Annual Infant Mortality Rate 2001

In 2001, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 2.7756 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore with a infant mortality rate of 2.8452, and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan with 3.0833 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone with 136.0397 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia with a infant mortality rate of 121.9919, and ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola with 118.4681 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 2001

Rank Country Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 2.7756
2 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 2.8452
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 3.0833
4 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 3.1415
5 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 3.2078
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 3.2872
7 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 3.6294
8 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 3.8274
9 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 4.0035
10 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 4.0258
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 4.1985
12 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 4.5199
13 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 4.5295
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 4.6364
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 4.7513
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 4.7803
17 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 4.8496
18 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 4.9178
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 4.9295
20 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 5.1008
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 5.1161
22 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 5.2573
23 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 5.2647
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 5.2874
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 5.3108
26 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 5.3295
27 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 5.3399
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 5.3828
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 5.4564
30 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 5.4659
31 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 5.7263
32 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 5.8016
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 6.0266
34 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 6.0539
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 6.0756
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 6.1494
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 6.3162
38 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 6.3858
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 6.7018
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 6.7665
41 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 6.9039
42 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 6.9393
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 7.223
44 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 7.4611
45 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 7.8759
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 8.0765
47 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 8.0807
48 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 8.0887
49 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 8.3098
50 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 8.4377
51 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 8.5255
52 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 8.5491
53 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 8.6684
54 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 8.7514
55 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 9.014
56 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 9.1004
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 9.2122
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 9.2749
59 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 9.3372
60 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 9.3898
61 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 9.5837
62 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 9.6845
63 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 9.6885
64 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 9.7904
65 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 9.8332
66 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 10.2437
67 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 10.2928
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 10.3819
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 10.4073
70 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 10.4659
71 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 10.7625
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 10.8198
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 10.9416
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 11.2126
75 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 11.34
76 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 11.6673
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 11.9424
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 11.9805
79 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 12.1892
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 12.1893
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 12.1959
82 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 12.449
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 12.4924
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 12.5323
85 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 13.1206
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 13.561
87 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 13.7682
88 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 13.8701
89 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 14.0113
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 14.0127
91 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 14.0429
92 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 14.0994
93 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 14.1276
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 14.2309
95 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 14.3222
96 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 14.599
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 14.7801
98 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 14.9813
99 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 15.0719
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 15.326
101 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 15.788
102 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 15.8482
103 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 15.944
104 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 16.1023
105 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 17.3097
106 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 17.4544
107 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 17.5674
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 17.5904
109 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 17.5954
110 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17.6055
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 17.7749
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 18.046
113 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 18.1902
114 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 18.2365
115 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 18.2775
116 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 18.4915
117 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 18.5853
118 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.5973
119 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 18.7206
120 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 19.1301
121 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 19.5106
122 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 19.5805
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 19.8559
124 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 20.2974
125 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 20.4392
126 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 21.3962
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 21.7938
128 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 21.9901
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 22.4439
130 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 22.7779
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 23.0113
132 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 23.1552
133 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 23.1712
134 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 23.4071
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 23.7603
136 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 24.3444
137 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 24.5718
138 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 24.9873
139 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 25.0535
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 25.6112
141 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 26.0954
142 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 26.4325
143 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 26.5963
144 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 26.9206
145 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 27.0113
146 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 27.0465
147 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 27.0502
148 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 28.0103
149 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 28.0502
150 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 28.158
151 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 28.3188
152 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 28.7621
153 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 28.7923
154 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 29.6
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 29.7122
156 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 29.7501
157 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 30.2281
158 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 32.2868
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 32.4254
160 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 33.0928
161 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 33.6598
162 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 34.3598
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 34.891
164 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 35.3881
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 35.8439
166 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 39.4524
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 39.489
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 39.6636
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 40.3788
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 45.5618
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 47.2803
172 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 48.2623
173 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 49.6749
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 50.6473
175 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 51.9061
176 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 53.1343
177 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 53.7337
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 53.8072
179 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 54.6805
180 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 54.7879
181 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 55.7664
182 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 55.8678
183 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 56.1193
184 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 57.0609
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 57.4796
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 58.8542
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 59.1529
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 60.0877
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 61.2701
190 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 61.3238
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 62.0705
192 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 62.9604
193 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 63.633
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 64.3355
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 64.917
196 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 65.2901
197 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 65.4307
198 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 65.8497
199 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 66.3857
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 68.2211
201 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 71.4219
202 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 72.1713
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 72.4704
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 73.2092
205 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 73.311
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 73.9214
207 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 75.5974
208 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 77.4176
209 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 80.1602
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 82.3945
211 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 83.2576
212 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 83.3075
213 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 83.8784
214 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 86.0095
215 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 87.8921
216 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 88.3585
217 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 89.0172
218 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 90.4142
219 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 92.3659
220 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 94.9981
221 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 95.8704
222 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 97.4307
223 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 98.1283
224 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 100.026
225 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 100.8352
226 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 101.6098
227 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 101.6948
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 103.9471
229 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 104.4412
230 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 104.8868
231 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 108.1245
232 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 108.8098
233 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 110.0225
234 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 110.0898
235 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 118.4681
236 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 121.9919
237 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 136.0397

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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