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Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1997

-5 year -1 year 1997 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1997, a total of 51,432,010 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 27,277,709 were male and 24,154,301 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,166,221 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,541,292, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,337,761 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 8 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 12, and 🇳🇺Niue with 27 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 26,861,516 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10443.464, and Europe with 8,254,338 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,673,648 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,144,666, and Eastern Europe with 4,097,238 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 41,990,592. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 110,076 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1997

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1997

Rank Country Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 🇮🇳India 9,166,221 4,787,548 4,378,672
2 🇨🇳China 7,541,292 4,193,399 3,347,893
3 🇺🇸United States of America 2,337,761 1,171,518 1,166,243
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,143,367 1,117,107 1,026,260
5 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,065,643 1,046,114 1,019,529
6 🇮🇩Indonesia 1,536,020 808,936 727,084
7 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,376,503 750,918 625,585
8 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,195,973 635,437 560,536
9 🇧🇷Brazil 1,065,422 606,780 458,642
10 🇪🇹Ethiopia 993,843 512,039 481,803
11 🇯🇵Japan 940,471 506,535 433,936
12 🇩🇪Germany 864,709 401,837 462,872
13 🇺🇦Ukraine 754,551 367,710 386,841
14 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 724,672 384,425 340,248
15 🇬🇧United Kingdom 636,917 304,526 332,391
16 🇮🇹Italy 559,297 284,649 274,648
17 🇫🇷France 532,546 274,586 257,959
18 🇲🇽Mexico 522,832 288,828 234,005
19 🇪🇬Egypt 460,710 242,432 218,277
20 🇲🇲Myanmar 447,375 246,770 200,605
21 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 445,454 229,418 216,036
22 🇻🇳Viet Nam 424,745 237,403 187,343
23 🇿🇦South Africa 423,892 224,184 199,708
24 🇵🇭Philippines 416,628 235,238 181,390
25 🇵🇱Poland 380,190 201,614 178,575
26 🇹🇷Türkiye 380,010 215,149 164,861
27 🇹🇭Thailand 377,170 226,405 150,765
28 🇺🇬Uganda 356,340 186,205 170,135
29 🇪🇸Spain 345,443 182,956 162,487
30 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 331,256 190,159 141,097
31 🇰🇪Kenya 291,771 147,369 144,402
32 🇲🇿Mozambique 289,186 147,895 141,291
33 🇷🇴Romania 282,442 151,616 130,826
34 🇸🇩Sudan 272,167 151,866 120,301
35 🇦🇴Angola 266,586 140,897 125,689
36 🇦🇷Argentina 266,476 143,650 122,826
37 🇦🇫Afghanistan 251,891 132,695 119,196
38 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 246,809 143,695 103,114
39 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 236,880 122,208 114,671
40 🇨🇦Canada 218,378 113,068 105,310
41 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 217,392 117,088 100,304
42 🇳🇵Nepal 216,970 114,286 102,684
43 🇲🇼Malawi 208,447 106,821 101,625
44 🇨🇴Colombia 203,480 121,763 81,717
45 🇳🇪Niger 202,204 101,997 100,207
46 🇬🇭Ghana 189,491 98,303 91,187
47 🇨🇲Cameroon 186,746 96,892 89,855
48 🇲🇦Morocco 183,352 99,003 84,348
49 🇲🇱Mali 182,267 93,111 89,156
50 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 179,648 91,655 87,992
51 🇲🇬Madagascar 174,915 93,587 81,327
52 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 171,714 94,325 77,389
53 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 171,593 94,035 77,558
54 🇩🇿Algeria 163,271 90,078 73,193
55 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 163,141 83,495 79,646
56 🇸🇸South Sudan 163,038 85,610 77,428
57 🇮🇶Iraq 160,529 84,824 75,704
58 🇿🇲Zambia 159,556 79,133 80,423
59 🇾🇪Yemen 157,659 83,774 73,886
60 🇵🇪Peru 151,735 80,849 70,886
61 🇹🇩Chad 141,017 72,825 68,191
62 🇷🇼Rwanda 139,481 72,660 66,821
63 🇭🇺Hungary 138,901 73,004 65,896
64 🇳🇱Netherlands 135,983 67,154 68,829
65 🇧🇾Belarus 135,902 70,516 65,387
66 🇦🇺Australia 128,803 67,651 61,153
67 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 128,521 82,301 46,221
68 🇬🇳Guinea 128,092 64,685 63,409
69 🇸🇴Somalia 125,966 66,015 59,950
70 🇧🇬Bulgaria 121,887 65,928 55,959
71 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 121,671 76,875 44,796
72 🇰🇭Cambodia 114,097 58,725 55,372
73 🇨🇿Czechia 112,807 56,677 56,130
74 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 107,600 62,800 44,799
75 🇧🇮Burundi 105,976 54,813 51,163
76 🇧🇪Belgium 104,126 51,997 52,129
77 🇸🇳Senegal 103,119 53,638 49,481
78 🇵🇹Portugal 102,062 53,802 48,260
79 🇬🇷Greece 98,376 51,697 46,679
80 🇲🇾Malaysia 95,178 55,887 39,291
81 🇸🇪Sweden 93,277 46,693 46,584
82 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 91,401 47,354 44,047
83 🇷🇸Serbia 88,721 45,844 42,877
84 🇭🇹Haiti 88,696 45,353 43,343
85 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 83,138 43,852 39,286
86 🇧🇯Benin 82,408 42,723 39,684
87 🇨🇺Cuba 79,866 43,854 36,012
88 🇦🇹Austria 79,697 37,203 42,493
89 🇨🇱Chile 77,481 42,863 34,618
90 🇬🇹Guatemala 76,265 43,746 32,519
91 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 70,469 39,644 30,825
92 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 67,180 36,020 31,160
93 🇨🇭Switzerland 63,092 30,773 32,319
94 🇪🇨Ecuador 60,115 34,485 25,630
95 🇩🇰Denmark 59,825 29,504 30,321
96 🇹🇬Togo 58,672 29,654 29,018
97 🇨🇫Central African Republic 58,567 31,343 27,224
98 🇭🇷Croatia 57,352 27,948 29,404
99 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 56,022 29,219 26,803
100 🇸🇰Slovakia 52,643 28,006 24,637
101 🇹🇯Tajikistan 52,295 27,670 24,625
102 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 52,283 26,303 25,979
103 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 50,181 29,124 21,056
