Number of infant deaths by country

Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

Countries reporting
196
Highest
539,573
India
Lowest
0
San Marino
Median
1,388
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
13,405

What the numbers show

Number of infant deaths is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 539,573 in India; the lowest is 0 in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,388, and the mean is 18,468.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 173 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 110.7%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 100.0%).

Number of infant deaths: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 539,573 2024 down 44.3% falling
2 Nigeria 519,644 2024 up 4.7% rising
3 Pakistan 329,205 2024 down 24.4% rising
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 247,025 2024 up 34.1% rising
5 Ethiopia 141,578 2024 down 14.6% falling
6 Bangladesh 84,684 2024 down 15.0% volatile
7 Niger 71,909 2024 up 17.4% rising
8 Sudan 71,271 2024 up 5.7% rising
9 Afghanistan 70,975 2024 down 15.7% falling
10 Indonesia 67,732 2024 down 40.4% volatile
11 United Republic of Tanzania 67,611 2024 down 14.9% rising
12 Uganda 61,371 2024 up 3.3% rising
13 Mozambique 55,191 2024 down 3.3% falling
14 Somalia 51,546 2024 down 2.5% rising
15 Kenya 51,310 2024 down 11.3% rising
16 Egypt 50,279 2024 down 25.1% falling
17 Chad 47,333 2024 down 1.6% rising
18 Yemen 46,799 2024 up 6.4% falling
19 Mali 45,233 2024 down 16.4% falling
20 Côte d'Ivoire 44,596 2024 down 23.2% rising
21 Angola 44,571 2024 down 2.4% falling
22 Madagascar 42,981 2024 up 17.5% falling
23 Philippines 39,731 2024 down 27.0% falling
24 Cameroon 38,551 2024 down 14.4% rising
25 China 36,113 2024 down 78.1% volatile
26 Burkina Faso 31,762 2024 down 25.4% flat
27 Brazil 31,647 2024 down 23.2% volatile
28 Zimbabwe 30,713 2024 up 11.1% rising
29 Myanmar 29,371 2024 down 31.1% falling
30 Guinea 28,994 2024 down 5.8% falling
31 South Africa 28,570 2024 down 22.3% falling
32 Malawi 25,217 2024 up 1.6% falling
33 Mexico 24,487 2024 down 30.5% volatile
34 Ghana 24,393 2024 down 29.2% falling
35 South Sudan 24,071 2024 down 51.9% flat
36 Zambia 23,802 2024 down 7.6% rising
37 Iraq 23,456 2024 down 29.2% falling
38 Benin 21,555 2024 down 13.1% rising
39 United States 20,024 2024 down 13.2% volatile
40 Algeria 17,336 2024 down 22.1% volatile
41 Viet Nam 16,438 2024 down 37.1% volatile
42 Senegal 15,406 2024 down 18.5% falling
43 Central African Republic 14,130 2024 down 31.9% rising
44 Burundi 14,071 2024 down 30.0% falling
45 Sierra Leone 14,038 2024 down 25.4% flat
46 Nepal 12,587 2024 down 39.8% volatile
47 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11,969 2024 down 45.5% volatile
48 Uzbekistan 11,924 2024 down 14.7% falling
49 Rwanda 11,626 2024 down 7.3% falling
50 Liberia 10,692 2024 down 1.4% falling
51 Togo 10,081 2024 down 16.4% flat
52 Haiti 10,005 2024 down 25.6% falling
53 Syrian Arab Republic 9,639 2024 down 26.0% falling
54 Morocco 9,215 2024 down 39.8% volatile
55 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9,068 2024 down 0.8% falling
56 Türkiye 8,552 2024 down 44.3% volatile
