List of countries by infant mortality rate
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World infant mortality rate 2007
World infant mortality rate 2007

This is a list of countries by infant mortality rate. Figures are from the 2006 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2005-2010[1], and the CIA World Factbook, last updated on April 15, 2008.[2]

The infant mortality rate (IMR) is the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. The current world infant mortality rate is 49.4 according to the United Nations and 42.64 according to the CIA World Fact Book.

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List by the United Nations Population Division List by the CIA World Factbook
(all 2008 est.)
Rank Country or territory Infant mortality rate
(deaths/1,000 live births)		 Under-five mortality rate
(deaths/1,000 live births)
1 Sierra Leone 160.3 278.1
2 Afghanistan 157.0 235.4
3 Liberia 132.5 205.2
4 Angola 131.9 230.8
5 Mali 128.5 199.7
6 Chad 119.2 189.0
7 Cote d'Ivoire 116.9 183.2
8 Somalia 116.3 192.8
9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 113.5 195.9
10 Guinea-Bissau 112.7 194.8
11 Rwanda 112.4 187.8
12 Niger 110.8 188.0
13 Nigeria 109.5 187.5
14 Burkina Faso 104.4 180.6
15 Guinea 102.5 155.8
16 Burundi 99.4 169.0
17 Benin 98.0 146.1
18 Central African Republic 96.8 162.9
19 Mozambique 95.9 163.7
20 Zambia 92.7 157.0
21 Equatorial Guinea 92.3 155.4
22 Malawi 89.4 131.8
23 Togo 88.6 126.3
24 Cameroon 87.5 144.5
25 Ethiopia 86.9 145.3
26 Djibouti 85.3 125.9
27 Iraq 81.5 105.4
28 Uganda 76.9 127.4
29 Turkmenistan 74.7 94.6
30 Gambia 74.2 128.1
31 Tanzania 72.6 118.4
32 Azerbaijan 72.3 86.1
33 Sao Tome and Principe 72.3 94.6
34 Swaziland 71.0 113.6
35 Congo 70.3 101.9
36 Pakistan 67.5 95.2
37 East Timor 66.7 91.5
38 Myanmar 66.0 97.2
39 Senegal 65.7 115.0
40 Madagascar 65.5 106.5
41 Sudan 64.9 104.5
42 Lesotho 64.6 98.2
43 Kenya 64.4 104.1
44 Mauritania 63.0 92.4
45 Cambodia 62.7 89.4
46 Papua New Guinea 60.7 84.0
47 Tajikistan 60.2 78.1
48 Yemen 58.6 78.8
49 Zimbabwe 58.0 93.9
50 Ghana 56.6 89.6
51 Eritrea 55.3 76.9
52 Uzbekistan 55.0 66.0
53 India 55.0 78.6
54 Solomon Islands 54.5 72.5
55 Nepal 53.9 71.6
56 Gabon 53.8 85.6
57 Kyrgyzstan 53.1 63.9
58 Bangladesh 52.5 69.3
59 Laos 51.4 67.5
- World 49.4 73.7
60 Haiti 48.8 71.5
61 Comoros 48.4 62.7
62 Korea, North 48.2 62.4
63 Botswana 46.5 67.5
64 Bolivia 45.6 60.6
65 Bhutan 45.0 64.8
66 South Africa 44.8 66.0
67 Western Sahara 44.2 56.3
68 Guyana 42.9 57.4
69 Namibia 42.3 65.6
70 Mongolia 39.8 53.8
71 Georgia 38.7 41.5
72 Maldives 34.1 42.0
73 Micronesia, Federated States of 34.1 42.0
74 Grenada 33.8 41.4
75 Paraguay 32.0 38.3
76 Algeria 31.1 33.2
77 Iran 30.6 35.5
78 Morocco 30.6 36.3
79 Guatemala 30.1 39.3
80 Dominican Republic 29.6 33.1
81 Egypt 29.3 33.8
82 Armenia 28.9 33.8
83 Vanuatu 28.3 34.0
84 Honduras 28.2 41.6
85 Suriname 27.7 34.9
86 Turkey 27.5 31.6
87 Indonesia 26.6 31.8
88 Cape Verde 24.6 29.2
89 Kazakhstan 24.1 28.5
90 Brazil 23.6 29.1
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.3 27.5
92 Philippines 23.1 27.2
93 China 23.0 29.4
94 Samoa 22.3 26.6
95 Montenegro 22.3 24.3
96 Lebanon 22.0 25.9
97 El Salvador 21.5 29.3
98 Nicaragua 21.5 25.7
99 Peru 21.2 28.8
100 Ecuador 21.1 25.7
101 Tunisia 19.8 22.2
102 Fiji 19.5 24.3
103 Vietnam 19.5 23.3
104 Jordan 19.4 21.8
105 Albania 19.2 22.3
106 Colombia 19.1 26.0
107 Saudi Arabia 18.8 21.8
108 Tonga 18.6 21.9
109 Panama 18.2 23.8
110 Libya 18.0 19.7
111 Palestinian territories 17.5 20.2
112 Venezuela 17.0 21.8
113 Aruba 17.0 19.5
114 Mexico 16.7 20.2
115 Russia 16.6 20.9
116 Belize 16.4 20.0
117 Syria 16.0 18.3
118 Moldova 15.8 19.4
119 Romania 14.9 17.9
120 Netherlands Antilles 14.8 16.8
121 Republic of Macedonia 14.8 16.9
122 Mauritius 14.0 16.5
123 Bahamas 13.8 17.5
124 Jamaica 13.6 17.2
125 Argentina 13.4 15.5
126 French Guiana 13.4 15.1
127 Réunion 13.4 15.1
128 Uruguay 13.1 16.2
129 Ukraine 12.8 15.8
130 Saint Lucia 12.6 16.1
131 Trinidad and Tobago 12.4 17.6
132 Oman 12.3 13.8
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.0 13.9
134 Bulgaria 11.8 14.1
135 Serbia 11.7 13.9
136 Bahrain 11.2 13.7
137 Sri Lanka 11.0 12.9
138 Thailand 10.6 15.1
139 Latvia 10.4 13.7
140 Barbados 10.1 11.4
141 Costa Rica 9.9 11.4
142 Belarus 9.4 12.0
143 Guam 9.0 10.5
144 Malaysia 8.9 11.3
145 U.S. Virgin Islands 8.6 9.6
146 Lithuania 8.5 11.1
147 Qatar 8.2 10.2
148 United Arab Emirates 8.2 9.0
149 Kuwait 8.1 9.9
150 French Polynesia 8.0 10.5
151 Puerto Rico 7.2 8.7
152 Estonia 7.2 9.8
153 Chile 7.2 8.8
154 Macau 7.0 7.8
155 Slovakia 6.9 8.4
156 Hungary 6.8 8.5
157 Guadeloupe 6.8 8.8
158 Greece 6.7 7.8
159 Poland 6.7 8.0
160 Martinique 6.6 8.3
161 Malta 6.5 7.6
162 Croatia 6.4 7.7
163 United States 6.3 7.8
164 New Caledonia 6.1 8.7
165 Cyprus 5.9 6.9
166 Brunei 5.5 6.7
167 Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey) 5.2 6.2
168 Cuba 5.1 6.5
169 New Zealand 5.0 6.4
170 Portugal 5.0 6.6
171 Italy 5.0 6.1
172 Ireland 4.9 6.2
173 Canada 4.8 5.9
174 United Kingdom 4.8 6.0
175 Slovenia 4.8 6.4
176 Israel 4.7 5.7
177 Netherlands 4.7 5.9
178 Luxembourg 4.5 6.6
179 Australia 4.4 5.6
180 Austria 4.4 5.4
181 Denmark 4.4 5.8
182 Germany 4.3 5.4
183 Spain 4.2 5.3
184 France 4.2 5.2
185 Belgium 4.2 5.3
186 Korea, South 4.1 4.8
187 Switzerland 4.1 5.1
188 Czech Republic 3.8 4.8
189 Finland 3.7 4.7
190 Hong Kong 3.7 4.7
191 Norway 3.3 4.4
192 Sweden 3.2 4.0
193 Japan 3.2 4.2
194 Singapore 3.0 4.1
195 Iceland 2.9 3.9
Rank Country or territory Infant mortality rate
(deaths/1,000 live births)
1 Angola 182.31
2 Sierra Leone 156.48
3 Afghanistan 154.67
4 Liberia 143.89
5 Niger 115.42
6 Somalia 110.97
7 Mozambique 107.84
8 Mali 103.83
9 Guinea-Bissau 101.64
10 Zambia 100.96
11 Chad 100.36
12 Djibouti 99.13
13 Nigeria 93.93
14 Malawi 90.55
15 Ethiopia 90.24
16 Guinea 87.17
17 Sudan 86.98
18 Burkina Faso 86.02
19 Cote d'Ivoire 85.71
20 Equatorial Guinea 83.75
21 Rwanda 83.42
22 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 83.11
23 Central African Republic 82.36
24 Congo, Republic of the 81.29
25 Laos 79.61
26 Lesotho 78.59
27 Benin 76.19
28 Western Sahara 71.13
29 Tanzania 70.46
30 Swaziland 69.59
31 Gambia, The 68.72
32 Comoros 68.58
33 Uzbekistan 67.78
34 Pakistan 66.95
35 Mauritania 66.65
36 Uganda 65.99
37 Cameroon 64.57
38 Haiti 62.33
39 Nepal 62.00
40 Burundi 60.77
41 Senegal 58.93
42 South Africa 58.26
43 Mayotte 57.88
44 Togo 57.66
45 Bangladesh 57.45
46 Cambodia 56.59
47 Azerbaijan 56.43
48 Yemen 56.27
49 Kenya 56.01
50 Madagascar 55.59
51 Gabon 52.65
52 Ghana 52.31
53 Bhutan 51.92
54 Turkmenistan 51.81
55 Maldives 51.62
56 Vanuatu 50.77
57 Zimbabwe 50.58
58 Burma 49.12
59 Bolivia 49.09
60 Papua New Guinea 46.67
61 Namibia 45.64
62 Iraq 45.43
63 Kiribati 44.69
64 Eritrea 44.22
65 Botswana 44.01
66 World 42.64
67 Cape Verde 42.55
68 Tajikistan 42.31
69 Timor-Leste 41.98
70 Mongolia 41.24
71 Sao Tome and Principe 38.36
72 Morocco 38.22
73 Turkey 36.98
74 Iran 36.93
75 India 32.31
76 Kyrgyzstan 32.30
77 Indonesia 31.04
78 Guyana 30.43
79 Peru 29.53
80 Guatemala 28.79
81 Algeria 28.75
82 Egypt 28.36
83 Micronesia, Federated States of 27.03
84 Dominican Republic 26.93
85 Syria 26.78
86 Brazil 26.67
87 Kazakhstan 26.56
88 Marshall Islands 26.36
89 Nicaragua 25.91
90 Paraguay 25.55
91 Samoa 25.04
92 Honduras 24.61
93 Romania 23.73
94 Bahamas, The 23.67
95 Belize 23.65
96 Vietnam 23.61
97 Trinidad and Tobago 23.59
98 Tunisia 23.43
99 Lebanon 23.39
100 El Salvador 22.19
101 Venezuela 22.02
102 Libya 21.94
103 Korea, North 21.86
104 Philippines 21.45
105 Ecuador 21.35
105 Gaza Strip 21.35
106 China 21.16
108 Armenia 20.94
109 Solomon Islands 19.67
110 Colombia 19.51
111 Suriname 19.45
112 Albania 19.31
113 Mexico 19.01
114 Sri Lanka 19.01
115 Tuvalu 18.97
116 Bulgaria 18.51
117 Saint Helena 18.31
118 Thailand 18.23
119 West Bank 18.21
120 Antigua and Barbuda 17.67
121 Oman 17.45
122 Qatar 16.88
123 Georgia 16.78
124 Malaysia 16.39
125 Bahrain 15.64
126 Panama 15.62
127 Jamaica 15.57
128 Jordan 15.57
129 British Virgin Islands 15.54
130 Greenland 14.56
131 Seychelles 14.36
132 Turks and Caicos Islands 14.35
133 Aruba 14.26
134 Dominica 14.12
135 Argentina 13.87
136 Palau 13.69
137 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.62
138 Grenada 13.58
139 Moldova 13.50
140 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.36
141 United Arab Emirates 13.11
142 Brunei 12.69
143 Mauritius 12.56
144 Saint Lucia 12.46
145 Saudi Arabia 12.01
146 Fiji 11.88
147 Tonga 11.88
148 Uruguay 11.66
149 Barbados 11.05
150 Russia 10.81
151 Nauru 9.43
152 Netherlands Antilles 9.36
153 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.34
154 Macedonia 9.27
155 Ukraine 9.23
156 Kuwait 9.22
157 Costa Rica 9.01
158 Latvia 8.96
159 American Samoa 8.69
160 Puerto Rico 8.65
161 Hungary 8.03
162 Chile 7.90
163 Bermuda 7.87
164 French Polynesia 7.70
165 Virgin Islands 7.53
166 Estonia 7.45
167 New Caledonia 7.19
168 Cayman Islands 7.10
169 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7.04
170 Slovakia 6.98
171 Poland 6.93
172 Montserrat 6.86
173 Cyprus 6.75
174 Northern Mariana Islands 6.72
175 Lithuania 6.57
176 Guam 6.55
177 Belarus 6.53
178 Croatia 6.49
179 Faroe Islands 6.46
180 United States 6.30
181 Korea, South 5.94
182 Cuba 5.93
183 European Union 5.84
184 Isle of Man 5.62
185 Italy 5.61
186 Taiwan 5.45
187 San Marino 5.44
188 Greece 5.25
189 Monaco 5.18
190 Republic of Ireland 5.14
191 Canada 5.08
192 Jersey 5.01
193 New Zealand 4.99
194 United Kingdom 4.93
195 Gibraltar 4.91
196 Portugal 4.85
197 Netherlands 4.81
198 Luxembourg 4.62
199 Guernsey 4.59
200 Liechtenstein 4.52
201 Australia 4.51
202 Belgium 4.50
203 Austria 4.48
204 Denmark 4.40
205 Macau 4.30
206 Slovenia 4.30
207 Israel 4.28
208 Spain 4.26
209 Switzerland 4.23
210 Andorra 4.03
211 Germany 4.08
212 Czech Republic 3.83
213 Malta 3.79
214 Norway 3.61
215 Anguilla 3.54
216 Finland 3.50
217 France 3.36
218 Iceland 3.25
219 Hong Kong 2.93
220 Japan 2.80
221 Sweden 2.75
222 Singapore 2.30

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References

  1. ^ United Nations World Population Prospects: 2006 revision – Table A.18, A.19
  2. ^ CIA World Factbook
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