Annual Infant Mortality Rate 1998

-5 year -1 year 1998 +1 year +5 year

In 1998, 🇧🇲Bermuda was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 1.188 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with a infant mortality rate of 3.4505, and 🇸🇪Sweden with 3.5291 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 215.223 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by 🇸🇱Sierra Leone with a infant mortality rate of 145.7843, and 🇱🇷Liberia with 144.6168 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

Similar Population Metrics for 1998

Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 1998

Rank	Country	Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.188
2	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	3.4505
3	🇸🇪Sweden	3.5291
4	🇸🇬Singapore	3.5449
5	🇮🇸Iceland	3.6544
6	🇯🇵Japan	3.6687
7	🇳🇴Norway	3.9371
8	🇫🇮Finland	4.0927
9	🇩🇪Germany	4.5954
10	🇩🇰Denmark	4.6232
11	🇫🇷France	4.7176
12	🇨🇭Switzerland	4.7591
13	🇪🇸Spain	4.7885
14	🇦🇹Austria	4.8306
15	🇦🇺Australia	5.0241
16	🇧🇪Belgium	5.1469
17	🇨🇦Canada	5.2073
18	🇨🇿Czechia	5.2424
19	🇳🇿New Zealand	5.2821
20	🇳🇱Netherlands	5.286
21	🇮🇹Italy	5.3743
22	🇬🇧United Kingdom	5.6784
23	🇮🇪Ireland	5.9813
24	🇵🇹Portugal	6.0885
25	🇸🇮Slovenia	6.203
26	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	6.2648
27	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	6.3466
28	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	6.3771
29	🇬🇷Greece	6.4851
30	🇸🇲San Marino	6.63
31	🇨🇾Cyprus	6.6461
32	🇮🇱Israel	6.8412
33	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	7.4116
34	🇷🇪Réunion	7.4516
35	🇺🇸United States of America	7.4814
36	🇱🇺Luxembourg	7.6128
37	🇨🇺Cuba	7.8011
38	🇭🇷Croatia	8.0578
39	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	8.0887
40	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	8.1848
41	🇲🇨Monaco	8.208
42	🇲🇶Martinique	8.6104
43	🇦🇩Andorra	8.7122
44	🇸🇰Slovakia	8.7495
45	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	8.9093
46	🇬🇬Guernsey	9.1699
47	🇵🇱Poland	9.3735
48	🇭🇺Hungary	9.5589
49	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.6111
50	🇾🇹Mayotte	9.9573
51	🇵🇫French Polynesia	9.9633
52	🇲🇾Malaysia	10.0216
53	🇯🇪Jersey	10.0296
54	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	10.0506
55	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	10.076
56	🇱🇹Lithuania	10.4668
57	🇻🇦Holy See	10.4788
58	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	10.5194
59	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	10.6895
60	🇨🇱Chile	10.715
61	🇲🇹Malta	10.7345
62	🇦🇸American Samoa	10.8307
63	🇲🇸Montserrat	10.9599
64	🇬🇺Guam	11.0124
65	🇪🇪Estonia	11.0639
66	🇰🇼Kuwait	11.1754
67	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	11.3548
68	🇬🇮Gibraltar	11.4065
69	🇧🇾Belarus	11.4418
70	🇶🇦Qatar	11.5064
71	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	11.5833
72	🇸🇨Seychelles	11.8004
73	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	11.8164
74	🇦🇮Anguilla	11.8414
75	🇧🇭Bahrain	11.9736
76	🇨🇷Costa Rica	12.0304
77	🇹🇰Tokelau	12.7868
78	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	12.9702
79	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	13.0156
80	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	13.0182
81	🇩🇲Dominica	13.1655
82	🇬🇩Grenada	13.19
83	🇧🇧Barbados	13.411
84	🇲🇪Montenegro	13.6077
85	🇺🇦Ukraine	13.9742
86	🇧🇸Bahamas	14.2021
87	🇷🇸Serbia	14.3654
88	🇱🇻Latvia	14.4129
89	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	15.0486
90	🇧🇬Bulgaria	15.0645
91	🇨🇼Curaçao	15.1143
92	🇹🇴Tonga	15.1233
93	🇸🇭Saint Helena	15.2699
94	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	15.6486
95	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	15.7715
96	🇺🇾Uruguay	15.8898
97	🇴🇲Oman	16.0827
98	🇲🇰North Macedonia	16.1083
99	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	16.4198
100	🇬🇫French Guiana	16.4481
101	🇨🇰Cook Islands	16.7947
102	🇷🇺Russian Federation	16.9586
103	🇲🇺Mauritius	18.2843
104	🇦🇼Aruba	18.4123
105	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	18.5579
106	🇱🇧Lebanon	18.7466
107	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18.8099
108	🇼🇸Samoa	19.0524
109	🇫🇯Fiji	19.1806
110	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	19.3687
111	🇦🇷Argentina	19.4148
112	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	19.653
113	🇯🇲Jamaica	19.7317
