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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1980

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In the year 1980, a total of 47,316,613 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,072,784 were male and 22,243,829 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,529,884 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,440,841, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,953,595 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 26,530,844 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 7986.043, and Europe with 7,422,720 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,926,490 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 8,709,345, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,385,478 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 34,229,605. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 84,610 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1980

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1980

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇮🇳India 9,529,884 4,918,805 4,611,079
2 🇨🇳China 7,440,841 4,016,412 3,424,429
3 🇺🇸United States of America 1,953,595 1,057,500 896,095
4 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,532,910 762,620 770,289
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,520,812 816,005 704,807
6 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,396,900 728,396 668,504
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,313,211 661,289 651,923
8 🇧🇷Brazil 1,073,639 594,675 478,965
9 🇵🇰Pakistan 970,044 533,054 436,990
10 🇩🇪Germany 951,189 454,929 496,260
11 🇪🇹Ethiopia 760,736 408,024 352,712
12 🇯🇵Japan 755,442 406,566 348,876
13 🇬🇧United Kingdom 661,807 332,512 329,294
14 🇺🇦Ukraine 567,808 273,841 293,967
15 🇪🇬Egypt 564,397 292,870 271,527
16 🇮🇹Italy 554,407 294,406 260,002
17 🇫🇷France 547,419 285,592 261,826
18 🇲🇽Mexico 513,740 296,771 216,970
19 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 507,451 254,803 252,648
20 🇲🇲Myanmar 434,423 234,467 199,956
21 🇹🇷Türkiye 430,666 245,208 185,458
22 🇻🇳Viet Nam 430,520 244,543 185,977
23 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 421,590 229,161 192,428
24 🇵🇭Philippines 401,471 220,099 181,372
25 🇵🇱Poland 353,088 190,694 162,394
26 🇹🇭Thailand 332,147 191,214 140,933
27 🇦🇫Afghanistan 316,937 171,956 144,981
28 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 297,366 159,196 138,170
29 🇿🇦South Africa 288,820 164,581 124,239
30 🇪🇸Spain 287,498 151,140 136,359
31 🇺🇬Uganda 281,867 158,757 123,110
32 🇳🇵Nepal 268,943 134,254 134,689
33 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 267,925 158,979 108,946
34 🇩🇿Algeria 254,416 134,942 119,473
35 🇲🇿Mozambique 251,266 129,898 121,369
36 🇦🇷Argentina 244,455 138,894 105,561
37 🇷🇴Romania 237,529 122,369 115,160
38 🇲🇦Morocco 232,612 121,085 111,527
39 🇸🇩Sudan 217,179 116,617 100,562
40 🇵🇪Peru 193,033 104,617 88,416
41 🇲🇱Mali 182,308 94,416 87,892
42 🇦🇴Angola 180,325 99,578 80,747
43 🇬🇭Ghana 179,403 96,393 83,010
44 🇨🇦Canada 171,194 97,329 73,865
45 🇾🇪Yemen 162,364 86,204 76,159
46 🇨🇴Colombia 161,752 89,571 72,181
47 🇰🇪Kenya 161,623 85,894 75,729
48 🇳🇪Niger 157,217 78,812 78,405
49 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 147,704 78,159 69,545
50 🇭🇺Hungary 145,342 76,684 68,659
51 🇲🇬Madagascar 144,795 76,749 68,046
52 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 138,689 77,075 61,613
53 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 137,156 71,393 65,764
54 🇨🇲Cameroon 137,125 70,705 66,420
55 🇨🇿Czechia 135,471 68,750 66,722
56 🇲🇼Malawi 133,648 70,419 63,230
57 🇮🇶Iraq 128,038 75,850 52,189
58 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 127,077 70,337 56,740
59 🇳🇱Netherlands 114,160 63,270 50,890
60 🇧🇪Belgium 113,796 59,576 54,221
61 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 113,611 56,244 57,368
62 🇬🇳Guinea 112,407 58,252 54,155
63 🇦🇺Australia 108,144 60,211 47,933
64 🇸🇴Somalia 106,331 55,651 50,680
65 🇸🇸South Sudan 106,189 53,566 52,623
66 🇰🇭Cambodia 103,759 56,378 47,381
67 🇧🇬Bulgaria 102,637 55,058 47,579
68 🇹🇩Chad 99,783 52,418 47,365
69 🇸🇳Senegal 97,249 50,986 46,263
70 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 96,865 58,553 38,312
71 🇧🇾Belarus 96,004 46,863 49,141
72 🇷🇼Rwanda 95,490 49,698 45,792
73 🇵🇹Portugal 94,470 49,260 45,210
74 🇭🇹Haiti 92,650 46,831 45,820
75 🇦🇹Austria 92,469 44,132 48,337
76 🇸🇪Sweden 91,785 49,812 41,973
77 🇬🇷Greece 89,568 48,440 41,128
78 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 88,850 45,571 43,279
79 🇧🇮Burundi 84,020 42,983 41,037
80 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 83,839 46,028 37,811
81 🇬🇹Guatemala 82,419 47,311 35,108
82 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 82,177 48,885 33,292
83 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 81,573 46,915 34,658
84 🇿🇲Zambia 77,525 40,083 37,442
85 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 76,303 39,393 36,910
86 🇷🇸Serbia 75,964 40,298 35,666
87 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 75,903 40,448 35,455
88 🇧🇯Benin 72,619 38,368 34,251
89 🇸🇻El Salvador 71,646 45,471 26,175
90 🇨🇱Chile 71,346 40,211 31,135
91 🇲🇾Malaysia 70,452 40,299 30,152
92 🇪🇨Ecuador 67,769 36,440 31,329
93 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 62,511 33,013 29,498
94 🇨🇺Cuba 61,528 35,645 25,883
95 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 60,019 32,490 27,529
96 🇨🇭Switzerland 59,070 30,833 28,238
97 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 57,227 29,269 27,957
98 🇩🇰Denmark 56,023 30,215 25,808
99 🇭🇷Croatia 51,989 27,356 24,633
100 🇹🇳Tunisia 51,880 29,195 22,685
101 🇬🇪Georgia 51,753 25,904 25,849
102 🇸🇰Slovakia 50,604 27,961 22,643
103 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 50,225 27,556 22,670
104 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 45,941 23,128 22,813
