Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1987

-5 year -1 year 1987 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1987, a total of 48,634,087 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 25,821,491 were male and 22,812,596 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,400,433 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,728,607, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,096,447 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 8 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 13, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 20 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 26,805,184 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 8943.504, and Europe with 7,407,417 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,888,068 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,032,597, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,385,152 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 34,738,140. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 91,046 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1987

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1987

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,400,433	4,929,356	4,471,077
2	🇨🇳China	7,728,607	4,225,115	3,503,492
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,096,447	1,098,244	998,203
4	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,655,601	869,371	786,231
5	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,492,331	706,585	785,747
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,481,144	781,000	700,144
7	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,285,576	656,482	629,094
8	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,185,062	641,696	543,366
9	🇧🇷Brazil	1,060,998	595,091	465,907
10	🇩🇪Germany	900,993	417,476	483,517
11	🇪🇹Ethiopia	833,265	442,908	390,357
12	🇯🇵Japan	790,769	426,719	364,051
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	645,678	318,935	326,743
14	🇺🇦Ukraine	586,867	269,749	317,118
15	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	579,442	292,168	287,273
16	🇮🇹Italy	532,034	278,741	253,292
17	🇫🇷France	527,988	275,678	252,310
18	🇪🇬Egypt	498,249	254,510	243,739
19	🇲🇽Mexico	471,234	272,715	198,519
20	🇲🇲Myanmar	453,042	244,402	208,640
21	🇻🇳Viet Nam	450,499	254,920	195,578
22	🇵🇭Philippines	427,555	233,063	194,492
23	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	407,466	235,513	171,953
24	🇸🇩Sudan	392,741	234,521	158,221
25	🇹🇷Türkiye	383,677	217,508	166,169
26	🇵🇱Poland	380,101	201,888	178,213
27	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	352,660	188,195	164,465
28	🇪🇸Spain	307,663	162,131	145,532
29	🇿🇦South Africa	303,757	164,426	139,331
30	🇲🇿Mozambique	298,030	165,665	132,365
31	🇹🇭Thailand	296,854	168,129	128,725
32	🇺🇬Uganda	290,743	156,905	133,838
33	🇷🇴Romania	261,470	135,234	126,236
34	🇳🇵Nepal	259,439	128,584	130,854
35	🇦🇷Argentina	254,525	137,870	116,655
36	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	252,275	149,414	102,861
37	🇦🇫Afghanistan	245,107	136,898	108,209
38	🇦🇴Angola	244,797	136,457	108,340
39	🇸🇸South Sudan	232,341	125,652	106,689
40	🇲🇦Morocco	200,028	106,049	93,979
41	🇳🇪Niger	194,733	97,084	97,649
42	🇰🇪Kenya	185,045	98,042	87,003
43	🇨🇦Canada	184,704	101,055	83,649
44	🇬🇭Ghana	183,718	98,193	85,525
45	🇲🇼Malawi	181,834	95,447	86,387
46	🇲🇱Mali	178,595	91,378	87,217
47	🇨🇴Colombia	178,536	104,836	73,700
48	🇵🇪Peru	174,360	98,164	76,197
49	🇲🇬Madagascar	168,795	90,143	78,652
50	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	153,667	81,392	72,274
51	🇩🇿Algeria	152,110	81,174	70,936
52	🇮🇶Iraq	150,516	93,493	57,023
53	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	149,313	76,365	72,948
54	🇾🇪Yemen	148,853	78,649	70,204
55	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	144,747	80,622	64,125
56	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	144,458	75,662	68,796
57	🇭🇺Hungary	142,644	74,934	67,711
58	🇨🇲Cameroon	139,960	71,740	68,220
59	🇨🇿Czechia	127,210	64,384	62,826
60	🇸🇴Somalia	124,044	65,035	59,010
61	🇳🇱Netherlands	122,245	64,965	57,279
62	🇦🇺Australia	118,028	63,974	54,054
63	🇬🇳Guinea	116,621	59,364	57,257
64	🇹🇩Chad	115,599	64,548	51,051
65	🇧🇬Bulgaria	115,222	62,052	53,170
66	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	111,869	56,897	54,972
67	🇿🇲Zambia	109,775	56,220	53,555
68	🇰🇭Cambodia	109,328	56,674	52,654
69	🇧🇾Belarus	107,164	50,831	56,333
70	🇧🇪Belgium	105,507	53,835	51,672
71	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	96,458	61,813	34,645
72	🇷🇼Rwanda	96,133	51,292	44,841
73	🇭🇹Haiti	95,896	48,428	47,467
74	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	95,051	58,040	37,012
75	🇵🇹Portugal	94,904	49,432	45,472
76	🇬🇷Greece	94,521	50,923	43,598
77	🇸🇪Sweden	93,358	49,384	43,974
78	🇧🇮Burundi	90,816	46,911	43,905
79	🇷🇸Serbia	88,949	46,614	42,335
80	🇸🇳Senegal	88,930	47,449	41,481
81	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	88,191	50,126	38,065
82	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	87,447	44,878	42,569
83	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	85,191	43,718	41,473
84	🇦🇹Austria	84,908	39,211	45,697
85	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	78,617	45,352	33,264
86	🇬🇹Guatemala	76,631	42,764	33,867
87	🇲🇾Malaysia	76,035	43,460	32,575
88	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	75,270	41,515	33,755
89	🇧🇯Benin	75,095	40,358	34,736
90	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	68,307	35,411	32,896
91	🇨🇺Cuba	67,782	38,347	29,435
92	🇨🇱Chile	67,774	37,187	30,587
93	🇪🇨Ecuador	61,755	34,544	27,212
94	🇨🇭Switzerland	59,549	30,727	28,822
95	🇩🇰Denmark	58,248	30,253	27,995
96	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	57,936	29,775	28,161
97	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	57,847	31,591	26,256
98	🇬🇪Georgia	55,645	27,966	27,679
99	🇭🇷Croatia	54,180	27,583	26,597
100	🇸🇰Slovakia	51,991	28,359	23,632
101	🇹🇯Tajikistan	50,093	26,228	23,866
102	🇫🇮Finland	47,865	24,247	23,618
103	🇹🇳Tunisia	46,982	26,573	20,408
104	🇱🇷Liberia	46,765	24,901	21,863
105	🇸🇻El Salvador	46,529	28,473	18,055
106	🇹🇬Togo	46,357	24,531	21,826
107	🇳🇴Norway	44,932	23,964	20,968
