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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1979

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In the year 1979, a total of 46,913,597 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 24,834,335 were male and 22,079,262 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,514,537 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,463,646, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,879,386 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 26,458,567 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 7901.076, and Europe with 7,268,744 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,886,378 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 8,673,268, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,400,851 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 34,112,621. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 82,764 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1979

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1979

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇮🇳India 9,514,537 4,883,036 4,631,501
2 🇨🇳China 7,463,646 4,021,885 3,441,761
3 🇺🇸United States of America 1,879,386 1,027,683 851,704
4 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,529,697 820,399 709,298
5 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,493,471 744,145 749,325
6 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,367,415 710,808 656,607
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,306,025 654,514 651,511
8 🇧🇷Brazil 1,073,778 594,414 479,364
9 🇵🇰Pakistan 950,235 521,482 428,752
10 🇩🇪Germany 943,757 453,077 490,679
11 🇪🇹Ethiopia 765,744 411,399 354,345
12 🇯🇵Japan 719,085 387,594 331,491
13 🇬🇧United Kingdom 676,110 339,930 336,179
14 🇪🇬Egypt 572,435 298,374 274,061
15 🇺🇦Ukraine 552,439 265,876 286,564
16 🇫🇷France 542,240 283,915 258,324
17 🇮🇹Italy 538,619 287,796 250,823
18 🇲🇽Mexico 513,955 295,938 218,017
19 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 495,943 249,918 246,024
20 🇹🇷Türkiye 438,198 249,828 188,369
21 🇲🇲Myanmar 434,445 234,191 200,253
22 🇻🇳Viet Nam 424,273 241,881 182,392
23 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 410,943 217,110 193,833
24 🇵🇭Philippines 392,599 215,787 176,812
25 🇹🇭Thailand 336,933 192,075 144,858
26 🇦🇫Afghanistan 328,042 177,964 150,078
27 🇵🇱Poland 325,338 176,031 149,306
28 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 291,946 155,960 135,985
29 🇪🇸Spain 289,760 152,628 137,132
30 🇿🇦South Africa 287,032 163,342 123,690
31 🇳🇵Nepal 269,882 135,356 134,527
32 🇩🇿Algeria 265,395 139,905 125,490
33 🇺🇬Uganda 257,029 142,181 114,850
34 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 246,518 147,228 99,290
35 🇲🇿Mozambique 242,767 125,298 117,469
36 🇦🇷Argentina 238,553 136,594 101,958
37 🇲🇦Morocco 236,732 122,724 114,008
38 🇷🇴Romania 223,777 115,409 108,368
39 🇸🇩Sudan 211,686 112,175 99,511
40 🇵🇪Peru 192,225 103,692 88,532
41 🇲🇱Mali 183,338 95,363 87,975
42 🇦🇴Angola 175,971 97,299 78,671
43 🇬🇭Ghana 174,513 94,288 80,224
44 🇨🇦Canada 168,261 96,457 71,804
45 🇾🇪Yemen 165,580 87,926 77,654
46 🇰🇪Kenya 162,713 86,835 75,878
47 🇨🇴Colombia 162,475 89,481 72,994
48 🇳🇪Niger 153,792 77,554 76,238
49 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 147,445 78,742 68,703
50 🇲🇬Madagascar 141,014 74,660 66,354
51 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 137,644 76,503 61,141
52 🇭🇺Hungary 136,711 72,043 64,668
53 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 136,456 71,351 65,105
54 🇨🇲Cameroon 135,920 70,078 65,842
55 🇲🇼Malawi 131,542 69,069 62,474
56 🇨🇿Czechia 127,887 65,506 62,381
57 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 125,555 69,410 56,145
58 🇰🇭Cambodia 114,392 69,787 44,605
59 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 114,328 56,398 57,930
60 🇳🇱Netherlands 112,533 62,192 50,341
61 🇬🇳Guinea 112,216 58,195 54,021
62 🇧🇪Belgium 112,131 58,877 53,254
63 🇮🇶Iraq 110,055 59,411 50,644
64 🇦🇺Australia 106,828 59,474 47,354
65 🇸🇸South Sudan 105,855 53,217 52,638
66 🇸🇳Senegal 98,791 51,620 47,171
67 🇹🇩Chad 98,558 51,758 46,800
68 🇧🇬Bulgaria 98,498 52,750 45,748
69 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 97,635 58,744 38,890
70 🇷🇼Rwanda 97,556 50,614 46,942
71 🇧🇾Belarus 93,698 47,119 46,579
72 🇸🇴Somalia 93,306 48,825 44,481
73 🇵🇹Portugal 92,201 47,599 44,602
74 🇦🇹Austria 92,001 44,413 47,588
75 🇭🇹Haiti 91,571 46,600 44,972
76 🇸🇪Sweden 91,061 49,938 41,123
77 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 89,096 45,699 43,397
78 🇬🇷Greece 86,197 46,684 39,513
79 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 85,552 46,671 38,881
80 🇧🇮Burundi 84,876 43,348 41,528
81 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 84,043 47,898 36,144
82 🇬🇹Guatemala 80,233 45,314 34,919
83 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 80,102 47,780 32,320
84 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 79,968 45,974 33,994
85 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 75,652 39,062 36,589
86 🇿🇲Zambia 74,830 38,657 36,173
87 🇷🇸Serbia 74,656 39,413 35,244
88 🇨🇱Chile 72,691 40,803 31,887
89 🇧🇯Benin 72,077 37,965 34,112
90 🇲🇾Malaysia 70,369 40,123 30,246
91 🇪🇨Ecuador 68,105 36,498 31,607
92 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 61,770 32,848 28,922
93 🇨🇺Cuba 60,073 34,791 25,282
94 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 59,736 31,867 27,869
95 🇸🇻El Salvador 59,366 36,792 22,573
96 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 58,724 30,190 28,534
97 🇨🇭Switzerland 57,460 30,139 27,321
98 🇩🇰Denmark 54,779 29,798 24,981
99 🇹🇳Tunisia 52,874 29,629 23,245
100 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 51,641 28,185 23,456
101 🇬🇪Georgia 50,549 26,095 24,454
102 🇭🇷Croatia 48,463 25,866 22,597
103 🇸🇰Slovakia 47,837 26,373 21,465
104 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 46,022 23,137 22,885