105 🇫🇮Finland 44,344 23,703 20,641
106 🇹🇯Tajikistan 44,187 23,382 20,806
107 🇹🇬Togo 43,351 22,409 20,942
108 🇳🇴Norway 41,326 22,575 18,752
109 🇨🇫Central African Republic 40,640 21,377 19,263
110 🇱🇷Liberia 39,224 21,050 18,174
111 🇭🇳Honduras 36,655 19,580 17,076
112 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 36,631 19,146 17,485
113 🇱🇹Lithuania 36,539 19,244 17,295
114 🇳🇮Nicaragua 34,887 19,148 15,738
115 🇮🇪Ireland 33,260 18,112 15,147
116 🇱🇻Latvia 32,764 15,861 16,904
117 🇪🇷Eritrea 31,527 16,845 14,682
118 🇱🇧Lebanon 30,740 17,733 13,007
119 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 28,666 16,053 12,612
120 🇺🇾Uruguay 28,196 15,576 12,620
121 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 28,153 15,209 12,944
122 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 27,910 16,219 11,691
123 🇳🇿New Zealand 26,586 14,295 12,290
124 🇮🇱Israel 26,150 13,876 12,274
125 🇵🇾Paraguay 25,956 13,393 12,563
126 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 25,087 13,796 11,291
127 🇦🇲Armenia 24,554 13,026 11,528
128 🇲🇳Mongolia 22,710 12,143 10,566
129 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 21,467 13,956 7,511
130 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 21,226 12,552 8,674
131 🇨🇬Congo 21,039 11,402 9,637
132 🇱🇾Libya 20,192 11,636 8,557
133 🇸🇮Slovenia 19,674 10,212 9,462
134 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 19,359 10,553 8,806
135 🇲🇷Mauritania 18,947 10,022 8,925
136 🇪🇪Estonia 18,191 8,673 9,519
137 🇦🇱Albania 17,822 9,580 8,243
138 🇱🇸Lesotho 17,278 9,720 7,558
139 🇯🇲Jamaica 17,118 8,034 9,084
140 🇬🇲Gambia 14,719 7,730 6,989
141 🇯🇴Jordan 13,629 7,249 6,380
142 🇲🇰North Macedonia 13,544 7,263 6,281
143 🇸🇬Singapore 12,318 7,132 5,187
144 🇵🇸State of Palestine 11,689 6,177 5,513
145 🇳🇦Namibia 11,440 6,547 4,893
146 🇵🇦Panama 11,436 6,446 4,990
147 🇴🇲Oman 10,827 5,847 4,980
148 🇨🇷Costa Rica 10,768 6,213 4,554
149 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 10,630 5,553 5,078
150 🇬🇦Gabon 10,503 5,417 5,086
151 🇧🇼Botswana 8,285 4,351 3,935
152 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 7,798 4,171 3,627
153 🇲🇺Mauritius 7,025 4,074 2,951
154 🇧🇹Bhutan 6,930 3,755 3,175
155 🇬🇾Guyana 6,680 3,704 2,976
156 🇸🇿Eswatini 6,547 3,355 3,192
157 🇨🇾Cyprus 6,135 3,323 2,812
158 🇰🇲Comoros 5,461 2,946 2,515
159 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 5,195 2,697 2,498
160 🇰🇼Kuwait 5,187 3,079 2,108
161 🇫🇯Fiji 4,638 2,674 1,964
162 🇩🇯Djibouti 4,507 2,394 2,113
163 🇲🇪Montenegro 4,458 2,337 2,121
164 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,135 2,123 2,012
165 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 3,812 2,682 1,129
166 🇸🇷Suriname 3,587 2,004 1,583
167 🇷🇪Réunion 3,585 2,025 1,559
168 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3,280 1,538 1,743
169 🇲🇹Malta 2,883 1,495 1,388
170 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2,476 1,644 832
171 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,352 1,277 1,075
172 🇲🇶Martinique 2,293 1,246 1,047
173 🇲🇻Maldives 2,088 1,174 915
174 🇧🇧Barbados 2,080 1,022 1,057
175 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 1,869 1,182 687
176 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,548 750 797
177 🇮🇸Iceland 1,537 875 662
178 🇧🇸Bahamas 1,422 805 618
179 🇧🇭Bahrain 1,381 814 567
180 🇼🇸Samoa 1,105 647 458
181 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,104 569 535
182 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,091 668 423
183 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1,034 507 527
184 🇧🇿Belize 1,034 558 477
185 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,000 510 490
186 🇳🇨New Caledonia 997 605 392
187 🇯🇪Jersey 931 435 496
188 🇶🇦Qatar 887 564 323
189 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 857 490 367
190 🇵🇫French Polynesia 850 476 374
191 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 834 414 420
192 🇬🇩Grenada 790 380 409
193 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 693 337 357
194 🇰🇮Kiribati 677 349 327
195 🇹🇴Tonga 646 394 252
196 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 623 355 268
197 🇬🇬Guernsey 582 283 299
198 🇸🇨Seychelles 575 336 239
199 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 558 323 235
200 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 557 274 283
201 🇬🇺Guam 497 311 185
202 🇩🇲Dominica 491 246 245
203 🇬🇫French Guiana 481 299 181
204 🇲🇨Monaco 477 225 252
205 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 415 208 206
206 🇬🇱Greenland 383 224 159
207 🇦🇼Aruba 380 218 161
208 🇧🇲Bermuda 370 212 158
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 302 159 143
210 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 292 172 120
211 🇾🇹Mayotte 278 156 122
212 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 262 131 131
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 214 107 107
214 🇸🇲San Marino 165 91 75
215 🇦🇸American Samoa 163 101 61
216 🇦🇩Andorra 148 95 53
217 🇲🇸Montserrat 143 65 79
218 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 128 66 62
219 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 124 60 64
220 🇨🇰Cook Islands 124 74 50
221 🇵🇼Palau 123 80 43
222 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 112 61 50
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 86 55 32
224 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 82 48 33
225 🇹🇻Tuvalu 77 39 37
226 🇳🇷Nauru 66 46 20
227 🇦🇮Anguilla 64 33 31
228 🇸🇭Saint Helena 58 30 28
229 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 57 30 26
230 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 53 29 25
231 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 51 26 25
232 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 40 23 17
233 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 34 20 14
234 🇳🇺Niue 31 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 1980

