Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1988

-5 year -1 year 1988 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1988, a total of 49,284,175 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 26,188,368 were male and 23,095,807 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,368,817 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,763,426, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,143,198 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 26,923,840 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 9359.657, and Europe with 7,475,880 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,839,414 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,114,191, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,415,247 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 34,932,422. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 92,427 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1988

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1988

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,368,817	4,922,515	4,446,302
2	🇨🇳China	7,763,426	4,246,324	3,517,102
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,143,198	1,117,540	1,025,656
4	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,688,589	889,047	799,542
5	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,534,830	728,779	806,051
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,494,558	792,925	701,633
7	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,289,880	658,394	631,486
8	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,208,574	661,012	547,562
9	🇧🇷Brazil	1,061,700	595,231	466,468
10	🇩🇪Germany	898,919	415,084	483,835
11	🇪🇹Ethiopia	876,887	467,989	408,899
12	🇯🇵Japan	835,803	447,869	387,933
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	649,898	319,545	330,354
14	🇺🇦Ukraine	601,093	274,387	326,706
15	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	587,637	299,640	287,997
16	🇮🇹Italy	538,568	280,544	258,023
17	🇸🇩Sudan	531,852	327,381	204,471
18	🇫🇷France	524,888	272,568	252,320
19	🇪🇬Egypt	485,107	249,664	235,443
20	🇲🇽Mexico	470,257	272,747	197,510
21	🇲🇲Myanmar	458,502	247,687	210,814
22	🇻🇳Viet Nam	457,546	259,757	197,788
23	🇵🇭Philippines	423,982	230,425	193,557
24	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	399,265	232,452	166,813
25	🇹🇷Türkiye	378,749	215,296	163,453
26	🇵🇱Poland	372,814	198,956	173,858
27	🇸🇸South Sudan	362,132	182,605	179,527
28	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	360,468	191,857	168,612
29	🇪🇸Spain	317,101	167,120	149,981
30	🇿🇦South Africa	306,723	167,396	139,328
31	🇹🇭Thailand	302,039	171,829	130,210
32	🇺🇬Uganda	298,950	160,830	138,120
33	🇲🇿Mozambique	269,242	140,328	128,913
34	🇷🇴Romania	260,571	134,965	125,606
35	🇳🇵Nepal	257,668	127,737	129,930
36	🇦🇷Argentina	252,162	135,669	116,493
37	🇦🇴Angola	247,138	136,966	110,172
38	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	246,352	146,445	99,907
39	🇦🇫Afghanistan	208,051	113,158	94,894
40	🇲🇼Malawi	198,182	104,468	93,714
41	🇳🇪Niger	197,831	98,671	99,160
42	🇲🇦Morocco	195,898	104,263	91,636
43	🇰🇪Kenya	194,796	103,333	91,463
44	🇨🇦Canada	189,986	103,969	86,017
45	🇮🇶Iraq	184,381	115,924	68,456
46	🇨🇴Colombia	182,343	108,914	73,429
47	🇬🇭Ghana	180,899	96,645	84,255
48	🇲🇱Mali	176,439	90,485	85,954
49	🇲🇬Madagascar	170,539	91,119	79,420
50	🇵🇪Peru	169,227	95,398	73,829
51	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	154,179	81,808	72,371
52	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	151,860	77,363	74,497
53	🇸🇴Somalia	150,768	85,899	64,869
54	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	149,359	83,082	66,277
55	🇾🇪Yemen	148,559	78,637	69,922
56	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	145,820	77,125	68,695
57	🇩🇿Algeria	144,807	75,415	69,393
58	🇨🇲Cameroon	142,197	73,027	69,170
59	🇭🇺Hungary	139,996	73,306	66,690
60	🇨🇿Czechia	125,634	63,636	61,999
61	🇳🇱Netherlands	124,140	65,334	58,805
62	🇬🇳Guinea	118,921	60,197	58,724
63	🇦🇺Australia	118,894	64,489	54,404
64	🇿🇲Zambia	115,794	59,031	56,763
65	🇧🇬Bulgaria	115,290	61,904	53,385
66	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	112,507	57,548	54,960
67	🇹🇩Chad	110,386	57,406	52,979
68	🇧🇾Belarus	109,697	53,307	56,390
69	🇰🇭Cambodia	109,018	56,135	52,882
70	🇧🇮Burundi	108,887	57,575	51,312
71	🇧🇪Belgium	104,840	53,559	51,281
72	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	100,976	61,941	39,035
73	🇷🇼Rwanda	99,837	52,786	47,051
74	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	98,736	63,992	34,744
75	🇵🇹Portugal	97,575	51,099	46,476
76	🇸🇪Sweden	96,661	50,393	46,268
77	🇭🇹Haiti	95,886	48,421	47,465
78	🇬🇷Greece	91,280	49,853	41,428
79	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	89,819	51,297	38,522
80	🇷🇸Serbia	88,137	46,177	41,960
81	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	87,207	44,746	42,461
82	🇸🇳Senegal	86,919	46,687	40,232
83	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	86,535	44,437	42,098
84	🇦🇹Austria	83,197	38,481	44,716
85	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	78,127	42,878	35,249
86	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	77,956	45,369	32,586
87	🇲🇾Malaysia	77,707	44,387	33,320
88	🇬🇹Guatemala	76,370	42,626	33,745
89	🇧🇯Benin	75,127	40,097	35,031
90	🇨🇱Chile	70,562	39,333	31,229
91	🇨🇺Cuba	69,272	39,118	30,154
92	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	69,010	35,862	33,148
93	🇨🇭Switzerland	60,629	31,277	29,353
94	🇪🇨Ecuador	60,574	34,130	26,445
95	🇩🇰Denmark	59,019	30,348	28,670
96	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	58,020	29,952	28,068
97	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	57,622	31,639	25,983
98	🇬🇪Georgia	55,410	28,270	27,140
99	🇭🇷Croatia	53,583	27,453	26,129
100	🇸🇰Slovakia	52,501	28,984	23,517
101	🇹🇯Tajikistan	50,343	26,759	23,584
102	🇦🇲Armenia	50,189	23,596	26,593
103	🇫🇮Finland	49,017	24,663	24,354
104	🇱🇷Liberia	48,971	26,109	22,862
105	🇹🇬Togo	46,970	24,827	22,142
106	🇹🇳Tunisia	46,064	25,918	20,146
107	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	45,466	22,548	22,918
