Global Number of Infant Deaths

This key economic indicator for the Child Health sector has been recently updated.

  1. Nigeria grew 0.2% of Number of Infant Deaths in 2019, compared to a year earlier.
  2. Since 2014 Nigeria Number of Infant Deaths increased 0.2% year on year to 552,830 Thousand Deaths.
  3. In 2019 Pakistan was number 4 in Number of Infant Deaths.
  4. In 2019 Qatar was ranked number 418 in Number of Infant Deaths at 157 Thousand Deaths, moving from 425 in 2018.

Top Countries in Global Number of Infant Deaths

Thousand Units (Deaths) - 1951 to 2019

# 579 Countries Thousand Units (Deaths) Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
India
667,416.00 2019 -7.4 % -5.9 % View data
2 #2
Nigeria
552,830.00 2019 +0.2 % +0.2 % View data
4 #4
Pakistan
335,830.00 2019 -0.8 % -1.3 % View data
8 #8
Democratic Republic of the Congo
232,295.00 2019 +0.3 % -0.4 % View data
11 #11
Ethiopia
132,191.00 2019 -3.3 % -2.6 % View data
13 #13
China
105,624.00 2019 -15.3 % -9.6 % View data
15 #15
Indonesia
97,683.00 2019 -4.3 % -4.2 % View data
17 #17
Tanzania
75,675.00 2019 -1.3 % -1.4 % View data
18 #18
Bangladesh
66,742.00 2019 -9.4 % -6.6 % View data
19 #19
Angola
62,273.00 2019 -2.2 % -2.0 % View data
21 #21
Mozambique
57,616.00 2019 -2.1 % -1.4 % View data
22 #22
Afghanistan
55,737.00 2019 -2.5 % -3.0 % View data
25 #25
Sudan
55,539.00 2019 -0.9 % -1.2 % View data
26 #26
Uganda
52,589.00 2019 -3.3 % -3.1 % View data
27 #27
Ivory Coast
51,917.00 2019 -0.8 % -0.9 % View data
28 #28
Philippines
48,623.00 2019 -1.2 % -2.5 % View data
29 #29
Niger
48,292.00 2019 -0.8 % -0.1 % View data
30 #30
Mali
48,116.00 2019 -0.4 % -0.9 % View data
31 #31
Somalia
46,991.00 2019 +0.1 % -0.4 % View data
33 #33
Egypt
46,029.00 2019 -1.8 % -2.7 % View data
34 #34
Chad
45,952.00 2019 +0.5 % -0.1 % View data
35 #35
Cameroon
44,054.00 2019 -1.0 % -1.9 % View data
36 #36
Kenya
43,775.00 2019 -2.6 % -2.9 % View data
40 #40
Yemen
36,568.00 2019 -0.9 % +0.4 % View data
41 #41
Burkina Faso
35,662.00 2019 -1.5 % -1.4 % View data
43 #43
Brazil
34,406.00 2019 -8.1 % -4.3 % View data
45 #45
South Africa
32,854.00 2019 -2.4 % -3.6 % View data
46 #46
Myanmar
32,659.00 2019 -5.5 % -3.9 % View data
47 #47
Madagascar
31,885.00 2019 -1.3 % -0.5 % View data
52 #52
Ghana
29,731.00 2019 -1.8 % -2.5 % View data
55 #55
Guinea
28,623.00 2019 -0.8 % -0.3 % View data
61 #61
Vietnam
26,011.00 2019 -1.3 % -1.3 % View data
66 #66
Benin
24,826.00 2019 +0.2 % -0.2 % View data
67 #67
Iraq
24,742.00 2019 -0.5 % -1.9 % View data
69 #69
Zambia
24,457.00 2019 -2.4 % -1.9 % View data
72 #72
South Sudan
24,127.00 2019 -0.9 % +0.2 % View data
74 #74
Mexico
23,156.00 2019 -4.9 % -5.1 % View data
76 #76
United States
21,458.00 2019 -1.9 % -1.5 % View data
82 #82
Algeria
20,603.00 2019 +0.1 % -0.7 % View data
84 #84
Malawi
20,487.00 2019 -5.3 % -3.9 % View data
90 #90
Sierra Leone
19,294.00 2019 -2.4 % -3.1 % View data
92 #92
Iran
