Annual Infant Mortality Rate 2008

-5 year -1 year 2008 +1 year +5 year

In 2008, 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 1.8245 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by 🇸🇬Singapore with a infant mortality rate of 2.183, and 🇸🇪Sweden with 2.4901 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was 🇸🇱Sierra Leone with 112.245 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by 🇨🇫Central African Republic with a infant mortality rate of 101.719, and 🇸🇴Somalia with 101.3144 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

Similar Population Metrics for 2008

Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 2008

Rank	Country	Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	1.8245
2	🇸🇬Singapore	2.183
3	🇸🇪Sweden	2.4901
4	🇯🇵Japan	2.5768
5	🇫🇮Finland	2.629
6	🇳🇴Norway	2.7294
7	🇱🇺Luxembourg	2.7596
8	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.8066
9	🇨🇿Czechia	2.8538
10	🇮🇸Iceland	2.9171
11	🇸🇲San Marino	3.1156
12	🇨🇾Cyprus	3.2269
13	🇵🇹Portugal	3.2956
14	🇮🇹Italy	3.3382
15	🇪🇸Spain	3.3756
16	🇬🇷Greece	3.4549
17	🇩🇪Germany	3.4951
18	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	3.711
19	🇫🇷France	3.7201
20	🇦🇹Austria	3.742
21	🇳🇱Netherlands	3.8132
22	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	3.8277
23	🇧🇪Belgium	3.837
24	🇮🇪Ireland	3.9078
25	🇩🇰Denmark	4.0065
26	🇨🇭Switzerland	4.054
27	🇮🇱Israel	4.198
28	🇦🇺Australia	4.2521
29	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	4.5515
30	🇳🇿New Zealand	4.6123
31	🇭🇷Croatia	4.689
32	🇧🇲Bermuda	4.749
33	🇬🇧United Kingdom	4.7584
34	🇨🇦Canada	5.1179
35	🇧🇾Belarus	5.2524
36	🇪🇪Estonia	5.3009
37	🇾🇹Mayotte	5.3929
38	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	5.4626
39	🇨🇺Cuba	5.468
40	🇱🇹Lithuania	5.5138
41	🇵🇱Poland	5.5771
42	🇭🇺Hungary	5.6784
43	🇲🇨Monaco	5.8377
44	🇸🇰Slovakia	6.0082
45	🇦🇩Andorra	6.0381
46	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6.1046
47	🇷🇸Serbia	6.1762
48	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	6.198
49	🇬🇬Guernsey	6.2513
50	🇲🇪Montenegro	6.571
51	🇷🇪Réunion	6.6368
52	🇺🇸United States of America	6.7649
53	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	6.8509
54	🇲🇾Malaysia	6.9129
55	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.9786
56	🇱🇻Latvia	6.9931
57	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	7.1335
58	🇻🇦Holy See	7.3125
59	🇲🇶Martinique	7.536
60	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	7.6465
61	🇨🇱Chile	7.7313
62	🇦🇮Anguilla	7.8329
63	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	7.8369
64	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	7.8623
65	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	7.9278
66	🇵🇫French Polynesia	7.9949
67	🇧🇭Bahrain	7.9992
68	🇯🇪Jersey	8.0534
69	🇦🇸American Samoa	8.0932
70	🇲🇸Montserrat	8.1595
71	🇶🇦Qatar	8.2209
72	🇹🇰Tokelau	8.5295
73	🇲🇰North Macedonia	8.7099
74	🇷🇺Russian Federation	8.7326
75	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	8.7814
76	🇧🇬Bulgaria	8.793
77	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	9.059
78	🇬🇺Guam	9.0738
79	🇲🇹Malta	9.123
80	🇰🇼Kuwait	9.3247
81	🇨🇷Costa Rica	9.4058
82	🇬🇱Greenland	9.6491
83	🇱🇧Lebanon	9.6931
84	🇺🇦Ukraine	9.7449
85	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	9.9188
86	🇺🇾Uruguay	10.0696
87	🇨🇰Cook Islands	10.2019
88	🇴🇲Oman	10.2571
89	🇬🇫French Guiana	10.3116
90	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	10.4329
91	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	10.4838
92	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	10.4841
93	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10.7964
94	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	11.5776
95	🇹🇴Tonga	11.7499
96	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	11.7598
97	🇸🇨Seychelles	11.8077
98	🇬🇮Gibraltar	11.8156
99	🇷🇴Romania	11.8391
100	🇬🇩Grenada	12.0921
101	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	12.3951
102	🇹🇭Thailand	12.6388
103	🇲🇺Mauritius	12.6505
104	🇨🇼Curaçao	12.689
105	🇩🇲Dominica	12.8314
106	🇲🇻Maldives	13.6393
107	🇮🇲Isle of Man	13.7592
108	🇧🇧Barbados	13.8098
109	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	13.8628
110	🇸🇭Saint Helena	13.9026
111	🇧🇸Bahamas	13.926
112	🇦🇷Argentina	13.9799
113	🇦🇱Albania	14.0967
114	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	14.1251
