Number of neonatal deaths ihme by country
Countries reporting
204
Highest
557,579
India
Lowest
0
Tokelau
Median
711.5
Years covered
70
1950–2019
Data points
14,280
What the numbers show
Number of neonatal deaths ihme is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 557,579 in India; the lowest is 0 in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 711.5, and the mean is 11,873.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 184 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 23.5%), and the largest decrease in Cook Islands (down 100.0%).
Number of neonatal deaths ihme: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 557,579 | 2019 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 277,187 | 2019 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 277,160 | 2019 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 97,920 | 2019 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 64,656 | 2019 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 6 | China | 56,445 | 2019 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 52,625 | 2019 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 8 | Indonesia | 52,412 | 2019 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 9 | Tanzania | 49,986 | 2019 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 10 | Uganda | 40,778 | 2019 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 11 | Mali | 38,037 | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 37,406 | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 31,559 | 2019 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 14 | Niger | 30,566 | 2019 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 30,414 | 2019 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 16 | Mozambique | 29,035 | 2019 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 17 | Philippines | 27,404 | 2019 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 18 | Somalia | 27,005 | 2019 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 26,890 | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 20 | Kenya | 26,413 | 2019 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 21 | Sudan | 25,701 | 2019 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 22 | Chad | 25,406 | 2019 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 23 | Angola | 23,970 | 2019 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 24 | Myanmar | 22,196 | 2019 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 25 | Cameroon | 21,736 | 2019 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 26 | Yemen | 21,585 | 2019 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 27 | South Africa | 21,448 | 2019 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 28 | Ghana | 19,832 | 2019 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 29 | Madagascar | 19,820 | 2019 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 30 | Mexico | 15,650 | 2019 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 31 | Benin | 15,409 | 2019 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 32 | Guinea | 14,637 | 2019 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 33 | United States | 14,046 | 2019 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Malawi | 13,654 | 2019 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 35 | Zambia | 13,071 | 2019 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 36 | South Sudan | 12,029 | 2019 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 37 | Egypt | 11,756 | 2019 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 38 | Nepal | 11,717 | 2019 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 39 | Senegal | 11,658 | 2019 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 40 | Burundi | 11,191 | 2019 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 41 | Algeria | 10,651 | 2019 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 10,533 | 2019 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 43 | Haiti | 9,810 | 2019 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 44 | Vietnam | 9,203 | 2019 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 45 | Iran | 9,145 | 2019 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 46 | Iraq | 9,132 | 2019 | down 43.3% | flat |
| 47 | Turkey | 8,384 | 2019 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 8,028 | 2019 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 7,901 | 2019 | down 31.1% | flat |
| 50 | Central African Republic | 7,774 | 2019 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 51 | Rwanda | 7,029 | 2019 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 52 | Morocco | 6,757 | 2019 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 6,526 | 2019 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 54 | Cambodia | 6,278 | 2019 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 55 | Togo | 5,927 | 2019 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 56 | Colombia | 5,414 | 2019 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 57 | Peru | 5,014 | 2019 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Russia | 4,985 | 2019 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Bolivia | 4,841 | 2019 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 60 | Venezuela | 4,242 | 2019 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 61 | Argentina | 4,123 | 2019 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 3,914 | 2019 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 63 | Eritrea | 3,867 | 2019 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 3,730 | 2019 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 65 | Laos | 3,469 | 2019 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 66 | Guatemala | 3,440 | 2019 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 67 | Liberia | 3,216 | 2019 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 68 | Ecuador | 2,723 | 2019 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 69 | Congo | 2,678 | 2019 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 70 | Mauritania | 2,610 | 2019 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 2,586 | 2019 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 72 | North Korea | 2,424 | 2019 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Honduras | 2,176 | 2019 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 74 | Jordan | 2,127 | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 75 | Thailand | 2,118 | 2019 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,978 | 2019 | down 23.0% | flat |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 1,969 | 2019 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 78 | United Kingdom | 1,919 | 2019 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Malaysia | 1,914 | 2019 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Ukraine | 1,724 | 2019 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Syria | 1,590 | 2019 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,562 | 2019 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 83 | Turkmenistan | 1,512 | 2019 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 84 | France | 1,478 | 2019 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Germany | 1,442 | 