114	🇮🇲Isle of Man	19.9594
115	🇳🇨New Caledonia	20.0818
116	🇹🇭Thailand	20.2619
117	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	20.7966
118	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	21.0047
119	🇧🇿Belize	21.3253
120	🇷🇴Romania	21.6466
121	🇬🇱Greenland	21.9349
122	🇨🇴Colombia	22.2606
123	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	22.7313
124	🇵🇦Panama	23.0188
125	🇳🇷Nauru	23.6077
126	🇯🇴Jordan	23.7366
127	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	23.8176
128	🇻🇺Vanuatu	23.9765
129	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	24.6499
130	🇳🇺Niue	25.0521
131	🇱🇾Libya	25.0536
132	🇻🇳Viet Nam	25.067
133	🇲🇽Mexico	25.5846
134	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	26.0569
135	🇦🇱Albania	26.0851
136	🇵🇼Palau	26.5303
137	🇵🇸State of Palestine	26.7702
138	🇪🇨Ecuador	27.3713
139	🇹🇳Tunisia	28.3723
140	🇵🇾Paraguay	28.9613
141	🇸🇷Suriname	29.3217
142	🇦🇲Armenia	29.5053
143	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	30.0113
144	🇸🇻El Salvador	30.588
145	🇵🇭Philippines	32.1795
146	🇨🇳China	32.3027
147	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	32.4109
148	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	32.5308
149	🇩🇿Algeria	33.281
150	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	33.2856
151	🇧🇷Brazil	33.9171
152	🇵🇪Peru	34.0832
153	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	34.8677
154	🇬🇪Georgia	35.2237
155	🇹🇷Türkiye	35.2401
156	🇹🇻Tuvalu	35.6258
157	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	36.1503
158	🇮🇶Iraq	36.9193
159	🇳🇮Nicaragua	37.0919
160	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	37.3951
161	🇲🇻Maldives	38.3657
162	🇬🇾Guyana	38.4246
163	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	40.6519
164	🇭🇳Honduras	41.003
165	🇪🇬Egypt	41.9676
166	🇬🇹Guatemala	44.2521
167	🇲🇦Morocco	44.4106
168	🇮🇩Indonesia	44.8123
169	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	46.2898
170	🇿🇦South Africa	46.8723
171	🇳🇦Namibia	49.5006
172	🇰🇮Kiribati	53.9665
173	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	54.6914
174	🇧🇼Botswana	54.7467
175	🇲🇳Mongolia	55.7724
176	🇬🇦Gabon	56.0559
177	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	56.6628
178	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	60.9674
179	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	61.3701
180	🇪🇷Eritrea	61.5757
181	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	61.5828
182	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	62.1887
183	🇪🇭Western Sahara	63.0399
184	🇧🇹Bhutan	63.1452
185	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	64.7697
186	🇳🇵Nepal	65.1904
187	🇬🇲Gambia	66.2548
188	🇩🇯Djibouti	67.3226
189	🇰🇪Kenya	67.3922
190	🇬🇭Ghana	68.5654
191	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	68.7713
192	🇲🇷Mauritania	68.8162
193	🇲🇲Myanmar	69.0096
194	🇸🇿Eswatini	71.5411
195	🇧🇩Bangladesh	71.8248
196	🇮🇳India	72.5216
197	🇸🇳Senegal	72.616
198	🇲🇬Madagascar	73.1037
199	🇾🇪Yemen	74.1286
200	🇰🇲Comoros	74.3418
201	🇨🇬Congo	75.091
202	🇹🇯Tajikistan	77.516
203	🇱🇸Lesotho	78.1385
204	🇭🇹Haiti	79.2591
205	🇹🇬Togo	81.3529
206	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	81.7855
207	🇸🇩Sudan	83.1327
208	🇰🇭Cambodia	87.2074
209	🇧🇯Benin	88.5743
210	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	88.7151
211	🇵🇰Pakistan	89.9379
212	🇨🇲Cameroon	91.4504
213	🇪🇹Ethiopia	93.7101
214	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	94.9743
215	🇺🇬Uganda	95.242
216	🇦🇫Afghanistan	96.9611
217	🇿🇲Zambia	98.0762
218	🇧🇮Burundi	99.837
219	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	101.5437
220	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	102.4584
221	🇸🇴Somalia	104.5711
222	🇳🇪Niger	105.7156
223	🇲🇱Mali	107.9156
224	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	109.4467
225	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	110.9567
226	🇬🇳Guinea	111.8694
227	🇨🇫Central African Republic	112.1654
228	🇹🇩Chad	114.0202
229	🇲🇼Malawi	114.6331
230	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	115.0983
231	🇳🇬Nigeria	116.1678
232	🇷🇼Rwanda	124.3833
233	🇦🇴Angola	127.2074
234	🇲🇿Mozambique	127.5747
235	🇱🇷Liberia	144.6168
236	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	145.7843
237	🇸🇸South Sudan	215.223

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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