Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1999

-5 year -1 year 1999 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1999, a total of 51,996,609 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 27,532,388 were male and 24,464,221 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 9,235,338 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a death count of 7,843,156, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 2,378,946 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 27 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 27,001,491 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 10633.379, and Europe with 8,402,774 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest death count of 12,341,671 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a death count of 9,553,401, and Eastern Europe with 4,204,781 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 36,766,750. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 121,781 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1999

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1999

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇮🇳India	9,235,338	4,836,945	4,398,393
2	🇨🇳China	7,843,156	4,246,390	3,596,766
3	🇺🇸United States of America	2,378,946	1,181,315	1,197,630
4	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2,192,510	1,137,779	1,054,731
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	2,138,467	1,118,022	1,020,445
6	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,559,353	831,026	728,327
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,350,165	739,885	610,280
8	🇧🇷Brazil	1,107,868	635,946	471,921
9	🇯🇵Japan	1,044,710	562,542	482,169
10	🇪🇹Ethiopia	1,011,162	531,673	479,489
11	🇩🇪Germany	847,514	391,045	456,469
12	🇧🇩Bangladesh	845,973	439,182	406,791
13	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	738,910	405,837	333,073
14	🇺🇦Ukraine	738,639	367,666	370,973
15	🇬🇧United Kingdom	631,120	299,803	331,317
16	🇮🇹Italy	567,015	285,403	281,612
17	🇫🇷France	538,102	274,705	263,397
18	🇲🇽Mexico	486,055	278,129	207,926
19	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	458,698	236,806	221,892
20	🇲🇲Myanmar	453,976	252,162	201,815
21	🇪🇬Egypt	453,052	232,541	220,511
22	🇿🇦South Africa	451,828	230,028	221,800
23	🇻🇳Viet Nam	447,634	257,423	190,210
24	🇵🇭Philippines	433,612	231,578	202,034
25	🇵🇱Poland	381,260	204,078	177,182
26	🇹🇷Türkiye	379,558	210,922	168,636
27	🇺🇬Uganda	369,249	195,570	173,679
28	🇪🇸Spain	368,015	193,059	174,957
29	🇹🇭Thailand	363,039	217,657	145,383
30	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	333,233	192,304	140,930
31	🇰🇪Kenya	320,677	165,614	155,063
32	🇦🇴Angola	296,393	161,253	135,141
33	🇲🇿Mozambique	281,732	144,967	136,764
34	🇦🇷Argentina	279,209	148,496	130,713
35	🇸🇩Sudan	265,350	149,722	115,628
36	🇷🇴Romania	262,164	137,827	124,337
37	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	245,200	123,860	121,340
38	🇦🇫Afghanistan	239,604	126,429	113,175
39	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	236,464	134,617	101,847
40	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	235,175	127,434	107,740
41	🇲🇼Malawi	221,786	116,170	105,616
42	🇨🇦Canada	219,479	113,645	105,833
43	🇨🇴Colombia	209,686	126,632	83,054
44	🇳🇵Nepal	206,788	108,309	98,478
45	🇳🇪Niger	201,961	101,955	100,006
46	🇨🇲Cameroon	200,273	104,619	95,653
47	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	191,647	99,727	91,920
48	🇬🇭Ghana	191,179	99,340	91,839
49	🇲🇦Morocco	183,408	99,904	83,504
50	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	181,350	92,661	88,689
51	🇲🇱Mali	180,168	91,165	89,003
52	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	172,665	92,875	79,790
53	🇲🇬Madagascar	169,426	89,658	79,768
54	🇿🇲Zambia	167,605	83,242	84,362
55	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	159,003	87,859	71,144
56	🇩🇿Algeria	155,729	83,334	72,395
57	🇵🇪Peru	155,170	86,079	69,091
58	🇮🇶Iraq	153,708	82,683	71,025
59	🇾🇪Yemen	150,840	80,135	70,705
60	🇹🇩Chad	145,977	74,818	71,159
61	🇧🇾Belarus	144,288	77,168	67,120
62	🇭🇺Hungary	143,026	74,528	68,498
63	🇳🇱Netherlands	140,540	68,933	71,608
64	🇷🇼Rwanda	137,969	69,926	68,043
65	🇸🇴Somalia	132,858	69,625	63,234
66	🇦🇺Australia	128,175	67,227	60,949
67	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	127,345	79,278	48,068
68	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	124,622	77,608	47,014
69	🇬🇳Guinea	123,212	61,351	61,861
70	🇧🇬Bulgaria	121,975	63,521	58,454
71	🇸🇸South Sudan	119,903	61,639	58,263
72	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	119,417	69,723	49,693
73	🇰🇭Cambodia	116,012	59,249	56,763
74	🇨🇿Czechia	109,749	54,803	54,946
75	🇸🇳Senegal	108,241	55,631	52,610
76	🇵🇹Portugal	107,802	56,100	51,702
77	🇬🇷Greece	105,345	58,565	46,779
78	🇲🇾Malaysia	105,321	59,564	45,757
79	🇧🇪Belgium	105,175	52,529	52,646
80	🇷🇸Serbia	99,809	53,609	46,201
81	🇧🇮Burundi	98,974	50,991	47,983
82	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	98,875	53,910	44,964
83	🇸🇪Sweden	94,721	46,583	48,138
84	🇭🇹Haiti	86,871	44,778	42,093
85	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	84,419	44,730	39,690
86	🇧🇯Benin	82,158	42,777	39,382
87	🇨🇺Cuba	80,043	44,409	35,634
88	🇨🇱Chile	79,588	44,313	35,275
89	🇦🇹Austria	78,191	35,810	42,381
90	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	75,284	46,537	28,747
91	🇬🇹Guatemala	73,744	42,901	30,844
92	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	71,759	40,973	30,786
93	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	65,053	36,181	28,872
94	🇪🇨Ecuador	63,099	35,793	27,306
95	🇨🇫Central African Republic	62,680	33,436	29,244
96	🇨🇭Switzerland	62,637	30,426	32,211
97	🇩🇰Denmark	59,237	28,817	30,420
98	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	58,751	28,729	30,022
99	🇹🇬Togo	58,579	29,935	28,644
100	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	56,321	29,300	27,021
101	🇭🇷Croatia	54,067	27,253	26,815
102	🇸🇰Slovakia	52,424	28,100	24,324
103	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	51,336	29,097	22,239
104	🇬🇪Georgia	49,611	24,942	24,670
105	🇫🇮Finland	49,359	24,409	24,950
