Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1981

-5 year -1 year 1981 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1981, a total of 47,388,185 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,151,860 were male and 22,236,325 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,532,282 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,424,236, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,946,413 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 7 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 14, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 19 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 26,568,916 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 8055.264, and Europe with 7,404,116 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,983,730 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 8,658,108, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,403,235 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 34,339,402. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 83,521 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1981

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1981

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,532,282	4,943,269	4,589,013
2	🇨🇳China	7,424,236	4,014,629	3,409,607
3	🇺🇸United States of America	1,946,413	1,048,850	897,563
4	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,536,699	760,810	775,890
5	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,525,962	813,773	712,189
6	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,426,312	740,669	685,644
7	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,324,262	665,210	659,052
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,071,389	594,132	477,257
9	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,001,060	552,814	448,246
10	🇩🇪Germany	953,018	451,935	501,083
11	🇯🇵Japan	753,363	404,589	348,774
12	🇪🇹Ethiopia	752,269	403,679	348,590
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	658,468	329,252	329,216
14	🇺🇦Ukraine	568,461	274,490	293,971
15	🇪🇬Egypt	562,572	289,070	273,503
16	🇫🇷France	555,382	287,879	267,503
17	🇮🇹Italy	545,479	289,140	256,339
18	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	516,629	259,712	256,916
19	🇲🇽Mexico	508,536	294,220	214,315
20	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	463,148	272,048	191,101
21	🇲🇲Myanmar	436,843	234,361	202,481
22	🇻🇳Viet Nam	432,097	243,050	189,047
23	🇹🇷Türkiye	423,345	240,125	183,219
24	🇵🇭Philippines	410,631	224,730	185,900
25	🇵🇱Poland	330,953	178,400	152,552
26	🇹🇭Thailand	330,480	190,557	139,923
27	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	302,727	162,394	140,334
28	🇪🇸Spain	292,136	153,592	138,544
29	🇦🇫Afghanistan	288,555	156,482	132,073
30	🇿🇦South Africa	288,267	164,896	123,371
31	🇺🇬Uganda	285,503	160,132	125,371
32	🇲🇿Mozambique	276,813	143,276	133,537
33	🇳🇵Nepal	269,494	134,649	134,845
34	🇦🇷Argentina	244,293	139,535	104,757
35	🇩🇿Algeria	237,561	126,645	110,916
36	🇷🇴Romania	234,254	122,101	112,153
37	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	232,596	141,927	90,669
38	🇲🇦Morocco	229,218	119,655	109,563
39	🇸🇩Sudan	224,835	121,249	103,586
40	🇵🇪Peru	191,574	104,507	87,067
41	🇦🇴Angola	184,749	101,804	82,945
42	🇲🇱Mali	183,174	94,420	88,754
43	🇬🇭Ghana	180,937	97,644	83,294
44	🇨🇦Canada	170,909	96,902	74,006
45	🇨🇴Colombia	162,670	90,507	72,162
46	🇳🇪Niger	160,833	80,374	80,459
47	🇾🇪Yemen	159,765	84,816	74,950
48	🇰🇪Kenya	151,378	82,456	68,922
49	🇲🇬Madagascar	148,836	78,963	69,873
50	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	148,228	78,309	69,918
51	🇭🇺Hungary	144,812	76,528	68,284
52	🇮🇶Iraq	142,600	89,627	52,973
53	🇨🇲Cameroon	139,386	71,670	67,716
54	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	139,204	72,229	66,974
55	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	138,820	77,010	61,811
56	🇲🇼Malawi	136,532	72,087	64,444
57	🇨🇿Czechia	130,300	66,429	63,872
58	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	128,711	71,563	57,149
59	🇳🇱Netherlands	115,370	63,367	52,003
60	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	112,975	56,104	56,871
61	🇬🇳Guinea	112,833	58,386	54,447
62	🇧🇪Belgium	112,387	58,561	53,826
63	🇸🇴Somalia	110,260	57,722	52,538
64	🇦🇺Australia	109,357	60,821	48,536
65	🇸🇸South Sudan	107,010	54,088	52,923
66	🇰🇭Cambodia	105,757	57,687	48,071
67	🇧🇬Bulgaria	100,577	53,897	46,680
68	🇧🇾Belarus	98,058	48,327	49,731
69	🇹🇩Chad	96,633	50,923	45,711
70	🇸🇳Senegal	96,624	50,788	45,836
71	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	95,973	58,286	37,686
72	🇵🇹Portugal	95,569	49,949	45,620
73	🇭🇹Haiti	93,208	47,095	46,113
74	🇷🇼Rwanda	92,824	48,438	44,387
75	🇦🇹Austria	92,658	44,205	48,453
76	🇸🇪Sweden	92,038	49,721	42,317
77	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	88,812	45,480	43,332
78	🇬🇷Greece	88,752	47,873	40,878
79	🇧🇮Burundi	86,347	44,262	42,085
80	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	85,099	50,418	34,681
81	🇬🇹Guatemala	84,059	49,255	34,804
82	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	82,941	45,762	37,178
83	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	80,611	46,406	34,205
84	🇿🇲Zambia	79,950	41,336	38,614
85	🇷🇸Serbia	78,438	41,658	36,780
86	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	77,078	39,809	37,269
87	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	75,981	40,804	35,177
88	🇧🇯Benin	73,395	38,858	34,537
89	🇸🇻El Salvador	70,928	48,582	22,346
90	🇲🇾Malaysia	69,946	40,126	29,819
91	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	68,428	38,057	30,371
92	🇨🇱Chile	67,858	38,250	29,608
93	🇪🇨Ecuador	67,491	36,404	31,087
94	🇨🇺Cuba	63,455	36,704	26,752
95	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	63,329	33,302	30,027
96	🇨🇭Switzerland	59,754	31,182	28,572
97	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	56,912	29,109	27,803
98	🇩🇰Denmark	56,507	30,430	26,077
99	🇭🇷Croatia	54,189	28,162	26,027
100	🇹🇳Tunisia	51,351	28,932	22,419
101	🇬🇪Georgia	50,937	26,075	24,862
102	🇸🇰Slovakia	49,647	27,503	22,144
103	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	49,460	27,119	22,341
104	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	45,654	22,951	22,703
105	🇹🇯Tajikistan	45,498	24,106	21,392