108	🇳🇴Norway	45,278	23,691	21,587
109	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	44,186	24,650	19,537
110	🇸🇻El Salvador	43,306	25,896	17,409
111	🇨🇫Central African Republic	42,957	23,186	19,771
112	🇱🇹Lithuania	39,285	19,880	19,404
113	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	38,351	19,485	18,865
114	🇭🇳Honduras	36,785	20,110	16,674
115	🇳🇮Nicaragua	34,648	20,232	14,416
116	🇪🇷Eritrea	33,753	18,106	15,647
117	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	33,367	17,663	15,704
118	🇱🇻Latvia	33,162	15,568	17,594
119	🇱🇧Lebanon	31,571	18,137	13,435
120	🇮🇪Ireland	31,384	16,847	14,537
121	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	30,586	18,334	12,251
122	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	30,574	16,082	14,493
123	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	30,054	16,421	13,633
124	🇮🇱Israel	29,995	15,784	14,212
125	🇺🇾Uruguay	28,955	16,003	12,952
126	🇳🇿New Zealand	27,482	14,586	12,896
127	🇵🇾Paraguay	25,912	13,810	12,102
128	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	25,084	14,781	10,303
129	🇨🇬Congo	24,110	12,791	11,319
130	🇲🇳Mongolia	23,528	12,656	10,872
131	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	20,236	10,849	9,387
132	🇱🇾Libya	19,992	11,641	8,351
133	🇸🇮Slovenia	19,273	9,864	9,410
134	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	19,183	12,580	6,603
135	🇲🇷Mauritania	19,007	9,961	9,045
136	🇪🇪Estonia	18,533	8,506	10,027
137	🇦🇱Albania	18,315	10,225	8,090
138	🇱🇸Lesotho	17,396	9,930	7,466
139	🇯🇲Jamaica	16,864	7,744	9,119
140	🇬🇲Gambia	16,309	8,604	7,705
141	🇲🇰North Macedonia	15,117	8,061	7,056
142	🇯🇴Jordan	14,462	7,801	6,661
143	🇸🇬Singapore	13,700	7,664	6,036
144	🇵🇦Panama	12,731	7,460	5,271
145	🇨🇷Costa Rica	11,490	6,531	4,959
146	🇳🇦Namibia	11,307	6,304	5,003
147	🇬🇦Gabon	11,018	5,646	5,372
148	🇵🇸State of Palestine	10,851	5,830	5,020
149	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,641	5,623	5,018
150	🇧🇼Botswana	9,570	5,207	4,363
151	🇴🇲Oman	8,487	4,878	3,608
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	8,234	4,370	3,864
153	🇲🇺Mauritius	7,372	4,264	3,108
154	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	7,149	3,742	3,407
155	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,785	3,565	3,220
156	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,566	3,589	2,977
157	🇬🇾Guyana	6,513	3,649	2,864
158	🇸🇿Eswatini	5,938	3,054	2,884
159	🇩🇯Djibouti	5,659	3,002	2,657
160	🇰🇲Comoros	5,540	2,933	2,607
161	🇫🇯Fiji	4,833	2,826	2,005
162	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	4,622	3,291	1,331
163	🇰🇼Kuwait	4,507	2,834	1,673
164	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,822	2,024	1,798
165	🇲🇪Montenegro	3,749	2,137	1,613
166	🇷🇪Réunion	3,432	2,029	1,402
167	🇸🇷Suriname	3,234	1,821	1,413
168	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,161	1,572	1,590
169	🇲🇹Malta	2,778	1,427	1,352
170	🇧🇧Barbados	2,453	1,210	1,243
171	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,402	1,340	1,062
172	🇲🇶Martinique	2,344	1,259	1,085
173	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2,118	1,267	851
174	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,063	1,310	753
175	🇲🇻Maldives	1,864	1,062	802
176	🇮🇸Iceland	1,826	972	854
177	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,598	892	706
178	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,586	924	661
179	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,564	772	793
180	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,188	623	565
181	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,058	545	513
182	🇼🇸Samoa	1,029	626	403
183	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1,020	503	517
184	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,018	616	403
185	🇶🇦Qatar	995	656	339
186	🇻🇺Vanuatu	993	618	374
187	🇧🇿Belize	983	541	442
188	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	974	569	405
189	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	846	437	409
190	🇯🇪Jersey	795	368	427
191	🇬🇩Grenada	756	376	380
192	🇰🇮Kiribati	707	365	341
193	🇵🇫French Polynesia	689	379	310
194	🇹🇴Tonga	677	406	271
195	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	664	340	324
196	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	639	371	267
197	🇩🇲Dominica	609	323	286
198	🇬🇺Guam	599	376	223
199	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	576	331	245
200	🇸🇨Seychelles	567	330	237
201	🇬🇬Guernsey	562	276	286
202	🇬🇫French Guiana	543	342	201
203	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	495	247	248
204	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	482	244	238
205	🇲🇨Monaco	468	249	219
206	🇦🇼Aruba	447	244	203
207	🇬🇱Greenland	444	264	180
208	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	419	246	173
209	🇧🇲Bermuda	395	231	164
210	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	328	192	136
211	🇾🇹Mayotte	305	172	133
212	🇦🇩Andorra	256	168	88
213	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	206	108	98
214	🇦🇸American Samoa	206	132	75
215	🇬🇮Gibraltar	193	104	89
216	🇸🇲San Marino	172	83	88
217	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	159	86	74
218	🇵🇼Palau	151	100	51
219	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	134	77	57
220	🇲🇸Montserrat	122	60	62
221	🇨🇰Cook Islands	118	72	46
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	111	55	55
223	🇹🇻Tuvalu	93	48	45
224	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	84	45	39
225	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	82	45	37
226	🇳🇷Nauru	77	53	24
227	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	71	41	30
228	🇦🇮Anguilla	69	34	35
229	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	63	38	24
230	🇸🇭Saint Helena	62	31	32
231	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	61	31	30
232	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	53	28	25
233	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	44	24	19
234	🇳🇺Niue	26	14	12
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	20	12	8
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	8	4	4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1988