57 Papua New Guinea 7,969 2024 down 21.3% falling
58 Colombia 7,362 2024 down 28.0% volatile
59 Guatemala 6,486 2024 down 34.3% falling
60 Tajikistan 6,310 2024 down 12.1% falling
61 Peru 5,912 2024 down 25.1% volatile
62 Cambodia 5,873 2024 down 43.3% falling
63 Dominican Republic 5,578 2024 down 15.8% falling
64 Russian Federation 5,300 2024 down 61.5% volatile
65 Mauritania 5,244 2024 down 7.6% flat
66 Congo 5,131 2024 down 20.5% rising
67 Turkmenistan 4,796 2024 down 13.6% falling
68 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4,536 2024 down 26.4% volatile
69 Thailand 4,526 2024 down 44.3% volatile
70 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,402 2024 down 37.2% falling
71 Argentina 4,048 2024 down 49.1% volatile
72 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,698 2024 down 42.8% volatile
73 Lesotho 3,104 2024 down 27.3% falling
74 Malaysia 3,053 2024 down 8.8% volatile
75 Kazakhstan 3,006 2024 down 28.8% volatile
76 Honduras 2,979 2024 down 23.1% falling
77 Ecuador 2,945 2024 down 28.2% volatile
78 United Kingdom 2,835 2024 down 7.5% volatile
79 Jordan 2,815 2024 down 11.3% falling
80 Namibia 2,808 2024 down 11.3% rising
81 Guinea-Bissau 2,710 2024 down 23.8% falling
82 Gambia 2,674 2024 down 25.2% falling
83 Equatorial Guinea 2,632 2024 down 16.4% rising
84 Saudi Arabia 2,574 2024 down 41.6% volatile
85 Eritrea 2,468 2024 down 23.7% falling
85 State of Palestine 2,468 2024 down 1.9% falling
87 Germany 2,238 2024 down 2.7% volatile
88 Kyrgyzstan 2,217 2024 down 29.4% falling
89 France 2,185 2024 down 10.8% volatile
90 Paraguay 1,982 2024 down 26.8% falling
91 Botswana 1,959 2024 down 26.6% falling
92 Gabon 1,777 2024 down 16.3% rising
93 Canada 1,692 2024 down 6.5% volatile
94 Sri Lanka 1,663 2024 down 40.2% volatile
95 Tunisia 1,615 2024 down 54.6% volatile
96 Ukraine 1,596 2024 down 66.7% volatile
97 Azerbaijan 1,535 2024 down 64.2% volatile
98 Lebanon 1,414 2024 up 13.7% volatile
99 Japan 1,363 2024 down 35.2% volatile
100 Nicaragua 1,246 2024 down 43.6% volatile
101 Eswatini 1,236 2024 down 33.5% falling
102 Poland 1,132 2024 down 31.3% volatile
103 Romania 1,093 2024 down 33.0% volatile
104 Timor-Leste 1,051 2024 down 29.4% volatile
105 Djibouti 1,033 2024 down 25.8% falling
106 Chile 1,009 2024 down 39.6% volatile
107 Libya 968 2024 down 38.3% volatile
108 Australia 941 2024 down 7.7% volatile
109 Italy 882 2024 down 42.7% volatile
110 Spain 878 2024 down 26.0% volatile
111 El Salvador 875 2024 down 43.1% volatile
112 Panama 855 2024 down 20.5% falling
113 Comoros 850 2024 down 16.8% falling
114 Oman 720 2024 down 4.0% volatile
115 Mongolia 717 2024 down 43.9% volatile
116 Cuba 648 2024 up 8.9% volatile
117 Netherlands 577 2024 down 6.3% volatile
118 Republic of Korea 556 2024 down 55.9% volatile
119 Jamaica 535 2024 down 18.9% volatile
120 Republic of Moldova 490 2024 down 30.1% volatile
121 Costa Rica 468 2024 down 16.3% volatile
122 Israel 457 2024 down 15.4% volatile
123 United Arab Emirates 401 2024 down 31.8% falling
124 Fiji 389 2024 up 25.9% falling
125 Guyana 385 2024 down 27.2% falling
126 Solomon Islands 355 2024 down 10.8% falling
127 Kuwait 342 2024 down 28.6% volatile
128 Georgia 323 2024 down 40.7% volatile