106	🇫🇮Finland	44,326	23,339	20,987
107	🇹🇬Togo	43,429	22,582	20,847
108	🇳🇴Norway	41,877	22,806	19,071
109	🇨🇫Central African Republic	40,726	21,480	19,245
110	🇱🇷Liberia	39,648	21,213	18,434
111	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	36,971	19,192	17,779
112	🇭🇳Honduras	36,686	19,614	17,072
113	🇱🇹Lithuania	36,314	19,230	17,084
114	🇳🇮Nicaragua	35,063	19,368	15,695
115	🇱🇻Latvia	32,780	16,094	16,685
116	🇮🇪Ireland	32,694	17,918	14,776
117	🇪🇷Eritrea	31,975	17,031	14,945
118	🇱🇧Lebanon	30,955	17,976	12,978
119	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	29,376	16,414	12,961
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	28,274	15,247	13,027
121	🇺🇾Uruguay	28,212	15,585	12,627
122	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	27,963	16,349	11,614
123	🇵🇾Paraguay	26,289	13,613	12,676
124	🇮🇱Israel	26,046	13,792	12,254
125	🇳🇿New Zealand	25,189	13,701	11,488
126	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	25,168	13,947	11,221
127	🇦🇲Armenia	24,598	13,114	11,484
128	🇲🇳Mongolia	23,081	12,349	10,732
129	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	21,578	12,692	8,886
130	🇨🇬Congo	21,122	11,426	9,696
131	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	21,101	13,805	7,295
132	🇱🇾Libya	20,180	11,705	8,475
133	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	19,583	10,667	8,916
134	🇸🇮Slovenia	19,550	10,087	9,464
135	🇲🇷Mauritania	18,970	10,047	8,923
136	🇪🇪Estonia	18,298	8,759	9,539
137	🇦🇱Albania	17,909	9,699	8,210
138	🇯🇲Jamaica	17,051	7,942	9,110
139	🇱🇸Lesotho	16,996	9,606	7,390
140	🇬🇲Gambia	15,538	8,410	7,128
141	🇯🇴Jordan	13,558	7,217	6,342
142	🇲🇰North Macedonia	13,506	7,243	6,263
143	🇸🇬Singapore	12,637	7,355	5,282
144	🇵🇦Panama	11,522	6,519	5,004
145	🇵🇸State of Palestine	11,449	6,056	5,394
146	🇳🇦Namibia	11,332	6,489	4,843
147	🇴🇲Oman	10,610	5,754	4,856
148	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,579	5,519	5,060
149	🇬🇦Gabon	10,572	5,470	5,101
150	🇨🇷Costa Rica	10,464	5,796	4,668
151	🇧🇼Botswana	8,353	4,418	3,935
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	7,924	4,218	3,706
153	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,898	3,742	3,156
154	🇲🇺Mauritius	6,862	3,896	2,966
155	🇬🇾Guyana	6,706	3,720	2,986
156	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,518	3,341	3,177
157	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,280	3,385	2,895
158	🇰🇲Comoros	5,509	2,973	2,536
159	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5,303	2,752	2,550
160	🇰🇼Kuwait	5,028	2,997	2,031
161	🇫🇯Fiji	4,757	2,726	2,031
162	🇩🇯Djibouti	4,699	2,498	2,201
163	🇲🇪Montenegro	4,680	2,442	2,238
164	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,126	2,140	1,987
165	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	3,928	2,769	1,159
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,503	1,949	1,553
167	🇷🇪Réunion	3,495	2,003	1,492
168	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,306	1,567	1,739
169	🇲🇹Malta	2,857	1,368	1,489
170	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,356	1,292	1,064
171	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2,354	1,467	887
172	🇲🇶Martinique	2,290	1,241	1,049
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,131	1,040	1,092
174	🇲🇻Maldives	2,059	1,159	901
175	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	1,881	1,194	686
176	🇮🇸Iceland	1,661	920	740
177	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,579	756	824
178	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,448	822	627
179	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,384	812	571
180	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,151	596	556
181	🇼🇸Samoa	1,091	641	450
182	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,071	659	412
183	🇧🇿Belize	1,036	556	479
184	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1,020	501	520
185	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,010	516	494
186	🇳🇨New Caledonia	985	597	388
187	🇯🇪Jersey	899	419	480
188	🇶🇦Qatar	889	569	321
189	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	869	498	371
190	🇵🇫French Polynesia	831	464	367
191	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	808	406	401
192	🇬🇩Grenada	774	378	396
193	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	696	337	359
194	🇰🇮Kiribati	685	353	331
195	🇹🇴Tonga	649	395	254
196	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	630	359	270
197	🇬🇬Guernsey	598	289	308
198	🇸🇨Seychelles	577	340	237
199	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	563	325	239
200	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	547	263	284
201	🇬🇺Guam	509	319	190
202	🇬🇫French Guiana	486	302	183
203	🇲🇨Monaco	481	227	254
204	🇩🇲Dominica	466	223	243
205	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	423	213	210
206	🇬🇱Greenland	392	229	163
207	🇧🇲Bermuda	374	213	161
208	🇦🇼Aruba	373	213	161
209	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	313	170	144
210	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	295	174	121
211	🇾🇹Mayotte	279	158	121
212	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	257	128	129
213	🇬🇮Gibraltar	220	104	117
214	🇦🇸American Samoa	165	103	62
215	🇸🇲San Marino	162	89	74
216	🇦🇩Andorra	158	102	56
217	🇲🇸Montserrat	142	63	79
218	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	129	64	65
219	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	129	67	63
220	🇵🇼Palau	123	80	42
221	🇨🇰Cook Islands	122	74	48
222	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	113	62	51
223	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	87	51	35
224	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	85	52	33
225	🇹🇻Tuvalu	78	40	38
226	🇳🇷Nauru	67	47	20
227	🇦🇮Anguilla	65	33	32
228	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	59	32	27
229	🇸🇭Saint Helena	58	30	28
230	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	54	28	27
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	54	29	25
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	41	23	18
233	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	33	20	14
234	🇳🇺Niue	30	16	13
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	19	10	9
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	14	7	8
237	🇻🇦Holy See	7	4	4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1981