105 🇳🇮Nicaragua 45,029 28,020 17,009
106 🇫🇮Finland 43,693 23,439 20,254
107 🇹🇬Togo 43,285 22,324 20,961
108 🇹🇯Tajikistan 42,753 22,709 20,045
109 🇳🇴Norway 41,581 22,626 18,954
110 🇨🇫Central African Republic 40,560 21,246 19,315
111 🇱🇷Liberia 38,704 20,742 17,962
112 🇭🇳Honduras 36,644 19,512 17,132
113 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 36,575 18,993 17,582
114 🇱🇹Lithuania 35,421 18,748 16,673
115 🇮🇪Ireland 33,551 18,571 14,980
116 🇱🇻Latvia 32,612 15,798 16,814
117 🇪🇷Eritrea 31,395 17,008 14,387
118 🇱🇧Lebanon 30,504 17,675 12,829
119 🇺🇾Uruguay 28,270 15,648 12,622
120 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 28,116 15,198 12,918
121 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 28,106 15,604 12,503
122 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 27,976 16,263 11,714
123 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 26,629 16,554 10,075
124 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 25,658 14,176 11,481
125 🇮🇱Israel 25,657 13,729 11,928
126 🇵🇾Paraguay 25,594 13,168 12,426
127 🇳🇿New Zealand 25,398 13,980 11,418
128 🇦🇲Armenia 24,005 12,937 11,069
129 🇲🇳Mongolia 22,407 11,957 10,451
130 🇨🇬Congo 20,996 11,321 9,676
131 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 20,914 12,350 8,564
132 🇱🇾Libya 20,326 11,611 8,716
133 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 19,497 10,626 8,872
134 🇸🇮Slovenia 19,290 10,176 9,113
135 🇲🇷Mauritania 18,933 9,995 8,938
136 🇦🇱Albania 18,633 9,807 8,826
137 🇪🇪Estonia 18,006 8,532 9,474
138 🇱🇸Lesotho 17,434 9,776 7,658
139 🇯🇲Jamaica 17,095 7,968 9,126
140 🇬🇲Gambia 14,485 7,596 6,889
141 🇯🇴Jordan 13,686 7,281 6,405
142 🇲🇰North Macedonia 12,772 6,810 5,962
143 🇵🇸State of Palestine 11,970 6,327 5,643
144 🇸🇬Singapore 11,959 6,927 5,032
145 🇵🇦Panama 11,323 6,360 4,963
146 🇴🇲Oman 11,050 5,931 5,119
147 🇨🇷Costa Rica 10,748 6,142 4,606
148 🇳🇦Namibia 10,646 5,730 4,916
149 🇬🇦Gabon 10,443 5,396 5,047
150 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 10,423 5,428 4,995
151 🇧🇼Botswana 8,191 4,274 3,917
152 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 7,515 4,094 3,421
153 🇲🇺Mauritius 7,079 4,170 2,909
154 🇧🇹Bhutan 6,950 3,759 3,191
155 🇬🇾Guyana 6,670 3,687 2,983
156 🇸🇿Eswatini 6,576 3,373 3,203
157 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 6,307 3,451 2,856
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 6,003 3,245 2,757
159 🇰🇲Comoros 5,396 2,910 2,486
160 🇰🇼Kuwait 5,291 3,118 2,174
161 🇲🇪Montenegro 4,668 2,385 2,283
162 🇫🇯Fiji 4,456 2,588 1,868
163 🇩🇯Djibouti 4,269 2,271 1,998
164 🇱🇺Luxembourg 3,974 2,130 1,845
165 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 3,684 2,570 1,114
166 🇸🇷Suriname 3,600 2,013 1,586
167 🇷🇪Réunion 3,504 1,976 1,528
168 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3,314 1,571 1,743
169 🇲🇹Malta 2,868 1,448 1,419
170 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,374 1,286 1,088
171 🇲🇶Martinique 2,307 1,255 1,052
172 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2,226 1,497 729
173 🇲🇻Maldives 2,134 1,199 935
174 🇧🇧Barbados 2,091 1,004 1,086
175 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 1,864 1,175 689
176 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,519 750 769
177 🇮🇸Iceland 1,481 824 657
178 🇧🇸Bahamas 1,392 790 602
179 🇧🇭Bahrain 1,377 802 576
180 🇼🇸Samoa 1,120 653 467
181 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,075 553 523
182 🇧🇿Belize 1,037 564 473
183 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1,034 506 528
184 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,012 616 397
185 🇨🇼Curaçao 991 505 486
186 🇯🇪Jersey 970 456 514
187 🇻🇺Vanuatu 947 539 408
188 🇵🇫French Polynesia 872 490 382
189 🇶🇦Qatar 862 544 318
190 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 851 483 368
191 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 836 427 409
192 🇬🇩Grenada 799 381 417
193 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 704 345 359
194 🇰🇮Kiribati 666 343 323
195 🇹🇴Tonga 643 394 250
196 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 600 339 261
197 🇬🇬Guernsey 598 288 310
198 🇸🇨Seychelles 569 326 243
199 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 557 322 235
200 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 549 267 282
201 🇩🇲Dominica 499 244 254
202 🇬🇺Guam 484 306 178
203 🇬🇫French Guiana 481 297 184
204 🇲🇨Monaco 472 223 249
205 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 407 205 202
206 🇦🇼Aruba 374 218 156
207 🇬🇱Greenland 373 222 151
208 🇧🇲Bermuda 367 204 162
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 314 168 146
210 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 290 171 119
211 🇾🇹Mayotte 277 157 120
212 🇬🇮Gibraltar 227 109 118
213 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 213 109 104
214 🇸🇲San Marino 163 88 74
215 🇦🇸American Samoa 161 99 61
216 🇲🇸Montserrat 142 65 77
217 🇦🇩Andorra 141 90 51
218 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 125 64 61
219 🇨🇰Cook Islands 125 74 51
220 🇵🇼Palau 124 81 43
221 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 115 55 60
222 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 113 62 51
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 83 52 30
224 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 81 48 33
225 🇹🇻Tuvalu 76 39 37
226 🇦🇮Anguilla 64 33 31
227 🇳🇷Nauru 64 44 19
228 🇸🇭Saint Helena 59 31 28
229 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 51 27 24
230 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 50 28 23
231 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 47 24 23
232 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 39 22 17
233 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 34 19 15
234 🇳🇺Niue 32 17 14
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 20 10 9
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 15 7 8
237 🇻🇦Holy See 7 4 3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1979

