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Annual Infant Mortality Rate 2018

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In 2018, 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 1.3042 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by 🇸🇮Slovenia with a infant mortality rate of 1.6697, and 🇮🇸Iceland with 1.6878 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was 🇸🇱Sierra Leone with 79.2386 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by 🇳🇬Nigeria with a infant mortality rate of 77.9407, and 🇨🇫Central African Republic with 77.4377 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

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Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 2018

Rank Country Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1.3042
2 🇸🇮Slovenia 1.6697
3 🇮🇸Iceland 1.6878
4 🇪🇪Estonia 1.8164
5 🇯🇵Japan 1.879
6 🇸🇬Singapore 1.9181
7 🇲🇪Montenegro 2.0077
8 🇸🇪Sweden 2.0118
9 🇫🇮Finland 2.025
10 🇳🇴Norway 2.2943
11 🇧🇲Bermuda 2.3191
12 🇨🇾Cyprus 2.4217
13 🇧🇾Belarus 2.5316
14 🇨🇿Czechia 2.5432
15 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2.588
16 🇪🇸Spain 2.6036
17 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 2.659
18 🇮🇪Ireland 2.6917
19 🇦🇹Austria 2.692
20 🇸🇲San Marino 2.7017
21 🇮🇹Italy 2.84
22 🇱🇻Latvia 2.9414
23 🇦🇺Australia 3.123
24 🇩🇪Germany 3.1839
25 🇱🇹Lithuania 3.2317
26 🇭🇺Hungary 3.2426
27 🇮🇱Israel 3.3078
28 🇵🇹Portugal 3.3123
29 🇨🇭Switzerland 3.3245
30 🇳🇱Netherlands 3.4242
31 🇩🇰Denmark 3.6262
32 🇬🇷Greece 3.688
33 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 3.7123
34 🇧🇪Belgium 3.7222
35 🇬🇧United Kingdom 3.791
36 🇫🇷France 3.8215
37 🇵🇱Poland 3.8468
38 🇭🇷Croatia 3.8521
39 🇲🇨Monaco 3.8963
40 🇳🇿New Zealand 3.951
41 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4.1055
42 🇾🇹Mayotte 4.1227
43 🇷🇺Russian Federation 4.1487
44 🇨🇺Cuba 4.2825
45 🇷🇸Serbia 4.4402
46 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 4.5908
47 🇨🇦Canada 4.634
48 🇸🇰Slovakia 4.8941
49 🇲🇰North Macedonia 5.0541
50 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 5.1476
51 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.2426
52 🇹🇰Tokelau 5.27
53 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 5.5632
54 🇺🇾Uruguay 5.5731
55 🇺🇸United States of America 5.5757
56 🇺🇦Ukraine 5.5834
57 🇶🇦Qatar 5.595
58 🇷🇪Réunion 5.6135
59 🇧🇬Bulgaria 5.667
60 🇻🇦Holy See 5.8413
61 🇦🇩Andorra 5.9321
62 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 5.9453
63 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 5.9606
64 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 5.9631
65 🇲🇹Malta 5.9674
66 🇵🇫French Polynesia 6.0281
67 🇧🇭Bahrain 6.0868
68 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 6.4053
69 🇱🇧Lebanon 6.4296
70 🇷🇴Romania 6.4722
71 🇬🇬Guernsey 6.4954
72 🇲🇻Maldives 6.5029
73 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 6.5826
74 🇨🇱Chile 6.6531
75 🇨🇰Cook Islands 6.7618
76 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 6.9543
77 🇦🇮Anguilla 6.9546
78 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 7.061
79 🇨🇳China 7.0792
80 🇲🇾Malaysia 7.207
81 🇲🇶Martinique 7.2328
82 🇨🇷Costa Rica 7.2396
83 🇦🇸American Samoa 7.3856
84 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 7.3934
85 🇰🇼Kuwait 7.4521
86 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 7.6467
87 🇯🇪Jersey 7.6586
88 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 7.9015
89 🇹🇭Thailand 8.0541
90 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 8.2941
91 🇦🇱Albania 8.5422
92 🇬🇫French Guiana 8.5628
93 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.6416
94 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 8.67
95 🇬🇪Georgia 8.7155
96 🇨🇼Curaçao 8.8727
97 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.0147
98 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 9.0414
99 🇹🇷Türkiye 9.1378
100 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 9.2116
101 🇬🇱Greenland 9.3424
102 🇴🇲Oman 9.5306
103 🇬🇮Gibraltar 9.601
104 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 9.8239
105 🇦🇷Argentina 10.0814
106 🇹🇴Tonga 10.2604
107 🇱🇾Libya 10.4682
108 🇦🇲Armenia 10.8408
109 🇧🇿Belize 11.0482
110 🇵🇪Peru 11.124
111 🇮🇲Isle of Man 11.136
112 🇧🇸Bahamas 11.1975
113 🇳🇨New Caledonia 11.3827
114 🇬🇺Guam 11.532
115 🇸🇻El Salvador 11.713
116 🇧🇧Barbados 11.7784