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	26,568,916	14,183,497	12,385,419
2	Africa	8,055,264	4,251,105	3,804,159
3	Europe	7,404,116	3,754,292	3,649,824
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,065,318	1,717,622	1,347,696
5	Northern America	2,118,094	1,146,201	971,893
6	Oceania	176,477	99,143	77,334

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1981

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,983,730	6,787,654	6,196,076
2	Eastern Asia	8,658,108	4,694,722	3,963,386
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,403,235	1,855,058	1,548,177
4	Eastern Europe	3,239,408	1,631,423	1,607,985
5	Western Africa	2,719,619	1,419,257	1,300,362
6	Eastern Africa	2,659,854	1,418,544	1,241,310
7	South America	2,039,894	1,130,376	909,518
8	Western Europe	1,893,420	939,620	953,800
9	Northern Africa	1,328,056	698,721	629,335
10	Southern Europe	1,253,524	663,416	590,108
11	Western Asia	1,126,059	632,190	493,869
12	Northern Europe	1,017,764	519,832	497,931
13	Middle Africa	1,016,267	525,833	490,434
14	Central America	758,314	443,930	314,384
15	Central Asia	397,784	213,873	183,911
16	Southern Africa	331,468	188,750	142,718
17	Caribbean	267,110	143,316	123,794
18	Australia/New Zealand	134,553	74,522	60,031
19	Melanesia	36,651	21,525	15,126
20	Polynesia	2,991	1,762	1,229
21	Micronesia	2,282	1,334	948

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1981

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	34,339,402	18,271,247	16,068,155
2	Lower-middle-income countries	20,824,159	10,943,666	9,880,493
3	Upper-middle-income countries	13,515,243	7,327,581	6,187,662
4	High-income countries	8,557,053	4,514,506	4,042,547
5	Low-income countries	4,408,209	2,317,951	2,090,257
6	No income group available	83,521	48,156	35,365

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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