Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1996

-5 year -1 year 1996 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1996, a total of 51,518,770 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 27,286,984 were male and 24,231,786 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,261,931 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,753,652, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,297,000 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 🇳🇺Niue with 27 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 27,031,148 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10281.946, and Europe with 8,394,631 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,664,599 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,354,014, and Eastern Europe with 4,208,579 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 36,522,231. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 111,363 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1996

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1996

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,261,931	4,818,238	4,443,693
2	🇨🇳China	7,753,652	4,206,528	3,547,124
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,297,000	1,164,990	1,132,011
4	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2,130,984	1,110,573	1,020,411
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,080,955	1,102,228	978,728
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,518,695	799,439	719,256
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,351,457	729,615	621,842
8	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,138,022	569,975	568,047
9	🇧🇷Brazil	1,089,847	623,913	465,934
10	🇪🇹Ethiopia	968,197	502,931	465,267
11	🇯🇵Japan	949,894	512,797	437,098
12	🇩🇪Germany	883,503	407,745	475,758
13	🇺🇦Ukraine	775,534	388,181	387,354
14	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	730,157	389,047	341,109
15	🇬🇧United Kingdom	634,402	304,394	330,008
16	🇮🇹Italy	553,240	283,431	269,809
17	🇫🇷France	535,766	276,396	259,370
18	🇲🇽Mexico	480,313	279,950	200,363
19	🇲🇲Myanmar	452,427	249,487	202,940
20	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	450,245	235,001	215,244
21	🇪🇬Egypt	448,194	232,146	216,047
22	🇻🇳Viet Nam	441,329	256,635	184,694
23	🇵🇭Philippines	410,000	220,410	189,590
24	🇿🇦South Africa	388,444	204,567	183,877
25	🇵🇱Poland	385,597	203,702	181,895
26	🇹🇷Türkiye	366,918	208,416	158,503
27	🇺🇬Uganda	363,186	192,543	170,643
28	🇹🇭Thailand	350,051	214,522	135,529
29	🇪🇸Spain	348,349	184,852	163,497
30	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	333,355	192,475	140,880
31	🇸🇩Sudan	309,168	179,095	130,073
32	🇰🇪Kenya	291,614	153,070	138,544
33	🇲🇿Mozambique	287,439	147,875	139,564
34	🇷🇴Romania	284,331	151,213	133,118
35	🇦🇴Angola	267,677	141,348	126,329
36	🇦🇷Argentina	266,915	141,043	125,871
37	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	244,082	141,451	102,630
38	🇦🇫Afghanistan	232,991	123,242	109,749
39	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	225,873	115,125	110,748
40	🇳🇵Nepal	221,737	114,061	107,676
41	🇨🇦Canada	212,779	111,336	101,443
42	🇲🇼Malawi	211,643	111,267	100,376
43	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	210,694	116,742	93,952
44	🇨🇴Colombia	202,850	122,816	80,034
45	🇳🇪Niger	200,720	101,322	99,398
46	🇬🇭Ghana	187,795	97,288	90,507
47	🇨🇲Cameroon	186,851	97,332	89,519
48	🇲🇦Morocco	183,074	99,136	83,938
49	🇲🇱Mali	182,138	91,973	90,165
50	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	175,673	94,339	81,334
51	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	175,232	89,225	86,007
52	🇸🇸South Sudan	174,769	92,756	82,013
53	🇲🇬Madagascar	172,129	93,226	78,903
54	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	163,293	90,157	73,136
55	🇿🇲Zambia	155,998	78,294	77,705
56	🇾🇪Yemen	155,537	82,205	73,332
57	🇵🇪Peru	154,949	86,200	68,749
58	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	154,029	80,774	73,255
59	🇩🇿Algeria	150,325	80,740	69,586
60	🇭🇺Hungary	142,939	74,724	68,215
61	🇮🇶Iraq	141,926	74,544	67,382
62	🇳🇱Netherlands	137,711	69,086	68,625
63	🇹🇩Chad	136,205	69,808	66,396
64	🇧🇾Belarus	131,981	71,301	60,681
65	🇧🇬Bulgaria	128,898	68,115	60,783
66	🇦🇺Australia	128,002	67,821	60,181
67	🇬🇳Guinea	127,227	64,173	63,054
68	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	121,787	76,352	45,435
69	🇰🇭Cambodia	121,241	62,614	58,628
70	🇸🇴Somalia	119,101	62,496	56,605
71	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	118,778	75,615	43,163
72	🇷🇼Rwanda	118,678	60,747	57,931
73	🇨🇿Czechia	112,746	56,674	56,072
74	🇧🇮Burundi	112,407	58,297	54,109
75	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	109,152	62,672	46,480
76	🇵🇹Portugal	106,695	55,989	50,705
77	🇧🇪Belgium	104,722	52,656	52,065
78	🇬🇷Greece	102,507	57,344	45,163
79	🇸🇳Senegal	101,013	52,822	48,191
80	🇲🇾Malaysia	94,179	53,288	40,891
81	🇸🇪Sweden	93,933	47,041	46,892
82	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	92,648	47,494	45,154
83	🇭🇹Haiti	90,673	46,295	44,378
84	🇷🇸Serbia	89,196	47,413	41,784
85	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	84,207	44,157	40,050
86	🇦🇹Austria	80,781	37,246	43,535
87	🇧🇯Benin	80,312	41,309	39,003
88	🇨🇺Cuba	80,263	44,942	35,321
89	🇬🇹Guatemala	78,106	45,025	33,082
90	🇨🇱Chile	77,989	43,976	34,013
91	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	75,274	46,440	28,834
92	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	71,260	38,262	32,998
93	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	66,541	37,486	29,055
94	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	64,372	31,358	33,014
95	🇨🇭Switzerland	62,741	30,787	31,954
96	🇪🇨Ecuador	62,237	35,355	26,883
97	🇩🇰Denmark	61,065	30,425	30,639
98	🇹🇯Tajikistan	59,638	32,719	26,919
99	🇨🇫Central African Republic	56,477	30,522	25,954
100	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	56,276	29,336	26,940
101	🇹🇬Togo	55,008	28,361	26,647
102	🇭🇷Croatia	52,964	26,615	26,349
103	🇬🇪Georgia	51,416	26,750	24,667
104	🇸🇰Slovakia	51,201	27,537	23,664
105	🇫🇮Finland	49,090	24,240	24,850
106	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	46,426	26,114	20,312
