Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths by country
The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .
Countries reporting
196
Highest
386,212 deaths
India
Lowest
0 deaths
Niue
Median
874.5 deaths
Years covered
73
1952–2024
Data points
10,164
What the numbers show
Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 386,212 deaths in India; the lowest is 0 deaths in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 874.5 deaths, and the mean is 11,586 deaths.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 159 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 105.3%), and the largest decrease in Anguilla (down 100.0%).
Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 386,212 deaths | 2024 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 295,006 deaths | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 248,523 deaths | 2024 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 105,425 deaths | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 104,789 deaths | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 62,138 deaths | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 49,429 deaths | 2024 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 8 | Tanzania | 47,450 deaths | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 9 | Indonesia | 40,915 deaths | 2024 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 10 | Sudan | 39,470 deaths | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 36,739 deaths | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 12 | Niger | 36,634 deaths | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 33,761 deaths | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 14 | Mozambique | 32,136 deaths | 2024 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 15 | Kenya | 31,481 deaths | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 16 | Yemen | 29,116 deaths | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27,601 deaths | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 18 | Somalia | 27,537 deaths | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 19 | Mali | 27,067 deaths | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 20 | Chad | 26,626 deaths | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 21 | Angola | 25,491 deaths | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 22 | Philippines | 25,061 deaths | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 23 | Cameroon | 24,029 deaths | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 24 | Madagascar | 23,361 deaths | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 25 | China | 22,892 deaths | 2024 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Brazil | 18,331 deaths | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Myanmar | 17,588 deaths | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 17,516 deaths | 2024 | down 17.7% | flat |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 16,739 deaths | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 30 | Mexico | 16,661 deaths | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Ghana | 16,118 deaths | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 32 | Malawi | 15,906 deaths | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 33 | Zambia | 14,944 deaths | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 34 | South Africa | 14,715 deaths | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 35 | Iraq | 14,670 deaths | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 36 | Guinea | 14,644 deaths | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 37 | South Sudan | 13,744 deaths | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 38 | United States | 13,347 deaths | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 39 | Algeria | 13,203 deaths | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 40 | Benin | 13,130 deaths | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 41 | Vietnam | 11,993 deaths | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 42 | Senegal | 11,300 deaths | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 43 | Burundi | 8,890 deaths | 2024 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 44 | Nepal | 8,589 deaths | 2024 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 45 | Iran | 8,293 deaths | 2024 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 46 | Central African Republic | 7,362 deaths | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 7,350 deaths | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 7,112 deaths | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 49 | Rwanda | 6,938 deaths | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 50 | Togo | 6,606 deaths | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 51 | Venezuela | 6,495 deaths | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 52 | Morocco | 6,024 deaths | 2024 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 53 | Haiti | 5,845 deaths | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 54 | Liberia | 5,649 deaths | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 55 | Syria | 5,419 deaths | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 5,153 deaths | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 57 | Turkey | 4,912 deaths | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Colombia | 4,390 deaths | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 4,277 deaths | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 60 | Mauritania | 3,660 deaths | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 61 | Guatemala | 3,587 deaths | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 62 | Peru | 3,512 deaths | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Turkmenistan | 3,501 deaths | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 3,413 deaths | 2024 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 65 | Congo | 3,182 deaths | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 66 | North Korea | 3,048 deaths | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 2,979 deaths | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 68 | Thailand | 2,974 deaths | 2024 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Argentina | 2,569 deaths | 2024 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 70 | Russia | 2,541 deaths | 2024 | down 70.7% | falling |
| 71 | Laos | 2,134 deaths | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 72 | United Kingdom | 2,081 deaths | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,080 deaths | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 74 | Honduras | 1,968 deaths | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 75 | Bolivia | 1,916 deaths | 2024 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 76 | Gambia | 1,891 deaths | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 77 | Ecuador | 1,880 deaths | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Malaysia | 1,877 deaths | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 79 | France | 1,805 deaths | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Jordan | 1,751 deaths | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 81 | Namibia | 1,676 deaths | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 82 | Germany | 1,647 deaths | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,623 deaths | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 1,603 deaths | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 1,586 deaths | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 86 | Eritrea | 1,584 deaths | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 87 | Lesotho | 1,582 deaths | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 1,509 deaths | 2024 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 89 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,490 deaths | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 90 | Palestine | 1,294 deaths | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 91 | Tunisia | 1,272 deaths | 2024 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 1,269 deaths | 2024 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Canada | 1,223 deaths | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 