18,147.00 2019 -4.4 % -2.6 % View data
95 #95
Burundi
17,252.00 2019 -2.2 % -2.2 % View data
96 #96
Senegal
16,954.00 2019 -1.7 % -2.1 % View data
104 #104
Zimbabwe
14,661.00 2019 -2.5 % -5.1 % View data
109 #109
Central African Republic
13,669.00 2019 -0.9 % -2.1 % View data
110 #110
Nepal
13,604.00 2019 -9.2 % -5.4 % View data
115 #115
Haiti
12,985.00 2019 -2.5 % -2.6 % View data
117 #117
Uzbekistan
12,605.00 2019 -5.4 % -5.7 % View data
118 #118
Morocco
12,470.00 2019 -5.1 % -5.0 % View data
119 #119
Togo
12,131.00 2019 -0.7 % -1.4 % View data
121 #121
Venezuela
11,551.00 2019 +2.2 % +6.3 % View data
125 #125
Russia
10,960.00 2019 -3.6 % -5.6 % View data
129 #129
Turkey
10,461.00 2019 -12.4 % -7.0 % View data
135 #135
Rwanda
9,622.00 2019 -7.8 % -3.9 % View data
139 #139
Guatemala
8,968.00 2019 -3.5 % -2.8 % View data
142 #142
Papua New Guinea
8,694.00 2019 -0.7 % -1.3 % View data
143 #143
Colombia
8,553.00 2019 -5.0 % -3.8 % View data
144 #144
Tajikistan
8,346.00 2019 -1.2 % -1.1 % View data
147 #147
Liberia
8,183.00 2019 -2.6 % -1.9 % View data
148 #148
Cambodia
8,024.00 2019 -8.3 % -5.4 % View data
150 #150
Mauritania
7,571.00 2019 +0.5 % -0.5 % View data
159 #159
Argentina
6,390.00 2019 -4.2 % -4.6 % View data
163 #163
Republic of the Congo
6,132.00 2019 -0.8 % -1.3 % View data
165 #165
Laos
5,921.00 2019 -4.9 % -4.0 % View data
166 #166
Syria
5,781.00 2019 -3.5 % -3.6 % View data
167 #167
Peru
5,706.00 2019 -10.1 % -5.2 % View data
170 #170
Turkmenistan
5,463.00 2019 -0.2 % -3.0 % View data
177 #177
Thailand
5,007.00 2019 -11.0 % -6.8 % View data
178 #178
Bolivia
4,971.00 2019 -7.5 % -5.2 % View data
180 #180
Dominican Republic
4,911.00 2019 -1.6 % -2.4 % View data
187 #187
North Korea
4,392.00 2019 -9.3 % -5.7 % View data
190 #190
Ecuador
3,908.00 2019 -4.8 % -2.4 % View data
194 #194
Lesotho
3,650.00 2019 -0.7 % -2.0 % View data
198 #198
Malaysia
3,470.00 2019 -0.9 % +0.0 % View data
199 #199
Guinea-Bissau
3,437.00 2019 -2.1 % -2.1 % View data
202 #202
Gambia
3,387.00 2019 +0.1 % -0.2 % View data
205 #205
Saudi Arabia
3,250.00 2019 -10.2 % -7.6 % View data
208 #208
Eritrea
3,206.00 2019 -2.6 % -3.5 % View data
210 #210
Kazakhstan
3,047.00 2019 -10.4 % -7.6 % View data
211 #211
Ukraine
3,025.00 2019 -5.4 % -5.6 % View data
212 #212
Azerbaijan
3,012.00 2019 -6.9 % -7.5 % View data
213 #213
Jordan
2,989.00 2019 -0.4 % -2.7 % View data
214 #214
Honduras
2,955.00 2019 -5.2 % -3.5 % View data
215 #215
Tunisia
2,908.00 2019 -2.4 % -1.2 % View data
220 #220
United Kingdom
2,749.00 2019 -2.5 % -2.3 % View data
222 #222
Equatorial Guinea
2,675.00 2019 +0.3 % -0.4 % View data
223 #223
Kyrgyzstan
2,575.00 2019 -2.6 % -5.3 % View data
228 #228
France
2,427.00 2019 -2.0 % -1.8 % View data
229 #229
Paraguay
2,390.00 2019 -2.6 % -2.7 % View data
230 #230
Germany
2,329.00 2019 -2.4 % -0.0 % View data
233 #233
Gabon
2,171.00 2019 +0.5 % -1.0 % View data
238 #238
Namibia
2,001.00 2019 -0.9 % -3.0 % View data
