Annual Infant Mortality Rate 2019

In 2019, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 1.2505 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR with a infant mortality rate of 1.2663, and ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia with 1.5997 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone with 76.714 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria with a infant mortality rate of 76.2762, and ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia with 75.039 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 2019

Rank Country Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 1.2505
2 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 1.2663
3 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 1.5997
4 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 1.7898
5 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 1.8646
6 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 2.0313
7 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 2.0473
8 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 2.0605
9 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 2.0628
10 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 2.3114
11 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 2.325
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 2.3758
13 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 2.3986
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 2.5057
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 2.5206
16 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 2.5419
17 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 2.5718
18 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 2.5865
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 2.6227
20 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 2.6366
21 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 2.8132
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 2.9451
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 2.9878
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 3.0017
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 3.1789
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 3.2267
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 3.2305
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 3.2707
29 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 3.298
30 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 3.609
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 3.6194
32 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 3.6253
33 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 3.6281
34 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 3.6411
35 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 3.6594
36 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 3.7494
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 3.7597
38 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 3.7862
39 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 3.8466
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 3.8689
41 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 4.0759
42 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 4.1064
43 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 4.1927
44 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 4.366
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 4.3891
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 4.4322
47 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 4.4719
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 4.9412
49 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 5.0028
50 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 5.053
51 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 5.1368
52 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 5.2072
53 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 5.2389
54 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 5.2993
55 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 5.3066
56 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 5.3547
57 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 5.5178
58 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 5.5351
59 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 5.6352
60 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 5.7364
61 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 5.7786
62 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 5.808
63 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 5.8369
64 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 5.889
65 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 5.9212
66 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 5.9248
67 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 5.9564
68 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 6.0576
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 6.1716
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 6.2174
71 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 6.2693
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 6.4228
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 6.4487
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 6.508
75 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 6.535
76 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 6.5594
77 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 6.5887
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 6.6563
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 6.8297
80 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 7.0241
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 7.1976
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 7.3201
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 7.4741
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 7.5189
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 7.6838
86 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 7.7011
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 8.1614
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 8.4368
89 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 8.476
90 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 8.4997
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 8.4997
92 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 8.5096
93 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 8.5969
94 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 8.6156
95 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 8.6715
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 8.7197
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 8.8014
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 9.0838
99 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 9.1788
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 9.2452
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 9.3816
102 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 9.5064
103 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 9.6825
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 9.7943
105 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 10.0483
106 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 10.1297
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 10.3115
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 10.3772
109 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 10.4738
110 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 10.7255
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 10.981
112 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 11.1371
113 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 11.3083
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 11.3991
115 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 11.4042
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 11.411
117 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 11.4307
118 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 11.4472
119 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 11.5935
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 11.7899
121 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 11.8489
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 11.9672
123 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 11.9812
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 12.0023
125 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 12.0962
126 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 12.1138
127 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 12.4596
128 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.4828
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 12.5813
130 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 12.607
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 13.1856
132 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 13.2355
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 13.2515
134 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 13.2864
135 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 13.3145
136 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 13.5391
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 13.5502
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 13.5794
139 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 13.6605
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 13.9249
141 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 14.028
142 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 14.2089
143 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 14.287
144 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 14.5604
145 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 14.563
146 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 14.6017
147 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 15.2387
148 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 15.2632
149 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 15.513
150 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15.755
151 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 15.7724
152 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 16.1583
153 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 16.2548
154 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 16.3481
155 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 16.4227
156 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 16.5629
157 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 16.6464
158 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 16.8658
159 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 17.0066
160 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 18.0541
161 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 18.1239
162 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 18.952
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 19.6338
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 19.8118
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 20.295
166 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 21.0939
167 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 21.2792
168 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 21.2928
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 21.754
170 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 22.3283
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 22.3788
172 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 22.8416
173 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 23.8909
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 23.9594
175 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 24.5484
176 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 25.243
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 25.7839
178 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 26.1304
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 26.5443
180 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 27.1642
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 27.8493
182 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 27.9046
183 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 28.3646
184 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 28.7455
185 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 29.7771
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 30.1174
187 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 30.4839
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 30.9418
189 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 31.024
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 31.1331
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 32.3926
192 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 32.9257
193 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 33.9999
194 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 34.919
195 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 35.1883
196 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 35.4213
197 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 35.7402
198 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 35.9026
199 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 36.2172
200 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 36.3098
201 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 36.6274
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 36.639
203 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 36.7766
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 37.1948
205 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 37.2419
206 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 39.9477
207 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 40.5027
208 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 40.6837
209 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 40.9923
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 44.188
211 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 44.5119
212 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 46.5164
213 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 46.7131
214 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 46.7863
215 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 47.7789
216 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 47.8313
217 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 48.3386
218 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 51.2543
219 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 51.4067
220 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 52.2533
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 54.1245
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 55.0134
223 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 55.4762
224 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 55.5089
225 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 57.9336
226 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 58.7494
227 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 59.8206
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 60.2417
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 61.0877
230 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 63.7386
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 67.4118
232 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 70.053
233 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 72.1994
234 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 74.6483
235 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 75.039
236 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 76.2762
237 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 76.714

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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