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	26,923,840	14,487,314	12,436,526
2	Africa	9,359,657	4,980,930	4,378,727
3	Europe	7,475,880	3,708,819	3,767,061
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,999,552	1,683,389	1,316,163
5	Northern America	2,334,058	1,222,023	1,112,035
6	Oceania	191,188	105,893	85,295

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1988

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,839,414	6,783,895	6,055,519
2	Eastern Asia	9,114,191	4,989,975	4,124,216
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,415,247	1,853,915	1,561,332
4	Eastern Europe	3,357,877	1,640,767	1,717,110
5	Eastern Africa	3,341,221	1,771,509	1,569,712
6	Western Africa	3,067,864	1,608,966	1,458,898
7	South America	2,038,097	1,140,053	898,044
8	Western Europe	1,801,090	878,669	922,421
9	Northern Africa	1,425,828	795,534	630,294
10	Southern Europe	1,290,078	677,576	612,502
11	Middle Africa	1,173,808	613,034	560,774
12	Western Asia	1,135,737	638,279	497,458
13	Northern Europe	1,026,835	511,807	515,028
14	Central America	686,569	396,150	290,419
15	Central Asia	419,251	221,250	198,001
16	Southern Africa	350,936	191,887	159,049
17	Caribbean	274,886	147,186	127,700
18	Australia/New Zealand	146,363	79,070	67,293
19	Melanesia	39,477	23,697	15,780
20	Polynesia	2,826	1,674	1,152
21	Micronesia	2,522	1,452	1,070

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1988

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	34,932,422	18,653,525	16,278,897
2	Lower-middle-income countries	21,050,871	11,121,635	9,929,236
3	Upper-middle-income countries	13,881,551	7,531,890	6,349,661
4	High-income countries	8,910,072	4,630,873	4,279,199
5	Low-income countries	5,349,254	2,851,150	2,498,104
6	No income group available	92,427	52,820	39,607

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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