Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1998

-5 year -1 year 1998 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1998, a total of 51,761,764 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 27,466,173 were male and 24,295,591 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,244,646 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,698,746, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,322,433 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 9 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 13, and 🇳🇺Niue with 26 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 26,867,315 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10805.981, and Europe with 8,193,143 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,469,734 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,350,695, and Eastern Europe with 4,012,743 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 36,422,368. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 114,165 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1998

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1998

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,244,646	4,819,954	4,424,693
2	🇨🇳China	7,698,746	4,244,225	3,454,521
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,322,433	1,161,434	1,160,999
4	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,133,801	1,114,679	1,019,122
5	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2,021,523	1,023,690	997,833
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,544,482	811,301	733,181
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,360,060	743,744	616,316
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,099,585	630,267	469,318
9	🇯🇵Japan	994,334	538,188	456,146
10	🇪🇹Ethiopia	973,231	506,798	466,433
11	🇧🇩Bangladesh	935,549	491,201	444,348
12	🇩🇪Germany	853,210	393,654	459,556
13	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	728,902	400,459	328,443
14	🇺🇦Ukraine	719,518	354,766	364,753
15	🇬🇧United Kingdom	627,654	299,346	328,309
16	🇮🇹Italy	573,018	289,822	283,196
17	🇫🇷France	534,376	274,110	260,267
18	🇲🇽Mexico	482,794	278,090	204,703
19	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	464,247	238,510	225,737
20	🇪🇬Egypt	449,727	230,978	218,749
21	🇲🇲Myanmar	448,117	249,257	198,859
22	🇻🇳Viet Nam	443,415	254,568	188,847
23	🇿🇦South Africa	428,229	219,313	208,916
24	🇵🇭Philippines	423,670	227,028	196,642
25	🇵🇱Poland	375,351	199,774	175,577
26	🇸🇩Sudan	370,891	221,210	149,681
27	🇺🇬Uganda	369,924	195,976	173,949
28	🇹🇷Türkiye	363,303	204,687	158,616
29	🇪🇸Spain	357,409	187,990	169,419
30	🇹🇭Thailand	344,686	208,051	136,635
31	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	336,247	192,127	144,120
32	🇸🇸South Sudan	316,924	167,667	149,257
33	🇰🇪Kenya	313,492	162,768	150,724
34	🇦🇴Angola	293,153	157,237	135,916
35	🇲🇿Mozambique	285,319	146,909	138,410
36	🇦🇷Argentina	277,302	147,808	129,494
37	🇷🇴Romania	266,312	142,002	124,310
38	🇦🇫Afghanistan	250,677	133,815	116,862
39	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	238,073	136,679	101,394
40	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	237,790	120,770	117,020
41	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	227,906	124,512	103,394
42	🇲🇼Malawi	223,939	117,685	106,254
43	🇨🇦Canada	218,050	112,913	105,138
44	🇳🇵Nepal	209,994	110,240	99,754
45	🇨🇴Colombia	206,553	125,096	81,457
46	🇳🇪Niger	200,812	101,593	99,219
47	🇨🇲Cameroon	196,557	102,358	94,199
48	🇬🇭Ghana	189,926	98,657	91,269
49	🇲🇦Morocco	183,441	99,608	83,833
50	🇲🇱Mali	179,859	91,175	88,685
51	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	179,610	91,266	88,344
52	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	175,289	92,202	83,087
53	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	174,543	93,888	80,655
54	🇲🇬Madagascar	169,417	90,534	78,884
55	🇿🇲Zambia	164,409	82,012	82,397
56	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	160,879	88,907	71,972
57	🇩🇿Algeria	158,238	86,991	71,247
58	🇵🇪Peru	156,457	86,886	69,571
59	🇮🇶Iraq	156,178	81,901	74,276
60	🇾🇪Yemen	152,953	81,057	71,896
61	🇷🇼Rwanda	149,453	77,978	71,475
62	🇹🇩Chad	143,005	73,356	69,649
63	🇭🇺Hungary	140,693	74,203	66,490
64	🇧🇾Belarus	138,781	74,802	63,979
65	🇳🇱Netherlands	137,453	68,241	69,212
66	🇧🇬Bulgaria	129,377	68,498	60,880
67	🇦🇺Australia	127,209	67,113	60,097
68	🇸🇴Somalia	126,940	66,473	60,467
69	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	126,493	80,226	46,267
70	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	124,758	78,279	46,479
71	🇬🇳Guinea	123,226	61,536	61,690
72	🇰🇭Cambodia	118,359	60,565	57,794
73	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	111,831	65,619	46,212
74	🇨🇿Czechia	109,428	55,096	54,333
75	🇸🇳Senegal	106,679	55,448	51,231
76	🇵🇹Portugal	106,034	55,470	50,564
77	🇧🇪Belgium	104,841	52,227	52,614
78	🇬🇷Greece	104,555	57,871	46,684
79	🇲🇾Malaysia	102,602	58,042	44,560
80	🇧🇮Burundi	100,355	51,809	48,546
81	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	97,001	50,867	46,134
82	🇸🇪Sweden	93,286	46,601	46,685
83	🇷🇸Serbia	93,157	49,936	43,221
84	🇭🇹Haiti	89,005	45,620	43,386
85	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	84,265	44,383	39,881
86	🇧🇯Benin	81,384	42,317	39,066
87	🇨🇺Cuba	79,989	44,485	35,505
88	🇨🇱Chile	78,825	43,596	35,229
89	🇦🇹Austria	78,224	36,334	41,890
90	🇬🇹Guatemala	75,620	43,803	31,816
91	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	75,162	45,906	29,257
92	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	70,963	39,962	31,002
93	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	67,274	37,007	30,268
94	🇪🇨Ecuador	63,041	35,771	27,270
95	🇨🇭Switzerland	62,596	30,992	31,604
96	🇨🇫Central African Republic	60,651	32,526	28,125
97	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	58,597	28,437	30,160
98	🇩🇰Denmark	58,573	29,007	29,566
99	🇹🇬Togo	57,897	29,758	28,139
100	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	55,785	29,235	26,550
101	🇭🇷Croatia	54,445	27,409	27,036
102	🇸🇰Slovakia	53,163	28,647	24,516
103	🇹🇯Tajikistan	52,514	28,791	23,723
104	🇬🇪Georgia	50,677	25,360	25,318
105	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	49,986	28,217	21,769