107	🇹🇳Tunisia	46,109	26,421	19,689
108	🇱🇹Lithuania	44,556	23,740	20,816
109	🇱🇷Liberia	44,190	24,044	20,146
110	🇳🇴Norway	43,807	22,085	21,722
111	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	38,699	20,899	17,800
112	🇸🇻El Salvador	36,911	21,962	14,949
113	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	36,690	20,266	16,425
114	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	36,323	21,442	14,881
115	🇱🇻Latvia	35,322	17,903	17,419
116	🇨🇬Congo	34,889	17,258	17,631
117	🇮🇱Israel	34,483	17,676	16,807
118	🇭🇳Honduras	34,282	18,896	15,387
119	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	33,362	18,080	15,282
120	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	32,198	16,471	15,727
121	🇮🇪Ireland	31,464	16,512	14,951
122	🇺🇾Uruguay	30,107	16,588	13,519
123	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	29,395	17,166	12,229
124	🇳🇿New Zealand	28,369	14,531	13,837
125	🇳🇮Nicaragua	28,330	15,620	12,709
126	🇵🇾Paraguay	27,238	15,236	12,002
127	🇪🇷Eritrea	26,675	13,901	12,774
128	🇦🇲Armenia	26,046	13,997	12,050
129	🇱🇸Lesotho	23,464	12,950	10,514
130	🇲🇷Mauritania	23,030	12,076	10,954
131	🇲🇳Mongolia	20,577	11,051	9,526
132	🇱🇾Libya	20,198	11,656	8,542
133	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	20,111	10,714	9,397
134	🇱🇧Lebanon	19,840	9,937	9,903
135	🇪🇪Estonia	19,028	9,636	9,392
136	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,503	9,384	9,119
137	🇦🇱Albania	18,404	10,308	8,096
138	🇯🇴Jordan	18,148	10,126	8,022
139	🇯🇲Jamaica	17,724	8,561	9,162
140	🇸🇬Singapore	17,345	9,759	7,585
141	🇧🇼Botswana	17,339	9,128	8,211
142	🇲🇰North Macedonia	16,905	9,333	7,572
143	🇳🇦Namibia	16,830	8,650	8,180
144	🇬🇲Gambia	16,334	8,786	7,548
145	🇨🇷Costa Rica	14,659	8,315	6,344
146	🇵🇦Panama	13,858	7,987	5,871
147	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	13,208	7,240	5,968
148	🇬🇦Gabon	12,126	6,147	5,979
149	🇵🇸State of Palestine	11,297	5,982	5,316
150	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,615	5,710	4,905
151	🇸🇿Eswatini	10,436	5,522	4,914
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	8,767	4,796	3,971
153	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	8,721	4,587	4,134
154	🇲🇺Mauritius	7,851	4,554	3,297
155	🇴🇲Oman	7,748	5,000	2,748
156	🇩🇯Djibouti	7,174	3,779	3,395
157	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,822	3,565	3,257
158	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6,475	4,732	1,742
159	🇬🇾Guyana	6,064	3,499	2,565
160	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,585	2,872	2,714
161	🇰🇲Comoros	5,417	2,903	2,514
162	🇧🇹Bhutan	4,947	2,742	2,205
163	🇫🇯Fiji	4,794	2,718	2,077
164	🇷🇪Réunion	3,997	2,376	1,621
165	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,887	1,973	1,913
166	🇰🇼Kuwait	3,406	2,190	1,216
167	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,097	1,593	1,503
168	🇸🇷Suriname	3,079	1,727	1,353
169	🇲🇹Malta	3,076	1,693	1,383
170	🇲🇶Martinique	2,605	1,407	1,198
171	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,584	1,423	1,161
172	🇧🇧Barbados	2,562	1,244	1,319
173	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,354	1,442	912
174	🇮🇸Iceland	1,889	994	895
175	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,823	1,002	821
176	🇪🇭Western Sahara	1,768	970	798
177	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,738	1,068	670
178	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,464	787	677
179	🇲🇻Maldives	1,405	807	598
180	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,347	723	625
181	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,198	714	484
182	🇶🇦Qatar	1,164	812	352
183	🇧🇿Belize	1,134	646	488
184	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,124	578	546
185	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1,058	628	429
186	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,002	608	395
187	🇮🇲Isle of Man	990	480	511
188	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	985	511	474
189	🇼🇸Samoa	968	573	395
190	🇯🇪Jersey	815	385	430
191	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	790	460	330
192	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	789	406	383
193	🇬🇺Guam	732	438	294
194	🇬🇩Grenada	720	370	349
195	🇹🇴Tonga	692	417	275
196	🇸🇨Seychelles	669	409	260
197	🇩🇲Dominica	653	349	304
198	🇰🇮Kiribati	649	334	315
199	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	631	366	265
200	🇵🇫French Polynesia	627	365	262
201	🇬🇫French Guiana	610	385	224
202	🇬🇬Guernsey	564	268	295
203	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	505	260	244
204	🇦🇼Aruba	498	270	229
205	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	454	232	222
206	🇬🇱Greenland	452	258	194
207	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	450	213	237
208	🇲🇨Monaco	388	221	167
209	🇾🇹Mayotte	378	220	158
210	🇦🇩Andorra	369	227	142
211	🇧🇲Bermuda	350	189	162
212	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	340	189	151
213	🇦🇸American Samoa	243	146	97
214	🇬🇮Gibraltar	224	109	115
215	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	219	127	92
216	🇸🇲San Marino	217	108	110
217	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	209	118	91
218	🇵🇼Palau	172	103	70
219	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	158	94	64
220	🇨🇰Cook Islands	125	75	50
221	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	124	69	55
222	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	104	55	49
223	🇹🇻Tuvalu	96	48	48
224	🇲🇸Montserrat	94	40	53
225	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	91	54	37
226	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	84	50	34
227	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	79	44	35
228	🇳🇷Nauru	76	48	29
229	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	75	38	37
230	🇦🇮Anguilla	66	34	33
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	57	29	28
232	🇸🇭Saint Helena	54	29	26
233	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	33	19	14
234	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	30	18	12
235	🇳🇺Niue	27	15	12
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	8	4	4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1996

