Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1978

-5 year -1 year 1978 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1978, a total of 46,859,945 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 24,773,353 were male and 22,086,592 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,520,383 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,531,302, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,888,740 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 7 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 15, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 20 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 26,562,203 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 7841.359, and Europe with 7,183,531 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,877,836 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 8,759,104, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,419,863 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 34,075,474. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 81,023 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1978

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1978

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,520,383	4,858,903	4,661,479
2	🇨🇳China	7,531,302	4,053,213	3,478,088
3	🇺🇸United States of America	1,888,740	1,035,172	853,568
4	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,535,393	826,260	709,133
5	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,425,457	710,386	715,071
6	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,340,233	697,330	642,903
7	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,288,939	646,558	642,382
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,073,698	594,760	478,938
9	🇩🇪Germany	955,340	461,549	493,792
10	🇵🇰Pakistan	934,553	509,630	424,924
11	🇪🇹Ethiopia	774,433	418,588	355,844
12	🇯🇵Japan	725,432	389,826	335,606
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	667,889	336,916	330,973
14	🇪🇬Egypt	577,690	302,079	275,611
15	🇫🇷France	547,422	286,295	261,125
16	🇮🇹Italy	540,847	289,410	251,438
17	🇺🇦Ukraine	528,249	255,038	273,211
18	🇲🇽Mexico	511,642	293,078	218,564
19	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	490,783	247,482	243,302
20	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	446,189	232,673	213,515
21	🇹🇷Türkiye	443,679	252,943	190,736
22	🇲🇲Myanmar	434,981	233,667	201,315
23	🇻🇳Viet Nam	422,925	242,910	180,015
24	🇵🇭Philippines	384,057	211,702	172,355
25	🇹🇭Thailand	337,052	190,297	146,755
26	🇵🇱Poland	327,954	177,952	150,002
27	🇦🇫Afghanistan	310,376	165,698	144,679
28	🇪🇸Spain	294,919	154,365	140,554
29	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	289,190	154,210	134,980
30	🇿🇦South Africa	285,355	161,892	123,463
31	🇩🇿Algeria	276,053	145,024	131,029
32	🇳🇵Nepal	269,961	135,671	134,290
33	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	261,878	155,119	106,758
34	🇺🇬Uganda	248,036	137,671	110,365
35	🇲🇦Morocco	241,143	124,731	116,412
36	🇦🇷Argentina	235,756	135,899	99,856
37	🇲🇿Mozambique	232,960	120,182	112,778
38	🇷🇴Romania	215,143	111,077	104,066
39	🇸🇩Sudan	204,381	107,951	96,431
40	🇵🇪Peru	191,620	102,988	88,632
41	🇲🇱Mali	184,876	96,359	88,517
42	🇦🇴Angola	172,291	95,377	76,914
43	🇬🇭Ghana	171,202	92,192	79,010
44	🇨🇦Canada	168,074	97,002	71,072
45	🇾🇪Yemen	167,356	88,664	78,692
46	🇰🇪Kenya	163,898	87,926	75,971
47	🇨🇴Colombia	162,372	89,040	73,332
48	🇳🇪Niger	152,139	76,710	75,429
49	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	145,186	77,450	67,736
50	🇭🇺Hungary	140,024	73,003	67,022
51	🇲🇬Madagascar	137,453	72,714	64,739
52	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	136,636	71,408	65,227
53	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	135,980	75,497	60,483
54	🇰🇭Cambodia	135,949	84,379	51,570
55	🇨🇲Cameroon	133,681	68,858	64,822
56	🇲🇼Malawi	130,670	68,429	62,242
57	🇨🇿Czechia	127,138	65,309	61,830
58	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	124,475	68,784	55,691
59	🇧🇪Belgium	115,529	60,387	55,141
60	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	115,028	56,524	58,504
61	🇳🇱Netherlands	114,270	63,533	50,738
62	🇬🇳Guinea	112,007	58,125	53,882
63	🇮🇶Iraq	109,574	59,141	50,433
64	🇦🇺Australia	108,659	60,338	48,321
65	🇸🇸South Sudan	104,699	52,655	52,043
66	🇸🇳Senegal	100,615	52,426	48,189
67	🇷🇼Rwanda	98,930	50,978	47,952
68	🇹🇩Chad	98,148	51,499	46,649
69	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	98,076	57,556	40,520
70	🇧🇬Bulgaria	96,092	50,869	45,224
71	🇵🇹Portugal	95,661	49,336	46,325
72	🇦🇹Austria	94,693	45,657	49,036
73	🇧🇾Belarus	91,182	44,502	46,679
74	🇭🇹Haiti	90,518	46,263	44,255
75	🇸🇪Sweden	89,614	49,229	40,385
76	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	89,203	45,829	43,374
77	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	86,509	47,020	39,489
78	🇬🇷Greece	85,479	46,402	39,077
79	🇧🇮Burundi	84,759	43,182	41,577
80	🇸🇴Somalia	84,201	44,237	39,964
81	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	83,562	48,026	35,536
82	🇬🇹Guatemala	79,320	44,373	34,947
83	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	78,788	45,561	33,227
84	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	76,560	45,455	31,105
85	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	75,358	38,939	36,419
86	🇿🇲Zambia	72,427	37,480	34,948
87	🇷🇸Serbia	71,948	37,864	34,084
88	🇧🇯Benin	71,440	37,370	34,070
89	🇨🇱Chile	70,517	40,080	30,437
90	🇲🇾Malaysia	70,283	40,113	30,171
91	🇪🇨Ecuador	68,595	36,631	31,964
92	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	59,760	31,594	28,166
93	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	59,618	30,830	28,788
94	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	59,416	31,538	27,878
95	🇨🇺Cuba	58,631	33,930	24,701
96	🇨🇭Switzerland	57,762	30,527	27,235
97	🇸🇻El Salvador	56,246	33,824	22,422
98	🇹🇳Tunisia	54,238	30,174	24,065
99	🇩🇰Denmark	52,965	28,739	24,226
100	🇬🇪Georgia	50,764	25,969	24,794
101	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	50,171	27,589	22,582
102	🇸🇰Slovakia	47,802	26,454	21,347
103	🇭🇷Croatia	47,216	25,142	22,074
104	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	45,844	23,019	22,825
