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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1980

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In the year 1980, a total of 47,349,925 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,083,312 were male and 22,266,613 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,452,574 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,507,117, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,004,240 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 6 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 15, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 17 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 26,602,305 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 8052.483, and Europe with 7,360,546 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,951,676 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 8,772,584, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,375,608 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries has the highest death count of 38,641,470. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 86,571 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 9,452,574 4,836,515 4,616,058
2 🇨🇳China 7,507,117 4,043,346 3,463,771
3 🇺🇸United States of America 2,004,240 1,083,495 920,745
4 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,532,758 829,656 703,101
5 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,518,677 759,443 759,234
6 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,440,350 755,552 684,798
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,359,754 689,274 670,480
8 🇧🇷Brazil 1,041,387 570,713 470,674
9 🇵🇰Pakistan 992,962 546,234 446,728
10 🇩🇪Germany 953,173 456,407 496,765
11 🇪🇹Ethiopia 763,307 418,460 344,847
12 🇯🇵Japan 741,742 397,772 343,970
13 🇬🇧United Kingdom 663,701 333,796 329,904
14 🇪🇬Egypt 582,905 304,809 278,095
15 🇮🇹Italy 551,286 294,017 257,269
16 🇺🇦Ukraine 549,759 272,773 276,986
17 🇫🇷France 547,995 285,832 262,163
18 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 507,105 254,911 252,194
19 🇲🇽Mexico 464,120 266,188 197,932
20 🇹🇷Türkiye 438,442 249,304 189,138
21 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 437,290 239,987 197,303
22 🇻🇳Viet Nam 436,760 252,693 184,067
23 🇲🇲Myanmar 431,119 230,824 200,294
24 🇵🇭Philippines 371,912 213,474 158,439
25 🇹🇭Thailand 354,066 204,101 149,965
26 🇵🇱Poland 339,283 182,696 156,587
27 🇦🇫Afghanistan 338,529 183,708 154,821
28 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 297,652 159,198 138,454
29 🇪🇸Spain 286,119 151,056 135,063
30 🇿🇦South Africa 284,796 157,950 126,846
31 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 278,898 165,012 113,886
32 🇺🇬Uganda 276,322 154,583 121,738
33 🇳🇵Nepal 264,589 132,437 132,152
34 🇲🇿Mozambique 250,855 127,357 123,498
35 🇦🇷Argentina 248,707 139,393 109,315
36 🇩🇿Algeria 239,385 128,098 111,287
37 🇷🇴Romania 237,692 121,625 116,067
38 🇲🇦Morocco 230,346 119,837 110,510
39 🇸🇩Sudan 218,231 118,236 99,995
40 🇲🇱Mali 190,264 97,383 92,881
41 🇵🇪Peru 188,411 100,642 87,769
42 🇬🇭Ghana 180,134 96,452 83,682
43 🇦🇴Angola 175,781 97,600 78,181
44 🇨🇦Canada 170,532 97,275 73,257
45 🇾🇪Yemen 167,953 88,883 79,069
46 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 165,303 87,866 77,437
47 🇨🇴Colombia 160,786 90,004 70,781
48 🇳🇪Niger 157,678 79,353 78,325
49 🇰🇪Kenya 155,880 83,778 72,103
50 🇲🇬Madagascar 146,321 77,751 68,570
51 🇭🇺Hungary 144,848 76,501 68,348
52 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 142,271 75,487 66,784
53 🇨🇲Cameroon 138,222 71,281 66,940
54 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 138,179 71,945 66,234
55 🇲🇼Malawi 137,479 71,905 65,573
56 🇨🇿Czechia 136,227 69,103 67,124
57 🇮🇶Iraq 130,265 77,820 52,446
58 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 124,446 69,140 55,306
59 🇳🇱Netherlands 114,284 63,330 50,954
60 🇬🇳Guinea 113,734 58,851 54,883
61 🇧🇪Belgium 113,638 59,426 54,212
62 🇸🇸South Sudan 113,239 56,702 56,537
63 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 111,334 53,939 57,395
64 🇦🇺Australia 107,574 60,141 47,433
65 🇸🇴Somalia 106,877 56,025 50,852
66 🇸🇳Senegal 102,424 53,077 49,347
67 🇹🇩Chad 101,129 53,989 47,140
68 🇧🇬Bulgaria 97,468 53,313 44,155
69 🇷🇼Rwanda 97,044 50,046 46,998
70 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 96,559 58,053 38,506
71 🇧🇾Belarus 94,048 47,261 46,787
72 🇦🇹Austria 92,629 44,273 48,356
73 🇸🇪Sweden 91,771 49,812 41,959
74 🇵🇹Portugal 91,198 48,178 43,020
75 🇭🇹Haiti 91,091 46,087 45,003
76 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 88,283 45,551 42,732
77 🇰🇭Cambodia 86,269 46,693 39,576
78 🇬🇷Greece 85,989 48,555 37,435
79 🇧🇮Burundi 84,326 42,971 41,355
80 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 82,994 48,505 34,490
81 🇬🇹Guatemala 82,481 47,690 34,791
82 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 82,410 50,192 32,218
83 🇷🇸Serbia 77,460 41,437 36,023
84 🇿🇲Zambia 76,941 39,698 37,244
85 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 75,327 39,357 35,971
86 🇧🇯Benin 75,128 39,414 35,713
87 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 74,554 40,751 33,802
88 🇲🇾Malaysia 71,569 40,636 30,933
89 🇨🇱Chile 69,114 38,825 30,289
90 🇸🇻El Salvador 69,097 45,792 23,304
91 🇪🇨Ecuador 67,284 36,466 30,818
92 🇨🇺Cuba 61,912 36,246 25,666
93 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 59,314 33,339 25,975
94 🇨🇭Switzerland 59,134 30,856 28,278
95 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 56,305 28,571 27,734
96 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 55,954 28,569 27,386
97 🇩🇰Denmark 55,903 30,138 25,765
98 🇹🇳Tunisia 53,438 28,860 24,578
99 🇸🇰Slovakia 50,931 28,106 22,825
100 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 50,195 27,448 22,746
101 🇬🇪Georgia 49,755 25,838 23,917
102 🇭🇷Croatia 48,259 25,776 22,483
103 🇹🇯Tajikistan 45,081 23,974 21,106
104 🇫🇮Finland 44,317 23,701 20,617
105 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 43,609 23,899 19,710
106 🇹🇬Togo 43,254 22,298 20,956