108	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	44,786	24,800	19,987
109	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	44,634	21,980	22,654
110	🇨🇫Central African Republic	42,474	22,856	19,618
111	🇳🇮Nicaragua	38,500	23,689	14,810
112	🇱🇹Lithuania	38,382	19,298	19,084
113	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	38,207	19,418	18,789
114	🇭🇳Honduras	36,491	19,964	16,527
115	🇪🇷Eritrea	33,873	18,206	15,667
116	🇱🇻Latvia	32,985	15,248	17,737
117	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	32,743	17,152	15,592
118	🇱🇧Lebanon	31,459	18,157	13,302
119	🇮🇪Ireland	31,209	16,855	14,354
120	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	30,591	16,040	14,551
121	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	30,080	18,035	12,045
122	🇮🇱Israel	29,803	15,781	14,022
123	🇺🇾Uruguay	28,768	15,928	12,840
124	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	28,642	15,567	13,075
125	🇳🇿New Zealand	27,464	14,488	12,975
126	🇦🇲Armenia	26,085	13,234	12,850
127	🇵🇾Paraguay	25,902	13,762	12,140
128	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	24,433	14,418	10,015
129	🇲🇳Mongolia	23,803	12,808	10,995
130	🇨🇬Congo	23,082	12,397	10,685
131	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	20,363	10,932	9,431
132	🇱🇾Libya	20,113	11,795	8,318
133	🇸🇮Slovenia	20,076	10,234	9,842
134	🇲🇷Mauritania	19,059	9,999	9,060
135	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	18,867	12,441	6,426
136	🇦🇱Albania	18,319	10,132	8,188
137	🇪🇪Estonia	18,273	8,431	9,842
138	🇱🇸Lesotho	17,195	9,826	7,369
139	🇯🇲Jamaica	16,939	7,783	9,156
140	🇬🇲Gambia	16,140	8,550	7,591
141	🇲🇰North Macedonia	15,232	8,093	7,138
142	🇯🇴Jordan	14,306	7,695	6,611
143	🇸🇬Singapore	12,945	7,260	5,684
144	🇵🇦Panama	12,429	7,258	5,170
145	🇨🇷Costa Rica	11,406	6,446	4,960
146	🇳🇦Namibia	11,028	6,167	4,861
147	🇬🇦Gabon	10,876	5,597	5,279
148	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,557	5,578	4,979
149	🇵🇸State of Palestine	10,524	5,628	4,896
150	🇧🇼Botswana	8,949	4,865	4,083
151	🇴🇲Oman	8,734	4,941	3,792
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	8,218	4,537	3,681
153	🇲🇺Mauritius	7,264	4,134	3,130
154	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	6,936	3,622	3,314
155	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,633	3,616	3,017
156	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,628	3,477	3,150
157	🇬🇾Guyana	6,573	3,681	2,892
158	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,014	3,078	2,936
159	🇰🇲Comoros	5,569	2,957	2,612
160	🇩🇯Djibouti	5,402	2,862	2,540
161	🇫🇯Fiji	4,834	2,833	2,001
162	🇰🇼Kuwait	4,449	2,722	1,727
163	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	4,415	3,119	1,296
164	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4,003	2,040	1,964
165	🇲🇪Montenegro	3,973	2,120	1,853
166	🇷🇪Réunion	3,378	1,995	1,383
167	🇸🇷Suriname	3,273	1,842	1,431
168	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,249	1,601	1,647
169	🇲🇹Malta	2,728	1,395	1,333
170	🇧🇧Barbados	2,397	1,190	1,207
171	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,372	1,325	1,047
172	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2,340	1,467	873
173	🇲🇶Martinique	2,301	1,232	1,069
174	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,039	1,301	738
175	🇲🇻Maldives	1,904	1,083	820
176	🇮🇸Iceland	1,723	931	792
177	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,590	891	698
178	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,565	776	789
179	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,546	905	641
180	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,185	616	570
181	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,059	652	408
182	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,048	540	509
183	🇼🇸Samoa	1,039	634	405
184	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1,033	506	527
185	🇧🇿Belize	1,000	553	447
186	🇳🇨New Caledonia	990	598	392
187	🇶🇦Qatar	966	645	321
188	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	956	557	399
189	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	832	433	398
190	🇯🇪Jersey	820	382	438
191	🇬🇩Grenada	769	382	387
192	🇰🇮Kiribati	711	367	343
193	🇵🇫French Polynesia	697	384	313
194	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	675	328	347
195	🇹🇴Tonga	675	405	270
196	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	646	377	269
197	🇩🇲Dominica	616	325	292
198	🇬🇺Guam	588	369	219
199	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	584	335	250
200	🇸🇨Seychelles	577	351	227
201	🇬🇬Guernsey	552	272	279
202	🇬🇫French Guiana	528	331	197
203	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	495	249	247
204	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	476	241	235
205	🇲🇨Monaco	471	249	222
206	🇬🇱Greenland	445	268	177
207	🇦🇼Aruba	440	244	196
208	🇧🇲Bermuda	419	240	179
209	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	382	220	162
210	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	323	189	134
211	🇾🇹Mayotte	295	166	129
212	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	253	134	119
213	🇦🇩Andorra	234	154	80
214	🇬🇮Gibraltar	232	110	122
215	🇦🇸American Samoa	191	121	71
216	🇸🇲San Marino	172	84	87
217	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	152	81	71
218	🇵🇼Palau	144	96	48
219	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	127	73	54
220	🇲🇸Montserrat	124	61	64
221	🇨🇰Cook Islands	121	73	48
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	115	58	57
223	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	96	53	43
224	🇹🇻Tuvalu	91	47	44
225	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	83	45	38
226	🇳🇷Nauru	78	54	24
227	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	70	39	31
228	🇦🇮Anguilla	69	34	35
229	🇸🇭Saint Helena	63	31	32
230	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	60	30	30
231	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	59	37	23
232	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	53	28	24
233	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	44	24	20
234	🇳🇺Niue	26	14	12
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	20	12	9
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	8	4	4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1987