105	🇫🇮Finland	43,683	23,760	19,923
106	🇹🇬Togo	43,416	22,421	20,995
107	🇹🇯Tajikistan	41,618	22,006	19,612
108	🇳🇴Norway	40,681	22,066	18,615
109	🇨🇫Central African Republic	40,559	21,150	19,409
110	🇳🇮Nicaragua	40,030	23,175	16,855
111	🇱🇷Liberia	38,153	20,497	17,657
112	🇱🇧Lebanon	37,417	21,636	15,781
113	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	36,760	19,164	17,596
114	🇭🇳Honduras	36,551	19,405	17,146
115	🇱🇹Lithuania	34,489	18,097	16,391
116	🇮🇪Ireland	33,625	18,347	15,278
117	🇱🇻Latvia	31,630	15,229	16,401
118	🇪🇷Eritrea	31,113	16,866	14,248
119	🇺🇾Uruguay	28,350	15,752	12,598
120	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	28,114	16,291	11,823
121	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	27,954	15,091	12,863
122	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	27,587	15,363	12,224
123	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	27,224	16,737	10,488
124	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	25,274	14,026	11,248
125	🇮🇱Israel	25,233	13,510	11,723
126	🇵🇾Paraguay	25,210	12,958	12,252
127	🇳🇿New Zealand	24,718	13,633	11,086
128	🇦🇲Armenia	23,800	12,837	10,963
129	🇲🇳Mongolia	22,131	11,822	10,310
130	🇨🇬Congo	20,907	11,292	9,615
131	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	20,717	12,222	8,496
132	🇱🇾Libya	20,394	11,554	8,840
133	🇸🇮Slovenia	19,104	10,040	9,064
134	🇲🇷Mauritania	18,965	10,001	8,964
135	🇦🇱Albania	18,693	9,810	8,883
136	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	18,478	10,015	8,463
137	🇪🇪Estonia	17,761	8,390	9,372
138	🇱🇸Lesotho	17,543	9,786	7,757
139	🇯🇲Jamaica	16,985	8,004	8,980
140	🇬🇲Gambia	14,451	7,564	6,887
141	🇯🇴Jordan	13,795	7,327	6,468
142	🇲🇰North Macedonia	12,560	6,647	5,913
143	🇵🇸State of Palestine	12,266	6,495	5,771
144	🇸🇬Singapore	11,572	6,758	4,814
145	🇴🇲Oman	11,292	6,044	5,248
146	🇵🇦Panama	11,207	6,272	4,935
147	🇳🇦Namibia	10,807	5,798	5,010
148	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,493	5,450	5,043
149	🇨🇷Costa Rica	10,483	6,003	4,480
150	🇬🇦Gabon	10,391	5,374	5,018
151	🇧🇼Botswana	8,096	4,195	3,900
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	7,498	3,931	3,567
153	🇲🇺Mauritius	7,246	4,276	2,970
154	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,964	3,758	3,207
155	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,649	3,402	3,247
156	🇬🇾Guyana	6,640	3,664	2,976
157	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	6,403	3,386	3,018
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	5,904	3,216	2,688
159	🇰🇼Kuwait	5,375	3,212	2,164
160	🇰🇲Comoros	5,325	2,872	2,453
161	🇫🇯Fiji	4,457	2,601	1,856
162	🇲🇪Montenegro	4,397	2,262	2,135
163	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,187	2,267	1,920
164	🇩🇯Djibouti	3,986	2,121	1,866
165	🇸🇷Suriname	3,627	2,021	1,605
166	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	3,515	2,430	1,085
167	🇷🇪Réunion	3,503	1,968	1,535
168	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,380	1,607	1,773
169	🇲🇹Malta	2,844	1,412	1,433
170	🇲🇻Maldives	2,414	1,349	1,065
171	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,389	1,292	1,097
172	🇲🇶Martinique	2,312	1,261	1,051
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,105	999	1,106
174	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	1,868	1,172	697
175	🇪🇭Western Sahara	1,695	1,069	626
176	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,486	741	745
177	🇮🇸Iceland	1,419	784	634
178	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,382	808	574
179	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,330	758	572
180	🇼🇸Samoa	1,135	659	476
181	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,061	552	509
182	🇧🇿Belize	1,047	571	476
183	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,039	630	409
184	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1,030	505	524
185	🇨🇼Curaçao	992	510	482
186	🇯🇪Jersey	919	432	487
187	🇻🇺Vanuatu	910	498	412
188	🇵🇫French Polynesia	886	499	387
189	🇶🇦Qatar	849	535	313
190	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	846	478	368
191	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	826	423	404
192	🇬🇩Grenada	804	382	422
193	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	700	349	351
194	🇰🇮Kiribati	683	352	331
195	🇹🇴Tonga	641	393	248
196	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	581	328	252
197	🇸🇨Seychelles	573	324	248
198	🇬🇬Guernsey	571	277	293
199	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	546	315	231
200	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	536	264	273
201	🇩🇲Dominica	507	251	257
202	🇬🇺Guam	494	317	178
203	🇬🇫French Guiana	476	295	181
204	🇲🇨Monaco	468	222	247
205	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	397	199	198
206	🇦🇼Aruba	369	217	152
207	🇧🇲Bermuda	369	212	157
208	🇬🇱Greenland	367	216	151
209	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	311	164	148
210	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	287	169	118
211	🇾🇹Mayotte	279	157	122
212	🇬🇮Gibraltar	226	109	117
213	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	203	106	97
214	🇸🇲San Marino	160	87	73
215	🇦🇸American Samoa	159	97	61
216	🇲🇸Montserrat	141	65	77
217	🇦🇩Andorra	136	86	50
218	🇵🇼Palau	126	81	44
219	🇨🇰Cook Islands	125	73	52
220	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	123	63	60
221	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	114	62	52
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	108	50	58
223	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	81	47	33
224	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	77	48	29
225	🇹🇻Tuvalu	73	38	36
226	🇦🇮Anguilla	64	33	31
227	🇳🇷Nauru	62	42	19
228	🇸🇭Saint Helena	58	31	28
229	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	46	23	23
230	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	46	27	19
231	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	42	22	21
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	38	22	16
233	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	34	19	15
234	🇳🇺Niue	33	18	15
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	20	10	10
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	15	7	8
237	🇻🇦Holy See	7	4	3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1978