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 26,530,844 14,111,678 12,419,166
2 Africa 7,986,043 4,215,775 3,770,268
3 Europe 7,422,720 3,775,371 3,647,349
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 3,074,936 1,715,717 1,359,219
5 Northern America 2,125,573 1,155,284 970,289
6 Oceania 176,497 98,959 77,538

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1980

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 12,926,490 6,711,985 6,214,505
2 Eastern Asia 8,709,345 4,713,774 3,995,571
3 South-Eastern Asia 3,385,478 1,853,873 1,531,605
4 Eastern Europe 3,267,331 1,647,974 1,619,357
5 Western Africa 2,677,579 1,400,066 1,277,513
6 Eastern Africa 2,629,738 1,400,160 1,229,578
7 South America 2,047,331 1,131,864 915,467
8 Western Europe 1,882,946 940,805 942,141
9 Northern Africa 1,343,161 708,003 635,158
10 Southern Europe 1,252,055 663,651 588,404
11 Western Asia 1,114,165 619,068 495,097
12 Northern Europe 1,020,388 522,941 497,447
13 Middle Africa 1,003,188 518,990 484,198
14 Central America 762,598 441,515 321,083
15 Central Asia 395,366 212,978 182,388
16 Southern Africa 332,377 188,556 143,821
17 Caribbean 265,007 142,338 122,669
18 Australia/New Zealand 134,726 74,503 60,223
19 Melanesia 36,499 21,357 15,142
20 Polynesia 3,025 1,782 1,243
21 Micronesia 2,247 1,317 930

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1980

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 34,229,605 18,160,446 16,069,159
2 Lower-middle-income countries 20,703,618 10,840,528 9,863,090
3 Upper-middle-income countries 13,525,987 7,319,918 6,206,069
4 High-income countries 8,628,961 4,564,695 4,064,266
5 Low-income countries 4,373,437 2,298,796 2,074,641
6 No income group available 84,610 48,847 35,763

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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