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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1989

-5 year -1 year 1989 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1989, a total of 49,064,192 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 26,053,801 were male and 23,010,391 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,335,200 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,864,029, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,126,340 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 21 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 26,940,727 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 9072.295, and Europe with 7,527,904 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,798,469 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,213,681, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,391,699 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 35,047,620. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 94,803 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1989

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1989

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇮🇳India 9,335,200 4,908,795 4,426,405
2 🇨🇳China 7,864,029 4,298,835 3,565,194
3 🇺🇸United States of America 2,126,340 1,107,469 1,018,872
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,722,714 908,831 813,883
5 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,549,948 757,093 792,855
6 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,487,026 789,391 697,635
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,299,484 649,420 650,064
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,229,672 674,704 554,968
9 🇧🇷Brazil 1,060,454 595,131 465,323
10 🇪🇹Ethiopia 910,658 487,532 423,126
11 🇩🇪Germany 901,913 414,728 487,184
12 🇯🇵Japan 831,028 446,689 384,338
13 🇬🇧United Kingdom 658,347 320,433 337,914
14 🇺🇦Ukraine 600,912 282,480 318,432
15 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 596,422 304,106 292,317
16 🇮🇹Italy 531,063 277,031 254,032
17 🇫🇷France 529,352 274,117 255,236
18 🇪🇬Egypt 475,953 242,315 233,638
19 🇲🇽Mexico 471,608 274,094 197,514
20 🇲🇲Myanmar 455,401 246,043 209,357
21 🇻🇳Viet Nam 450,124 257,935 192,188
22 🇵🇭Philippines 418,951 227,292 191,659
23 🇵🇱Poland 382,781 205,223 177,558
24 🇹🇷Türkiye 375,695 213,572 162,123
25 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 369,061 196,605 172,457
26 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 358,371 197,109 161,262
27 🇪🇸Spain 322,918 170,989 151,929
28 🇸🇩Sudan 314,984 182,400 132,585
29 🇿🇦South Africa 314,345 170,506 143,840
30 🇺🇬Uganda 309,740 166,123 143,617
31 🇹🇭Thailand 304,766 174,479 130,287
32 🇲🇿Mozambique 267,642 139,376 128,265
33 🇷🇴Romania 253,365 131,745 121,620
34 🇦🇴Angola 253,056 139,968 113,088
35 🇦🇷Argentina 252,148 135,510 116,638
36 🇳🇵Nepal 250,992 124,639 126,353
37 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 246,133 146,976 99,157
38 🇰🇪Kenya 205,271 108,591 96,680
39 🇲🇼Malawi 204,361 107,657 96,704
40 🇦🇫Afghanistan 203,321 110,071 93,249
41 🇳🇪Niger 200,212 100,070 100,142
42 🇲🇦Morocco 192,243 102,602 89,641
43 🇨🇦Canada 190,828 104,021 86,807
44 🇮🇶Iraq 187,217 107,158 80,060
45 🇨🇴Colombia 186,089 112,303 73,786
46 🇬🇭Ghana 178,210 94,840 83,370
47 🇲🇱Mali 175,524 89,343 86,181
48 🇲🇬Madagascar 171,412 91,474 79,938
49 🇵🇪Peru 164,636 93,072 71,564
50 🇸🇸South Sudan 161,923 86,004 75,918
51 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 156,678 86,711 69,967
52 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 155,122 82,516 72,606
53 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 154,599 78,628 75,971
54 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 149,766 78,670 71,096
55 🇾🇪Yemen 149,303 78,830 70,474
56 🇩🇿Algeria 146,489 76,517 69,972
57 🇨🇲Cameroon 145,476 74,722 70,755
58 🇭🇺Hungary 144,672 76,523 68,148
59 🇸🇴Somalia 131,486 73,637 57,849
60 🇳🇱Netherlands 128,905 67,044 61,860
61 🇨🇿Czechia 127,671 64,321 63,351
62 🇦🇺Australia 125,306 67,332 57,974
63 🇿🇲Zambia 121,989 62,113 59,875
64 🇬🇳Guinea 120,763 60,898 59,865
65 🇧🇾Belarus 115,971 55,213 60,758
66 🇧🇬Bulgaria 115,087 61,781 53,306
67 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 113,932 58,635 55,297
68 🇹🇩Chad 113,887 59,496 54,391
69 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 113,090 74,513 38,577
70 🇰🇭Cambodia 108,730 56,774 51,956
71 🇧🇪Belgium 107,556 54,332 53,224
72 🇷🇼Rwanda 104,291 54,810 49,481
73 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 102,725 63,851 38,875
74 🇧🇮Burundi 100,578 52,013 48,566
75 🇭🇹Haiti 96,837 48,906 47,931
76 🇵🇹Portugal 95,578 49,943 45,636
77 🇬🇷Greece 93,187 51,098 42,089
78 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 92,120 53,084 39,036
79 🇸🇪Sweden 92,093 47,851 44,241
80 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 89,265 45,723 43,542
81 🇷🇸Serbia 88,615 46,362 42,253
82 🇸🇳Senegal 86,161 46,429 39,732
83 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 85,739 44,164 41,575
84 🇦🇹Austria 83,358 38,735 44,623
85 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 82,925 45,606 37,319
86 🇲🇾Malaysia 79,376 45,245 34,131
87 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 77,430 45,611 31,819
88 🇬🇹Guatemala 76,895 43,136 33,759
89 🇧🇯Benin 75,703 40,424 35,279
90 🇨🇱Chile 72,745 41,201 31,545
91 🇨🇺Cuba 70,922 40,021 30,902
92 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 70,555 36,361 34,194
93 🇨🇭Switzerland 60,835 31,328 29,507
94 🇪🇨Ecuador 59,778 33,884 25,894
95 🇩🇰Denmark 59,550 30,570 28,980
96 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 58,405 32,192 26,212
97 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 58,200 30,187 28,013
98 🇬🇪Georgia 56,907 29,404 27,503
99 🇭🇷Croatia 54,296 27,444 26,853
100 🇸🇰Slovakia 53,898 29,661 24,237
101 🇹🇯Tajikistan 51,304 27,260 24,044
102 🇱🇷Liberia 51,266 27,396 23,870
103 🇫🇮Finland 49,030 24,466 24,564
104 🇹🇬Togo 48,033 25,372 22,661
105 🇸🇻El Salvador 47,940 30,820 17,120
106 🇹🇳Tunisia 46,692 26,366 20,327
107 🇳🇴Norway 45,143 23,568 21,575
