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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1990

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In the year 1990, a total of 49,619,695 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 26,364,694 were male and 23,255,001 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,305,873 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 8,037,908, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,124,914 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 27,124,774 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 9278.03, and Europe with 7,681,197 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,759,318 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,415,923, and Eastern Europe with 3,506,651 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 35,418,975. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 96,176 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1990

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1990

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇮🇳India 9,305,873 4,896,674 4,409,199
2 🇨🇳China 8,037,908 4,374,716 3,663,192
3 🇺🇸United States of America 2,124,914 1,107,381 1,017,533
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,773,185 937,102 836,082
5 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,624,999 798,720 826,279
6 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,477,380 783,848 693,533
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,257,445 623,283 634,162
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,238,482 684,561 553,920
9 🇧🇷Brazil 1,078,578 616,534 462,044
10 🇪🇹Ethiopia 957,417 514,360 443,057
11 🇩🇪Germany 919,871 422,611 497,260
12 🇯🇵Japan 866,210 464,717 401,493
13 🇬🇧United Kingdom 641,688 314,603 327,085
14 🇺🇦Ukraine 629,736 297,587 332,149
15 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 604,322 310,325 293,997
16 🇮🇹Italy 542,928 281,428 261,500
17 🇫🇷France 526,560 272,580 253,980
18 🇲🇽Mexico 473,031 275,718 197,313
19 🇪🇬Egypt 468,751 240,428 228,322
20 🇲🇲Myanmar 460,947 248,547 212,401
21 🇻🇳Viet Nam 456,127 261,288 194,839
22 🇵🇭Philippines 418,039 226,902 191,137
23 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 395,366 216,683 178,683
24 🇵🇱Poland 390,221 210,475 179,745
25 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 380,087 201,185 178,902
26 🇹🇷Türkiye 371,685 211,097 160,588
27 🇪🇸Spain 331,236 175,534 155,703
28 🇿🇦South Africa 319,227 175,159 144,068
29 🇺🇬Uganda 318,505 169,499 149,006
30 🇸🇩Sudan 314,494 182,404 132,090
31 🇹🇭Thailand 309,013 178,310 130,703
32 🇲🇿Mozambique 267,567 139,275 128,293
33 🇦🇴Angola 259,678 143,495 116,184
34 🇦🇷Argentina 252,741 134,638 118,103
35 🇷🇴Romania 249,826 130,936 118,890
36 🇳🇵Nepal 248,380 123,420 124,960
37 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 234,766 137,879 96,887
38 🇰🇪Kenya 215,713 114,530 101,184
39 🇲🇼Malawi 209,951 110,484 99,467
40 🇦🇫Afghanistan 203,514 110,102 93,412
41 🇳🇪Niger 201,502 101,052 100,449
42 🇨🇦Canada 191,913 103,825 88,089
43 🇨🇴Colombia 190,271 115,805 74,466
44 🇮🇶Iraq 189,809 108,645 81,163
45 🇲🇦Morocco 189,752 101,488 88,264
46 🇬🇭Ghana 177,795 93,894 83,902
47 🇲🇱Mali 173,067 88,416 84,651
48 🇲🇬Madagascar 171,917 91,921 79,996
49 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 164,950 91,372 73,578
50 🇸🇸South Sudan 161,640 85,900 75,740
51 🇵🇪Peru 160,277 90,251 70,026
52 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 157,484 83,628 73,856
53 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 156,261 79,672 76,589
54 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 153,746 80,728 73,018
55 🇾🇪Yemen 149,896 79,051 70,845
56 🇨🇲Cameroon 149,707 77,095 72,612
57 🇩🇿Algeria 146,283 76,668 69,615
58 🇭🇺Hungary 145,500 76,862 68,638
59 🇨🇿Czechia 129,149 66,444 62,705
60 🇳🇱Netherlands 128,841 66,622 62,219
61 🇸🇴Somalia 128,309 71,830 56,480
62 🇿🇲Zambia 127,934 64,783 63,151
63 🇬🇳Guinea 122,840 61,671 61,169
64 🇹🇩Chad 121,479 65,464 56,015
65 🇦🇺Australia 118,778 63,969 54,809
66 🇧🇬Bulgaria 117,953 63,130 54,823
67 🇧🇾Belarus 117,128 57,689 59,439
68 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 116,050 60,185 55,865
69 🇷🇼Rwanda 112,984 60,336 52,648
70 🇰🇭Cambodia 108,792 56,655 52,137
71 🇧🇮Burundi 104,952 54,298 50,653
72 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 104,626 65,150 39,477
73 🇧🇪Belgium 104,342 52,932 51,410
74 🇵🇹Portugal 102,607 53,088 49,520
75 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 102,009 66,242 35,766
76 🇭🇹Haiti 97,347 48,946 48,401
77 🇸🇪Sweden 95,127 49,000 46,126
78 🇬🇷Greece 94,524 51,875 42,648
79 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 93,872 53,283 40,590
80 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 90,918 46,540 44,378
81 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 88,462 48,430 40,032
82 🇷🇸Serbia 87,767 46,110 41,657
83 🇸🇳Senegal 86,250 46,536 39,714
84 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 84,760 43,735 41,025
85 🇦🇹Austria 82,940 38,371 44,569
86 🇲🇾Malaysia 81,367 46,166 35,200
87 🇬🇹Guatemala 78,226 44,149 34,077
88 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 77,143 45,619 31,524
89 🇧🇯Benin 75,736 40,484 35,252
90 🇨🇱Chile 75,067 42,705 32,363
91 🇨🇺Cuba 72,753 41,062 31,691
92 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 71,512 37,375 34,137
93 🇱🇷Liberia 65,447 40,177 25,270
94 🇨🇭Switzerland 63,756 32,482 31,273
95 🇩🇰Denmark 60,987 31,195 29,792
96 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 59,390 32,905 26,486
97 🇪🇨Ecuador 59,381 33,789 25,591
98 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 58,480 30,368 28,112
99 🇬🇪Georgia 57,177 29,654 27,523
100 🇸🇰Slovakia 54,643 30,260 24,383
101 🇭🇷Croatia 54,170 27,524 26,646
102 🇹🇯Tajikistan 52,655 28,093 24,563
103 🇫🇮Finland 50,055 24,988 25,066
104 🇹🇬Togo 49,259 25,796 23,464
105 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 47,513 23,673 23,840