129 Belgium 318 2024 down 25.5% volatile
130 Armenia 301 2024 down 49.7% volatile
131 Bulgaria 288 2024 down 40.7% volatile
132 Switzerland 285 2024 down 8.7% volatile
133 Slovakia 275 2024 down 8.3% volatile
134 Serbia 272 2024 down 30.3% volatile
135 Trinidad and Tobago 271 2024 down 31.6% volatile
136 Hungary 261 2024 down 35.9% volatile
137 New Zealand 238 2024 down 13.8% volatile
138 Albania 235 2024 down 20.6% volatile
138 Greece 235 2024 down 29.4% volatile
140 Portugal 231 2024 down 4.9% volatile
141 Austria 215 2024 down 15.0% volatile
142 Denmark 205 2024 up 3.5% volatile
142 Uruguay 205 2024 down 45.6% volatile
144 Sweden 192 2024 down 28.6% volatile
145 Czechia 191 2024 down 30.0% volatile
146 Ireland 182 2024 down 18.0% volatile
147 Kosovo 162 2024 down 60.1% volatile
148 Mauritius 161 2024 down 10.1% volatile
149 Suriname 160 2024 down 27.9% falling
150 Bahrain 142 2024 up 10.9% volatile
150 Qatar 142 2024 down 11.2% falling
152 Bhutan 136 2024 down 54.1% volatile
153 Bosnia and Herzegovina 134 2024 down 25.6% volatile
154 Kiribati 132 2024 down 7.0% falling
155 Vanuatu 130 2024 down 1.5% falling
156 Croatia 129 2024 down 22.8% volatile
157 Belarus 116 2024 down 70.3% volatile
158 Norway 106 2024 down 20.3% volatile
158 Singapore 106 2024 up 2.9% volatile
160 Finland 82 2024 down 30.5% volatile
161 Belize 80 2024 down 22.3% falling
162 Cabo Verde 68 2024 down 61.8% volatile
163 Samoa 67 2024 down 25.6% volatile
164 Lithuania 62 2024 down 51.2% volatile
165 Sao Tome and Principe 60 2024 down 46.4% falling
166 Cyprus 59 2024 up 110.7% volatile
167 Brunei Darussalam 53 2024 down 14.5% volatile
168 Micronesia (Federated States of) 51 2024 down 28.2% falling
169 Bahamas 48 2024 down 26.2% falling
170 North Macedonia 41 2024 down 83.1% volatile
171 Slovenia 33 2024 down 29.8% volatile
172 Saint Lucia 32 2024 down 11.1% volatile
173 Latvia 30 2024 down 70.0% volatile
174 Barbados 28 2024 down 30.0% volatile
175 Maldives 27 2024 down 60.3% volatile
176 Dominica 24 2024 unchanged volatile
177 Grenada 22 2024 down 15.4% volatile
177 Seychelles 22 2024 up 4.8% volatile
179 Malta 20 2024 down 16.7% volatile
180 Tonga 19 2024 down 32.1% volatile
181 Marshall Islands 18 2024 down 53.8% falling
182 Estonia 17 2024 down 52.8% volatile
183 Montenegro 14 2024 down 54.8% volatile
184 Luxembourg 13 2024 unchanged volatile
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12 2024 down 57.1% volatile
186 Iceland 9 2024 unchanged volatile
187 Antigua and Barbuda 8 2024 down 20.0% volatile
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8 2024 down 27.3% volatile
189 Palau 4 2024 unchanged volatile
189 Tuvalu 4 2024 down 33.3% volatile
189 British Virgin Islands 4 2024 down 20.0% volatile
192 Nauru 2 2024 down 71.4% volatile
192 Turks and Caicos Islands 2 2024 unchanged volatile
194 Andorra 1 2024 down 50.0% falling
194 Monaco 1 2024 unchanged falling
196 San Marino 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Number of infant deaths
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,405 data points, 1960–2024
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Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.