107 🇨🇫Central African Republic 41,805 21,841 19,964
108 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 41,757 20,830 20,927
109 🇳🇴Norway 41,355 22,600 18,755
110 🇱🇷Liberia 40,401 21,433 18,968
111 🇭🇳Honduras 36,288 19,595 16,693
112 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 36,067 19,126 16,941
113 🇱🇹Lithuania 35,620 18,867 16,753
114 🇳🇮Nicaragua 34,677 19,737 14,940
115 🇮🇪Ireland 33,007 18,078 14,930
116 🇱🇻Latvia 31,986 15,607 16,379
117 🇪🇷Eritrea 30,518 16,391 14,127
118 🇱🇧Lebanon 29,766 17,045 12,721
119 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 29,249 16,068 13,180
120 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 29,188 17,032 12,155
121 🇺🇾Uruguay 29,177 16,226 12,951
122 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 28,566 15,498 13,068
123 🇳🇿New Zealand 26,451 14,260 12,191
124 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 26,266 14,135 12,131
125 🇵🇾Paraguay 25,877 13,347 12,530
126 🇮🇱Israel 25,786 14,164 11,622
127 🇦🇲Armenia 24,873 13,426 11,447
128 🇱🇾Libya 23,852 13,817 10,035
129 🇲🇳Mongolia 23,051 11,938 11,113
130 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 22,737 13,069 9,668
131 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 21,206 13,183 8,023
132 🇨🇬Congo 20,831 11,014 9,816
133 🇲🇷Mauritania 20,604 10,941 9,663
134 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 19,297 10,480 8,817
135 🇯🇲Jamaica 18,342 8,765 9,577
136 🇸🇮Slovenia 18,315 9,394 8,921
137 🇪🇪Estonia 18,116 8,642 9,474
138 🇦🇱Albania 18,107 10,008 8,099
139 🇱🇸Lesotho 17,183 9,515 7,667
140 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 16,504 8,859 7,645
141 🇬🇲Gambia 14,839 7,719 7,120
142 🇲🇰North Macedonia 13,599 7,033 6,566
143 🇯🇴Jordan 13,589 7,169 6,420
144 🇸🇬Singapore 12,783 7,354 5,429
145 🇵🇸State of Palestine 11,756 6,361 5,395
146 🇳🇦Namibia 11,708 6,825 4,883
147 🇴🇲Oman 10,583 5,784 4,799
148 🇵🇦Panama 10,399 5,897 4,501
149 🇬🇦Gabon 10,363 5,387 4,976
150 🇨🇷Costa Rica 10,030 5,694 4,336
151 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 8,048 4,346 3,703
152 🇧🇼Botswana 7,926 4,196 3,730
153 🇧🇹Bhutan 7,269 3,930 3,340
154 🇬🇾Guyana 7,007 3,877 3,130
155 🇲🇺Mauritius 6,649 3,942 2,707
156 🇸🇿Eswatini 6,562 3,373 3,189
157 🇰🇲Comoros 5,713 3,047 2,666
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 5,603 3,034 2,570
159 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 5,186 2,738 2,448
160 🇰🇼Kuwait 5,059 3,144 1,915
161 🇫🇯Fiji 4,829 2,864 1,965
162 🇩🇯Djibouti 4,494 2,382 2,112
163 🇲🇪Montenegro 4,195 2,103 2,092
164 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,154 2,121 2,033
165 🇸🇷Suriname 3,953 2,235 1,718
166 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 3,934 2,866 1,069
167 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3,540 1,834 1,705
168 🇲🇹Malta 3,268 1,620 1,648
169 🇷🇪Réunion 3,132 1,723 1,409
170 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2,863 1,975 888
171 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,385 1,305 1,080
172 🇲🇶Martinique 2,180 1,160 1,020
173 🇲🇻Maldives 2,150 1,217 933
174 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 1,831 1,113 718
175 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,770 753 1,016
176 🇧🇧Barbados 1,557 749 808
177 🇮🇸Iceland 1,543 879 664
178 🇧🇭Bahrain 1,388 834 554
179 🇧🇸Bahamas 1,352 780 572
180 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,277 846 431
181 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,135 599 536
182 🇧🇿Belize 1,096 598 498
183 🇼🇸Samoa 1,091 626 465
184 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,056 641 415
185 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1,030 506 524
186 🇨🇼Curaçao 998 513 484
187 🇶🇦Qatar 935 623 312
188 🇯🇪Jersey 910 438 472
189 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 861 502 359
190 🇵🇫French Polynesia 839 468 371
191 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 811 365 445
192 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 801 398 403
193 🇬🇩Grenada 706 351 354
194 🇰🇮Kiribati 681 352 329
195 🇹🇴Tonga 641 373 267
196 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 617 354 263
197 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 594 337 257
198 🇬🇬Guernsey 586 271 315
199 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 531 257 274
200 🇩🇲Dominica 526 249 278
201 🇸🇨Seychelles 513 282 231
202 🇬🇺Guam 468 289 179
203 🇬🇫French Guiana 458 284 174
204 🇲🇨Monaco 450 217 234
205 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 413 211 202
206 🇬🇱Greenland 405 242 163
207 🇧🇲Bermuda 393 228 166
208 🇦🇼Aruba 382 219 163
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 313 174 138
210 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 287 168 118
211 🇾🇹Mayotte 253 142 111
212 🇬🇮Gibraltar 216 106 111
213 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 167 88 79
214 🇸🇲San Marino 159 89 70
215 🇦🇸American Samoa 153 93 60
216 🇲🇸Montserrat 148 69 79
217 🇦🇩Andorra 140 94 47
218 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 133 68 65
219 🇨🇰Cook Islands 122 74 48
220 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 119 62 57
221 🇵🇼Palau 116 73 43
222 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 111 61 50
223 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 85 52 33
224 🇳🇷Nauru 82 57 26
225 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 77 47 30
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 76 39 37
227 🇦🇮Anguilla 64 32 32
228 🇸🇭Saint Helena 58 31 28
229 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 57 27 29
230 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 54 29 25
231 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 53 28 25
232 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 40 23 17
233 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 36 22 13
234 🇳🇺Niue 30 16 14
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 17 10 7
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 15 7 8
237 🇻🇦Holy See 6 3 3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1980