106 🇹🇳Tunisia 46,403 26,451 19,952
107 🇳🇴Norway 46,049 23,856 22,193
108 🇨🇫Central African Republic 45,189 24,440 20,749
109 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 43,415 24,498 18,917
110 🇸🇻El Salvador 42,086 25,708 16,379
111 🇱🇹Lithuania 41,537 21,507 20,030
112 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 39,099 19,882 19,217
113 🇱🇻Latvia 35,984 17,521 18,462
114 🇭🇳Honduras 35,658 19,603 16,055
115 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 33,240 18,091 15,149
116 🇪🇷Eritrea 32,810 17,354 15,456
117 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 32,119 17,633 14,488
118 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 31,374 18,830 12,544
119 🇮🇪Ireland 31,140 16,694 14,447
120 🇳🇮Nicaragua 30,902 17,285 13,617
121 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 30,709 16,248 14,461
122 🇮🇱Israel 29,648 15,436 14,212
123 🇺🇾Uruguay 29,293 16,136 13,157
124 🇱🇧Lebanon 28,226 18,493 9,733
125 🇦🇲Armenia 26,756 14,000 12,756
126 🇨🇬Congo 26,594 13,679 12,915
127 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 26,492 15,547 10,945
128 🇳🇿New Zealand 26,423 13,909 12,514
129 🇵🇾Paraguay 25,924 13,971 11,953
130 🇲🇳Mongolia 22,707 12,233 10,474
131 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 20,107 10,774 9,332
132 🇱🇾Libya 19,750 11,503 8,247
133 🇪🇪Estonia 19,497 9,416 10,081
134 🇲🇷Mauritania 19,303 10,086 9,218
135 🇸🇮Slovenia 18,733 9,508 9,224
136 🇦🇱Albania 18,349 10,325 8,023
137 🇱🇸Lesotho 18,076 10,219 7,858
138 🇬🇲Gambia 16,668 8,842 7,826
139 🇯🇲Jamaica 16,496 7,629 8,867
140 🇲🇰North Macedonia 15,607 8,644 6,963
141 🇯🇴Jordan 14,982 8,098 6,884
142 🇸🇬Singapore 14,572 8,157 6,415
143 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 14,160 7,718 6,442
144 🇵🇦Panama 13,169 7,736 5,433
145 🇨🇷Costa Rica 11,854 6,766 5,088
146 🇳🇦Namibia 11,371 6,012 5,359
147 🇬🇦Gabon 11,238 5,735 5,504
148 🇵🇸State of Palestine 10,781 5,728 5,053
149 🇧🇼Botswana 10,697 5,861 4,836
150 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 10,671 5,655 5,016
151 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 8,501 4,434 4,067
152 🇴🇲Oman 8,118 4,817 3,301
153 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 7,536 3,939 3,597
154 🇲🇺Mauritius 7,241 4,206 3,035
155 🇨🇾Cyprus 6,957 3,552 3,405
156 🇩🇯Djibouti 6,468 3,447 3,021
157 🇧🇹Bhutan 6,452 3,543 2,909
158 🇬🇾Guyana 6,337 3,561 2,776
159 🇰🇼Kuwait 6,129 4,235 1,894
160 🇸🇿Eswatini 6,085 3,161 2,924
161 🇰🇲Comoros 5,529 2,914 2,615
162 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 5,054 3,641 1,413
163 🇫🇯Fiji 4,839 2,804 2,035
164 🇲🇪Montenegro 4,212 2,501 1,711
165 🇱🇺Luxembourg 3,770 1,879 1,890
166 🇷🇪Réunion 3,556 2,103 1,453
167 🇸🇷Suriname 3,148 1,751 1,398
168 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3,046 1,536 1,510
169 🇲🇹Malta 2,602 1,391 1,211
170 🇧🇧Barbados 2,518 1,225 1,292
171 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,456 1,376 1,080
172 🇲🇶Martinique 2,365 1,277 1,088
173 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2,125 1,337 788
174 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1,789 969 820
175 🇲🇻Maldives 1,782 1,020 761
176 🇮🇸Iceland 1,712 913 799
177 🇧🇭Bahrain 1,651 968 683
178 🇧🇸Bahamas 1,584 872 712
179 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,533 762 771
180 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,220 648 572
181 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,076 647 429
182 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,075 554 521
183 🇧🇿Belize 1,020 559 460
184 🇼🇸Samoa 1,014 610 404
185 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 1,010 594 417
186 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1,006 508 499
187 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1,004 628 377
188 🇶🇦Qatar 985 665 320
189 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 866 446 420
190 🇯🇪Jersey 831 387 444
191 🇬🇩Grenada 735 367 368
192 🇩🇲Dominica 697 358 338
193 🇰🇮Kiribati 695 359 336
194 🇵🇫French Polynesia 693 384 309
195 🇹🇴Tonga 683 410 273
196 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 670 354 316
197 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 648 380 268
198 🇬🇺Guam 622 381 241
199 🇸🇨Seychelles 602 374 227
200 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 574 328 246
201 🇬🇫French Guiana 567 356 211
202 🇬🇬Guernsey 562 276 286
203 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 502 252 249
204 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 490 246 244
205 🇬🇱Greenland 478 290 189
206 🇦🇼Aruba 463 254 210
207 🇲🇨Monaco 454 247 208
208 🇧🇲Bermuda 423 243 180
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 408 228 180
210 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 336 194 142
211 🇾🇹Mayotte 321 180 141
212 🇦🇩Andorra 289 192 97
213 🇦🇸American Samoa 235 150 85
214 🇬🇮Gibraltar 204 102 102
215 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 198 106 91
216 🇸🇲San Marino 176 87 89
217 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 175 95 81
218 🇵🇼Palau 165 107 58
219 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 153 89 64
220 🇨🇰Cook Islands 132 81 51
221 🇲🇸Montserrat 120 56 64
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 114 59 55
223 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 102 56 45
224 🇹🇻Tuvalu 96 49 46
225 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 78 47 31
226 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 76 44 32
227 🇳🇷Nauru 75 50 25
228 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 72 41 31
229 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 72 37 35
230 🇦🇮Anguilla 70 34 36
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena 61 30 31
232 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 52 28 25
233 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 42 24 19
234 🇳🇺Niue 27 15 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 1990

