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Infant mortality around the world
Infant mortality, 2023: highest in Sierra Leone, at 71.6 per 1,000 live births, and lowest in Iceland, at 1 per 1,000 live births, of 229 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 27.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
Every country, by its latest figure
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| # | Country | Latest | Latest | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 71.6 | 2023 | |
| 2 | Nigeria | 69.5 | 2023 | |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 68.5 | 2023 | |
| 4 | Somalia | 66.3 | 2023 | |
| 5 | Guinea | 65.4 | 2023 | |
| 6 | Niger | 64.6 | 2023 | |
| 7 | Chad | 64.2 | 2023 | |
| 8 | South Sudan | 63.8 | 2023 | |
| 9 | Mali | 60.8 | 2023 | |
| 10 | Lesotho | 56.5 | 2023 | |
| 11 | Liberia | 55.9 | 2023 | |
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | 52.9 | 2023 | |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 52.3 | 2023 | |
| 14 | Benin | 52.3 | 2023 | |
| 15 | Côte d’Ivoire | 51.7 | 2023 | |
| 16 | Mozambique | 49.7 | 2023 | |
| 17 | Pakistan | 49.4 | 2023 | |
| 18 | Congo - Kinshasa | 49.3 | 2023 | |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 48.9 | 2023 | |
| 20 | Angola | 48.6 | 2023 | |
| 21 | Cameroon | 47.4 | 2023 | |
| 22 | Madagascar | 45 | 2023 | |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 44 | 2023 | |
| 24 | Haiti | 43.4 | 2023 | |
| 25 | Kiribati | 43.3 | 2023 | |
| 26 | Togo | 41.4 | 2023 | |
| 27 | Zambia | 38.2 | 2023 | |
| 28 | Eswatini | 37.6 | 2023 | |
| 29 | Timor-Leste | 37.6 | 2023 | |
| 30 | Comoros | 37.2 | 2023 | |
| 31 | Djibouti | 36.3 | 2023 | |
| 32 | Sudan | 36.2 | 2023 | |
| 33 | Burundi | 35.4 | 2023 | |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 33.2 | 2023 | |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 33 | 2023 | |
| 36 | Yemen | 32.3 | 2023 | |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 32.2 | 2023 | |
| 38 | Bolivia | 31.8 | 2023 | |
| 39 | Myanmar (Burma) | 31.8 | 2023 | |
| 40 | Turkmenistan | 31.8 | 2023 | |
| 41 | Laos | 31.7 | 2023 | |
| 42 | Mauritania | 30.8 | 2023 | |
| 43 | Ghana | 30.7 | 2023 | |
| 44 | Kenya | 29.7 | 2023 | |
| 45 | Malawi | 29.6 | 2023 | |
| 46 | Gambia | 29.5 | 2023 | |
| 47 | Tanzania | 28.9 | 2023 | |
| 48 | Congo - Brazzaville | 28.8 | 2023 | |
| 49 | Uganda | 28.8 | 2023 | |
| 50 | Botswana | 28.4 | 2023 | |
| 51 | South Africa | 27.9 | 2023 | |
| 52 | Dominica | 27.7 | 2023 | |
| 53 | Rwanda | 27.5 | 2023 | |
| 54 | Gabon | 27.5 | 2023 | |
| 55 | Namibia | 27.2 | 2023 | |
| 56 | Eritrea | 27.1 | 2023 | |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 25.6 | 2023 | |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 24.5 | 2023 | |
| 59 | Senegal | 24.1 | 2023 | |
| 60 | Western Sahara | 23.8 | 2023 | |
| 61 | Fiji | 22.9 | 2023 | |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 22.8 | 2023 | |
| 63 | India | 22.6 | 2023 | |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 22.1 | 2023 | |
| 65 | Nepal | 21.9 | 2023 | |
| 66 | Guyana | 21.3 | 2023 | |