106	🇫🇮Finland	49,210	24,472	24,737
107	🇭🇳Honduras	49,163	25,255	23,907
108	🇹🇳Tunisia	45,997	26,761	19,236
109	🇳🇴Norway	44,131	22,055	22,077
110	🇱🇷Liberia	43,657	23,325	20,332
111	🇱🇹Lithuania	42,578	22,134	20,444
112	🇨🇬Congo	40,601	21,106	19,495
113	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	40,523	23,540	16,983
114	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	37,420	20,116	17,304
115	🇮🇱Israel	36,579	18,753	17,826
116	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	36,490	20,303	16,187
117	🇸🇻El Salvador	36,147	21,203	14,944
118	🇱🇻Latvia	35,199	17,320	17,879
119	🇪🇷Eritrea	34,658	22,041	12,617
120	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	34,172	17,117	17,055
121	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	32,698	17,839	14,859
122	🇳🇮Nicaragua	31,406	16,831	14,576
123	🇮🇪Ireland	31,280	16,370	14,910
124	🇺🇾Uruguay	30,090	16,585	13,505
125	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	29,580	17,033	12,548
126	🇵🇾Paraguay	28,018	15,781	12,237
127	🇱🇸Lesotho	27,703	14,986	12,716
128	🇳🇿New Zealand	26,376	13,632	12,745
129	🇦🇲Armenia	25,497	13,433	12,065
130	🇲🇷Mauritania	23,218	12,268	10,950
131	🇱🇾Libya	21,865	12,745	9,120
132	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	21,128	11,731	9,397
133	🇳🇦Namibia	20,052	10,241	9,811
134	🇱🇧Lebanon	20,004	10,183	9,820
135	🇧🇼Botswana	19,955	10,280	9,675
136	🇪🇪Estonia	19,416	9,853	9,563
137	🇲🇳Mongolia	18,963	10,154	8,810
138	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,881	9,572	9,308
139	🇯🇴Jordan	18,548	10,415	8,132
140	🇦🇱Albania	18,487	10,308	8,180
141	🇯🇲Jamaica	18,261	8,953	9,308
142	🇲🇰North Macedonia	17,318	9,481	7,837
143	🇬🇲Gambia	16,647	8,954	7,693
144	🇸🇬Singapore	16,469	9,285	7,184
145	🇨🇷Costa Rica	15,684	8,909	6,775
146	🇵🇦Panama	14,121	8,119	6,002
147	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	13,499	7,416	6,083
148	🇸🇿Eswatini	12,617	6,646	5,971
149	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	12,468	7,299	5,169
150	🇬🇦Gabon	12,422	6,274	6,148
151	🇵🇸State of Palestine	11,568	6,101	5,468
152	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	9,037	4,768	4,270
153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	8,960	4,829	4,131
154	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,038	4,604	3,434
155	🇩🇯Djibouti	7,617	3,974	3,643
156	🇴🇲Oman	7,520	4,910	2,610
157	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	7,057	5,195	1,862
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,780	3,605	3,174
159	🇬🇾Guyana	5,830	3,385	2,445
160	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,777	3,098	2,680
161	🇰🇲Comoros	5,570	3,019	2,550
162	🇫🇯Fiji	4,930	2,790	2,141
163	🇧🇹Bhutan	4,749	2,646	2,103
164	🇷🇪Réunion	4,164	2,464	1,700
165	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,885	1,967	1,918
166	🇰🇼Kuwait	3,501	2,287	1,214
167	🇸🇷Suriname	3,372	1,900	1,471
168	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	2,919	1,508	1,412
169	🇲🇹Malta	2,896	1,565	1,332
170	🇲🇶Martinique	2,650	1,433	1,217
171	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,624	1,439	1,185
172	🇧🇧Barbados	2,562	1,234	1,329
173	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,449	1,490	958
174	🇪🇭Western Sahara	1,903	1,067	836
175	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,845	1,166	679
176	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,831	1,004	827
177	🇮🇸Iceland	1,830	943	886
178	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,530	835	695
179	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,365	733	632
180	🇲🇻Maldives	1,337	769	568
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,313	743	569
182	🇶🇦Qatar	1,267	882	385
183	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,137	587	550
184	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,086	677	409
185	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1,077	641	435
186	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,058	536	523
187	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,034	626	408
188	🇮🇲Isle of Man	976	448	528
189	🇼🇸Samoa	960	565	395
190	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	860	499	361
191	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	812	423	389
192	🇯🇪Jersey	765	363	402
193	🇬🇺Guam	750	447	302
194	🇬🇩Grenada	726	377	349
195	🇹🇴Tonga	697	418	279
196	🇩🇲Dominica	652	328	324
197	🇰🇮Kiribati	640	328	312
198	🇬🇫French Guiana	635	404	231
199	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	593	344	249
200	🇵🇫French Polynesia	586	348	239
201	🇸🇨Seychelles	545	314	231
202	🇬🇬Guernsey	535	256	279
203	🇦🇼Aruba	529	285	244
204	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	503	264	240
205	🇬🇱Greenland	465	279	186
206	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	453	230	224
207	🇦🇩Andorra	446	284	161
208	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	420	223	197
209	🇾🇹Mayotte	403	235	168
210	🇲🇨Monaco	376	209	166
211	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	340	191	150
212	🇧🇲Bermuda	316	174	142
213	🇦🇸American Samoa	247	146	101
214	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	224	128	96
215	🇸🇲San Marino	219	111	108
216	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	215	121	94
217	🇬🇮Gibraltar	185	95	90
218	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	176	104	72
219	🇵🇼Palau	174	104	70
220	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	122	67	54
221	🇨🇰Cook Islands	120	71	49
222	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	99	59	41
223	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	97	53	44
224	🇹🇻Tuvalu	97	49	48
225	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	86	53	33
226	🇳🇷Nauru	84	52	32
227	🇲🇸Montserrat	76	34	42
228	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	76	41	36
229	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	71	38	33
230	🇦🇮Anguilla	65	33	32
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	60	30	30
232	🇸🇭Saint Helena	52	27	25
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	36	21	15
234	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	30	17	13
235	🇳🇺Niue	26	14	12
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	9	5	4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1998