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 27,124,774 14,559,972 12,564,802
2 Africa 9,278,030 4,926,525 4,351,505
3 Europe 7,681,197 3,846,694 3,834,503
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 3,026,889 1,714,455 1,312,434
5 Northern America 2,317,754 1,211,756 1,105,998
6 Oceania 191,051 105,292 85,759

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1990

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 12,759,318 6,725,538 6,033,780
2 Eastern Asia 9,415,923 5,133,271 4,282,652
3 Eastern Europe 3,506,651 1,755,759 1,750,892
4 South-Eastern Asia 3,399,911 1,848,572 1,551,339
5 Eastern Africa 3,301,976 1,757,411 1,544,565
6 Western Africa 3,196,388 1,683,968 1,512,420
7 South America 2,060,239 1,166,528 893,711
8 Western Europe 1,830,702 887,821 942,881
9 Southern Europe 1,317,268 692,027 625,241
10 Middle Africa 1,226,975 644,824 582,151
11 Northern Africa 1,187,236 639,917 547,319
12 Western Asia 1,115,899 624,001 491,898
13 Northern Europe 1,026,576 511,087 515,489
14 Central America 685,943 397,518 288,425
15 Central Asia 433,723 228,590 205,133
16 Southern Africa 365,455 200,405 165,050
17 Caribbean 280,707 150,409 130,298
18 Australia/New Zealand 145,197 77,877 67,320
19 Melanesia 40,412 24,236 16,175
20 Polynesia 2,880 1,702 1,178
21 Micronesia 2,562 1,477 1,085

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1990

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 35,418,975 18,926,512 16,492,463
2 Lower-middle-income countries 21,125,279 11,157,596 9,967,683
3 Upper-middle-income countries 14,293,696 7,768,916 6,524,780
4 High-income countries 9,000,136 4,675,785 4,324,351
5 Low-income countries 5,104,408 2,707,867 2,396,541
6 No income group available 96,176 54,530 41,646

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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