Infant Mortality Rate total (most recent) by country

SOURCE
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

DEFINITION
This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.

Health Statistics > Infant mortality rate > Total (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

Date

# 1

Angola:

182.31 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 2

Sierra Leone:

156.48 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 3

Afghanistan:

154.67 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 4

Liberia:

143.89 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 5

Niger:

115.42 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 6

Somalia:

110.97 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 7

Mozambique:

107.84 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 8

Mali:

103.83 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 9

Guinea-Bissau:

101.64 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 10

Zambia:

100.96 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 11

Chad:

100.36 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 12

Djibouti:

99.13 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 13

Nigeria:

95.74 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 14

Malawi:

90.55 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 15

Sudan:

86.98 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 16

Burkina Faso:

86.02 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 17

Equatorial Guinea:

83.75 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 18

Rwanda:

83.42 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 19

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

83.11 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 20

Ethiopia:

82.64 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 21

Central African Republic:

82.13 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 22

Congo, Republic of the:

81.29 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 23

Laos:

79.61 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 24

Lesotho:

78.59 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 25

Western Sahara:

71.13 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 26

Tanzania:

70.46 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 27

Côte d'Ivoire:

69.76 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 28

Swaziland:

69.59 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 29

Gambia, The:

68.72 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 30

Comoros:

68.58 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 31

Guinea:

67.41 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 32

Pakistan:

66.94 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 33

Mauritania:

66.65 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 34

Benin:

66.2 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 35

Uganda:

65.99 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 36

Cameroon:

64.57 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 37

Haiti:

62.33 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 38

Nepal:

62 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 39

Burundi:

60.77 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 40

Senegal:

58.93 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 41

Mayotte:

57.88 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 42

Togo:

57.66 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 43

Bangladesh:

57.45 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 44

Cambodia:

56.59 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 45

Azerbaijan:

56.43 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 46

Yemen:

56.27 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 47

Kenya:

56.01 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 48

Madagascar:

55.59 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 49

Gabon:

52.65 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 50

Ghana:

52.31 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 51

Bhutan:

51.92 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 52

Turkmenistan:

51.81 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 53

Vanuatu:

50.77 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 54

Burma:

49.12 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 55

Bolivia:

49.09 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 56

Papua New Guinea:

46.67 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 57

Namibia:

45.64 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 58

Iraq:

45.43 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 59

South Africa:

45.11 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 60

Kiribati:

44.69 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 61

Eritrea:

44.34 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 62

Botswana:

44.01 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 63

Cape Verde:

42.55 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 64

Tajikistan:

42.31 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 65

East Timor:

41.98 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 66

Mongolia:

41.24 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 67

São Tomé and Príncipe:

38.36 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 68

Morocco:

38.22 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 69

Turkey:

36.98 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 70

Iran:

36.93 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 71

Zimbabwe:

33.86 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 72

India:

32.31 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 73

Kyrgyzstan:

32.3 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 74

Indonesia:

31.04 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 75

Maldives:

30.63 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 76

Guyana:

30.43 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 77

Peru:

29.53 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 78

Guatemala:

28.79 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 79

Algeria:

28.75 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 80

Egypt:

28.36 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 81

Micronesia, Federated States of:

27.03 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 82

Dominican Republic:

26.93 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 83

Syria:

26.78 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 84

Kazakhstan:

26.56 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 85

Marshall Islands:

26.36 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 86

Nicaragua:

25.91 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 87

Paraguay:

25.55 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 88

Samoa:

25.04 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 89

Honduras:

24.61 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 90

Uzbekistan:

24.23 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 91

Romania:

23.73 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 92

Bahamas, The:

23.67 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 93

Belize:

23.65 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 94

Vietnam:

23.61 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 95

Trinidad and Tobago:

23.59 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 96

Tunisia:

23.43 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 97

Brazil:

23.33 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 98

Lebanon:

22.59 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 99

El Salvador:

22.19 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 100

Venezuela:

22.02 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 101

Libya:

21.94 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 102

Korea, North:

21.86 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 103

Ecuador:

21.35 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 104

Philippines:

21.2 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 105

China:

21.16 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 106

Armenia:

20.94 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 107

Solomon Islands:

19.67 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 108

Colombia:

19.51 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 109

Suriname:

19.45 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 110

Albania:

19.31 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

= 111

Sri Lanka:

19.01 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

= 111

Mexico:

19.01 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 113

Gaza Strip:

19 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 114

Tuvalu:

18.97 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 115

Bulgaria:

18.51 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 116

Saint Helena:

18.31 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 117

Thailand:

18.23 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 118

Antigua and Barbuda:

17.49 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 119

Oman:

17.45 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 120

Georgia:

16.78 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 121

West Bank:

16.51 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 122

Montserrat:

16.46 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 123

Malaysia:

16.39 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 124

Bahrain:

15.64 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

= 125

Jamaica:

15.57 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

= 125

Jordan:

15.57 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 127

British Virgin Islands:

15.2 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 128

Seychelles:

14.36 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 129

Turks and Caicos Islands:

14.35 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 130

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

14.34 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 131

Aruba:

14.26 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 132

Dominica:

14.12 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 133

Saint Lucia:

13.8 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 134

Palau:

13.69 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 135

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

13.62 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 136

Grenada:

13.58 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 137

Moldova:

13.5 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 138

Panama:

13.4 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 139

United Arab Emirates:

13.11 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 140

Qatar:

13.09 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 141

Serbia and Montenegro:

12.89 deaths/1,000 live births

2005

# 142

Brunei:

12.69 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 143

Mauritius:

12.56 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 144

Saudi Arabia:

11.94 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

= 145

Fiji:

11.88 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

= 145

Tonga:

11.88 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 147

Argentina:

11.78 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 148

French Guiana:

11.76 deaths/1,000 live births

2006

# 149

Uruguay:

11.66 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 150

Greenland:

11.2 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 151

Barbados:

11.05 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 152

Russia:

10.81 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 153

American Samoa:

10.46 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 154

Nauru:

9.43 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 155

Netherlands Antilles:

9.36 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 156

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

9.34 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 157

Macedonia, Republic of:

9.27 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 158

Ukraine:

9.23 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 159

Kuwait:

9.22 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 160

Costa Rica:

9.01 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 161

Latvia:

8.96 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 162

Puerto Rico:

8.65 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 163

Guadeloupe:

8.41 deaths/1,000 live births

2006

# 164

Hungary:

8.03 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 165

Chile:

7.9 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 166

Bermuda:

7.87 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 167

Virgin Islands:

7.72 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 168

French Polynesia:

7.7 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 169

Réunion:

7.63 deaths/1,000 live births

2006

# 170

Estonia:

7.45 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 171

New Caledonia:

7.19 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 172

Cayman Islands:

7.1 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 173

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:

7.04 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 174

Slovakia:

6.98 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 175

Martinique:

6.95 deaths/1,000 live births

2006

# 176

Poland:

6.93 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 177

Cyprus:

6.75 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 178

Northern Mariana Islands:

6.72 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 179

Lithuania:

6.57 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 180

Guam:

6.55 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 181

Belarus:

6.53 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 182

Croatia:

6.49 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 183

Faroe Islands:

6.46 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 185

United States:

6.3 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 186

Cuba:

5.93 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 187

Man, Isle of:

5.62 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 188

Italy:

5.61 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 189

Taiwan:

5.45 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 190

San Marino:

5.44 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 191

Greece:

5.25 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 192

Monaco:

5.18 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 193

Ireland:

5.14 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 194

Canada:

5.08 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 195

Jersey:

5.01 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 196

New Zealand:

4.99 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 197

United Kingdom:

4.93 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 198

Gibraltar:

4.91 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 199

Portugal:

4.85 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 200

Australia:

4.82 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 201

Netherlands:

4.81 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 202

Luxembourg:

4.62 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 203

Guernsey:

4.53 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 204

Liechtenstein:

4.52 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 205

Belgium:

4.5 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 206

Austria:

4.48 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 207

Denmark:

4.4 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 208

Slovenia:

4.3 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 209

Korea, South:

4.29 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 210

Israel:

4.28 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 211

Spain:

4.26 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 212

Switzerland:

4.23 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 213

Germany:

4.03 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 214

Czech Republic:

3.83 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 215

Malta:

3.79 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 216

Andorra:

3.68 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 217

Norway:

3.61 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 218

Anguilla:

3.54 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 219

Finland:

3.5 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 220

France:

3.36 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 221

Iceland:

3.25 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 222

Macau:

3.23 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 223

Hong Kong:

2.93 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 224

Japan:

2.8 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 225

Sweden:

2.75 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

# 226

Singapore:

2.3 deaths/1,000 live births

2008

Weighted average:

31.2 deaths/1,000 live births

Historical countries, unions or other regions:

European Union

6.38 deaths/1,000 live births

DEFINITION: This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

Health Statistics > Infant mortality rate > Total (most recent) by country

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