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	26,867,315	14,481,873	12,385,442
2	Africa	10,805,981	5,693,240	5,112,741
3	Europe	8,193,143	4,124,531	4,068,612
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,144,973	1,778,655	1,366,318
5	Northern America	2,541,299	1,274,822	1,266,477
6	Oceania	209,053	113,052	96,001

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1998

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,469,734	6,574,692	5,895,042
2	Eastern Asia	9,350,695	5,149,443	4,201,252
3	Eastern Europe	4,012,743	2,049,909	1,962,834
4	Eastern Africa	3,893,937	2,033,971	1,859,966
5	Western Africa	3,685,709	1,919,615	1,766,094
6	South-Eastern Asia	3,512,170	1,915,399	1,596,771
7	South America	2,145,817	1,217,497	928,320
8	Western Europe	1,775,160	857,844	917,316
9	Middle Africa	1,485,686	798,806	686,880
10	Southern Europe	1,399,424	727,407	672,017
11	Northern Africa	1,232,076	679,372	552,704
12	Western Asia	1,076,654	592,798	483,856
13	Northern Europe	1,005,816	489,371	516,445
14	Central America	706,244	402,956	303,288
15	Southern Africa	508,573	261,476	247,097
16	Central Asia	458,062	249,541	208,521
17	Caribbean	292,912	158,202	134,710
18	Australia/New Zealand	153,584	80,747	72,837
19	Melanesia	50,028	29,125	20,903
20	Polynesia	2,727	1,611	1,116
21	Micronesia	2,714	1,569	1,145

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1998

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	36,422,368	19,497,868	16,924,500
2	Lower-middle-income countries	21,777,223	11,480,922	10,296,301
3	Upper-middle-income countries	14,645,145	8,016,946	6,628,199
4	High-income countries	9,374,970	4,802,127	4,572,843
5	Low-income countries	5,850,261	3,099,255	2,751,006
6	No income group available	114,165	66,923	47,242

Data Information

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UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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