Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1985

-5 year -1 year 1985 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1985, a total of 48,685,438 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,816,261 were male and 22,869,177 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,443,755 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,502,237, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,058,608 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 20 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 26,651,356 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 8849.905, and Europe with 7,702,883 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,959,864 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 8,792,243, and Eastern Europe with 3,490,316 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 34,641,405. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 87,816 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1985

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1985

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,443,755	4,941,918	4,501,837
2	🇨🇳China	7,502,237	4,077,541	3,424,696
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,058,608	1,086,651	971,957
4	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,632,281	782,595	849,686
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,570,962	822,234	748,728
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,481,346	785,335	696,011
7	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,316,506	673,373	643,133
8	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,100,992	602,123	498,870
9	🇪🇹Ethiopia	1,077,483	568,141	509,342
10	🇧🇷Brazil	1,066,387	594,927	471,460
11	🇩🇪Germany	929,972	433,626	496,346
12	🇯🇵Japan	789,154	425,516	363,638
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	672,170	332,376	339,794
14	🇺🇦Ukraine	617,927	287,577	330,350
15	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	559,446	281,475	277,971
16	🇫🇷France	553,196	287,444	265,752
17	🇮🇹Italy	546,810	286,375	260,435
18	🇪🇬Egypt	520,288	266,712	253,575
19	🇲🇽Mexico	476,791	275,654	201,137
20	🇻🇳Viet Nam	452,026	254,061	197,965
21	🇲🇲Myanmar	450,278	242,153	208,125
22	🇵🇭Philippines	428,101	233,379	194,722
23	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	414,661	237,820	176,840
24	🇹🇷Türkiye	394,090	223,586	170,504
25	🇵🇱Poland	383,376	203,162	180,214
26	🇸🇩Sudan	346,906	192,745	154,162
27	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	337,443	180,387	157,056
28	🇦🇫Afghanistan	314,987	181,947	133,040
29	🇲🇿Mozambique	313,280	172,617	140,664
30	🇪🇸Spain	311,467	164,063	147,404
31	🇹🇭Thailand	310,818	176,862	133,956
32	🇿🇦South Africa	293,713	161,831	131,881
33	🇺🇬Uganda	284,372	159,353	125,019
34	🇳🇵Nepal	266,345	131,725	134,620
35	🇦🇷Argentina	258,730	141,624	117,105
36	🇷🇴Romania	251,980	131,825	120,155
37	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	247,294	147,673	99,621
38	🇦🇴Angola	214,612	118,331	96,281
39	🇲🇦Morocco	209,596	110,548	99,049
40	🇨🇴Colombia	191,701	107,039	84,662
41	🇬🇭Ghana	189,115	101,704	87,411
42	🇳🇪Niger	185,651	92,257	93,394
43	🇵🇪Peru	184,335	103,412	80,923
44	🇲🇱Mali	183,021	93,348	89,673
45	🇨🇦Canada	181,307	100,392	80,915
46	🇰🇪Kenya	170,436	91,041	79,395
47	🇩🇿Algeria	167,522	90,186	77,336
48	🇲🇬Madagascar	164,487	87,511	76,976
49	🇲🇼Malawi	164,379	86,558	77,820
50	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	153,583	81,178	72,405
51	🇾🇪Yemen	150,161	79,464	70,697
52	🇮🇶Iraq	148,131	92,629	55,503
53	🇭🇺Hungary	147,770	78,138	69,632
54	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	145,286	76,716	68,570
55	🇸🇸South Sudan	144,147	75,547	68,600
56	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	143,353	73,761	69,592
57	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	139,117	77,146	61,971
58	🇨🇲Cameroon	137,688	70,172	67,516
59	🇨🇿Czechia	131,545	66,527	65,018
60	🇳🇱Netherlands	122,765	65,850	56,915
61	🇦🇺Australia	117,607	63,462	54,145
62	🇸🇴Somalia	116,889	61,206	55,683
63	🇧🇬Bulgaria	114,658	61,910	52,749
64	🇬🇳Guinea	114,369	58,573	55,795
65	🇰🇭Cambodia	112,544	61,364	51,181
66	🇧🇪Belgium	111,917	57,565	54,352
67	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	110,871	55,814	55,058
68	🇧🇾Belarus	107,721	52,888	54,833
69	🇹🇩Chad	103,251	54,217	49,034
70	🇿🇲Zambia	97,818	50,241	47,577
71	🇵🇹Portugal	96,838	50,643	46,195
72	🇭🇹Haiti	95,342	48,123	47,220
73	🇸🇪Sweden	94,119	50,105	44,014
74	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	93,921	58,535	35,387
75	🇸🇳Senegal	93,381	49,600	43,781
76	🇷🇼Rwanda	91,784	48,508	43,276
77	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	90,317	54,426	35,890
78	🇬🇷Greece	90,168	48,304	41,864
79	🇦🇹Austria	89,636	41,906	47,730
80	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	88,150	45,127	43,023
81	🇷🇸Serbia	86,457	45,650	40,807
82	🇧🇮Burundi	85,553	43,926	41,627
83	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	84,914	48,320	36,593
84	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	81,915	42,191	39,724
85	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	79,517	44,937	34,580
86	🇬🇹Guatemala	77,490	43,263	34,227
87	🇧🇯Benin	75,001	40,212	34,789
88	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	73,793	40,114	33,680
89	🇲🇾Malaysia	72,387	41,212	31,175
90	🇨🇱Chile	70,728	40,123	30,605
91	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	67,333	34,363	32,970
92	🇨🇺Cuba	65,321	37,216	28,105
93	🇪🇨Ecuador	64,605	35,570	29,035
94	🇨🇭Switzerland	59,536	30,929	28,607
95	🇩🇰Denmark	58,521	30,604	27,918
96	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	57,356	29,369	27,986
97	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	57,228	30,896	26,331
98	🇭🇷Croatia	54,167	27,919	26,247
99	🇬🇪Georgia	53,035	27,057	25,977
100	🇸🇰Slovakia	52,482	28,632	23,850
101	🇸🇻El Salvador	51,184	31,777	19,408
102	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	50,591	25,063	25,529
103	🇹🇳Tunisia	48,438	27,522	20,916
104	🇹🇯Tajikistan	48,437	25,782	22,655
105	🇫🇮Finland	48,140	24,855	23,285
106	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	46,467	25,450	21,018
107	🇹🇬Togo	45,195	23,834	21,361