104 🇬🇪Georgia 49,958 24,586 25,372
105 🇫🇮Finland 49,135 23,937 25,198
106 🇹🇳Tunisia 47,911 27,379 20,531
107 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 45,438 26,109 19,329
108 🇨🇬Congo 44,648 26,144 18,504
109 🇳🇴Norway 44,577 22,228 22,350
110 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 41,804 21,928 19,876
111 🇱🇹Lithuania 41,283 21,677 19,606
112 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 39,316 22,980 16,335
113 🇱🇷Liberia 39,199 21,031 18,168
114 🇸🇻El Salvador 38,355 22,882 15,473
115 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 36,530 20,072 16,458
116 🇭🇳Honduras 34,148 18,794 15,354
117 🇱🇻Latvia 33,826 16,794 17,032
118 🇮🇱Israel 32,756 17,040 15,717
119 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 32,481 17,637 14,845
120 🇮🇪Ireland 31,266 16,379 14,887
121 🇺🇾Uruguay 31,140 17,225 13,915
122 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 30,688 16,469 14,220
123 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 30,508 17,142 13,366
124 🇳🇮Nicaragua 29,960 16,382 13,578
125 🇳🇿New Zealand 27,720 14,364 13,356
126 🇵🇾Paraguay 26,637 14,538 12,098
127 🇦🇲Armenia 26,243 13,825 12,418
128 🇱🇸Lesotho 25,452 13,584 11,868
129 🇪🇷Eritrea 24,754 12,928 11,826
130 🇲🇷Mauritania 23,689 12,449 11,240
131 🇱🇾Libya 22,376 13,261 9,115
132 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 21,053 11,176 9,878
133 🇯🇴Jordan 19,551 11,301 8,250
134 🇲🇳Mongolia 19,252 10,295 8,957
135 🇱🇧Lebanon 19,194 9,900 9,293
136 🇸🇮Slovenia 18,968 9,625 9,343
137 🇦🇱Albania 18,862 10,609 8,253
138 🇪🇪Estonia 18,558 9,411 9,146
139 🇯🇲Jamaica 18,420 8,997 9,423
140 🇧🇼Botswana 18,128 9,456 8,672
141 🇳🇦Namibia 18,103 9,017 9,086
142 🇸🇬Singapore 17,876 10,205 7,671
143 🇲🇰North Macedonia 17,788 9,167 8,622
144 🇬🇲Gambia 17,092 9,250 7,842
145 🇨🇷Costa Rica 14,561 8,160 6,401
146 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 14,125 7,692 6,432
147 🇵🇦Panama 14,093 8,236 5,857
148 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 12,364 6,683 5,681
149 🇬🇦Gabon 12,004 6,018 5,986
150 🇸🇿Eswatini 11,912 5,964 5,948
151 🇵🇸State of Palestine 11,587 6,165 5,422
152 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 9,086 4,677 4,409
153 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 8,854 4,731 4,123
154 🇲🇺Mauritius 7,794 4,484 3,310
155 🇴🇲Oman 7,665 5,003 2,662
156 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 7,450 5,633 1,817
157 🇩🇯Djibouti 7,354 3,860 3,494
158 🇬🇾Guyana 6,355 3,654 2,702
159 🇨🇾Cyprus 6,181 3,416 2,765
160 🇰🇲Comoros 5,661 3,094 2,568
161 🇲🇪Montenegro 5,313 2,740 2,573
162 🇫🇯Fiji 5,175 2,922 2,254
163 🇧🇹Bhutan 4,901 2,718 2,183
164 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,022 1,928 2,094
165 🇷🇪Réunion 3,681 2,129 1,552
166 🇰🇼Kuwait 3,576 2,307 1,269
167 🇸🇷Suriname 3,437 1,939 1,498
168 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3,149 1,767 1,382
169 🇲🇹Malta 3,007 1,579 1,429
170 🇲🇶Martinique 2,741 1,483 1,259
171 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2,627 1,462 1,165
172 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2,496 1,529 967
173 🇧🇧Barbados 2,377 1,186 1,191
174 🇧🇸Bahamas 2,039 1,183 856
175 🇮🇸Iceland 1,860 997 863
176 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1,830 1,006 823
177 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1,760 929 831
178 🇧🇭Bahrain 1,745 1,061 684
179 🇲🇻Maldives 1,412 847 565
180 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1,401 750 651
181 🇧🇿Belize 1,160 657 503
182 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,135 590 544
183 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1,125 677 448
184 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 1,080 648 433
185 🇶🇦Qatar 1,063 745 318
186 🇮🇲Isle of Man 995 476 519
187 🇼🇸Samoa 974 573 401
188 🇻🇺Vanuatu 969 624 345
189 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 915 443 472
190 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 914 527 386
191 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 848 449 400
192 🇯🇪Jersey 815 391 424
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 795 454 341
194 🇬🇩Grenada 753 387 366
195 🇬🇺Guam 690 419 271
196 🇹🇴Tonga 673 406 266
197 🇬🇫French Guiana 665 411 254
198 🇩🇲Dominica 662 341 321
199 🇰🇮Kiribati 651 332 319
200 🇵🇫French Polynesia 635 367 268
201 🇸🇨Seychelles 616 345 271
202 🇬🇬Guernsey 570 270 300
203 🇦🇼Aruba 517 280 237
204 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 486 259 227
205 🇬🇱Greenland 478 275 203
206 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 443 227 216
207 🇧🇲Bermuda 417 240 177
208 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 390 207 183
209 🇦🇩Andorra 369 238 132
210 🇾🇹Mayotte 364 204 160
211 🇲🇨Monaco 364 194 169
212 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 336 191 145
213 🇦🇸American Samoa 238 147 91
214 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 221 119 102
215 🇸🇲San Marino 211 108 103
216 🇬🇮Gibraltar 207 92 115
217 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 198 110 88
218 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 180 121 59
219 🇵🇼Palau 177 107 70
220 🇨🇰Cook Islands 144 83 61
221 🇲🇸Montserrat 126 62 64
222 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 119 66 53
223 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 101 54 46
224 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 97 59 37
225 🇹🇻Tuvalu 96 50 46
226 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 87 52 35
227 🇳🇷Nauru 79 49 30
228 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 75 42 34
229 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 70 36 34
230 🇦🇮Anguilla 67 36 31
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 61 32 30
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 54 27 26
233 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 32 18 14
234 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 29 18 10
235 🇳🇺Niue 27 15 12
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 12 6 6
237 🇻🇦Holy See 8 4 4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1997

