Annual Infant Mortality Rate 1978

In 1978, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 7.5327 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden with a infant mortality rate of 7.6571, and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan with 8.278 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste with 266.9327 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone with a infant mortality rate of 174.9236, and ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan with 174.24 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 1978

Rank Country Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 7.5327
2 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 7.6571
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 8.278
4 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 8.4235
5 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 8.579
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 8.7259
7 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 9.1806
8 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 10.3134
9 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 10.3882
10 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 10.7637
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 11.165
12 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 12.0031
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 12.1625
14 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 12.3843
15 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 12.4412
16 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 12.6248
17 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 13.2222
18 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 13.2975
19 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 13.3011
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 13.5653
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 13.6194
22 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 13.6371
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 14.1749
24 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 14.6694
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 14.735
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 14.8402
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 14.9791
28 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 14.996
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 15.1721
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 15.5014
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 16.3573
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 16.704
33 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 16.8711
34 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 16.9323
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 17.8799
36 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 17.9864
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 18.7482
38 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 18.7731
39 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 18.8595
40 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 19.0047
41 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 19.0151
42 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 19.3722
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 19.5854
44 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 19.7413
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 19.8536
46 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 20.0327
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 20.4905
48 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 20.9727
49 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 20.9926
50 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 21.0711
51 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 21.3457
52 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 21.731
53 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 21.799
54 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 21.9544
55 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 22.0634
56 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 22.32
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 22.3688
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 22.4454
59 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 22.463
60 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 23.597
61 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 23.601
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 23.6095
63 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 23.9071
64 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 24.1006
65 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 24.6703
66 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 25.8753
67 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 25.9983
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 26.1323
69 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 26.4811
70 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 26.8703
71 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 26.9222
72 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 26.9362
73 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 27.1397
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 27.4228
75 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 27.6219
76 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 27.8103
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 27.8237
78 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 28.0338
79 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 28.1402
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 28.3977
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 28.6858
82 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 28.7994
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 29.2103
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 30.1018
85 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 30.2082
86 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 30.4493
87 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 31.0438
88 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 31.9068
89 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 32.3803
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 32.483
91 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 32.7184
92 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 32.8971
93 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 32.972
94 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 33.6628
95 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 33.8531
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 34.0156
97 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 34.1584
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 34.2323
99 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 34.4846
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 35.0548
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 35.0845
102 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 35.408
103 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 35.8878
104 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 36.071
105 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 36.2126
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 37.3778
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 38.2954
108 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 38.3476
109 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 38.4614
110 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 38.9303
111 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 39.0063
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 40.0961
113 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 40.439
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 41.0543
115 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 42.0943
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 42.6927
117 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 43.1475
118 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 44.1483
119 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 45.3442
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 45.8925
121 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 45.9523
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 46.1368
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 46.7025
124 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 49.1929
125 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 49.9239
126 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 50.5737
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 50.8862
128 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 50.9934
129 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 51.5018
130 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 51.7177
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 51.7263
132 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 52.3621
133 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 52.6004
134 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 52.6643
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 53.3753
136 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 53.5893
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 53.9358
138 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 54.2243
139 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 55.247
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 56.0167
141 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 57.7737
142 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 57.9373
143 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 59.3336
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 59.8243
145 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 60.1632
146 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 61.2563
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 61.587
148 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 62.5035
149 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 65.5978
150 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 65.9945
151 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 68.9788
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 69.0158
153 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 71.1227
154 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 72.1034
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 72.8339
156 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 73.9698
157 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 74.3802
158 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 74.4153
159 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 74.4193
160 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 76.3919
161 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 78.1783
162 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 78.7322
163 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 79.982
164 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 80.2117
165 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 81.6291
166 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 83.7764
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 84.3362
168 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 85.2167
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 85.5683
170 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 87.5151
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 89.1455
172 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 91.6069
173 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 91.6492
174 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 91.7815
175 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 91.8722
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 92.3823
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 92.9564
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 93.1449
179 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 95.7701
180 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 98.2813
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 98.4971
182 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 99.4863
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 99.7707
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 101.0481
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 101.9516
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 101.9793
187 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 102.3577
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 102.6816
189 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 102.7297
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 104.431
191 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 105.855
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 107.317
193 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 108.7116
194 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 110.9483
195 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 112.7983
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 113.9942
197 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 118.6453
198 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 120.2662
199 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 121.2977
200 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 121.6584
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 121.7052
202 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 122.0809
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 122.3062
204 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 123.0227
205 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 124.2429
206 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 126.2499
207 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 128.0849
208 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 129.0143
209 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 129.0565
210 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 129.2815
211 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 130.7196
212 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 130.7359
213 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 131.1932
214 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 131.3672
215 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 133.8073
216 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 134.3631
217 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 139.5688
218 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 140.2345
219 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 140.488
220 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 142.3255
221 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 143.6328
222 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 143.8711
223 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 146.0948
224 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 147.0065
225 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 147.0345
226 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 147.1259
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 148.7243
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 154.8834
229 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 156.4041
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 158.459
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 165.4141
232 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 168.5789
233 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 170.6915
234 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 172.6671
235 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 174.24
236 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 174.9236
237 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 266.9327

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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