Annual Infant Mortality Rate 1968

In 1968, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 12.547 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden with a infant mortality rate of 12.698, and ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino with 12.9888 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen with 240.3245 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan with a infant mortality rate of 216.6426, and ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste with 211.5061 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 1968

Rank Country Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 12.547
2 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 12.698
3 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 12.9888
4 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 13.0675
5 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 13.1294
6 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 13.5881
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 15.3649
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 15.6741
9 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 16.1382
10 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 16.8269
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 18.0407
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 18.696
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 18.7378
14 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 18.8341
15 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 18.875
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 20.0993
17 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 20.2
18 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 20.2665
19 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 20.5238
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 20.6574
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 20.7507
22 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 20.7739
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 21.1393
24 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 21.3224
25 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 21.482
26 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 21.5542
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 21.6609
28 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 22.0971
29 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 23.009
30 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 23.5285
31 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 23.7723
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 23.787
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 23.8271
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 24.6705
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 25.2348
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 25.755
37 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 26.0187
38 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 27.3955
39 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 27.8463
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 27.9116
41 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 28.4382
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 28.7198
43 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 29.4517
44 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 29.6784
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 29.9185
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 30.1588
47 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 30.4986
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 30.7128
49 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 30.9685
50 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 31.821
51 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 31.8721
52 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 31.9832
53 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 32.1712
54 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 32.3161
55 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 33.1176
56 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 33.2044
57 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 33.2956
58 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 33.7791
59 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 33.9264
60 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 34.2656
61 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 34.4558
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 34.9019
63 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 35.1865
64 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 35.7656
65 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 35.767
66 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 36.0932
67 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 38.8318
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 40.6548
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 41.0118
70 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 42.1698
71 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 42.411
72 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 43.4828
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 43.5321
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 44.4275
75 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 45.3195
76 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 45.4244
77 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 45.4313
78 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 45.566
79 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 45.7355
80 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 45.9416
81 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 46.1347
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 46.8029
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 46.9129
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 48.0321
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 48.5956
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 49.8449
87 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 50.2909
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 50.5565
89 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 50.7198
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 52.6382
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 52.6712
92 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 53.176
93 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 55.189
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 55.3654
95 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 55.829
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 56.0055
97 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 56.2045
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 56.3563
99 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 56.3894
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 57.5635
101 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 57.6791
102 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 58.0755
103 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 58.3426
104 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 59.217
105 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 59.9354
106 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 60.1551
107 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 60.252
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 60.3948
109 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 60.4995
110 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 60.6499
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 61.0322
112 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 61.508
113 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 62.8454
114 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 63.0174
115 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 63.7191
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 63.7966
117 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 64.0494
118 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 64.0961
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 64.1075
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 66.5414
121 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 66.686
122 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 68.5141
123 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 68.6624
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 69.911
125 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 70.1388
126 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 71.3071
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 72.0583
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 72.5074
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 74.2213
130 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 74.2915
131 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 76.9951
132 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 77.6111
133 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 78.5428
134 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 79.225
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 81.2665
136 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 81.406
137 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 82.6434
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 83.3926
139 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 83.9648
140 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 84.3751
141 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 84.5485
142 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 84.9757
143 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 85.2548
144 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 85.6701
145 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 86.0293
146 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 87.2175
147 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 87.6114
148 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 89.7001
149 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 89.8973
150 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 90.0796
151 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 90.5586
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 93.9667
153 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 94.6441
154 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 96.7534
155 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 97.6612
156 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 98.9519
157 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 99.0357
158 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 99.7363
159 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 100.8014
160 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 100.9284
161 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 101.0871
162 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 101.3625
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 104.5874
164 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 105.4357
165 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 108.1748
166 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 108.2366
167 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 108.5139
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 108.7919
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 109.8447
170 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 109.8497
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 110.5969
172 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 112.5713
173 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 113.368
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 113.8302
175 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 114.1094
176 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 115.6597
177 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 117.7275
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 120.298
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 120.4051
180 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 121.4396
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 121.7947
182 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 122.21
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 122.9943
184 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 125.2677
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 125.6729
186 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 127.1446
187 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 129.669
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 130.1123
189 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 131.3812
190 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 131.3885
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 131.5217
192 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 131.6923
193 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 132.8592
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 133.8025
195 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 134.5357
196 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 134.8769
197 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 135.5555
198 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 136.3673
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 136.9673
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 144.0149
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 144.9885
202 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 145.0671
203 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 146.2019
204 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 146.2278
205 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 146.2428
206 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 146.3309
207 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 147.0204
208 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 147.2779
209 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 152.4674
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 152.9693
211 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 154.2136
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 156.221
213 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 159.1006
214 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 160.5317
215 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 161.3378
216 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 163.638
217 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 164.5882
218 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 164.9589
219 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 165.3331
220 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 165.8626
221 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 167.6963
222 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 168.5308
223 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 168.9041
224 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 172.3013
225 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 174.15
226 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 180.0016
227 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 185.531
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 186.795
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 188.6146
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 189.3715
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 191.2508
232 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 195.335
233 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 199.5075
234 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 209.0828
235 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 211.5061
236 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 216.6426
237 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 240.3245

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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