Annual Infant Mortality Rate 1961

In 1961, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 14.5762 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden with a infant mortality rate of 15.9055, and ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland with 16.0632 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen with 287.7997 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste with a infant mortality rate of 241.0984, and ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan with 236.1826 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 1961

Rank Country Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 14.5762
2 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 15.9055
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 16.0632
4 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 16.7562
5 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 17.2451
6 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 19.4871
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 19.8255
8 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 21.0049
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 21.4396
10 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 21.5171
11 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 21.6005
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 21.6371
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 21.945
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 22.3751
15 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 22.7022
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 22.8456
17 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 23.3262
18 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 24.28
19 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 25.3477
20 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 25.691
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 26.1376
22 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 27.1164
23 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 27.392
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 27.6559
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 28.0915
26 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 28.1901
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 28.4365
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 28.8228
29 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 28.9057
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 29.361
31 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 29.7424
32 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 30.3434
33 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 31.8043
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 32.321
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 32.6828
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 33.3117
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 33.3637
38 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 33.5537
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 33.9598
40 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 34.7608
41 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 34.8649
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 36.2061
43 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 36.9273
44 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 37.1194
45 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 37.3239
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 37.5829
47 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 38.2386
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 38.2531
49 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 38.6175
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 38.6299
51 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 41.1488
52 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 41.6032
53 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 41.6172
54 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 42.8268
55 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 43.0015
56 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 43.6076
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 44.5048
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 45.3914
59 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 46.1395
60 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 47.446
61 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 47.6339
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 47.9208
63 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 49.2671
64 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 49.6742
65 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 50.0078
66 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 50.1197
67 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 52.8489
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 53.9637
69 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 54.8447
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 55.249
71 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 55.4024
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 55.6665
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 56.6274
74 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 57.3168
75 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 57.3187
76 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 57.3412
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 59.0799
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 59.8722
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 60.5326
80 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 63.2578
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 65.0735
82 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 65.1524
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 65.2298
84 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 65.9811
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 65.9935
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 66.0758
87 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 66.088
88 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 66.3731
89 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 66.6805
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 67.1612
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 67.2306
92 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 67.5428
93 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 69.8128
94 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 69.9679
95 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 70.4155
96 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 71.7885
97 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 72.1869
98 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 72.39
99 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 72.6366
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 73.0889
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 73.2961
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 74.9188
103 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 75.5296
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 75.6021
105 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 75.8221
106 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 76.1391
107 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 76.5782
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 77.7954
109 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 79.3785
110 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 83.1954
111 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 84.061
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 84.2976
113 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 84.9867
114 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 85.1285
115 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 85.2481
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 85.2735
117 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 86.0361
118 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 86.5335
119 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 87.0005
120 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 87.4792
121 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 88.5665
122 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 89.4354
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 91.4554
124 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 91.7588
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 92.3288
126 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 93.35
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 94.0434
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 94.3232
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 95.2184
130 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 98.9639
131 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 100.2134
132 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 100.3179
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 101.281
134 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 103.271
135 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 104.0471
136 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 104.2817
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 104.3498
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 104.7413
139 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 104.9864
140 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 106.6741
141 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 106.8686
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 108.1256
143 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 108.6939
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 109.3665
145 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 109.7049
146 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 109.8784
147 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 111.8838
148 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 112.9625
149 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 113.5761
150 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 113.7486
151 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 114.3743
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 115.1461
153 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 115.4558
154 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 117.186
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 121.0204
156 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 121.4051
157 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 121.4201
158 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 121.9512
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 122.0277
160 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 123.0952
161 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 125.3169
162 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 125.3707
163 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 125.7554
164 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 126.1555
165 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 128.2034
166 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 129.9837
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 130.0289
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 130.0612
169 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 130.3637
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 130.6755
171 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 130.7438
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 131.6784
173 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 132.1667
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 132.5494
175 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 133.1924
176 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 133.3015
177 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 135.7979
178 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 136.3114
179 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 136.5133
180 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 138.5388
181 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 138.6792
182 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 139.8471
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 143.2759
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 143.7732
185 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 143.8551
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 144.7897
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 146.9849
188 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 147.0424
189 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 147.172
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 151.8365
191 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 151.9184
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 152.437
193 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 153.3214
194 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 153.3855
195 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 154.8181
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 155.6846
197 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 156.3879
198 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 157.5701
199 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 159.6367
200 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 161.752
201 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 162.0445
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 162.8256
203 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 164.1091
204 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 167.5388
205 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 167.7759
206 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 168.3357
207 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 168.3658
208 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 168.8773
209 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 169.7091
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 170.2154
211 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 171.0131
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 171.2737
213 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 172.6416
214 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 176.0611
215 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 176.4897
216 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 176.5899
217 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 176.6551
218 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 179.3176
219 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 180.5432
220 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 182.0683
221 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 190.1237
222 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 190.7355
223 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 193.4655
224 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 193.8296
225 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 196.1158
226 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 198.8715
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 200.0256
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 200.6926
229 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 212.262
230 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 214.3774
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 215.7299
232 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 219.839
233 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 224.9926
234 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 229.0991
235 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 236.1826
236 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 241.0984
237 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 287.7997

How is Infant Mortality Rate calculated?

The infant mortality rate or IMR for short is the number of children that die under one year of age in a given year, per 1,000 live births. Thus, infant mortality rates are calculated as the number of deaths in the first year of life divided by the number of live births, multiplied by 1000.

Infant Mortality Rate Formula

Infant Mortality Rate = deaths under 1 year / live births * 1000

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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