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 26,602,305 14,123,730 12,478,575
2 Africa 8,052,483 4,259,251 3,793,232
3 Europe 7,360,546 3,762,109 3,598,437
4 Americas 5,156,990 2,838,242 2,318,748
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 2,981,365 1,656,971 1,324,394
6 Northern America 2,175,635 1,181,274 994,361
7 Oceania 177,598 99,984 77,614

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1980

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 12,951,676 6,691,356 6,260,320
2 Eastern Asia 8,772,584 4,737,086 4,035,498
3 South-Eastern Asia 3,375,608 1,867,692 1,507,916
4 Eastern Europe 3,210,698 1,631,656 1,579,042
5 Western Africa 2,739,658 1,435,258 1,304,400
6 Eastern Africa 2,632,062 1,407,132 1,224,930
7 South America 2,013,472 1,106,085 907,387
8 Western Europe 1,885,623 942,553 943,070
9 Northern Africa 1,351,015 715,629 635,386
10 Southern Europe 1,244,073 664,397 579,676
11 Western Asia 1,085,154 605,658 479,496
12 Northern Europe 1,020,156 523,506 496,649
13 Middle Africa 1,001,555 519,361 482,193
14 Central America 708,188 411,190 296,998
15 Central Asia 417,286 221,946 195,340
16 Southern Africa 328,176 181,859 146,317
17 Caribbean 259,696 139,685 120,011
18 Australia/New Zealand 134,021 74,401 59,620
19 Melanesia 38,189 22,501 15,688
20 Polynesia 3,076 1,755 1,321
21 Micronesia 2,316 1,329 987

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1980

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Low-and-middle-income countries 38,641,470 20,468,170 18,173,300
2 Middle-income countries 34,410,535 18,237,162 16,173,373
3 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 23,749,501 12,740,382 11,009,119
4 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 23,511,460 12,290,765 11,220,695
5 Lower-middle-income countries 19,280,529 10,059,760 9,220,769
6 Upper-middle-income countries 15,129,995 8,177,395 6,952,600
7 High-income countries 8,619,497 4,562,978 4,056,519
8 Low-income countries 4,230,927 2,231,008 1,999,919
9 No income group available 86,571 50,858 35,713

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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