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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1991

-5 year -1 year 1991 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1991, a total of 50,082,059 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 26,526,627 were male and 23,555,432 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,295,002 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 8,009,602, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,146,622 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 27,164,170 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 9556.209, and Europe with 7,796,555 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,837,010 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,402,370, and Eastern Europe with 3,607,078 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 35,653,640. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 97,089 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1991

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1991

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇮🇳India 9,295,002 4,887,872 4,407,131
2 🇨🇳China 8,009,602 4,288,899 3,720,703
3 🇺🇸United States of America 2,146,622 1,115,857 1,030,765
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,838,523 973,427 865,096
5 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,662,278 826,105 836,172
6 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,484,318 781,780 702,538
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,374,886 687,811 687,075
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,256,930 688,500 568,430
9 🇧🇷Brazil 1,083,804 617,784 466,020
10 🇪🇹Ethiopia 934,859 496,611 438,247
11 🇩🇪Germany 909,044 419,370 489,674
12 🇯🇵Japan 876,244 471,619 404,625
13 🇺🇦Ukraine 669,529 319,429 350,100
14 🇬🇧United Kingdom 646,175 314,341 331,834
15 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 616,541 316,647 299,894
16 🇮🇹Italy 552,410 286,755 265,655
17 🇫🇷France 524,406 272,372 252,034
18 🇲🇽Mexico 474,400 277,321 197,079
19 🇲🇲Myanmar 460,555 249,361 211,195
20 🇪🇬Egypt 459,403 234,774 224,629
21 🇻🇳Viet Nam 447,693 258,488 189,203
22 🇵🇭Philippines 418,496 227,199 191,297
23 🇵🇱Poland 405,700 218,949 186,751
24 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 390,696 207,353 183,343
25 🇹🇷Türkiye 368,860 209,518 159,342
26 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 359,309 200,022 159,286
27 🇪🇸Spain 335,723 177,943 157,781
28 🇿🇦South Africa 327,908 182,479 145,430
29 🇺🇬Uganda 327,245 173,726 153,519
30 🇹🇭Thailand 314,636 182,972 131,664
31 🇸🇩Sudan 312,966 181,353 131,613
32 🇸🇴Somalia 283,787 150,295 133,492
33 🇲🇿Mozambique 269,651 140,395 129,256
34 🇷🇴Romania 253,102 132,771 120,332
35 🇦🇴Angola 250,092 136,211 113,881
36 🇦🇷Argentina 249,528 134,351 115,177
37 🇳🇵Nepal 244,125 122,423 121,703
38 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 235,594 138,766 96,828
39 🇰🇪Kenya 228,185 121,349 106,837
40 🇲🇼Malawi 213,330 112,303 101,027
41 🇳🇪Niger 204,417 102,924 101,493
42 🇨🇦Canada 195,574 105,376 90,198
43 🇨🇴Colombia 193,733 118,250 75,483
44 🇦🇫Afghanistan 192,531 104,274 88,257
45 🇲🇦Morocco 188,670 101,106 87,564
46 🇬🇭Ghana 177,920 93,492 84,428
47 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 173,127 95,922 77,205
48 🇲🇱Mali 172,243 87,706 84,536
49 🇲🇬Madagascar 171,929 91,955 79,974
50 🇸🇸South Sudan 164,776 87,656 77,120
51 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 162,275 86,342 75,932
52 🇵🇪Peru 159,841 89,577 70,264
53 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 159,525 81,202 78,323
54 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 159,028 83,843 75,186
55 🇨🇲Cameroon 155,036 80,071 74,965
56 🇮🇶Iraq 152,901 85,295 67,606
57 🇾🇪Yemen 151,283 80,165 71,118
58 🇩🇿Algeria 147,177 78,010 69,167
59 🇭🇺Hungary 144,637 76,638 67,998
60 🇿🇲Zambia 134,384 67,851 66,533
61 🇳🇱Netherlands 129,818 66,619 63,199
62 🇬🇳Guinea 125,596 63,367 62,229
63 🇨🇿Czechia 124,304 63,309 60,996
64 🇷🇼Rwanda 123,550 66,282 57,268
65 🇧🇬Bulgaria 120,713 63,689 57,024
66 🇹🇩Chad 119,914 61,980 57,934
67 🇧🇾Belarus 119,911 60,401 59,510
68 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 118,699 61,883 56,816
69 🇦🇺Australia 118,470 63,546 54,924
70 🇰🇭Cambodia 110,651 57,121 53,529
71 🇧🇮Burundi 108,890 55,958 52,933
72 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 106,127 69,347 36,780
73 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 105,523 66,057 39,466
74 🇧🇪Belgium 104,380 52,698 51,682
75 🇵🇹Portugal 103,702 54,055 49,647
76 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 97,471 50,130 47,340
77 🇭🇹Haiti 96,652 49,129 47,523
78 🇬🇷Greece 96,605 53,029 43,576
79 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 96,092 51,920 44,172
80 🇸🇪Sweden 95,144 49,090 46,054
81 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 94,828 54,579 40,249
82 🇸🇳Senegal 87,599 47,032 40,567
83 🇷🇸Serbia 87,398 45,898 41,499
84 🇲🇾Malaysia 83,724 47,454 36,270
85 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 83,585 43,268 40,317
86 🇦🇹Austria 83,441 38,627 44,814
87 🇬🇹Guatemala 78,875 44,855 34,019
88 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 77,046 46,331 30,715
89 🇧🇯Benin 76,556 40,967 35,589
90 🇨🇺Cuba 74,625 42,129 32,496
91 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 73,129 38,719 34,409
92 🇨🇱Chile 72,057 40,786 31,271
93 🇨🇭Switzerland 62,611 32,058 30,553
94 🇪🇨Ecuador 60,197 34,271 25,926
95 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 59,721 33,565 26,155
96 🇩🇰Denmark 59,719 30,157 29,562
97 🇭🇷Croatia 59,288 32,520 26,768
98 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 58,008 30,087 27,921
99 🇬🇪Georgia 57,173 29,813 27,360
100 🇸🇰Slovakia 54,628 29,939 24,689
101 🇹🇯Tajikistan 54,618 29,372 25,246
102 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 52,267 25,486 26,781
103 🇹🇬Togo 50,677 26,464 24,213