115	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	14.5335
116	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	14.8238
117	🇳🇨New Caledonia	14.8323
118	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	15.1537
119	🇨🇳China	15.281
120	🇬🇪Georgia	15.3493
121	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	15.9462
122	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	15.9544
123	🇯🇲Jamaica	15.9701
124	🇦🇼Aruba	16.067
125	🇱🇾Libya	16.0747
126	🇼🇸Samoa	16.3125
127	🇹🇳Tunisia	16.413
128	🇨🇴Colombia	16.4752
129	🇧🇿Belize	16.8993
130	🇲🇽Mexico	17.2416
131	🇵🇪Peru	17.3994
132	🇪🇨Ecuador	17.437
133	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	17.5618
134	🇹🇷Türkiye	17.5837
135	🇵🇦Panama	17.7029
136	🇯🇴Jordan	17.9604
137	🇸🇻El Salvador	18.0244
138	🇦🇲Armenia	18.0559
139	🇧🇷Brazil	18.1794
140	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	18.2009
141	🇻🇳Viet Nam	18.4245
142	🇵🇸State of Palestine	19.8914
143	🇫🇯Fiji	19.9034
144	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	19.9871
145	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	21.0875
146	🇭🇳Honduras	21.2507
147	🇸🇷Suriname	21.5919
148	🇳🇮Nicaragua	21.6031
149	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	21.6881
150	🇵🇼Palau	21.8929
151	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	22.6892
152	🇵🇾Paraguay	22.9094
153	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	23.0259
154	🇻🇺Vanuatu	23.7686
155	🇩🇿Algeria	24.6516
156	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	24.6855
157	🇲🇳Mongolia	25.6023
158	🇪🇬Egypt	25.8213
159	🇵🇭Philippines	26.9201
160	🇳🇷Nauru	27.6435
161	🇹🇻Tuvalu	27.6927
162	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	27.8281
163	🇳🇺Niue	28.3954
164	🇲🇦Morocco	28.6573
165	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	28.6896
166	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	29.338
167	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	29.4786
168	🇮🇩Indonesia	29.7569
169	🇮🇶Iraq	30.0537
170	🇬🇹Guatemala	30.5087
171	🇬🇾Guyana	31.3281
172	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	31.3536
173	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	31.9964
174	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	36.6221
175	🇧🇹Bhutan	37.9373
176	🇳🇦Namibia	38.1065
177	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	38.7626
178	🇹🇯Tajikistan	39.2081
179	🇳🇵Nepal	40.1005
180	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	40.6094
181	🇰🇭Cambodia	41.2839
182	🇪🇷Eritrea	41.7196
183	🇪🇭Western Sahara	41.8137
184	🇧🇼Botswana	42.7324
185	🇧🇩Bangladesh	43.0036
186	🇰🇪Kenya	43.8456
187	🇸🇳Senegal	44.2812
188	🇿🇦South Africa	45.3467
189	🇬🇦Gabon	45.4342
190	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	46.8292
191	🇬🇲Gambia	47.0321
192	🇨🇬Congo	47.6675
193	🇾🇪Yemen	47.9312
194	🇮🇳India	49.6492
195	🇰🇮Kiribati	49.9417
196	🇲🇬Madagascar	50.2392
197	🇬🇭Ghana	50.4834
198	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	51.3712
199	🇷🇼Rwanda	52.4394
200	🇩🇯Djibouti	53.8699
201	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	53.9795
202	🇸🇩Sudan	54.4844
203	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	56.3057
204	🇺🇬Uganda	57.8024
205	🇿🇲Zambia	58.2996
206	🇪🇹Ethiopia	59.8013
207	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	59.8737
208	🇭🇹Haiti	61.3908
209	🇲🇷Mauritania	62.734
210	🇲🇲Myanmar	62.7784
211	🇲🇼Malawi	62.7787
212	🇹🇬Togo	63.2964
213	🇰🇲Comoros	65.5963
214	🇧🇮Burundi	66.4445
215	🇳🇪Niger	68.5269
216	🇦🇫Afghanistan	69.2476
217	🇸🇿Eswatini	71.4667
218	🇧🇯Benin	72.2229
219	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	72.7143
220	🇵🇰Pakistan	73.1042
221	🇨🇲Cameroon	75.5027
222	🇸🇸South Sudan	75.6548
223	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	76.9812
224	🇱🇷Liberia	79.556
225	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	80.3266
226	🇲🇿Mozambique	80.8367
227	🇲🇱Mali	81.2156
228	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	81.5948
229	🇬🇳Guinea	81.9694
230	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	84.7968
231	🇱🇸Lesotho	85.2514
232	🇦🇴Angola	86.514
233	🇳🇬Nigeria	89.6347
234	🇹🇩Chad	95.3654
235	🇸🇴Somalia	101.3144
236	🇨🇫Central African Republic	101.719
237	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	112.245

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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