106	🇹🇯Tajikistan	49,275	26,755	22,520
107	🇹🇳Tunisia	46,279	26,872	19,407
108	🇳🇴Norway	45,106	22,409	22,698
109	🇱🇷Liberia	44,605	24,017	20,588
110	🇪🇷Eritrea	44,222	29,299	14,923
111	🇱🇹Lithuania	41,806	21,965	19,841
112	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	39,592	23,096	16,495
113	🇨🇬Congo	38,440	19,307	19,133
114	🇮🇱Israel	36,958	18,691	18,267
115	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	36,874	19,862	17,012
116	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	36,757	20,596	16,161
117	🇸🇻El Salvador	35,296	20,718	14,579
118	🇭🇳Honduras	34,111	18,728	15,383
119	🇱🇻Latvia	33,824	16,807	17,016
120	🇮🇪Ireland	32,345	16,778	15,568
121	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	32,283	17,725	14,558
122	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	31,795	16,488	15,307
123	🇺🇾Uruguay	30,082	16,554	13,528
124	🇱🇸Lesotho	29,968	15,935	14,032
125	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	29,593	16,989	12,604
126	🇵🇾Paraguay	28,387	16,074	12,312
127	🇳🇿New Zealand	28,178	14,305	13,873
128	🇳🇮Nicaragua	28,083	15,504	12,579
129	🇦🇲Armenia	26,695	13,990	12,705
130	🇲🇷Mauritania	23,532	12,376	11,157
131	🇱🇾Libya	22,625	13,078	9,546
132	🇳🇦Namibia	21,557	11,018	10,539
133	🇧🇼Botswana	21,321	10,906	10,415
134	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	21,072	11,560	9,512
135	🇱🇧Lebanon	19,744	10,016	9,728
136	🇯🇴Jordan	18,708	10,509	8,199
137	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,696	9,525	9,171
138	🇦🇱Albania	18,571	10,381	8,189
139	🇪🇪Estonia	18,389	9,380	9,010
140	🇲🇳Mongolia	18,243	9,747	8,497
141	🇯🇲Jamaica	18,177	9,015	9,162
142	🇲🇰North Macedonia	17,218	9,507	7,712
143	🇬🇲Gambia	16,819	9,046	7,773
144	🇸🇬Singapore	16,489	9,229	7,260
145	🇨🇷Costa Rica	15,917	9,193	6,724
146	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	15,658	8,992	6,666
147	🇵🇦Panama	14,229	8,172	6,057
148	🇸🇿Eswatini	13,813	7,179	6,634
149	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	12,687	8,064	4,623
150	🇬🇦Gabon	12,605	6,388	6,217
151	🇵🇸State of Palestine	11,716	6,183	5,533
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	9,693	5,064	4,629
153	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	9,188	4,875	4,313
154	🇲🇺Mauritius	7,943	4,500	3,443
155	🇩🇯Djibouti	7,804	4,108	3,696
156	🇴🇲Oman	7,511	4,908	2,603
157	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6,962	5,118	1,844
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,947	3,638	3,310
159	🇲🇪Montenegro	6,184	3,090	3,093
160	🇬🇾Guyana	5,753	3,310	2,443
161	🇰🇲Comoros	5,555	3,014	2,540
162	🇫🇯Fiji	5,054	2,857	2,197
163	🇧🇹Bhutan	4,670	2,606	2,064
164	🇷🇪Réunion	4,212	2,483	1,728
165	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,779	1,887	1,893
166	🇸🇷Suriname	3,570	2,016	1,554
167	🇰🇼Kuwait	3,557	2,313	1,244
168	🇲🇹Malta	2,984	1,553	1,431
169	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	2,846	1,479	1,367
170	🇲🇶Martinique	2,670	1,455	1,215
171	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2,652	1,450	1,201
172	🇧🇧Barbados	2,515	1,207	1,307
173	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,502	1,520	983
174	🇪🇭Western Sahara	1,967	1,111	855
175	🇮🇸Iceland	1,914	971	943
176	🇧🇭Bahrain	1,861	1,160	701
177	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,836	1,002	834
178	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,547	853	694
179	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,362	726	636
180	🇶🇦Qatar	1,357	951	405
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,340	767	573
182	🇲🇻Maldives	1,306	757	549
183	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,146	590	556
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,096	654	442
185	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1,090	650	440
186	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,088	562	525
187	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,085	669	416
188	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1,027	481	546
189	🇼🇸Samoa	956	562	395
190	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	903	520	383
191	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	805	434	371
192	🇯🇪Jersey	783	373	411
193	🇬🇺Guam	748	444	305
194	🇬🇩Grenada	739	382	357
195	🇩🇲Dominica	699	356	342
196	🇹🇴Tonga	698	416	282
197	🇬🇫French Guiana	645	402	243
198	🇰🇮Kiribati	636	325	311
199	🇸🇨Seychelles	583	323	260
200	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	574	332	242
201	🇵🇫French Polynesia	567	340	226
202	🇦🇼Aruba	542	293	249
203	🇬🇬Guernsey	524	251	273
204	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	496	259	237
205	🇬🇱Greenland	447	272	175
206	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	438	226	212
207	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	438	219	219
208	🇾🇹Mayotte	402	230	172
209	🇦🇩Andorra	402	232	170
210	🇲🇨Monaco	374	205	168
211	🇧🇲Bermuda	355	192	163
212	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	341	192	149
213	🇦🇸American Samoa	257	148	109
214	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	234	134	100
215	🇸🇲San Marino	225	112	114
216	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	197	108	89
217	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	181	107	74
218	🇬🇮Gibraltar	177	93	84
219	🇵🇼Palau	175	105	70
220	🇨🇰Cook Islands	116	69	47
221	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	108	60	48
222	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	104	61	43
223	🇹🇻Tuvalu	98	49	48
224	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	93	51	42
225	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	93	57	36
226	🇳🇷Nauru	86	54	32
227	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	75	41	34
228	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	72	36	36
229	🇲🇸Montserrat	68	33	35
230	🇦🇮Anguilla	65	34	31
231	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	61	30	31
232	🇸🇭Saint Helena	50	26	24
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	40	22	17
234	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	28	16	12
235	🇳🇺Niue	27	15	12
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	13	6	7
237	🇻🇦Holy See	9	5	4