239 #239
Nicaragua
1,998.00 2019 -4.6 % -2.1 % View data
240 #240
Sri Lanka
1,985.00 2019 -7.6 % -6.7 % View data
252 #252
Canada
1,668.00 2019 -0.6 % -1.5 % View data
254 #254
Botswana
1,654.00 2019 -1.3 % -3.1 % View data
257 #257
Japan
1,618.00 2019 -6.7 % -5.7 % View data
265 #265
Timor-Leste
1,381.00 2019 -4.6 % -1.9 % View data
266 #266
Chile
1,377.00 2019 -3.8 % -4.1 % View data
269 #269
Comoros
1,340.00 2019 -0.3 % -1.6 % View data
274 #274
Poland
1,288.00 2019 -9.1 % -4.8 % View data
279 #279
El Salvador
1,244.00 2019 -9.7 % -5.3 % View data
280 #280
Eswatini
1,233.00 2019 -4.0 % -5.3 % View data
282 #282
Libya
1,218.00 2019 -6.2 % -5.3 % View data
286 #286
Italy
1,116.00 2019 -7.0 % -6.5 % View data
293 #293
Panama
1,018.00 2019 -1.9 % -2.9 % View data
294 #294
Romania
1,012.00 2019 -13.1 % -9.6 % View data
295 #295
Mongolia
1,011.00 2019 -5.9 % -4.4 % View data
296 #296
Djibouti
989.00 2019 -2.9 % -3.2 % View data
297 #297
Australia
963.00 2019 -2.5 % -1.5 % View data
298 #298
Spain
949.00 2019 -5.8 % -5.0 % View data
303 #303
Oman
888.00 2019 -0.3 % +2.4 % View data
305 #305
South Korea
876.00 2019 -16.1 % -8.1 % View data
314 #314
Lebanon
721.00 2019 -2.7 % -1.3 % View data
319 #319
United Arab Emirates
658.00 2019 +1.1 % -0.7 % View data
328 #328
Jamaica
563.00 2019 -4.1 % -3.7 % View data
330 #330
Netherlands
546.00 2019 -3.9 % -2.2 % View data
334 #334
Moldova
530.00 2019 -5.2 % -3.1 % View data
337 #337
Costa Rica
517.00 2019 -2.8 % -2.0 % View data
340 #340
Israel
492.00 2019 -2.0 % -1.5 % View data
347 #347
Armenia
417.00 2019 -8.9 % -6.7 % View data
348 #348
Georgia
412.00 2019 -13.3 % -5.8 % View data
349 #349
Fiji
408.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.7 % View data
350 #350
Cuba
402.00 2019 -6.7 % -5.0 % View data
354 #354
Kuwait
383.00 2019 -1.3 % -3.7 % View data
356 #356
Guyana
377.00 2019 -3.3 % -3.2 % View data
358 #358
Solomon Islands
358.00 2019 +0.0 % -1.1 % View data
359 #359
Belgium
354.00 2019 -3.0 % -3.2 % View data
360 #360
Serbia
351.00 2019 -12.9 % -6.7 % View data
361 #361
Bulgaria
341.00 2019 -8.8 % -7.2 % View data
364 #364
Switzerland
319.00 2019 -0.3 % -0.3 % View data
367 #367
Hungary
299.00 2019 -8.6 % -6.1 % View data
368 #368
Bhutan
291.00 2019 -9.3 % -4.6 % View data
370 #370
Greece
287.00 2019 -4.0 % -3.4 % View data
370 #370
Trinidad and Tobago
287.00 2019 -3.0 % -4.6 % View data
372 #372
Uruguay
286.00 2019 -7.1 % -5.6 % View data
374 #374
Czech Republic
281.00 2019 -4.8 % +0.4 % View data
375 #375
New Zealand
279.00 2019 -1.1 % -1.7 % View data
377 #377
Belarus
259.00 2019 -10.1 % -6.8 % View data
379 #379
Slovakia
251.00 2019 -4.6 % -3.1 % View data
380 #380
Austria
244.00 2019 -3.6 % -1.0 % View data
389 #389
Portugal
223.00 2019 -10.8 % -3.0 % View data
391 #391
Albania
219.00 2019 -18.3 % -7.2 % View data
393 #393
Denmark
215.00 2019 -2.3 % +0.7 % View data
398 #398
Vanuatu
194.00 2019 +1.6 % -0.4 % View data