104 🇫🇮Finland 49,220 24,542 24,677
105 🇨🇫Central African Republic 46,726 25,289 21,437
106 🇹🇳Tunisia 46,249 26,562 19,687
107 🇳🇴Norway 44,985 23,147 21,837
108 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 43,177 24,404 18,773
109 🇱🇹Lithuania 42,783 22,678 20,104
110 🇱🇷Liberia 39,923 21,435 18,488
111 🇸🇻El Salvador 39,818 23,908 15,910
112 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 39,251 20,302 18,949
113 🇱🇻Latvia 35,896 17,714 18,182
114 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 35,082 19,256 15,826
115 🇭🇳Honduras 35,069 19,312 15,757
116 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 33,150 18,114 15,036
117 🇪🇷Eritrea 32,232 17,078 15,154
118 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 32,009 19,084 12,926
119 🇮🇱Israel 31,627 16,379 15,247
120 🇮🇪Ireland 31,046 16,442 14,604
121 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 30,794 16,361 14,434
122 🇳🇮Nicaragua 29,924 16,563 13,361
123 🇺🇾Uruguay 29,497 16,231 13,266
124 🇨🇬Congo 28,100 14,272 13,828
125 🇦🇲Armenia 27,696 14,764 12,933
126 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 27,132 15,875 11,257
127 🇳🇿New Zealand 26,292 13,686 12,607
128 🇵🇾Paraguay 26,090 14,143 11,947
129 🇲🇳Mongolia 22,084 11,901 10,183
130 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 20,029 10,739 9,290
131 🇪🇪Estonia 19,735 9,599 10,136
132 🇲🇷Mauritania 19,689 10,261 9,428
133 🇱🇾Libya 19,637 11,503 8,134
134 🇸🇮Slovenia 19,485 9,800 9,685
135 🇱🇧Lebanon 19,057 9,597 9,460
136 🇱🇸Lesotho 18,513 10,363 8,150
137 🇦🇱Albania 18,361 10,306 8,055
138 🇯🇲Jamaica 16,909 7,889 9,021
139 🇬🇲Gambia 16,753 8,950 7,803
140 🇯🇴Jordan 15,427 8,396 7,031
141 🇲🇰North Macedonia 15,401 8,484 6,917
142 🇸🇬Singapore 14,735 8,370 6,365
143 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 14,307 7,845 6,463
144 🇵🇦Panama 13,377 7,831 5,546
145 🇨🇷Costa Rica 12,364 6,918 5,446
146 🇳🇦Namibia 11,928 6,281 5,647
147 🇧🇼Botswana 11,612 6,358 5,253
148 🇬🇦Gabon 11,375 5,797 5,578
149 🇵🇸State of Palestine 10,889 5,804 5,084
150 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 10,664 5,659 5,005
151 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 8,244 4,424 3,820
152 🇴🇲Oman 8,060 4,906 3,155
153 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 7,738 4,043 3,693
154 🇩🇯Djibouti 7,300 3,963 3,338
155 🇨🇾Cyprus 7,087 3,590 3,497
156 🇲🇺Mauritius 7,074 4,056 3,018
157 🇸🇿Eswatini 6,378 3,341 3,037
158 🇧🇹Bhutan 6,378 3,507 2,871
159 🇬🇾Guyana 6,217 3,498 2,718
160 🇰🇲Comoros 5,540 2,914 2,626
161 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 5,156 3,703 1,453
162 🇫🇯Fiji 4,854 2,804 2,050
163 🇲🇪Montenegro 4,347 2,655 1,692
164 🇱🇺Luxembourg 3,746 1,893 1,853
165 🇷🇪Réunion 3,637 2,155 1,482
166 🇸🇷Suriname 3,115 1,732 1,383
167 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3,043 1,535 1,508
168 🇰🇼Kuwait 2,861 1,980 881
169 🇲🇹Malta 2,857 1,471 1,386
170 🇧🇧Barbados 2,535 1,236 1,299
171 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,482 1,386 1,096
172 🇲🇶Martinique 2,458 1,309 1,149
173 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2,160 1,351 809
174 🇮🇸Iceland 1,795 1,004 790
175 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1,763 955 808
176 🇲🇻Maldives 1,740 999 741
177 🇧🇸Bahamas 1,693 968 725
178 🇧🇭Bahrain 1,679 972 708
179 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,501 756 745
180 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,245 664 581
181 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,123 672 451
182 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,083 558 525
183 🇧🇿Belize 1,063 580 483
184 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 1,027 604 423
185 🇶🇦Qatar 1,022 681 341
186 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1,008 513 495
187 🇼🇸Samoa 1,006 602 405
188 🇻🇺Vanuatu 994 613 381
189 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 869 451 418
190 🇯🇪Jersey 839 379 460
191 🇬🇩Grenada 724 362 362
192 🇩🇲Dominica 720 368 352
193 🇵🇫French Polynesia 697 389 309
194 🇰🇮Kiribati 686 355 331
195 🇹🇴Tonga 682 411 271
196 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 658 388 271
197 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 646 344 302
198 🇬🇺Guam 645 400 245
199 🇬🇬Guernsey 640 306 334
200 🇸🇨Seychelles 614 391 223
201 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 577 329 247
202 🇬🇫French Guiana 571 357 214
203 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 492 247 245
204 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 481 244 237
205 🇬🇱Greenland 466 276 189
206 🇦🇼Aruba 459 250 210
207 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 454 274 180
208 🇲🇨Monaco 445 245 200
209 🇧🇲Bermuda 413 240 174
210 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 337 193 144
211 🇦🇩Andorra 328 213 115
212 🇾🇹Mayotte 327 186 141
213 🇦🇸American Samoa 229 141 88
214 🇬🇮Gibraltar 206 106 100
215 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 199 99 100
216 🇸🇲San Marino 181 86 95
217 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 180 98 82
218 🇵🇼Palau 167 107 60
219 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 156 92 65
220 🇨🇰Cook Islands 127 79 48
221 🇲🇸Montserrat 120 54 66
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 116 61 55
223 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 113 64 49
224 🇹🇻Tuvalu 97 50 47
225 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 86 49 37
226 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 78 36 42
227 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 76 42 33
228 🇳🇷Nauru 73 48 25
229 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 71 42 29
230 🇦🇮Anguilla 69 34 36
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena 60 30 30
232 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 56 29 26
233 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 41 23 18
234 🇳🇺Niue 27 15 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 1991