Rank Region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Asia 26,861,516 14,533,160 12,328,356
2 Africa 10,443,464 5,456,328 4,987,136
3 Europe 8,254,338 4,150,981 4,103,357
4 Americas 5,661,321 3,023,149 2,638,172
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 3,104,227 1,738,018 1,366,209
6 Northern America 2,557,085 1,285,132 1,271,953
7 Oceania 211,379 114,096 97,283

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1997

Rank Sub-region Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Southern Asia 12,673,648 6,696,908 5,976,740
2 Eastern Asia 9,144,666 5,074,012 4,070,654
3 Eastern Europe 4,097,238 2,087,485 2,009,753
4 Western Africa 3,682,296 1,913,015 1,769,281
5 Eastern Africa 3,667,335 1,892,107 1,775,228
6 South-Eastern Asia 3,500,312 1,917,129 1,583,183
7 South America 2,083,710 1,174,824 908,886
8 Western Europe 1,784,751 865,787 918,964
9 Middle Africa 1,444,717 763,969 680,748
10 Southern Europe 1,359,042 704,212 654,830
11 Northern Africa 1,151,613 625,025 526,588
12 Western Asia 1,072,997 589,520 483,477
13 Northern Europe 1,013,295 493,492 519,803
14 Central America 731,373 407,683 323,690
15 Southern Africa 497,481 262,201 235,280
16 Central Asia 469,890 255,592 214,298
17 Caribbean 289,137 155,502 133,635
18 Australia/New Zealand 156,524 82,015 74,509
19 Melanesia 49,084 28,733 20,351
20 Micronesia 2,907 1,675 1,232
21 Polynesia 2,870 1,684 1,186

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1997

Rank Income Group Deaths Male Deaths Female Deaths
1 Low-and-middle-income countries 41,990,592 22,433,968 19,556,624
2 Middle-income countries 36,703,800 19,671,389 17,032,411
3 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 25,895,263 13,632,251 12,263,012
4 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 25,424,045 13,579,851 11,844,194
5 Lower-middle-income countries 20,608,480 10,869,674 9,738,806
6 Upper-middle-income countries 16,095,325 8,801,715 7,293,610
7 High-income countries 9,328,727 4,778,138 4,550,589
8 Low-income countries 5,286,795 2,762,579 2,524,216
9 No income group available 110,076 64,152 45,924

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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