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	26,562,203	14,046,786	12,515,417
2	Africa	7,841,359	4,139,229	3,702,130
3	Europe	7,183,531	3,664,829	3,518,702
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,040,233	1,691,610	1,348,623
5	Northern America	2,057,578	1,132,628	924,950
6	Oceania	175,041	98,271	76,770

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1978

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,877,836	6,611,792	6,266,044
2	Eastern Asia	8,759,104	4,726,733	4,032,371
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,419,863	1,884,122	1,535,741
4	Eastern Europe	3,044,883	1,537,598	1,507,285
5	Western Africa	2,605,875	1,361,772	1,244,103
6	Eastern Africa	2,557,225	1,364,845	1,192,380
7	South America	2,034,873	1,125,502	909,371
8	Western Europe	1,889,855	950,537	939,318
9	Northern Africa	1,375,595	722,584	653,011
10	Southern Europe	1,232,247	653,783	578,464
11	Western Asia	1,117,895	614,923	502,972
12	Northern Europe	1,016,546	522,910	493,635
13	Middle Africa	974,217	504,959	469,258
14	Central America	746,518	426,705	319,813
15	Central Asia	387,505	209,216	178,289
16	Southern Africa	328,447	185,069	143,378
17	Caribbean	258,841	139,403	119,439
18	Australia/New Zealand	133,364	73,968	59,396
19	Melanesia	36,369	21,187	15,182
20	Polynesia	3,080	1,803	1,277
21	Micronesia	2,228	1,313	915

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1978

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	34,075,474	18,003,035	16,072,439
2	Lower-middle-income countries	20,612,120	10,738,748	9,873,372
3	Upper-middle-income countries	13,463,354	7,264,287	6,199,067
4	High-income countries	8,441,894	4,487,856	3,954,038
5	Low-income countries	4,261,554	2,235,549	2,026,005
6	No income group available	81,023	46,913	34,110

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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