Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1983

-5 year -1 year 1983 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1983, a total of 48,133,880 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,568,084 were male and 22,565,796 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,487,429 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,390,682, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 1,987,869 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 8 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 26,548,235 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 8632.791, and Europe with 7,562,097 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,955,707 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 8,679,650, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,412,330 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 34,431,334. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 84,675 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1983

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1983

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,487,429	4,951,016	4,536,413
2	🇨🇳China	7,390,682	4,008,356	3,382,326
3	🇺🇸United States of America	1,987,869	1,057,884	929,985
4	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,578,886	777,894	800,993
5	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,507,421	806,778	700,642
6	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,493,543	778,038	715,505
7	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,326,944	668,388	658,555
8	🇪🇹Ethiopia	1,083,930	573,673	510,257
9	🇧🇷Brazil	1,067,947	593,774	474,174
10	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,057,064	587,377	469,686
11	🇩🇪Germany	939,565	441,898	497,667
12	🇯🇵Japan	775,088	418,130	356,957
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	660,461	329,471	330,989
14	🇺🇦Ukraine	582,801	279,739	303,062
15	🇮🇹Italy	563,754	295,552	268,202
16	🇫🇷France	560,199	289,145	271,054
17	🇪🇬Egypt	541,238	279,370	261,867
18	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	535,394	268,924	266,471
19	🇲🇽Mexico	489,816	283,303	206,514
20	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	458,383	273,431	184,952
21	🇲🇲Myanmar	442,922	238,487	204,435
22	🇻🇳Viet Nam	442,332	251,612	190,719
23	🇵🇭Philippines	421,586	230,077	191,509
24	🇹🇷Türkiye	406,297	229,866	176,432
25	🇵🇱Poland	351,851	187,241	164,609
26	🇹🇭Thailand	325,063	184,759	140,304
27	🇸🇩Sudan	323,315	177,003	146,311
28	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	319,775	171,094	148,680
29	🇪🇸Spain	301,015	157,323	143,692
30	🇺🇬Uganda	289,588	164,505	125,083
31	🇿🇦South Africa	289,001	163,232	125,769
32	🇲🇿Mozambique	283,512	146,766	136,746
33	🇳🇵Nepal	270,208	133,876	136,331
34	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	261,132	154,494	106,638
35	🇦🇷Argentina	252,539	141,901	110,638
36	🇦🇫Afghanistan	252,318	140,305	112,014
37	🇷🇴Romania	239,922	124,910	115,012
38	🇲🇦Morocco	220,007	115,344	104,663
39	🇦🇴Angola	203,290	112,514	90,776
40	🇩🇿Algeria	200,952	108,364	92,587
41	🇵🇪Peru	191,067	106,357	84,710
42	🇬🇭Ghana	186,803	100,228	86,576
43	🇲🇱Mali	183,781	93,872	89,910
44	🇨🇦Canada	174,422	97,630	76,792
45	🇳🇪Niger	171,794	85,533	86,261
46	🇨🇴Colombia	165,467	92,893	72,574
47	🇰🇪Kenya	159,026	85,163	73,863
48	🇲🇬Madagascar	157,205	83,532	73,674
49	🇾🇪Yemen	153,862	81,811	72,050
50	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	150,253	79,083	71,170
51	🇭🇺Hungary	148,711	78,695	70,017
52	🇲🇼Malawi	146,708	77,646	69,062
53	🇮🇶Iraq	144,468	90,624	53,844
54	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	141,392	76,665	64,727
55	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	140,268	72,472	67,795
56	🇨🇲Cameroon	138,302	70,782	67,520
57	🇨🇿Czechia	134,466	67,919	66,547
58	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	133,325	74,249	59,076
59	🇸🇸South Sudan	125,283	64,861	60,422
60	🇳🇱Netherlands	117,840	64,251	53,589
61	🇧🇪Belgium	114,676	58,666	56,010
62	🇬🇳Guinea	113,557	58,441	55,116
63	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	111,600	55,778	55,822
64	🇰🇭Cambodia	110,711	60,420	50,291
65	🇦🇺Australia	110,008	60,380	49,628
66	🇸🇴Somalia	109,139	57,170	51,970
67	🇧🇬Bulgaria	108,661	58,768	49,893
68	🇧🇾Belarus	103,067	51,002	52,065
69	🇹🇩Chad	102,414	54,665	47,749
70	🇵🇹Portugal	95,915	49,898	46,016
71	🇸🇳Senegal	95,783	50,540	45,243
72	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	94,555	57,795	36,760
73	🇭🇹Haiti	94,551	47,581	46,970
74	🇦🇹Austria	93,033	43,952	49,081
75	🇸🇪Sweden	90,779	48,996	41,783
76	🇷🇼Rwanda	90,533	47,480	43,052
77	🇬🇷Greece	89,547	48,336	41,211
78	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	89,484	53,503	35,981
79	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	88,919	45,547	43,372
80	🇿🇲Zambia	87,127	44,953	42,174
81	🇷🇸Serbia	85,375	44,976	40,399
82	🇧🇮Burundi	84,617	43,208	41,409
83	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	81,702	47,005	34,697
84	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	80,793	44,917	35,876
85	🇬🇹Guatemala	78,944	44,391	34,553
86	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	78,907	40,721	38,186
87	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	76,540	41,255	35,285
88	🇧🇯Benin	74,241	39,729	34,513
89	🇨🇱Chile	72,490	41,976	30,514
90	🇲🇾Malaysia	71,265	40,807	30,458
91	🇪🇨Ecuador	66,991	36,409	30,582
92	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	64,253	33,547	30,706
93	🇨🇺Cuba	63,775	36,735	27,040
94	🇸🇻El Salvador	61,258	40,340	20,918
95	🇭🇷Croatia	61,108	31,533	29,575
96	🇨🇭Switzerland	60,797	31,621	29,176
97	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	57,863	31,413	26,450
98	🇩🇰Denmark	57,207	30,388	26,819
99	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	56,923	29,045	27,878
100	🇸🇰Slovakia	52,455	28,876	23,579
101	🇬🇪Georgia	52,138	26,720	25,418
102	🇹🇳Tunisia	50,100	28,604	21,497
103	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	48,092	24,313	23,779
104	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	48,087	26,302	21,785
105	🇹🇯Tajikistan	47,217	25,089	22,128
106	🇫🇮Finland	45,316	23,629	21,687