108	🇳🇴Norway	44,331	23,772	20,560
109	🇱🇷Liberia	44,030	23,619	20,411
110	🇨🇫Central African Republic	41,717	22,318	19,398
111	🇱🇹Lithuania	40,411	20,858	19,553
112	🇳🇮Nicaragua	39,542	24,140	15,401
113	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	37,603	19,568	18,035
114	🇭🇳Honduras	36,651	19,766	16,885
115	🇱🇻Latvia	34,983	16,210	18,772
116	🇪🇷Eritrea	33,810	18,223	15,587
117	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	33,397	17,627	15,770
118	🇮🇪Ireland	33,010	18,068	14,942
119	🇱🇧Lebanon	31,213	20,202	11,012
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	30,297	16,078	14,219
121	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	29,229	17,409	11,820
122	🇺🇾Uruguay	28,541	15,840	12,700
123	🇮🇱Israel	28,075	14,806	13,269
124	🇳🇿New Zealand	27,480	14,524	12,956
125	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	27,140	14,590	12,550
126	🇵🇾Paraguay	26,099	13,781	12,318
127	🇦🇲Armenia	25,191	12,998	12,193
128	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	24,149	14,101	10,048
129	🇲🇳Mongolia	23,640	12,772	10,868
130	🇨🇬Congo	21,846	11,832	10,014
131	🇸🇮Slovenia	20,379	10,388	9,991
132	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	20,324	10,955	9,369
133	🇱🇾Libya	20,313	11,898	8,416
134	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	19,435	12,762	6,673
135	🇪🇪Estonia	19,293	9,089	10,204
136	🇲🇷Mauritania	19,118	10,090	9,028
137	🇦🇱Albania	18,453	10,159	8,294
138	🇯🇲Jamaica	17,305	8,086	9,220
139	🇱🇸Lesotho	16,746	9,532	7,214
140	🇬🇲Gambia	15,815	8,359	7,457
141	🇲🇰North Macedonia	14,930	8,084	6,846
142	🇯🇴Jordan	13,885	7,453	6,432
143	🇸🇬Singapore	12,927	7,387	5,541
144	🇵🇦Panama	11,956	6,901	5,056
145	🇨🇷Costa Rica	11,121	6,329	4,792
146	🇳🇦Namibia	11,049	6,221	4,828
147	🇵🇸State of Palestine	10,906	5,810	5,096
148	🇬🇦Gabon	10,744	5,535	5,209
149	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,740	5,654	5,086
150	🇴🇲Oman	9,334	5,177	4,157
151	🇧🇼Botswana	8,493	4,580	3,913
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	8,432	4,567	3,865
153	🇲🇺Mauritius	7,253	4,117	3,136
154	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,749	3,668	3,081
155	🇬🇾Guyana	6,689	3,730	2,958
156	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,547	3,470	3,076
157	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	6,411	3,344	3,067
158	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,176	3,156	3,020
159	🇰🇲Comoros	5,544	2,964	2,579
160	🇩🇯Djibouti	4,999	2,651	2,348
161	🇫🇯Fiji	4,669	2,703	1,966
162	🇰🇼Kuwait	4,609	2,812	1,797
163	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	4,232	2,964	1,267
164	🇲🇪Montenegro	4,162	2,218	1,943
165	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,011	2,090	1,921
166	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,402	1,652	1,750
167	🇸🇷Suriname	3,270	1,814	1,456
168	🇷🇪Réunion	3,203	1,902	1,301
169	🇲🇹Malta	2,875	1,556	1,320
170	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2,384	1,483	900
171	🇧🇧Barbados	2,339	1,142	1,198
172	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,322	1,282	1,040
173	🇲🇶Martinique	2,260	1,213	1,047
174	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	1,981	1,268	714
175	🇲🇻Maldives	1,936	1,099	837
176	🇮🇸Iceland	1,654	887	767
177	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,584	777	807
178	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,476	868	608
179	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,473	837	636
180	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,218	627	592
181	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1,061	517	544
182	🇼🇸Samoa	1,054	633	421
183	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,040	527	513
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,026	639	387
185	🇧🇿Belize	1,014	542	472
186	🇶🇦Qatar	948	624	324
187	🇳🇨New Caledonia	936	565	372
188	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	922	536	386
189	🇯🇪Jersey	854	398	456
190	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	793	418	375
191	🇬🇩Grenada	769	381	388
192	🇵🇫French Polynesia	729	406	323
193	🇰🇮Kiribati	709	366	343
194	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	686	327	359
195	🇹🇴Tonga	668	402	266
196	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	646	368	278
197	🇬🇬Guernsey	606	294	312
198	🇩🇲Dominica	586	272	314
199	🇸🇨Seychelles	577	348	228
200	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	570	327	243
201	🇬🇺Guam	559	351	208
202	🇬🇫French Guiana	508	316	192
203	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	492	248	243
204	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	464	234	229
205	🇲🇨Monaco	456	240	217
206	🇬🇱Greenland	436	248	188
207	🇧🇲Bermuda	426	227	198
208	🇦🇼Aruba	421	239	182
209	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	345	196	148
210	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	310	182	128
211	🇾🇹Mayotte	287	161	126
212	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	248	134	114
213	🇦🇩Andorra	206	135	71
214	🇬🇮Gibraltar	199	105	95
215	🇦🇸American Samoa	185	117	68
216	🇸🇲San Marino	162	87	74
217	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	139	73	66
218	🇵🇼Palau	134	89	44
219	🇲🇸Montserrat	128	56	72
220	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	117	58	59
221	🇨🇰Cook Islands	117	73	45
222	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	112	66	47
223	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	103	57	46
224	🇹🇻Tuvalu	86	45	41
225	🇳🇷Nauru	77	54	23
226	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	71	38	33
227	🇦🇮Anguilla	68	34	34
228	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	66	38	28
229	🇸🇭Saint Helena	61	31	30
230	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	60	29	30
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	51	27	24
232	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	50	31	19
233	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	44	25	19
234	🇳🇺Niue	26	14	12
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	20	12	9
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	14	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	8	4	4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1985