94 | Paraguay | 1,174 deaths | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 95 | Gabon | 1,125 deaths | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 96 | Botswana | 1,083 deaths | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 97 | Lebanon | 969 deaths | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Ukraine | 942 deaths | 2024 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Chile | 807 deaths | 2024 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Poland | 765 deaths | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Eswatini | 735 deaths | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 703 deaths | 2024 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 103 | Australia | 694 deaths | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Italy | 694 deaths | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Djibouti | 662 deaths | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 106 | East Timor | 659 deaths | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 107 | Romania | 656 deaths | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Japan | 651 deaths | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Libya | 634 deaths | 2024 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Spain | 575 deaths | 2024 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Comoros | 542 deaths | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 112 | Oman | 512 deaths | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Mongolia | 452 deaths | 2024 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 114 | Netherlands | 450 deaths | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Jamaica | 444 deaths | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 116 | El Salvador | 429 deaths | 2024 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Cuba | 403 deaths | 2024 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Moldova | 396 deaths | 2024 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Panama | 379 deaths | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 374 deaths | 2024 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Israel | 294 deaths | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 122 | South Korea | 281 deaths | 2024 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 123 | United Arab Emirates | 255 deaths | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 124 | Guyana | 253 deaths | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 125 | Fiji | 249 deaths | 2024 | up 55.6% | falling |
| 126 | Switzerland | 230 deaths | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Belgium | 225 deaths | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Georgia | 213 deaths | 2024 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Kuwait | 213 deaths | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 201 deaths | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Albania | 191 deaths | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Armenia | 183 deaths | 2024 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Hungary | 175 deaths | 2024 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Solomon Islands | 175 deaths | 2024 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 133 | Serbia | 175 deaths | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Slovakia | 167 deaths | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Austria | 166 deaths | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Bulgaria | 159 deaths | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Denmark | 158 deaths | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 139 | New Zealand | 158 deaths | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Greece | 155 deaths | 2024 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Portugal | 146 deaths | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Sweden | 138 deaths | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Uruguay | 134 deaths | 2024 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Czechia | 127 deaths | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Mauritius | 111 deaths | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Qatar | 111 deaths | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 108 deaths | 2024 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Suriname | 105 deaths | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 151 | Bahrain | 86 deaths | 2024 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Croatia | 86 deaths | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 81 deaths | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 154 | Norway | 75 deaths | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Kiribati | 74 deaths | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 156 | Bhutan | 72 deaths | 2024 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Belize | 69 deaths | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 158 | Finland | 60 deaths | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Singapore | 53 deaths | 2024 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Cape Verde | 52 deaths | 2024 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 161 | Belarus | 47 deaths | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 42 deaths | 2024 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 163 | Lithuania | 41 deaths | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Bahamas | 39 deaths | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 164 | Cyprus | 39 deaths | 2024 | up 105.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Brunei | 35 deaths | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 167 | Samoa | 32 deaths | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 168 | Micronesia (country) | 29 deaths | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 169 | Dominica | 23 deaths | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 169 | Saint Lucia | 23 deaths | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 169 | Slovenia | 23 deaths | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Barbados | 21 deaths | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Maldives | 21 deaths | 2024 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 174 | North Macedonia | 18 deaths | 2024 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Grenada | 17 deaths | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 175 | Latvia | 17 deaths | 2024 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Seychelles | 15 deaths | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11 deaths | 2024 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Estonia | 10 deaths | 2024 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Tonga | 10 deaths | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 183 | Marshall Islands | 9 deaths | 2024 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6 deaths | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 184 | Iceland | 6 deaths | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 184 | Montenegro | 6 deaths | 2024 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 deaths | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Palau | 2 deaths | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 188 | Tuvalu | 2 deaths | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 188 | British Virgin Islands | 2 deaths | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 191 | Andorra | 1 deaths | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 191 | Monaco | 1 deaths | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 191 | Nauru | 1 deaths | 2024 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 191 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 deaths | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 191 | Cook Islands | 1 deaths | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 196 | San Marino | 0 deaths | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 196 | Anguilla | 0 deaths | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 196 | Montserrat | 0 deaths | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 196 | Niue | 0 deaths | 2024 | — | volatile |
About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .