Annual Infant Mortality Rate 1987

-5 year -1 year 1987 +1 year +5 year

In 1987, 🇯🇵Japan was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 4.9108 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by 🇫🇮Finland with a infant mortality rate of 6.1198, and 🇸🇪Sweden with 6.1918 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 174.5566 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by 🇱🇷Liberia with a infant mortality rate of 160.1103, and 🇸🇱Sierra Leone with 160.0883 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

Similar Population Metrics for 1987

Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 1987

Rank	Country	Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1	🇯🇵Japan	4.9108
2	🇫🇮Finland	6.1198
3	🇸🇪Sweden	6.1918
4	🇨🇭Switzerland	6.9077
5	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	7.0837
6	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	7.1716
7	🇨🇦Canada	7.2647
8	🇮🇸Iceland	7.4989
9	🇳🇱Netherlands	7.5902
10	🇮🇪Ireland	7.7789
11	🇸🇬Singapore	7.8545
12	🇫🇷France	7.8716
13	🇩🇰Denmark	8.2896
14	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	8.4422
15	🇩🇪Germany	8.449
16	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	8.4992
17	🇳🇴Norway	8.5044
18	🇪🇸Spain	8.6779
19	🇦🇺Australia	8.9623
20	🇷🇪Réunion	9.1374
21	🇱🇺Luxembourg	9.2068
22	🇬🇧United Kingdom	9.2365
23	🇲🇨Monaco	9.4378
24	🇲🇶Martinique	9.4745
25	🇧🇪Belgium	9.5941
26	🇮🇹Italy	9.6645
27	🇦🇹Austria	9.7838
28	🇲🇹Malta	9.899
29	🇸🇲San Marino	9.91
30	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	9.949
31	🇦🇩Andorra	10.1233
32	🇳🇿New Zealand	10.2162
33	🇺🇸United States of America	10.2548
34	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	10.4541
35	🇧🇲Bermuda	10.5938
36	🇮🇱Israel	10.8894
37	🇸🇮Slovenia	10.9789
38	🇨🇾Cyprus	11.0015
39	🇱🇻Latvia	11.2133
40	🇬🇷Greece	11.4026
41	🇬🇺Guam	11.5409
42	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	11.6345
43	🇨🇿Czechia	11.874
44	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	11.9054
45	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	12.1242
46	🇱🇹Lithuania	12.1562
47	🇨🇺Cuba	12.9353
48	🇦🇸American Samoa	13.0157
49	🇬🇬Guernsey	13.2525
50	🇧🇾Belarus	13.5571
51	🇭🇷Croatia	13.5905
52	🇻🇦Holy See	13.7757
53	🇸🇰Slovakia	13.8361
54	🇵🇹Portugal	14.0
55	🇺🇦Ukraine	14.4328
56	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	14.5696
57	🇧🇬Bulgaria	14.58
58	🇸🇨Seychelles	15.2562
59	🇯🇪Jersey	15.3926
60	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	15.5194
61	🇩🇲Dominica	15.8814
62	🇲🇾Malaysia	15.9497
63	🇪🇪Estonia	16.2063
64	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	16.2251
65	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	16.2778
66	🇨🇼Curaçao	16.4331
67	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	16.7659
68	🇨🇷Costa Rica	16.9239
69	🇭🇺Hungary	17.1942
70	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	17.5627
71	🇹🇰Tokelau	17.585
72	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	17.5912
73	🇰🇼Kuwait	17.673
74	🇬🇮Gibraltar	17.9185
75	🇧🇧Barbados	18.1701
76	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	18.284
77	🇷🇸Serbia	18.4246
78	🇾🇹Mayotte	18.4628
79	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	18.4722
80	🇨🇱Chile	18.5183
81	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	18.7363
82	🇦🇮Anguilla	18.7882
83	🇦🇼Aruba	19.0442
84	🇷🇺Russian Federation	19.1709
85	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.3102
86	🇲🇪Montenegro	19.3613
87	🇲🇸Montserrat	19.5581
88	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	20.1313
89	🇹🇴Tonga	20.182
90	🇧🇭Bahrain	20.2023
91	🇳🇺Niue	20.3464
92	🇵🇱Poland	20.5574
93	🇵🇫French Polynesia	20.6306
94	🇬🇩Grenada	21.0127
95	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	21.0204
96	🇶🇦Qatar	21.0589
97	🇨🇰Cook Islands	21.363
98	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	21.3721
99	🇲🇺Mauritius	21.4528
100	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22.1686
101	🇧🇸Bahamas	22.4773
102	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	22.7438
103	🇺🇾Uruguay	24.5276
104	🇬🇫French Guiana	25.0506
105	🇯🇲Jamaica	25.0751
106	🇵🇦Panama	25.8011
107	🇫🇯Fiji	25.811
108	🇸🇭Saint Helena	26.5462
109	🇼🇸Samoa	26.944
110	🇦🇷Argentina	27.5598
111	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	27.6513
112	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	27.9092
113	🇳🇨New Caledonia	28.2223
114	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	28.3664
115	🇷🇴Romania	28.9851
116	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	29.6432
117	🇵🇼Palau	30.3727
118	🇮🇲Isle of Man	30.7341
119	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	30.8755
120	🇬🇱Greenland	31.2113
121	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	31.6867
122	🇨🇴Colombia	32.4467
123	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	32.803
124	🇯🇴Jordan	32.998
125	🇹🇭Thailand	33.0338
126	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	35.0901
127	🇻🇺Vanuatu	35.8864
128	🇧🇿Belize	37.7436
129	🇧🇼Botswana	37.9156
130	🇱🇧Lebanon	37.9259
131	🇱🇾Libya	39.0163
132	🇦🇱Albania	39.3962
133	🇻🇳Viet Nam	40.4683
134	🇵🇾Paraguay	40.5562
135	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	40.6341
136	🇨🇳China	41.1699
137	🇲🇽Mexico	41.4355
138	🇲🇰North Macedonia	41.4628
139	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	41.5578
140	🇵🇸State of Palestine	41.6268
141	🇴🇲Oman	41.9762
142	🇬🇪Georgia	42.1804
143	🇸🇷Suriname	42.4139
144	🇹🇻Tuvalu	43.1158
145	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	43.7386
146	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	45.7065
147	🇮🇶Iraq	46.3653
148	🇵🇭Philippines	46.8495
149	🇦🇲Armenia	47.188
150	🇳🇷Nauru	47.8913
151	🇪🇨Ecuador	48.266
152	🇩🇿Algeria	49.7406
153	🇹🇳Tunisia	50.4859
154	🇬🇾Guyana	51.1478
155	🇿🇦South Africa	51.702
156	🇭🇳Honduras	52.0727
157	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	53.108
158	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	53.1736
159	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	54.6234
160	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	56.8723
161	🇳🇦Namibia	57.1113
162	🇸🇿Eswatini	57.9998
163	🇧🇷Brazil	59.1198
164	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	59.6102
165	🇨🇬Congo	59.8567
166	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	63.0645
167	🇰🇪Kenya	64.5518
168	🇬🇦Gabon	64.9131
169	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	66.0672
170	🇵🇪Peru	66.5533
171	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	67.5382
172	🇲🇦Morocco	67.7326
173	🇹🇷Türkiye	68.7807
174	🇬🇹Guatemala	69.0559
175	🇸🇻El Salvador	69.3061
176	🇳🇮Nicaragua	69.9378
177	🇮🇩Indonesia	70.6945
178	🇱🇸Lesotho	71.5524
179	🇰🇮Kiribati	72.9331
180	🇪🇬Egypt	76.3563
181	🇲🇻Maldives	76.4872
182	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	78.1491
183	🇩🇯Djibouti	79.0267
184	🇹🇯Tajikistan	83.2056
185	🇸🇳Senegal	83.6148
186	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	84.3918
187	🇸🇩Sudan	85.3497
188	🇨🇲Cameroon	88.2762
189	🇲🇳Mongolia	88.3987
190	🇬🇭Ghana	88.7745
191	🇲🇲Myanmar	90.0214
192	🇪🇭Western Sahara	90.9504
193	🇲🇷Mauritania	91.6639
194	🇹🇬Togo	93.4111
195	🇬🇲Gambia	94.1872
196	🇰🇭Cambodia	94.9644
197	🇷🇼Rwanda	95.6392
198	🇰🇲Comoros	98.3395
199	🇮🇳India	98.4729
200	🇾🇪Yemen	99.0038
201	🇿🇲Zambia	100.8725
202	🇧🇹Bhutan	101.6527
203	🇪🇷Eritrea	102.5971
204	🇲🇬Madagascar	102.6144
205	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	103.7677
206	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	105.3533
207	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	105.4202
208	🇧🇮Burundi	105.4832
209	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	108.5901
210	🇭🇹Haiti	108.7812
211	🇳🇵Nepal	109.4159
212	🇧🇯Benin	110.4082
213	🇺🇬Uganda	110.5472
214	🇸🇴Somalia	112.7032
215	🇵🇰Pakistan	112.9304
216	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	113.6705
217	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	114.4719
218	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	115.0373
219	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	115.0462
220	🇧🇩Bangladesh	115.995
221	🇨🇫Central African Republic	116.0043
222	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	118.5627
223	🇳🇬Nigeria	119.1329
224	🇪🇹Ethiopia	127.219
225	🇳🇪Niger	127.7358
226	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	128.6382
227	🇲🇱Mali	129.6956
228	🇹🇩Chad	130.3339
229	🇲🇼Malawi	140.3704
230	🇬🇳Guinea	140.6969
231	🇦🇴Angola	144.429
232	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	148.4972
233	🇦🇫Afghanistan	149.7076
234	🇲🇿Mozambique	154.8024
235	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	160.0883
236	🇱🇷Liberia	160.1103
237	🇸🇸South Sudan	174.5566

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 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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