Annual Infant Mortality Rate 2015

In 2015, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 1.4438 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland with a infant mortality rate of 1.6804, and ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia with 1.7032 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone with 88.0646 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic with a infant mortality rate of 84.6713, and ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia with 83.8932 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 2015

Rank Country Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 1.4438
2 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 1.6804
3 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 1.7032
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 1.955
5 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 1.9838
6 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 2.0881
7 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 2.3385
8 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 2.4312
9 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 2.4531
10 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 2.4696
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 2.494
12 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 2.6304
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 2.6493
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 2.8138
15 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 2.8158
16 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 2.8251
17 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 2.8539
18 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 2.9123
19 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 2.9743
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 3.1037
21 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 3.1051
22 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 3.1349
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 3.1443
24 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 3.2442
25 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 3.2484
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 3.2574
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 3.2851
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 3.5072
29 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 3.6366
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 3.7476
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 3.8205
32 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 3.8391
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 3.8707
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 3.9512
35 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 3.9955
36 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 4.004
37 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 4.0367
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 4.043
39 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 4.107
40 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 4.1105
41 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 4.4499
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 4.4992
43 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 4.5285
44 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 4.567
45 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 4.5815
46 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 5.0821
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 5.1889
48 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 5.3342
49 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 5.4927
50 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 5.6108
51 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 5.8668
52 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 5.9655
53 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 6.0104
54 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 6.0138
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 6.1256
56 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 6.1834
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 6.3065
58 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 6.317
59 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 6.4278
60 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 6.4405
61 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 6.4781
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 6.49
63 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 6.4922
64 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 6.5234
65 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 6.659
66 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 6.6819
67 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 6.7538
68 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 6.7959
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 6.8427
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 6.8559
71 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 6.8761
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 7.1466
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 7.1645
74 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 7.2323
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 7.2512
76 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 7.2854
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 7.374
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 7.451
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 7.503
80 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 7.5248
81 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 7.5754
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 7.5956
83 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 7.77
84 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 7.7946
85 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 7.8653
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 8.345
87 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 8.5206
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 8.5693
89 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 8.7446
90 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 8.8328
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 8.8507
92 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 8.8979
93 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 9.162
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 9.1774
95 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 9.2119
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 9.5024
97 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 9.5216
98 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 9.575
99 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 9.5933
100 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 10.1107
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 10.6147
102 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 10.6596
103 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 10.9459
104 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 11.0277
105 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 11.0782
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 11.4178
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 11.6829
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 11.8964
109 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 11.9267
110 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 11.9408
111 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 12.2033
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 12.3107
113 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 12.4057
114 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 12.5563
115 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 12.563
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 12.6421
117 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 12.6902
118 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 13.0113
119 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 13.0195
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 13.0912
121 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 13.1008
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 13.103
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 13.107
124 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 13.1695
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 13.1917
126 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 13.2833
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 13.419
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 13.7084
129 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 14.1396
130 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 14.1837
131 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.2694
132 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 14.5602
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 14.5756
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 14.6
135 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 14.617
136 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 14.9066
137 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 15.053
138 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15.5211
139 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 15.6676
140 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 16.1866
141 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 16.292
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 16.2971
143 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 16.3529
144 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 16.373
145 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 16.4339
146 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 16.8313
147 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 17.1227
148 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 17.1549
149 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 17.2137
150 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 17.8027
151 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 17.9089
152 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 18.0862
153 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 18.6357
154 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 19.0915
155 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 19.5791
156 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 19.6931
157 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 19.7693
158 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 19.8032
159 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 20.3446
160 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 21.1746
161 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 21.5396
162 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 22.8254
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 23.0506
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 23.3382
165 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 23.4558
166 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 23.9038
167 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 23.9968
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 24.5312
169 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 24.7187
170 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 25.1419
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 26.4103
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 26.8599
173 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 27.2662
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 27.7554
175 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 28.3396
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 28.6972
177 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 29.618
178 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 30.6262
179 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 30.8451
180 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 30.8766
181 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 31.4586
182 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 32.1419
183 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 33.3934
184 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 33.9099
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 33.9228
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 34.6992
187 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 34.7536
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 34.9108
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 35.5534
190 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 36.0526
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 36.9033
192 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 37.4031
193 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 37.6144
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 38.4655
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 38.7377
196 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 39.4275
197 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 39.7556
198 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 40.0168
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 40.7177
200 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 41.1278
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 41.1366
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 41.3432
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 42.3259
204 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 43.0026
205 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 43.2019
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 44.9272
207 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 45.189
208 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 45.2799
209 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 46.262
210 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 46.3005
211 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 46.3114
212 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 50.3587
213 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 52.4354
214 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 52.8218
215 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 53.0061
216 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 54.4291
217 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 54.4912
218 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 58.2662
219 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 59.0973
220 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 59.3552
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 61.2391
222 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 62.1067
223 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 62.1957
224 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 62.2917
225 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 63.118
226 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 63.8416
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 65.8051
228 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 66.5906
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 67.6655
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 68.0991
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 72.5848
232 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 72.7377
233 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 80.6067
234 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 81.557
235 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 83.8932
236 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 84.6713
237 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 88.0646

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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