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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1988

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

In the year 1988, a total of 49,183,183 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 26,057,987 were male and 23,125,196 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,337,586 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,756,967, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,199,391 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 26,908,007 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 9211.375, and Europe with 7,474,488 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,924,023 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,084,458, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,359,635 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries has the highest death count of 40,167,917. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 93,412 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 9,337,586 4,870,888 4,466,698
2 🇨🇳China 7,756,967 4,240,291 3,516,676
3 🇺🇸United States of America 2,199,391 1,145,090 1,054,300
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,738,281 908,633 829,647
5 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,551,934 727,189 824,745
6 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,491,828 799,951 691,877
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,346,386 700,884 645,501
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,204,582 662,137 542,446
9 🇧🇷Brazil 1,037,439 572,824 464,615
10 🇩🇪Germany 901,992 418,955 483,038
11 🇪🇹Ethiopia 855,189 445,509 409,680
12 🇯🇵Japan 808,081 433,717 374,365
13 🇬🇧United Kingdom 650,511 319,804 330,707
14 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 599,936 304,533 295,404
15 🇺🇦Ukraine 595,493 272,924 322,568
16 🇮🇹Italy 540,595 281,508 259,087
17 🇫🇷France 526,113 273,714 252,399
18 🇪🇬Egypt 523,366 269,497 253,870
19 🇲🇽Mexico 488,392 275,010 213,382
20 🇲🇲Myanmar 446,226 240,646 205,580
21 🇻🇳Viet Nam 434,310 244,260 190,050
22 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 424,212 250,035 174,177
23 🇵🇭Philippines 417,611 239,296 178,316
24 🇹🇷Türkiye 390,563 221,642 168,921
25 🇵🇱Poland 379,295 201,803 177,492
26 🇸🇸South Sudan 376,879 190,255 186,624
27 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 354,449 187,002 167,447
28 🇿🇦South Africa 321,239 184,754 136,485
29 🇪🇸Spain 316,346 167,323 149,023
30 🇹🇭Thailand 307,036 176,065 130,971
31 🇺🇬Uganda 292,534 156,250 136,284
32 🇲🇿Mozambique 272,507 140,382 132,125
33 🇷🇴Romania 260,385 134,409 125,976
34 🇸🇩Sudan 259,390 145,606 113,784
35 🇳🇵Nepal 257,119 129,710 127,408
36 🇦🇷Argentina 250,453 138,643 111,810
37 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 248,150 147,523 100,627
38 🇦🇴Angola 243,509 135,447 108,062
39 🇦🇫Afghanistan 237,447 129,283 108,163
40 🇲🇼Malawi 199,849 103,683 96,166
41 🇲🇦Morocco 196,052 104,180 91,872
42 🇳🇪Niger 195,076 97,334 97,742
43 🇨🇦Canada 190,720 104,357 86,363
44 🇮🇶Iraq 189,005 119,178 69,827
45 🇰🇪Kenya 188,156 100,921 87,235
46 🇨🇴Colombia 183,295 108,601 74,694
47 🇬🇭Ghana 182,307 97,109 85,197
48 🇲🇱Mali 180,342 92,248 88,094
49 🇵🇪Peru 174,562 96,148 78,413
50 🇲🇬Madagascar 167,528 90,456 77,072
51 🇾🇪Yemen 156,562 82,286 74,276
52 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 155,313 76,905 78,408
53 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 152,054 77,614 74,440
54 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 151,939 84,539 67,400
55 🇸🇴Somalia 151,756 86,708 65,049
56 🇩🇿Algeria 148,759 77,910 70,849
57 🇨🇲Cameroon 144,701 74,746 69,955
58 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 144,588 76,582 68,006
59 🇭🇺Hungary 140,556 73,514 67,042
60 🇨🇿Czechia 125,979 63,756 62,222
61 🇳🇱Netherlands 124,197 65,302 58,895
62 🇬🇳Guinea 120,171 61,054 59,117
63 🇦🇺Australia 119,044 64,736 54,307
64 🇿🇲Zambia 117,988 59,974 58,014
65 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 115,731 56,533 59,198
66 🇧🇮Burundi 111,523 58,843 52,680
67 🇹🇩Chad 111,241 58,546 52,695
68 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 107,851 69,525 38,326
69 🇧🇬Bulgaria 107,840 59,423 48,417
70 🇧🇪Belgium 104,777 53,455 51,323
71 🇧🇾Belarus 102,221 49,788 52,434
72 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 100,821 62,317 38,504
73 🇷🇼Rwanda 100,657 52,831 47,825
74 🇸🇪Sweden 96,579 50,338 46,241
75 🇵🇹Portugal 95,056 50,187 44,869
76 🇭🇹Haiti 94,314 47,518 46,795
77 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 90,516 52,438 38,078
78 🇰🇭Cambodia 90,198 46,853 43,345
79 🇸🇳Senegal 89,310 46,938 42,372
80 🇬🇷Greece 88,419 47,214 41,205
81 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 87,366 45,022 42,345
82 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 86,220 44,763 41,457
83 🇦🇹Austria 83,507 38,680 44,827
84 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 83,331 46,226 37,105
85 🇷🇸Serbia 82,260 44,965 37,295
86 🇲🇾Malaysia 79,883 45,769 34,114
87 🇧🇯Benin 77,859 41,444 36,415
88 🇬🇹Guatemala 76,135 42,504 33,632
89 🇨🇺Cuba 70,831 39,802 31,029
90 🇨🇱Chile 70,295 39,219 31,075
91 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 63,126 32,384 30,741
92 🇪🇨Ecuador 62,841 34,824 28,017
93 🇨🇭Switzerland 60,802 31,340 29,462
94 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 59,774 33,268 26,507
95 🇩🇰Denmark 58,895 30,269 28,625
96 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 57,345 29,444 27,901
97 🇬🇪Georgia 56,190 28,368 27,821
98 🇸🇰Slovakia 53,082 29,251 23,831
99 🇭🇷Croatia 52,426 26,096 26,330
100 🇹🇯Tajikistan 51,135 26,900 24,235
101 🇦🇲Armenia 51,074 24,319 26,755
102 🇱🇷Liberia 50,367 26,831 23,536
103 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 49,200 27,617 21,583
104 🇫🇮Finland 49,033 24,665 24,368
105 🇹🇳Tunisia 47,951 26,724 21,227
106 🇹🇬Togo 47,422 24,781 22,641
107 🇳🇴Norway 45,299 23,710 21,588
108 🇸🇻El Salvador 45,049 26,956 18,092