108 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 44,584 22,291 22,293
109 🇨🇫Central African Republic 43,783 23,683 20,100
110 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 43,771 24,585 19,186
111 🇱🇹Lithuania 39,890 20,581 19,309
112 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 38,205 19,385 18,820
113 🇭🇳Honduras 36,076 19,789 16,286
114 🇪🇷Eritrea 34,765 18,707 16,058
115 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 34,105 17,946 16,158
116 🇱🇻Latvia 33,401 16,105 17,296
117 🇮🇪Ireland 31,896 16,923 14,973
118 🇳🇮Nicaragua 31,551 17,643 13,908
119 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 31,163 16,963 14,200
120 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 30,874 18,526 12,348
121 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 30,787 16,107 14,680
122 🇮🇱Israel 29,718 15,568 14,150
123 🇺🇾Uruguay 29,135 16,073 13,062
124 🇱🇧Lebanon 28,090 18,521 9,569
125 🇳🇿New Zealand 27,042 14,335 12,707
126 🇵🇾Paraguay 26,156 13,996 12,160
127 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 25,827 15,193 10,634
128 🇦🇲Armenia 25,681 13,401 12,281
129 🇨🇬Congo 25,265 13,207 12,058
130 🇲🇳Mongolia 23,143 12,448 10,695
131 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 20,208 10,827 9,382
132 🇱🇾Libya 19,915 11,684 8,231
133 🇲🇷Mauritania 19,338 10,177 9,161
134 🇸🇮Slovenia 18,832 9,709 9,123
135 🇪🇪Estonia 18,505 8,706 9,798
136 🇦🇱Albania 18,357 10,269 8,087
137 🇱🇸Lesotho 17,726 10,035 7,691
138 🇬🇲Gambia 16,516 8,741 7,775
139 🇯🇲Jamaica 16,417 7,616 8,800
140 🇲🇰North Macedonia 15,212 8,213 6,999
141 🇯🇴Jordan 14,692 7,936 6,756
142 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 14,091 7,694 6,397
143 🇸🇬Singapore 14,048 7,840 6,208
144 🇵🇦Panama 13,876 8,365 5,511
145 🇨🇷Costa Rica 11,770 6,790 4,980
146 🇬🇦Gabon 11,084 5,678 5,407
147 🇵🇸State of Palestine 10,881 5,852 5,029
148 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 10,595 5,605 4,990
149 🇳🇦Namibia 10,493 5,535 4,958
150 🇧🇼Botswana 9,944 5,440 4,504
151 🇴🇲Oman 8,308 4,862 3,447
152 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 8,303 4,510 3,794
153 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 7,353 3,853 3,500
154 🇲🇺Mauritius 7,308 4,248 3,060
155 🇨🇾Cyprus 6,764 3,533 3,230
156 🇧🇹Bhutan 6,507 3,565 2,942
157 🇬🇾Guyana 6,435 3,611 2,824
158 🇸🇿Eswatini 6,063 3,118 2,945
159 🇩🇯Djibouti 5,980 3,169 2,811
160 🇰🇲Comoros 5,571 2,958 2,613
161 🇫🇯Fiji 4,853 2,822 2,031
162 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 4,829 3,459 1,370
163 🇰🇼Kuwait 4,635 2,941 1,693
164 🇲🇪Montenegro 4,093 2,299 1,793
165 🇱🇺Luxembourg 3,974 1,990 1,983
166 🇷🇪Réunion 3,499 2,064 1,435
167 🇸🇷Suriname 3,163 1,756 1,407
168 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3,120 1,556 1,564
169 🇲🇹Malta 2,644 1,360 1,285
170 🇧🇧Barbados 2,458 1,216 1,242
171 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,438 1,361 1,077
172 🇲🇶Martinique 2,383 1,283 1,100
173 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2,182 1,337 846
174 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2,093 1,323 771
175 🇲🇻Maldives 1,821 1,040 781
176 🇮🇸Iceland 1,721 892 829
177 🇧🇭Bahrain 1,614 948 665
178 🇧🇸Bahamas 1,599 880 718
179 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,547 768 779
180 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,274 670 604
181 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,078 554 524
182 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,053 638 415
183 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1,050 516 534
184 🇼🇸Samoa 1,018 618 401
185 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,012 628 384
186 🇧🇿Belize 1,004 561 443
187 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 993 582 411
188 🇶🇦Qatar 990 659 331
189 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 855 442 413
190 🇯🇪Jersey 820 378 442
191 🇬🇩Grenada 747 372 375
192 🇰🇮Kiribati 702 363 339
193 🇩🇲Dominica 692 363 330
194 🇵🇫French Polynesia 687 378 309
195 🇹🇴Tonga 680 408 272
196 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 651 339 312
197 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 643 375 268
198 🇬🇺Guam 612 383 229
199 🇸🇨Seychelles 582 349 232
200 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 577 331 245
201 🇬🇬Guernsey 551 270 281
202 🇬🇫French Guiana 550 344 206
203 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 505 254 251
204 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 489 246 243
205 🇲🇨Monaco 462 248 214
206 🇦🇼Aruba 461 253 208
207 🇬🇱Greenland 445 267 179
208 🇧🇲Bermuda 423 236 187
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 388 215 173
210 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 333 193 140
211 🇾🇹Mayotte 315 178 137
212 🇦🇩Andorra 280 184 96
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 244 110 134
214 🇦🇸American Samoa 221 141 80
215 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 207 114 92
216 🇸🇲San Marino 172 83 89
217 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 168 91 77
218 🇵🇼Palau 158 104 54
219 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 143 83 60
220 🇲🇸Montserrat 134 63 71
221 🇨🇰Cook Islands 121 75 47
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 113 57 56
223 🇹🇻Tuvalu 95 49 46
224 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 93 50 43
225 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 80 40 40
226 🇳🇷Nauru 76 52 25
227 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 72 41 31
228 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 71 43 28
229 🇦🇮Anguilla 70 34 36
230 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 65 35 30
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena 62 30 31
232 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 54 29 25
233 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 43 24 19
234 🇳🇺Niue 26 14 12
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 21 12 9
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 13 6 7
237 🇻🇦Holy See 8 4 4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1989