107	🇹🇬Togo	44,205	23,081	21,124
108	🇳🇴Norway	42,227	22,922	19,305
109	🇨🇫Central African Republic	41,166	21,894	19,272
110	🇱🇷Liberia	40,885	21,823	19,061
111	🇳🇮Nicaragua	38,154	22,478	15,676
112	🇱🇹Lithuania	37,378	19,593	17,785
113	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	37,176	19,333	17,843
114	🇭🇳Honduras	36,526	19,755	16,771
115	🇪🇷Eritrea	33,154	17,820	15,334
116	🇱🇻Latvia	33,062	16,006	17,056
117	🇮🇪Ireland	32,747	17,910	14,838
118	🇱🇧Lebanon	30,967	19,978	10,989
119	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	30,551	17,124	13,428
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	29,388	15,687	13,701
121	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	28,578	16,870	11,708
122	🇺🇾Uruguay	28,330	15,698	12,632
123	🇮🇱Israel	27,158	14,342	12,816
124	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	26,686	14,574	12,112
125	🇵🇾Paraguay	26,387	13,809	12,578
126	🇳🇿New Zealand	25,974	13,960	12,014
127	🇦🇲Armenia	25,049	13,377	11,671
128	🇲🇳Mongolia	23,402	12,566	10,836
129	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	22,507	13,151	9,356
130	🇸🇮Slovenia	21,361	11,124	10,237
131	🇨🇬Congo	21,297	11,579	9,717
132	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	20,282	13,280	7,002
133	🇱🇾Libya	20,206	11,829	8,377
134	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	19,989	10,818	9,172
135	🇲🇷Mauritania	19,053	10,099	8,954
136	🇪🇪Estonia	18,104	8,629	9,475
137	🇦🇱Albania	18,082	9,928	8,154
138	🇯🇲Jamaica	17,342	8,054	9,289
139	🇱🇸Lesotho	16,822	9,527	7,296
140	🇬🇲Gambia	15,442	8,128	7,314
141	🇲🇰North Macedonia	14,769	7,900	6,869
142	🇯🇴Jordan	13,611	7,279	6,332
143	🇸🇬Singapore	12,938	7,561	5,377
144	🇵🇦Panama	11,691	6,672	5,019
145	🇳🇦Namibia	11,121	6,314	4,807
146	🇵🇸State of Palestine	11,006	5,846	5,160
147	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,767	5,648	5,119
148	🇬🇦Gabon	10,663	5,489	5,173
149	🇨🇷Costa Rica	10,296	5,732	4,564
150	🇴🇲Oman	9,955	5,448	4,507
151	🇧🇼Botswana	8,376	4,473	3,903
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	8,013	4,315	3,697
153	🇲🇺Mauritius	6,989	3,940	3,050
154	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,895	3,521	3,374
155	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,816	3,701	3,115
156	🇬🇾Guyana	6,726	3,734	2,991
157	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,439	3,415	3,024
158	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5,780	3,002	2,779
159	🇰🇲Comoros	5,569	2,986	2,584
160	🇲🇪Montenegro	4,895	2,628	2,267
161	🇰🇼Kuwait	4,868	2,948	1,919
162	🇩🇯Djibouti	4,848	2,569	2,279
163	🇫🇯Fiji	4,811	2,772	2,039
164	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,121	2,140	1,982
165	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	4,078	2,870	1,208
166	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,404	1,639	1,765
167	🇷🇪Réunion	3,392	1,986	1,406
168	🇸🇷Suriname	3,372	1,873	1,499
169	🇲🇹Malta	2,925	1,374	1,550
170	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2,437	1,515	922
171	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,314	1,272	1,041
172	🇲🇶Martinique	2,278	1,226	1,052
173	🇧🇧Barbados	2,197	1,088	1,109
174	🇲🇻Maldives	1,998	1,126	872
175	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	1,924	1,228	696
176	🇮🇸Iceland	1,654	954	700
177	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,588	770	818
178	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,423	846	578
179	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,399	775	624
180	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,207	629	578
181	🇼🇸Samoa	1,072	636	436
182	🇧🇿Belize	1,066	575	492
183	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,035	646	390
184	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,029	527	502
185	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1,022	502	520
186	🇬🇩Grenada	960	560	400
187	🇳🇨New Caledonia	958	584	375
188	🇶🇦Qatar	935	606	329
189	🇯🇪Jersey	903	423	480
190	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	893	515	377
191	🇵🇫French Polynesia	780	432	348
192	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	771	388	383
193	🇰🇮Kiribati	699	361	338
194	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	696	333	363
195	🇹🇴Tonga	659	400	259
196	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	636	360	276
197	🇬🇬Guernsey	620	298	321
198	🇸🇨Seychelles	575	344	232
199	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	566	325	241
200	🇬🇺Guam	534	335	199
201	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	523	247	277
202	🇬🇫French Guiana	491	306	185
203	🇩🇲Dominica	484	226	258
204	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	446	225	221
205	🇲🇨Monaco	426	219	207
206	🇬🇱Greenland	421	241	180
207	🇦🇼Aruba	399	226	173
208	🇧🇲Bermuda	384	220	165
209	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	340	197	144
210	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	302	178	124
211	🇾🇹Mayotte	285	159	126
212	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	218	109	109
213	🇬🇮Gibraltar	212	104	108
214	🇦🇩Andorra	181	117	64
215	🇦🇸American Samoa	176	111	65
216	🇸🇲San Marino	160	87	73
217	🇲🇸Montserrat	138	64	74
218	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	133	69	64
219	🇵🇼Palau	127	84	43
220	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	119	59	60
221	🇨🇰Cook Islands	119	74	45
222	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	110	61	49
223	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	99	58	41
224	🇹🇻Tuvalu	81	42	39
225	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	75	45	31
226	🇳🇷Nauru	72	51	20
227	🇦🇮Anguilla	67	34	33
228	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	60	32	28
229	🇸🇭Saint Helena	59	31	28
230	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	58	29	29
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	53	28	25
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	43	24	19
233	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	38	23	15
234	🇳🇺Niue	28	15	13
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	19	10	8
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	14	6	8
237	🇻🇦Holy See	8	4	4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1983

