Number of infant deaths, per square kilometre by country
Number of infant deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
0.6529 deaths per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 deaths per square kilometre
San Marino
Median
0.0182 deaths per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,636
What the numbers show
Number of infant deaths, per square kilometre is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 0.6529 deaths per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 deaths per square kilometre in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0182 deaths per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0623 deaths per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 172 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 83.3%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 100.0%).
Number of infant deaths, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 0.6529 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Nigeria | 0.5677 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 0.5585 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 4 | Monaco | 0.4798 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 5 | Rwanda | 0.4786 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 6 | Comoros | 0.4675 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 7 | Pakistan | 0.4394 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 8 | Palestine | 0.4075 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 9 | Haiti | 0.3739 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 10 | Uganda | 0.3056 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 11 | Gambia | 0.2703 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 12 | Malawi | 0.2659 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 0.1993 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | flat |
| 14 | Benin | 0.1944 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 15 | India | 0.1906 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 16 | Togo | 0.1891 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 17 | Bahrain | 0.1787 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Kiribati | 0.1679 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 19 | Nauru | 0.15 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 20 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1429 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 0.1389 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 22 | Singapore | 0.1365 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Philippines | 0.1352 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 24 | Lebanon | 0.1345 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Tuvalu | 0.1333 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 26 | Guinea | 0.1201 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 0.1198 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 0.118 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.5% | flat |
| 29 | Afghanistan | 0.1112 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 30 | Marshall Islands | 0.1111 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 31 | Liberia | 0.1104 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 32 | Ghana | 0.11 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 33 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1078 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 34 | Lesotho | 0.1062 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0986 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 36 | Maldives | 0.0973 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0948 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 38 | Nepal | 0.0927 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 39 | Yemen | 0.09 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 40 | Kenya | 0.0886 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 41 | Somalia | 0.0828 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 42 | Cameroon | 0.0827 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 43 | Mauritius | 0.0826 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Senegal | 0.0817 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 0.079 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 46 | Tanzania | 0.0776 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 47 | Eswatini | 0.0768 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 48 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0743 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 49 | Madagascar | 0.0742 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 50 | East Timor | 0.073 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Mozambique | 0.0709 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 52 | Barbados | 0.0698 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Grenada | 0.0676 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Malta | 0.0656 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0635 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 56 | Guatemala | 0.0621 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 57 | Niger | 0.0564 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 58 | Vietnam | 0.0556 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0554 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Iraq | 0.0549 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 61 | Saint Lucia | 0.0525 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Jamaica | 0.0512 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Egypt | 0.051 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 64 | Syria | 0.0506 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 65 | Seychelles | 0.05 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 0.047 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 67 | Myanmar | 0.0467 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 68 | Djibouti | 0.0455 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 69 | El Salvador | 0.044 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 70 | North Korea | 0.0414 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Sudan | 0.0391 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 72 | Mali | 0.0377 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 73 | Indonesia | 0.0373 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Chad | 0.0369 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 75 | South Sudan | 0.0365 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 76 | Angola | 0.0361 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 77 | Cambodia | 0.0349 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 78 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0333 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Jordan | 0.0326 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 80 | Dominica | 0.032 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Zambia | 0.0319 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0308 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 0.0281 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 0.0278 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 85 | Honduras | 0.0274 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 86 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0267 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Tonga | 0.0264 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Samoa | 0.0252 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 89 | South Africa | 0.0237 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 90 | Central African Republic | 0.0222 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 91 | Israel | 0.0216 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 92 | Morocco | 0.0216 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Fiji | 0.0213 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 94 | Eritrea | 0.0206 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 0.0203 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Laos | 0.0199 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 97 | Kuwait | 0.0198 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0182 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0181 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 100 | Cape Verde | 0.0176 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Netherlands | 0.0173 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Congo | 0.0152 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 103 | Moldova | 0.0146 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Turkey | 0.0137 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 0.0132 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Mexico | 0.0131 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Solomon Islands | 0.0129 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 108 | Qatar | 0.0125 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 109 | Ecuador | 0.0121 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0117 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 111 | United Kingdom | 0.0115 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Tunisia | 0.0115 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Panama | 0.0114 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 114 | Belgium | 0.0111 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 115 | Armenia | 0.0109 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Vanuatu | 0.0108 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 0.0107 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 118 | Brunei | 0.0102 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Venezuela | 0.0102 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 120 | Thailand | 0.0093 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Malaysia | 0.0091 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 0.009 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Albania | 0.0088 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Palau | 0.0087 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 125 | Iran | 0.0077 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Algeria | 0.0076 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Switzerland | 0.0072 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Gabon | 0.0071 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 129 | Colombia | 0.0069 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Germany | 0.0065 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Cuba | 0.006 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 132 | South Korea | 0.006 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Cyprus | 0.006 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Slovakia | 0.0057 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0056 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 136 | Paraguay | 0.0052 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 137 | Mauritania | 0.0051 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 0.005 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 139 | Denmark | 0.005 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 140 | Bahamas | 0.0049 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 141 | Georgia | 0.0048 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Peru | 0.0048 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Romania | 0.0045 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 144 | China | 0.0043 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 145 | France | 0.0042 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Brazil | 0.0039 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Poland | 0.0038 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Japan | 0.0038 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Bhutan | 0.0037 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Botswana | 0.0036 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 151 | Bolivia | 0.0036 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 152 | Namibia | 0.0035 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 153 | Belize | 0.0034 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 154 | Serbia | 0.0033 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 155 | Italy | 0.0031 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Hungary | 0.003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Ukraine | 0.003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 158 | Bulgaria | 0.0028 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Austria | 0.0027 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Czechia | 0.0026 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 161 | Ireland | 0.0026 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0026 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Portugal | 0.0025 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Croatia | 0.0023 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 165 | United States | 0.0022 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Oman | 0.0022 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 167 | North Macedonia | 0.0021 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Andorra | 0.0021 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 169 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0021 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 170 | Guyana | 0.0019 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 171 | Greece | 0.0019 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Spain | 0.0018 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Slovenia | 0.0017 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 174 | Argentina | 0.0015 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Chile | 0.0014 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Uruguay | 0.0012 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0012 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Kazakhstan | 0.0012 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Libya | 0.0012 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Montenegro | 0.001 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Suriname | 0.001 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 182 | Lithuania | 0.001 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 183 | New Zealand | 0.0009 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Belarus | 0.0006 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Latvia | 0.0006 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Sweden | 0.0005 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Mongolia | 0.0005 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Estonia | 0.0004 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Russia | 0.0003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 190 | Norway | 0.0003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Finland | 0.0003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Canada | 0.0002 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Australia | 0.0001 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Iceland | 0.0001 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 195 | San Marino | 0 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Number of infant deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of infant deaths ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Number of infant deaths United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Number of infant deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.