Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1980

-5 year -1 year 1980 +1 year +5 year

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.

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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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