400 #400
Ireland
192.00 2019 -2.5 % -3.5 % View data
401 #401
Macedonia
191.00 2019 -2.5 % -4.9 % View data
407 #407
Suriname
173.00 2019 -3.9 % -3.5 % View data
409 #409
Cabo Verde
169.00 2019 -4.5 % -4.0 % View data
411 #411
Mauritius
164.00 2019 -6.3 % -1.1 % View data
418 #418
Qatar
157.00 2019 +1.9 % -1.5 % View data
421 #421
Sao Tome and Principe
156.00 2019 -3.7 % -3.1 % View data
426 #426
Sweden
143.00 2019 -1.4 % -1.2 % View data
429 #429
Croatia
137.00 2019 -6.8 % -4.2 % View data
432 #432
Kiribati
133.00 2019 +0.0 % -1.6 % View data
433 #433
Bahrain
130.00 2019 -1.5 % -1.3 % View data
439 #439
Bosnia and Herzegovina
123.00 2019 -10.9 % -6.3 % View data
444 #444
Norway
115.00 2019 -5.0 % -3.0 % View data
447 #447
Singapore
111.00 2019 -2.6 % +0.2 % View data
461 #461
Belize
86.00 2019 -3.4 % -4.3 % View data
461 #461
Lithuania
86.00 2019 -9.5 % -7.3 % View data
476 #476
Finland
64.00 2019 -9.9 % -10.4 % View data
477 #477
Brunei
63.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.7 % View data
477 #477
Federated States of Micronesia
63.00 2019 -3.1 % -2.6 % View data
477 #477
Samoa
63.00 2019 -3.1 % -3.4 % View data
483 #483
Latvia
58.00 2019 -14.7 % -10.0 % View data
490 #490
Maldives
45.00 2019 -15.1 % -7.9 % View data
491 #491
Bahamas
44.00 2019 -2.2 % -2.1 % View data
494 #494
Marshall Islands
37.00 2019 -2.6 % -3.8 % View data
499 #499
Tonga
34.00 2019 +0.0 % -2.7 % View data
500 #500
Barbados
33.00 2019 -2.9 % -3.3 % View data
502 #502
Dominica
32.00 2019 +3.2 % +5.1 % View data
502 #502
Saint Lucia
32.00 2019 -3.0 % -2.3 % View data
502 #502
Slovenia
32.00 2019 -8.6 % -6.6 % View data
509 #509
Malta
26.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.8 % View data
511 #511
Grenada
25.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
514 #514
Estonia
23.00 2019 -17.9 % -9.6 % View data
515 #515
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
22.00 2019 -4.3 % -4.0 % View data
516 #516
Cyprus
21.00 2019 -8.7 % -6.9 % View data
518 #518
Seychelles
20.00 2019 +0.0 % -1.0 % View data
524 #524
Montenegro
17.00 2018 -5.6 % -10.7 % View data
536 #536
Luxembourg
12.00 2019 +0.0 % -1.6 % View data
547 #547
Nauru
8.00 2019 +0.0 % -2.3 % View data
549 #549
Antigua and Barbuda
7.00 2019 +0.0 % -4.9 % View data
549 #549
Saint Kitts and Nevis
7.00 2019 +0.0 % -2.6 % View data
551 #551
Iceland
6.00 2019 +0.0 % -5.6 % View data
551 #551
Tuvalu
6.00 2019 +0.0 % -3.0 % View data
556 #556
Palau
4.00 2019 +0.0 % -4.4 % View data
566 #566
Andorra
2.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
566 #566
Cook Islands
2.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
570 #570
Monaco
1.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
570 #570
Niue
1.00 2018 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
578 #578
San Marino
0.00 2018 NA -100.0 % View data

Source: World Health Organization

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