117 🇪🇨Ecuador 11.789
118 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11.7964
119 🇲🇸Montserrat 11.8091
120 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 11.827
121 🇨🇴Colombia 11.9679
122 🇩🇲Dominica 12.0607
123 🇯🇲Jamaica 12.1589
124 🇸🇨Seychelles 12.3475
125 🇲🇽Mexico 12.4091
126 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 12.4923
127 🇸🇭Saint Helena 12.6398
128 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 12.8224
129 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.8985
130 🇲🇺Mauritius 13.0655
131 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 13.3199
132 🇦🇼Aruba 13.479
133 🇧🇷Brazil 13.494
134 🇬🇩Grenada 13.6086
135 🇯🇴Jordan 13.6271
136 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 13.6988
137 🇵🇦Panama 13.9912
138 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 14.0626
139 🇲🇳Mongolia 14.1534
140 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 14.1567
141 🇹🇳Tunisia 14.4207
142 🇳🇮Nicaragua 14.5382
143 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 14.6396
144 🇭🇳Honduras 14.6466
145 🇵🇸State of Palestine 14.9686
146 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 14.998
147 🇼🇸Samoa 15.063
148 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 15.5073
149 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15.8011
150 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 16.058
151 🇵🇼Palau 16.2655
152 🇸🇷Suriname 16.6489
153 🇻🇳Viet Nam 16.7697
154 🇵🇾Paraguay 16.9081
155 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 16.9881
156 🇳🇷Nauru 17.0373
157 🇲🇦Morocco 17.1977
158 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 17.4108
159 🇪🇬Egypt 17.6137
160 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 18.559
161 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 19.0412
162 🇹🇻Tuvalu 19.5727
163 🇩🇿Algeria 20.0771
164 🇮🇩Indonesia 20.5277
165 🇬🇹Guatemala 21.0437
166 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 21.7069
167 🇫🇯Fiji 21.828
168 🇻🇺Vanuatu 21.8343
169 🇳🇺Niue 21.9505
170 🇮🇶Iraq 22.3679
171 🇰🇭Cambodia 23.2552
172 🇵🇭Philippines 23.3753
173 🇬🇾Guyana 24.6679
174 🇧🇹Bhutan 24.6842
175 🇿🇦South Africa 25.2289
176 🇳🇵Nepal 25.5007
177 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 26.5042
178 🇧🇩Bangladesh 26.5562
179 🇸🇳Senegal 27.2428
180 🇪🇭Western Sahara 27.9507
181 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 28.1339
182 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 28.9754
183 🇮🇳India 29.3812
184 🇹🇯Tajikistan 29.5956
185 🇳🇦Namibia 31.0086
186 🇪🇷Eritrea 31.2952
187 🇬🇦Gabon 31.6135
188 🇲🇼Malawi 31.6915
189 🇷🇼Rwanda 31.9833
190 🇰🇪Kenya 31.9926
191 🇬🇲Gambia 33.3942
192 🇺🇬Uganda 34.2553
193 🇨🇬Congo 34.4803
194 🇬🇭Ghana 35.0672
195 🇧🇼Botswana 35.573
196 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 36.1897
197 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 36.5391
198 🇲🇲Myanmar 36.8497
199 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 36.9846
200 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 37.3369
201 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 37.3543
202 🇪🇹Ethiopia 38.041
203 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 38.0545
204 🇲🇬Madagascar 38.2348
205 🇸🇿Eswatini 39.6776
206 🇧🇮Burundi 41.3329
207 🇩🇯Djibouti 41.7257
208 🇰🇮Kiribati 41.7325
209 🇸🇩Sudan 41.9843
210 🇿🇲Zambia 44.9556
211 🇳🇪Niger 45.8901
212 🇾🇪Yemen 46.6055
213 🇦🇫Afghanistan 47.8354
214 🇹🇬Togo 48.1653
215 🇭🇹Haiti 48.8997
216 🇲🇷Mauritania 49.0985
217 🇰🇲Comoros 49.8475
218 🇨🇲Cameroon 52.9649
219 🇦🇴Angola 53.032
220 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 53.5319
221 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 55.8276
222 🇲🇿Mozambique 56.7414
223 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 56.8923
224 🇵🇰Pakistan 57.1185
225 🇧🇯Benin 59.3179
226 🇲🇱Mali 60.4135
227 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 61.7015
228 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 62.0239
229 🇱🇷Liberia 62.4443
230 🇸🇸South Sudan 63.6307
231 🇬🇳Guinea 68.8022
232 🇱🇸Lesotho 69.7538
233 🇹🇩Chad 74.2303
234 🇸🇴Somalia 77.2441
235 🇨🇫Central African Republic 77.4377
236 🇳🇬Nigeria 77.9407
237 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 79.2386

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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