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1999

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	27,001,491	14,503,609	12,497,882
2	Africa	10,633,379	5,585,128	5,048,251
3	Europe	8,402,774	4,252,061	4,150,712
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,148,606	1,782,670	1,365,936
5	Northern America	2,599,266	1,295,446	1,303,820
6	Oceania	211,093	113,474	97,619

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1999

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Southern Asia	12,341,671	6,523,998	5,817,673
2	Eastern Asia	9,553,401	5,177,862	4,375,539
3	Eastern Europe	4,204,781	2,174,193	2,030,588
4	Eastern Africa	3,752,398	1,959,567	1,792,831
5	Western Africa	3,708,266	1,932,678	1,775,588
6	South-Eastern Asia	3,568,503	1,956,833	1,611,670
7	South America	2,166,877	1,230,058	936,819
8	Western Europe	1,776,497	855,634	920,863
9	Middle Africa	1,505,816	811,260	694,556
10	Southern Europe	1,410,922	732,996	677,926
11	Northern Africa	1,128,416	606,564	521,852
12	Western Asia	1,087,838	599,857	487,981
13	Northern Europe	1,010,574	489,238	521,336
14	Central America	688,775	394,109	294,666
15	Southern Africa	538,483	275,059	263,424
16	Central Asia	450,078	245,059	205,019
17	Caribbean	292,954	158,503	134,451
18	Australia/New Zealand	156,352	81,531	74,821
19	Melanesia	49,327	28,786	20,541
20	Micronesia	2,710	1,560	1,150
21	Polynesia	2,704	1,597	1,107

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1999

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	36,766,750	19,660,158	17,106,592
2	Lower-middle-income countries	21,729,292	11,488,583	10,240,709
3	Upper-middle-income countries	15,037,458	8,171,575	6,865,883
4	High-income countries	9,506,219	4,847,590	4,658,629
5	Low-income countries	5,601,859	2,953,586	2,648,273
6	No income group available	121,781	71,054	50,727

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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