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 26,940,727 14,477,245 12,463,482
2 Africa 9,072,295 4,802,404 4,269,891
3 Europe 7,527,904 3,758,988 3,768,916
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 3,007,602 1,694,422 1,313,180
5 Northern America 2,318,068 1,212,016 1,106,052
6 Oceania 197,596 108,726 88,870

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1989

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 12,798,469 6,743,872 6,054,597
2 Eastern Asia 9,213,681 5,045,165 4,168,515
3 South-Eastern Asia 3,391,699 1,843,462 1,548,237
4 Eastern Europe 3,388,866 1,686,316 1,702,550
5 Eastern Africa 3,199,335 1,703,189 1,496,146
6 Western Africa 3,118,357 1,635,991 1,482,366
7 South America 2,039,167 1,144,149 895,018
8 Western Europe 1,816,548 882,623 933,925
9 Southern Europe 1,290,141 678,609 611,532
10 Northern Africa 1,198,444 643,214 555,230
11 Middle Africa 1,197,579 625,372 572,207
12 Western Asia 1,111,706 620,813 490,893
13 Northern Europe 1,032,348 511,440 520,909
14 Central America 690,733 401,209 289,524
15 Central Asia 425,172 223,933 201,239
16 Southern Africa 358,580 194,638 163,942
17 Caribbean 277,702 149,064 128,638
18 Australia/New Zealand 152,346 81,665 70,681
19 Melanesia 39,875 23,931 15,944
20 Polynesia 2,841 1,672 1,169
21 Micronesia 2,534 1,458 1,076

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1989

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 35,047,620 18,722,497 16,325,123
2 Lower-middle-income countries 21,048,874 11,115,047 9,933,827
3 Upper-middle-income countries 13,998,746 7,607,450 6,391,296
4 High-income countries 8,932,523 4,640,759 4,291,764
5 Low-income countries 4,989,246 2,635,860 2,353,386
6 No income group available 94,803 54,685 40,118

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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