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 27,164,170 14,504,394 12,659,776
2 Africa 9,556,209 5,058,009 4,498,200
3 Europe 7,796,555 3,919,078 3,877,477
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 3,030,644 1,718,441 1,312,203
5 Northern America 2,343,136 1,221,787 1,121,349
6 Oceania 191,345 104,918 86,427

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1991

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 12,837,010 6,764,736 6,072,274
2 Eastern Asia 9,402,370 5,057,978 4,344,392
3 Eastern Europe 3,607,078 1,816,724 1,790,354
4 Eastern Africa 3,504,133 1,854,404 1,649,729
5 South-Eastern Asia 3,408,147 1,851,274 1,556,873
6 Western Africa 3,263,110 1,715,562 1,547,548
7 South America 2,063,067 1,168,836 894,231
8 Western Europe 1,818,064 883,968 934,096
9 Southern Europe 1,341,992 708,216 633,776
10 Middle Africa 1,236,767 644,970 591,797
11 Northern Africa 1,175,870 634,258 541,612
12 Western Asia 1,070,674 594,182 476,492
13 Northern Europe 1,029,421 510,170 519,251
14 Central America 684,889 397,289 287,600
15 Central Asia 445,969 236,224 209,745
16 Southern Africa 376,329 208,815 167,514
17 Caribbean 282,688 152,316 130,372
18 Australia/New Zealand 144,767 77,231 67,536
19 Melanesia 41,126 24,510 16,616
20 Polynesia 2,860 1,677 1,183
21 Micronesia 2,592 1,500 1,092

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1991

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Middle-income countries 35,653,640 18,982,451 16,671,188
2 Lower-middle-income countries 21,342,050 11,264,075 10,077,975
3 Upper-middle-income countries 14,311,590 7,718,376 6,593,214
4 High-income countries 9,061,671 4,710,194 4,351,477
5 Low-income countries 5,269,659 2,778,187 2,491,472
6 No income group available 97,089 55,795 41,294

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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