| 67 | Philippines | 20.7 | 2023 | |
| 68 | Nauru | 20.5 | 2023 | |
| 69 | Niue | 19.5 | 2023 | |
| 70 | Bhutan | 19.3 | 2023 | |
| 71 | Cambodia | 19.2 | 2023 | |
| 72 | Iraq | 19 | 2023 | |
| 73 | Micronesia | 18.8 | 2023 | |
| 74 | Palau | 18.1 | 2023 | |
| 75 | Algeria | 17.8 | 2023 | |
| 76 | Guatemala | 17.6 | 2023 | |
| 77 | Indonesia | 17.1 | 2023 | |
| 78 | Syria | 16.7 | 2023 | |
| 79 | Tuvalu | 16.1 | 2023 | |
| 80 | Libya | 16 | 2023 | |
| 81 | Jamaica | 15.9 | 2023 | |
| 82 | Lebanon | 15.7 | 2023 | |
| 83 | Venezuela | 15.7 | 2023 | |
| 84 | Vietnam | 15.1 | 2023 | |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 15 | 2023 | |
| 86 | Vanuatu | 14.8 | 2023 | |
| 87 | Egypt | 14.6 | 2023 | |
| 88 | North Korea | 14.5 | 2023 | |
| 89 | Solomon Islands | 14.5 | 2023 | |
| 90 | St. Lucia | 14.4 | 2023 | |
| 91 | Morocco | 14.3 | 2023 | |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.3 | 2023 | |
| 93 | Palestinian Territories | 14.2 | 2023 | |
| 94 | Suriname | 14.1 | 2023 | |
| 95 | Paraguay | 14 | 2023 | |
| 96 | Trinidad & Tobago | 13.5 | 2023 | |
| 97 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 13.2 | 2023 | |
| 98 | Samoa | 13.1 | 2023 | |
| 99 | Grenada | 13.1 | 2023 | |
| 100 | Honduras | 13 | 2023 | |
| 101 | Mauritius | 12.9 | 2023 | |
| 102 | Sint Maarten | 12.9 | 2023 | |
| 103 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 12.6 | 2023 | |
| 104 | Panama | 12.6 | 2023 | |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 12.3 | 2023 | |
| 106 | St. Helena | 12.1 | 2023 | |
| 107 | Brazil | 12.1 | 2023 | |
| 108 | Aruba | 12 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Seychelles | 11.8 | 2023 | |
| 110 | Jordan | 11.8 | 2023 | |
| 111 | Peru | 11.7 | 2023 | |
| 112 | Moldova | 11.7 | 2023 | |
| 113 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 11.5 | 2023 | |
| 114 | Guam | 11.4 | 2023 | |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 11.1 | 2023 | |
| 116 | Wallis & Futuna | 11.1 | 2023 | |
| 117 | British Virgin Islands | 11.1 | 2023 | |
| 118 | Bahamas | 11 | 2023 | |
| 119 | Isle of Man | 10.7 | 2023 | |
| 120 | Mongolia | 10.6 | 2023 | |
| 121 | Mexico | 10.4 | 2023 | |
| 122 | Greenland | 9.9 | 2023 | |
| 123 | Iran | 9.9 | 2023 | |
| 124 | Cape Verde | 9.8 | 2023 | |
| 125 | Colombia | 9.8 | 2023 | |
| 126 | Ecuador | 9.6 | 2023 | |
| 127 | El Salvador | 9.5 | 2023 | |
| 128 | Barbados | 9.4 | 2023 | |
| 129 | New Caledonia | 9.4 | 2023 | |
| 130 | Falkland Islands | 9.2 | 2023 | |
| 131 | Türkiye | 9.2 | 2023 | |
| 132 | Argentina | 9 | 2023 | |
| 133 | Tunisia | 9 | 2023 | |
| 134 | Tonga | 9 | 2023 | |
| 135 | Belize | 8.7 | 2023 | |
| 136 | Armenia | 8.7 | 2023 | |
| 137 | Jersey | 8.6 | 2023 | |
| 138 | Curaçao | 8.6 | 2023 | |
| 139 | Oman | 8.6 | 2023 | |
| 140 | American Samoa | 8.4 | 2023 | |
| 141 | St. Martin | 8.3 | 2023 | |
| 142 | St. Pierre & Miquelon | 8.1 | 2023 | |
| 143 | Georgia | 8.1 | 2023 | |
| 144 | Albania | 8.1 | 2023 | |
| 145 | Kazakhstan | 8.1 | 2023 | |
| 146 | Brunei | 8.1 | 2023 | |
| 147 | Kosovo | 8.1 | 2023 | |
| 148 | Antigua & Barbuda | 7.5 | 2023 | |
