Statistics - World Infant Mortality

Introduction

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births.

This table lists countries infant mortality (Deaths/1,000 Live Births) from highest rate to lowest (2011 est.). Data is based on statistics from population censuses and other sources. In a relationship of two people, 2 children/woman approximately replaces the existing population.

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Some Recent Findings

Neonatal Mortality Levels for 193 Countries in 2009 with Trends since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of Progress, Projections, and Priorities. " In 2009, an estimated 3.3 million babies died in the first month of life-compared with 4.6 million neonatal deaths in 1990-and more than half of all neonatal deaths occurred in five countries of the world (44% of global livebirths): India 27.8% (19.6% of global livebirths), Nigeria 7.2% (4.5%), Pakistan 6.9% (4.0%), China 6.4% (13.4%), and Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.6% (2.1%)."

World highest infant mortality rate by country

World highest infant mortality rate by country

Rank	Country	Deaths/1,000 Live Births
1	Angola	175.9
2	Afghanistan	149.2
3	Niger	112.22
4	Mali	111.35
5	Somalia	105.56
6	Central African Republic	99.38
7	Guinea-Bissau	96.23
8	Chad	95.31
9	Nigeria	91.54
10	Burkina Faso	81.4
11	Malawi	81.04
12	Mozambique	78.95
13	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	78.43
14	Sierra Leone	78.38
15	Equatorial Guinea	77.3
16	Ethiopia	77.12
17	Congo, Republic of the	76.05
18	Liberia	74.52
19	Gambia, The	71.67
20	Sudan	68.07
21	Tanzania	66.93
22	Zambia	66.6
23	Cote d'Ivoire	64.78
24	Rwanda	64.04
25	Pakistan	63.26
26	Swaziland	63.09
27	Comoros	62.63
28	Uganda	62.47
29	Burundi	61.82
30	Benin	61.56
31	Guinea	61.03
32	Cameroon	60.91
33	Western Sahara	60.44
34	Mauritania	60.42
35	Laos	59.46
36	Senegal	56.42
37	Cambodia	55.49
38	Yemen	55.11
39	Lesotho	55.04
40	Djibouti	54.94
41	Haiti	54.02
42	Sao Tome and Principe	53.21
43	Kenya	52.29
44	Togo	51.48
45	Madagascar	51.45
46	Azerbaijan	51.08
47	Bangladesh	50.73
48	Gabon	49.95
49	Burma	49.23
50	Ghana	48.55
51	India	47.57
52	Vanuatu	46.85
53	Namibia	45.59
54	Nepal	44.54
55	Bhutan	44.48
56	Papua New Guinea	43.29
57	South Africa	43.2
58	Turkmenistan	42.34
59	Iran	42.26
60	Bolivia	42.16
61	Iraq	41.68
62	World	41.61
63	Eritrea	41.33
64	Kiribati	38.89
65	Tajikistan	38.54
66	Timor-Leste	38.01
67	Mongolia	37.26
68	Guyana	36.76
69	Tuvalu	34.52
70	Zimbabwe	29.5
71	Kyrgyzstan	29.27
72	Indonesia	27.95
73	Trinidad and Tobago	27.69
74	Morocco	27.53
75	Maldives	27.45
76	Korea, North	27.11
77	Cape Verde	26.94
78	Guatemala	26.02
79	Tunisia	25.92
80	Algeria	25.81
81	Egypt	25.2
82	Micronesia, Federated States of	24.34
83	Kazakhstan	24.15
84	Turkey	23.94
85	Marshall Islands	23.74
86	Paraguay	23.02
87	Samoa	22.74
88	Nicaragua	22.64
89	Dominican Republic	22.22
90	Peru	22.18
91	Belize	21.95
92	Uzbekistan	21.92
93	Brazil	21.17
94	Vietnam	20.9
95	Venezuela	20.62
96	Honduras	20.44
97	El Salvador	20.3
98	Libya	20.09
99	Ecuador	19.65
100	Philippines	19.34
101	Armenia	18.85
102	Solomon Islands	17.82
103	Suriname	17.61
104	Mexico	17.29
105	Gaza Strip	17.12
106	Bulgaria	16.68
107	Jordan	16.42
108	Thailand	16.39
109	Colombia	16.39
110	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	16.38
111	Saudi Arabia	16.16
112	China	16.06
113	Lebanon	15.85
114	Cook Islands	15.81
115	Syria	15.62
116	Oman	15.47
117	Montserrat	15.23
118	Georgia	15.17
119	Malaysia	15.02
120	West Bank	14.92
121	Antigua and Barbuda	14.63
122	Albania	14.61
123	Jamaica	14.6
124	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14.27
125	Tonga	13.65
126	British Virgin Islands	13.63
127	Bahamas, The	13.49
128	Aruba	12.92
129	Dominica	12.78
130	Saint Lucia	12.72
131	Moldova	12.43
132	Palau	12.43
133	Qatar	12.05
134	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.97
135	United Arab Emirates	11.94
136	Barbados	11.86
137	Seychelles	11.66
138	Panama	11.64
139	Mauritius	11.52
140	Brunei	11.51
141	Grenada	11.43
142	Botswana	11.14
143	Romania	11.02
144	Fiji	11
145	Argentina	10.81
146	Bahrain	10.43
147	Russia	10.08
148	Greenland	10.05
149	Sri Lanka	9.7
150	Uruguay	9.69
151	American Samoa	9.66
152	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.66
153	Costa Rica	9.45
154	Cyprus	9.38
155	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.67
156	Nauru	8.66
157	Macedonia	8.54
158	Ukraine	8.54
159	Latvia	8.42
160	Kuwait	8.07
161	Puerto Rico	8.07
162	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	7.47
163	Chile	7.34
164	French Polynesia	7.27
165	Virgin Islands	7.24
166	Estonia	7.06
167	Gibraltar	6.69
168	Cayman Islands	6.63
169	Slovakia	6.59
170	Poland	6.54
171	Serbia	6.52
172	Lithuania	6.27
173	Belarus	6.25
174	Croatia	6.16
175	Faroe Islands	6.06
176	United States	6.06
177	Northern Mariana Islands	5.79
178	New Caledonia	5.71
179	European Union	5.61
180	Hungary	5.31
181	Taiwan	5.18
182	Greece	5
183	Canada	4.92
184	Cuba	4.9
185	New Zealand	4.78
186	San Marino	4.72
187	Wallis and Futuna	4.67
188	Portugal	4.66
189	United Kingdom	4.62
190	Australia	4.61
191	Netherlands	4.59
192	Luxembourg	4.44
193	Belgium	4.33
194	Isle of Man	4.32
195	Austria	4.32
196	Denmark	4.24
197	Slovenia	4.17
198	Korea, South	4.16
199	Liechtenstein	4.15
200	Israel	4.12
201	Switzerland	4.08
202	Jersey	3.98
203	Ireland	3.85
204	Andorra	3.8
205	Czech Republic	3.73
206	Malta	3.69
207	Guernsey	3.55
208	Germany	3.54
209	Norway	3.52
210	Anguilla	3.47
211	Finland	3.43
212	Spain	3.39
213	Italy	3.38
214	France	3.29
215	Iceland	3.2
216	Macau	3.18
217	Hong Kong	2.9
218	Japan	2.78
219	Sweden	2.74
220	Bermuda	2.47
221	Singapore	2.32
222	Monaco	1.79

Data: The World Factbook Raw Data

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