109 🇨🇫Central African Republic 45,022 24,101 20,921
110 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 43,100 24,187 18,913
111 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 41,898 20,864 21,034
112 🇱🇹Lithuania 37,802 19,149 18,653
113 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 36,217 18,602 17,614
114 🇭🇳Honduras 35,812 19,668 16,143
115 🇳🇮Nicaragua 35,340 20,789 14,551
116 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 33,505 19,120 14,385
117 🇱🇻Latvia 32,198 15,160 17,039
118 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 32,073 19,053 13,021
119 🇪🇷Eritrea 31,773 17,031 14,742
120 🇮🇪Ireland 31,176 16,832 14,344
121 🇺🇾Uruguay 30,406 16,678 13,728
122 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 29,846 15,800 14,046
123 🇱🇧Lebanon 29,343 16,571 12,772
124 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 29,021 15,821 13,199
125 🇳🇿New Zealand 27,458 14,554 12,904
126 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 26,279 15,054 11,225
127 🇵🇾Paraguay 26,246 13,810 12,436
128 🇮🇱Israel 25,878 13,829 12,050
129 🇲🇳Mongolia 23,975 12,533 11,442
130 🇨🇬Congo 23,587 12,039 11,548
131 🇲🇷Mauritania 20,527 10,806 9,721
132 🇱🇾Libya 20,499 12,214 8,285
133 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 20,171 10,829 9,341
134 🇸🇮Slovenia 19,695 10,052 9,643
135 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 19,353 12,392 6,961
136 🇪🇪Estonia 18,461 8,465 9,996
137 🇦🇱Albania 18,157 10,222 7,935
138 🇱🇸Lesotho 17,850 10,024 7,825
139 🇯🇲Jamaica 17,810 8,202 9,607
140 🇬🇲Gambia 16,751 8,863 7,888
141 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 15,888 8,717 7,171
142 🇲🇰North Macedonia 15,094 7,791 7,303
143 🇸🇬Singapore 14,871 8,307 6,564
144 🇯🇴Jordan 14,375 7,743 6,631
145 🇳🇦Namibia 12,059 6,811 5,248
146 🇵🇦Panama 11,983 6,876 5,106
147 🇨🇷Costa Rica 11,134 6,267 4,867
148 🇵🇸State of Palestine 11,110 6,015 5,095
149 🇬🇦Gabon 10,924 5,524 5,400
150 🇧🇼Botswana 9,664 5,320 4,344
151 🇴🇲Oman 8,650 5,045 3,604
152 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 8,325 4,486 3,839
153 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 7,274 3,778 3,496
154 🇧🇹Bhutan 6,933 3,780 3,153
155 🇲🇺Mauritius 6,685 3,876 2,810
156 🇬🇾Guyana 6,671 3,720 2,951
157 🇸🇿Eswatini 6,322 3,297 3,024
158 🇰🇲Comoros 5,835 3,073 2,762
159 🇩🇯Djibouti 5,671 3,012 2,659
160 🇨🇾Cyprus 5,650 3,147 2,503
161 🇫🇯Fiji 4,960 2,868 2,093
162 🇰🇼Kuwait 4,886 3,112 1,775
163 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 4,877 3,540 1,337
164 🇲🇪Montenegro 4,498 2,287 2,211
165 🇱🇺Luxembourg 3,908 2,033 1,875
166 🇸🇷Suriname 3,481 1,970 1,511
167 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3,417 1,819 1,598
168 🇷🇪Réunion 3,125 1,802 1,323
169 🇲🇹Malta 2,735 1,381 1,354
170 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,427 1,353 1,073
171 🇲🇶Martinique 2,312 1,242 1,070
172 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2,226 1,353 874
173 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2,060 1,277 783
174 🇧🇧Barbados 2,027 998 1,030
175 🇲🇻Maldives 1,909 1,105 804
176 🇮🇸Iceland 1,832 975 857
177 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,712 847 865
178 🇧🇸Bahamas 1,628 952 676
179 🇧🇭Bahrain 1,568 928 641
180 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,243 653 590
181 🇧🇿Belize 1,059 588 471
182 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,056 547 509
183 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,043 627 416
184 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,043 681 362
185 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1,027 507 520
186 🇼🇸Samoa 1,027 617 410
187 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 973 577 396
188 🇶🇦Qatar 958 659 299
189 🇯🇪Jersey 876 421 455
190 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 795 402 393
191 🇬🇩Grenada 749 381 368
192 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 732 369 363
193 🇵🇫French Polynesia 728 400 328
194 🇰🇮Kiribati 704 363 341
195 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 670 390 280
196 🇹🇴Tonga 670 395 275
197 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 669 374 295
198 🇩🇲Dominica 620 324 296
199 🇬🇬Guernsey 595 307 288
200 🇸🇨Seychelles 569 317 252
201 🇬🇺Guam 542 335 207
202 🇬🇫French Guiana 529 329 200
203 🇦🇼Aruba 517 279 238
204 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 491 241 249
205 🇬🇱Greenland 467 279 188
206 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 466 237 229
207 🇧🇲Bermuda 448 261 187
208 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 366 208 157
209 🇲🇨Monaco 366 186 180
210 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 328 193 136
211 🇾🇹Mayotte 276 154 122
212 🇦🇩Andorra 247 169 77
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 210 103 107
214 🇦🇸American Samoa 194 124 70
215 🇸🇲San Marino 188 99 89
216 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 163 90 73
217 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 157 91 67
218 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 152 80 73
219 🇵🇼Palau 140 90 50
220 🇲🇸Montserrat 131 62 68
221 🇨🇰Cook Islands 119 74 45
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 113 57 56
223 🇳🇷Nauru 98 59 39
224 🇹🇻Tuvalu 91 48 43
225 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 86 47 39
226 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 86 46 40
227 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 83 49 33
228 🇦🇮Anguilla 67 34 33
229 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 67 43 23
230 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 65 34 30
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena 62 31 31
232 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 54 29 25
233 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 43 24 19
234 🇳🇺Niue 26 15 11
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 19 12 7
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 14 6 7
237 🇻🇦Holy See 7 4 3