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	26,651,356	14,295,185	12,356,171
2	Africa	8,849,905	4,679,326	4,170,578
3	Europe	7,702,883	3,845,245	3,857,638
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,052,299	1,705,312	1,346,987
5	Northern America	2,240,801	1,187,530	1,053,271
6	Oceania	188,194	103,663	84,531

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1985

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,959,864	6,832,212	6,127,652
2	Eastern Asia	8,792,243	4,789,117	4,003,126
3	Eastern Europe	3,490,316	1,718,307	1,772,009
4	South-Eastern Asia	3,398,136	1,844,422	1,553,714
5	Eastern Africa	3,177,536	1,695,489	1,482,047
6	Western Africa	2,923,805	1,529,555	1,394,250
7	South America	2,074,679	1,151,643	923,037
8	Western Europe	1,871,730	919,781	951,949
9	Northern Africa	1,315,453	701,106	614,347
10	Southern Europe	1,291,371	678,940	612,431
11	Middle Africa	1,096,943	567,859	529,084
12	Western Asia	1,085,905	610,112	475,793
13	Northern Europe	1,049,466	528,217	521,249
14	Central America	705,751	408,369	297,382
15	Central Asia	415,208	219,322	195,886
16	Southern Africa	336,168	185,317	150,851
17	Caribbean	271,868	145,300	126,568
18	Australia/New Zealand	145,083	77,987	67,096
19	Melanesia	37,824	22,575	15,249
20	Polynesia	2,863	1,694	1,169
21	Micronesia	2,424	1,407	1,016

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1985

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	34,641,405	18,438,776	16,202,629
2	Lower-middle-income countries	20,939,237	11,038,461	9,900,776
3	Upper-middle-income countries	13,702,168	7,400,315	6,301,853
4	High-income countries	8,864,007	4,629,814	4,234,193
5	Low-income countries	5,092,210	2,697,594	2,394,616
6	No income group available	87,816	50,077	37,739

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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