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	27,031,148	14,459,863	12,571,285
2	Africa	10,281,946	5,415,361	4,866,585
3	Europe	8,394,631	4,269,730	4,124,901
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,092,912	1,752,775	1,340,137
5	Northern America	2,510,626	1,276,792	1,233,834
6	Oceania	207,507	112,463	95,044

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1996

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,664,599	6,626,748	6,037,851
2	Eastern Asia	9,354,014	5,084,352	4,269,662
3	Eastern Europe	4,208,579	2,183,371	2,025,208
4	Eastern Africa	3,631,600	1,897,418	1,734,182
5	Western Africa	3,600,542	1,890,181	1,710,361
6	South-Eastern Asia	3,475,795	1,903,358	1,572,437
7	South America	2,115,257	1,197,580	917,677
8	Western Europe	1,809,706	876,225	933,481
9	Middle Africa	1,434,446	756,777	677,669
10	Southern Europe	1,358,991	711,831	647,160
11	Northern Africa	1,158,848	630,170	528,678
12	Western Asia	1,066,077	589,213	476,864
13	Northern Europe	1,017,355	498,303	519,052
14	Central America	687,603	398,398	289,205
15	Central Asia	470,663	256,192	214,471
16	Southern Africa	456,510	240,815	215,695
17	Caribbean	290,052	156,797	133,255
18	Australia/New Zealand	156,365	82,352	74,013
19	Melanesia	45,680	26,931	18,749
20	Polynesia	2,755	1,630	1,125
21	Micronesia	2,707	1,550	1,157

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1996

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	36,522,231	19,502,596	17,019,635
2	Lower-middle-income countries	21,808,666	11,475,824	10,332,842
3	Upper-middle-income countries	14,713,565	8,026,772	6,686,793
4	High-income countries	9,348,374	4,813,543	4,534,831
5	Low-income countries	5,536,802	2,906,973	2,629,829
6	No income group available	111,363	63,872	47,491

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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