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1988

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 26,908,007 14,474,939 12,433,068
2 Africa 9,211,375 4,850,999 4,360,376
3 Europe 7,474,488 3,704,724 3,769,764
4 Americas 5,396,060 2,920,306 2,475,754
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 3,004,981 1,670,293 1,334,688
6 Northern America 2,391,082 1,250,023 1,141,059
7 Oceania 193,272 107,024 86,248

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1988

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 12,924,023 6,817,347 6,106,676
2 Eastern Asia 9,084,458 4,969,581 4,114,877
3 South-Eastern Asia 3,359,635 1,843,559 1,516,076
4 Eastern Europe 3,358,677 1,632,920 1,725,757
5 Eastern Africa 3,326,273 1,748,303 1,577,970
6 Western Africa 3,132,273 1,635,636 1,496,637
7 South America 2,024,138 1,124,243 899,895
8 Western Europe 1,805,818 883,756 922,062
9 Southern Europe 1,285,319 677,234 608,085
10 Northern Africa 1,198,243 637,484 560,759
11 Middle Africa 1,187,430 619,363 568,067
12 Western Asia 1,122,780 629,648 493,132
13 Northern Europe 1,024,651 510,813 513,837
14 Central America 704,908 398,658 306,250
15 Central Asia 417,101 214,794 202,307
16 Southern Africa 367,134 210,209 156,925
17 Caribbean 275,930 147,387 128,543
18 Australia/New Zealand 146,500 79,289 67,211
19 Melanesia 41,176 24,506 16,670
20 Polynesia 2,952 1,724 1,228
21 Micronesia 2,638 1,500 1,138

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1988

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Low-and-middle-income countries 40,167,917 21,369,340 18,798,577
2 Middle-income countries 35,274,222 18,809,975 16,464,247
3 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 24,721,527 13,013,507 11,708,020
4 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 24,365,825 12,988,985 11,376,840
5 Lower-middle-income countries 19,827,814 10,454,130 9,373,684
6 Upper-middle-income countries 15,446,392 8,355,833 7,090,559
7 High-income countries 8,919,422 4,633,148 4,286,274
8 Low-income countries 4,893,695 2,559,364 2,334,331
9 No income group available 93,412 54,143 39,269

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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