🇱🇻Latvia	31,256	14,917	16,338
118	🇪🇷Eritrea	30,815	16,798	14,017
119	🇺🇾Uruguay	28,406	15,859	12,547
120	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	28,364	16,379	11,985
121	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	27,894	15,057	12,837
122	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	26,825	14,921	11,904
123	🇳🇿New Zealand	25,973	14,324	11,649
124	🇮🇱Israel	24,922	13,639	11,283
125	🇵🇾Paraguay	24,664	12,666	11,998
126	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	24,640	13,665	10,975
127	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	24,466	15,181	9,285
128	🇦🇲Armenia	23,561	12,751	10,811
129	🇲🇳Mongolia	21,840	11,652	10,188
130	🇨🇬Congo	20,804	11,173	9,631
131	🇱🇾Libya	20,561	11,558	9,003
132	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	20,503	12,002	8,501
133	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,898	9,918	8,980
134	🇲🇷Mauritania	18,868	9,954	8,914
135	🇦🇱Albania	18,620	9,739	8,881
136	🇱🇸Lesotho	17,593	9,752	7,840
137	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	17,228	9,296	7,932
138	🇪🇪Estonia	17,003	7,976	9,027
139	🇯🇲Jamaica	16,807	7,969	8,839
140	🇬🇲Gambia	14,015	7,311	6,705
141	🇯🇴Jordan	13,970	7,410	6,560
142	🇲🇰North Macedonia	12,879	6,872	6,007
143	🇵🇸State of Palestine	12,507	6,643	5,864
144	🇴🇲Oman	11,542	6,158	5,384
145	🇸🇬Singapore	11,298	6,655	4,644
146	🇵🇦Panama	11,063	6,168	4,895
147	🇳🇦Namibia	10,850	5,783	5,067
148	🇨🇷Costa Rica	10,786	6,217	4,569
149	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,571	5,476	5,095
150	🇬🇦Gabon	10,408	5,359	5,049
151	🇧🇼Botswana	8,007	4,117	3,891
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	7,723	4,147	3,576
153	🇲🇺Mauritius	7,487	4,408	3,080
154	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,972	3,760	3,212
155	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,742	3,446	3,296
156	🇬🇾Guyana	6,615	3,642	2,973
157	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	6,527	3,450	3,078
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	5,971	3,272	2,698
159	🇰🇼Kuwait	5,358	3,220	2,138
160	🇰🇲Comoros	5,267	2,831	2,437
161	🇫🇯Fiji	4,410	2,575	1,835
162	🇲🇪Montenegro	4,218	2,167	2,051
163	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,100	2,253	1,847
164	🇩🇯Djibouti	3,697	1,966	1,731
165	🇸🇷Suriname	3,670	2,048	1,621
166	🇷🇪Réunion	3,501	1,958	1,543
167	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,472	1,664	1,808
168	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	3,333	2,283	1,049
169	🇲🇹Malta	2,838	1,393	1,445
170	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,408	1,299	1,110
171	🇲🇶Martinique	2,330	1,277	1,054
172	🇲🇻Maldives	2,220	1,243	977
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,103	1,002	1,101
174	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	1,937	1,204	733
175	🇪🇭Western Sahara	1,538	989	550
176	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,463	737	727
177	🇮🇸Iceland	1,433	803	630
178	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,375	793	583
179	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,263	706	556
180	🇼🇸Samoa	1,147	660	487
181	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,059	641	418
182	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,055	551	504
183	🇧🇿Belize	1,046	574	472
184	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1,020	503	517
185	🇨🇼Curaçao	993	503	490
186	🇻🇺Vanuatu	920	504	416
187	🇯🇪Jersey	912	430	482
188	🇵🇫French Polynesia	904	507	397
189	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	843	474	369
190	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	835	438	397
191	🇶🇦Qatar	832	518	314
192	🇬🇩Grenada	808	382	426
193	🇰🇮Kiribati	722	371	351
194	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	688	347	341
195	🇹🇴Tonga	641	394	247
196	🇸🇨Seychelles	594	338	256
197	🇬🇬Guernsey	594	284	309
198	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	559	316	243
199	🇩🇲Dominica	552	266	286
200	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	548	316	233
201	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	518	257	260
202	🇬🇺Guam	504	323	181
203	🇲🇨Monaco	466	220	245
204	🇬🇫French Guiana	462	279	183
205	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	394	196	198
206	🇧🇲Bermuda	381	218	164
207	🇦🇼Aruba	361	214	147
208	🇬🇱Greenland	360	211	149
209	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	306	162	144
210	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	284	167	117
211	🇾🇹Mayotte	281	160	121
212	🇬🇮Gibraltar	228	108	120
213	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	182	99	84
214	🇦🇸American Samoa	158	97	61
215	🇸🇲San Marino	157	87	70
216	🇲🇸Montserrat	142	65	77
217	🇦🇩Andorra	128	80	48
218	🇵🇼Palau	128	83	45
219	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	123	63	60
220	🇨🇰Cook Islands	123	72	51
221	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	113	61	52
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	102	47	55
223	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	80	47	33
224	🇹🇻Tuvalu	72	37	35
225	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	71	45	26
226	🇦🇮Anguilla	64	34	31
227	🇳🇷Nauru	59	41	19
228	🇸🇭Saint Helena	57	30	27
229	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	45	25	20
230	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	43	21	22
231	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	39	20	19
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	38	22	16
233	🇳🇺Niue	34	19	15
234	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	33	19	15
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	20	10	10
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	16	7	8
237	🇻🇦Holy See	7	4	3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1977

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	26,717,434	14,075,526	12,641,908
2	Africa	7,763,576	4,088,523	3,675,053
3	Europe	7,039,667	3,590,866	3,448,801
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,020,116	1,675,933	1,344,183
5	Northern America	2,028,796	1,123,123	905,673
6	Oceania	176,334	98,795	77,539

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1977

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,840,680	6,563,747	6,276,933
2	Eastern Asia	8,908,553	4,794,089	4,114,464
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,454,167	1,889,627	1,564,540
4	Eastern Europe	2,966,441	1,495,275	1,471,166
5	Western Africa	2,586,955	1,348,692	1,238,263
6	Eastern Africa	2,507,368	1,332,038	1,175,330
7	South America	2,030,424	1,123,476	906,948
8	Western Europe	1,842,985	929,713	913,272
9	Northern Africa	1,386,736	729,331	657,405
10	Southern Europe	1,233,030	653,002	580,028
11	Western Asia	1,129,783	620,169	509,614
12	Northern Europe	997,211	512,876	484,335
13	Middle Africa	954,219	494,431	459,788
14	Central America	732,895	414,108	318,787
15	Central Asia	384,251	207,894	176,357
16	Southern Africa	328,298	184,031	144,267
17	Caribbean	256,797	138,349	118,448
18	Australia/New Zealand	134,299	74,364	59,935
19	Melanesia	36,677	21,295	15,382
20	Polynesia	3,091	1,803	1,288
21	Micronesia	2,267	1,333	934

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1977

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	34,143,358	17,981,140	16,162,218
2	Lower-middle-income countries	20,586,994	10,679,853	9,907,141
3	Upper-middle-income countries	13,556,364	7,301,287	6,255,077
4	High-income countries	8,329,989	4,432,451	3,897,538
5	Low-income countries	4,192,569	2,193,048	1,999,521
6	No income group available	80,007	46,127	33,880

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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