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	26,805,184	14,397,049	12,408,135
2	Africa	8,943,504	4,753,477	4,190,027
3	Europe	7,407,417	3,679,681	3,727,736
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,006,117	1,686,444	1,319,673
5	Northern America	2,282,056	1,199,841	1,082,215
6	Oceania	189,809	104,999	84,810

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1987

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,888,068	6,795,034	6,093,034
2	Eastern Asia	9,032,597	4,945,346	4,087,251
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,385,152	1,831,681	1,553,471
4	Eastern Europe	3,309,637	1,615,998	1,693,639
5	Eastern Africa	3,095,128	1,654,595	1,440,533
6	Western Africa	3,024,494	1,584,423	1,440,071
7	South America	2,038,648	1,138,249	900,399
8	Western Europe	1,805,917	884,320	921,597
9	Northern Africa	1,312,577	716,092	596,485
10	Southern Europe	1,276,451	670,436	606,015
11	Middle Africa	1,164,365	610,004	554,361
12	Western Asia	1,082,359	606,252	476,107
13	Northern Europe	1,015,412	508,927	506,485
14	Central America	694,212	401,858	292,354
15	Central Asia	417,008	218,736	198,272
16	Southern Africa	346,940	188,363	158,577
17	Caribbean	273,257	146,337	126,920
18	Australia/New Zealand	145,485	78,462	67,023
19	Melanesia	38,981	23,408	15,573
20	Polynesia	2,840	1,685	1,155
21	Micronesia	2,503	1,444	1,059

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1987

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	34,738,140	18,517,867	16,220,273
2	Lower-middle-income countries	20,998,328	11,073,018	9,925,310
3	Upper-middle-income countries	13,739,812	7,444,849	6,294,963
4	High-income countries	8,797,227	4,582,420	4,214,807
5	Low-income countries	5,007,674	2,669,346	2,338,328
6	No income group available	91,046	51,858	39,188

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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