| 149 | Kuwait | 7.2 | 2023 | |
| 150 | Costa Rica | 6.5 | 2023 | |
| 151 | Malaysia | 6.4 | 2023 | |
| 152 | Malta | 6.2 | 2023 | |
| 153 | Thailand | 6.2 | 2023 | |
| 154 | Faroe Islands | 6.1 | 2023 | |
| 155 | Vatican City | 6 | 2023 | |
| 156 | Ukraine | 5.9 | 2023 | |
| 157 | Guernsey | 5.8 | 2023 | |
| 158 | Liechtenstein | 5.6 | 2023 | |
| 159 | Uruguay | 5.6 | 2023 | |
| 160 | Cook Islands | 5.5 | 2023 | |
| 161 | Montserrat | 5.3 | 2023 | |
| 162 | Bahrain | 5.3 | 2023 | |
| 163 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 5.3 | 2023 | |
| 164 | United States | 5.3 | 2023 | |
| 165 | Andorra | 5.3 | 2023 | |
| 166 | St. Barthélemy | 5.3 | 2023 | |
| 167 | French Polynesia | 5.3 | 2023 | |
| 168 | Puerto Rico | 5.2 | 2023 | |
| 169 | China | 5.1 | 2023 | |
| 170 | Sri Lanka | 5.1 | 2023 | |
| 171 | Saudi Arabia | 5.1 | 2023 | |
| 172 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 4.9 | 2023 | |
| 173 | United Arab Emirates | 4.9 | 2023 | |
| 174 | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.9 | 2023 | |
| 175 | Anguilla | 4.9 | 2023 | |
| 176 | Romania | 4.8 | 2023 | |
| 177 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 4.8 | 2023 | |
| 178 | Bulgaria | 4.7 | 2023 | |
| 179 | North Macedonia | 4.7 | 2023 | |
| 180 | Slovakia | 4.5 | 2023 | |
| 181 | Luxembourg | 4.4 | 2023 | |
| 182 | Cuba | 4.4 | 2023 | |
| 183 | New Zealand | 4.3 | 2023 | |
| 184 | Maldives | 4.3 | 2023 | |
| 185 | Canada | 4.3 | 2023 | |
| 186 | Qatar | 4.2 | 2023 | |
| 187 | Serbia | 4.2 | 2023 | |
| 188 | Chile | 4.1 | 2023 | |
| 189 | Monaco | 3.9 | 2023 | |
| 190 | United Kingdom | 3.7 | 2023 | |
| 191 | Russia | 3.5 | 2023 | |
| 192 | Croatia | 3.5 | 2023 | |
| 193 | France | 3.5 | 2023 | |
| 194 | Netherlands | 3.4 | 2023 | |
| 195 | Belgium | 3.3 | 2023 | |
| 196 | Greece | 3.3 | 2023 | |
| 197 | Australia | 3.2 | 2023 | |
| 198 | Hungary | 3.2 | 2023 | |
| 199 | Poland | 3.2 | 2023 | |
| 200 | Switzerland | 3.2 | 2023 | |
| 201 | Cyprus | 3.1 | 2023 | |
| 202 | Taiwan | 3 | 2023 | |
| 203 | Germany | 3 | 2023 | |
| 204 | Latvia | 2.9 | 2023 | |
| 205 | Denmark | 2.9 | 2023 | |
| 206 | Ireland | 2.9 | 2023 | |
| 207 | Lithuania | 2.8 | 2023 | |
| 208 | Israel | 2.8 | 2023 | |
| 209 | Austria | 2.8 | 2023 | |
| 210 | Portugal | 2.6 | 2023 | |
| 211 | Spain | 2.4 | 2023 | |
| 212 | Macao SAR China | 2.3 | 2023 | |
| 213 | Italy | 2.2 | 2023 | |
| 214 | Czechia | 2.2 | 2023 | |
| 215 | South Korea | 2.1 | 2023 | |
| 216 | Bermuda | 2 | 2023 | |
| 217 | Finland | 1.9 | 2023 | |
| 218 | Belarus | 1.9 | 2023 | |
| 219 | Norway | 1.9 | 2023 | |
| 220 | Sweden | 1.9 | 2023 | |
| 221 | Slovenia | 1.8 | 2023 | |
| 222 | Singapore | 1.7 | 2023 | |
| 223 | Montenegro | 1.7 | 2023 | |
| 224 | Japan | 1.6 | 2023 | |
| 225 | Estonia | 1.4 | 2023 | |
| 226 | Hong Kong SAR China | 1.3 | 2023 | |
| 227 | Cayman Islands | 1.1 | 2023 | |
| 228 | San Marino | 1.1 | 2023 | |
| 229 | Iceland | 1 | 2023 |
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- Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
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