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 26,458,567 14,030,277 12,428,290
2 Africa 7,901,076 4,168,689 3,732,386
3 Europe 7,268,744 3,704,937 3,563,807
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 3,063,067 1,708,120 1,354,947
5 Northern America 2,048,416 1,124,587 923,829
6 Oceania 173,727 97,724 76,003

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1979

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 12,886,378 6,653,169 6,233,209
2 Eastern Asia 8,673,268 4,687,765 3,985,503
3 South-Eastern Asia 3,400,851 1,868,378 1,532,473
4 Eastern Europe 3,145,674 1,588,374 1,557,300
5 Western Africa 2,638,042 1,378,475 1,259,567
6 Eastern Africa 2,585,717 1,376,788 1,208,929
7 South America 2,041,522 1,127,984 913,538
8 Western Europe 1,864,731 935,060 929,671
9 Northern Africa 1,361,686 715,920 645,766
10 Southern Europe 1,227,149 651,899 575,250
11 Western Asia 1,105,531 608,813 496,718
12 Northern Europe 1,031,190 529,604 501,586
13 Middle Africa 985,770 511,013 474,757
14 Central America 758,300 438,630 319,670
15 Central Asia 392,539 212,152 180,387
16 Southern Africa 329,861 186,494 143,367
17 Caribbean 263,245 141,506 121,739
18 Australia/New Zealand 132,224 73,446 58,778
19 Melanesia 36,234 21,176 15,058
20 Polynesia 3,058 1,798 1,260
21 Micronesia 2,211 1,304 907

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1979

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 34,112,621 18,058,730 16,053,891
2 Lower-middle-income countries 20,630,221 10,775,543 9,854,678
3 Upper-middle-income countries 13,482,400 7,283,187 6,199,213
4 High-income countries 8,400,477 4,461,530 3,938,947
5 Low-income countries 4,317,735 2,266,313 2,051,422
6 No income group available 82,764 47,762 35,002

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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