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	26,548,235	14,230,208	12,318,027
2	Africa	8,632,791	4,559,124	4,073,667
3	Europe	7,562,097	3,814,865	3,747,232
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,049,091	1,708,366	1,340,725
5	Northern America	2,163,107	1,155,982	1,007,125
6	Oceania	178,559	99,539	79,020

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1983

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,955,707	6,817,017	6,138,690
2	Eastern Asia	8,679,650	4,718,157	3,961,493
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,412,330	1,863,337	1,548,993
4	Eastern Europe	3,348,897	1,679,353	1,669,544
5	Eastern Africa	3,067,799	1,631,105	1,436,694
6	Western Africa	2,815,038	1,469,447	1,345,591
7	South America	2,052,447	1,141,302	911,146
8	Western Europe	1,890,847	931,983	958,864
9	Northern Africa	1,358,232	722,023	636,209
10	Southern Europe	1,300,566	683,626	616,940
11	Western Asia	1,095,135	615,845	479,290
12	Middle Africa	1,059,494	549,478	510,016
13	Northern Europe	1,021,787	519,903	501,884
14	Central America	727,763	423,258	304,505
15	Central Asia	405,413	215,852	189,561
16	Southern Africa	332,228	187,071	145,157
17	Caribbean	268,880	143,806	125,074
18	Australia/New Zealand	135,970	74,333	61,637
19	Melanesia	37,288	22,088	15,200
20	Polynesia	2,936	1,728	1,208
21	Micronesia	2,365	1,390	975

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1983

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	34,431,334	18,368,682	16,062,652
2	Lower-middle-income countries	20,911,641	11,040,483	9,871,158
3	Upper-middle-income countries	13,519,693	7,328,199	6,191,494
4	High-income countries	8,740,347	4,582,320	4,158,027
5	Low-income countries	4,877,524	2,568,280	2,309,244
6	No income group available	84,675	48,802	35,873

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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