2019 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Gambia | 1,406 | 2019 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 87 | Lesotho | 1,350 | 2019 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 1,304 | 2019 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Saudi Arabia | 1,202 | 2019 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 90 | Tunisia | 1,144 | 2019 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Canada | 1,113 | 2019 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Namibia | 1,019 | 2019 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 93 | Botswana | 1,004 | 2019 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 94 | Chile | 907 | 2019 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 860 | 2019 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 96 | Palestine | 800 | 2019 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 97 | Poland | 787 | 2019 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Japan | 782 | 2019 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Mongolia | 773 | 2019 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 100 | Italy | 770 | 2019 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Djibouti | 750 | 2019 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Paraguay | 733 | 2019 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 103 | Romania | 690 | 2019 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Equatorial Guinea | 683 | 2019 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 105 | Gabon | 680 | 2019 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 106 | Australia | 647 | 2019 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Spain | 603 | 2019 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 108 | East Timor | 602 | 2019 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 109 | El Salvador | 593 | 2019 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 110 | South Korea | 567 | 2019 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Lebanon | 521 | 2019 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Eswatini | 506 | 2019 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 113 | Panama | 490 | 2019 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 114 | Comoros | 469 | 2019 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 115 | Libya | 458 | 2019 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 116 | Jamaica | 454 | 2019 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Netherlands | 421 | 2019 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Oman | 418 | 2019 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Taiwan | 405 | 2019 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 338 | 2019 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 121 | Israel | 331 | 2019 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 122 | Kuwait | 310 | 2019 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Bhutan | 287 | 2019 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 124 | Moldova | 278 | 2019 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Georgia | 266 | 2019 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Solomon Islands | 245 | 2019 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 127 | Belarus | 244 | 2019 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Cuba | 236 | 2019 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Armenia | 230 | 2019 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Belgium | 230 | 2019 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Switzerland | 227 | 2019 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Albania | 217 | 2019 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 132 | Guyana | 217 | 2019 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Bulgaria | 214 | 2019 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Uruguay | 211 | 2019 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Serbia | 196 | 2019 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Greece | 188 | 2019 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Fiji | 177 | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 139 | Hungary | 173 | 2019 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Austria | 166 | 2019 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Sweden | 165 | 2019 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Czechia | 159 | 2019 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Trinidad and Tobago | 156 | 2019 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Suriname | 155 | 2019 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 145 | New Zealand | 147 | 2019 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 146 | United Arab Emirates | 145 | 2019 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Denmark | 145 | 2019 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Slovakia | 141 | 2019 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Portugal | 129 | 2019 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Puerto Rico | 128 | 2019 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Ireland | 124 | 2019 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 123 | 2019 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Qatar | 113 | 2019 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 154 | Mauritius | 104 | 2019 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 103 | 2019 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Cape Verde | 103 | 2019 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 157 | Croatia | 91 | 2019 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 88 | 2019 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 159 | Maldives | 82 | 2019 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 160 | Norway | 80 | 2019 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Belize | 69 | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 162 | Finland | 59 | 2019 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 57 | 2019 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 164 | Singapore | 51 | 2019 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Lithuania | 49 | 2019 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Kiribati | 45 | 2019 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 167 | Latvia | 41 | 2019 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Brunei | 32 | 2019 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Bahrain | 31 | 2019 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Cyprus | 27 | 2019 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Bahamas | 25 | 2019 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Barbados | 25 | 2019 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Guam | 24 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 173 | Slovenia | 24 | 2019 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Samoa | 22 | 2019 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 19 | 2019 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Malta | 16 | 2019 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Estonia | 15 | 2019 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Montenegro | 15 | 2019 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Tonga | 15 | 2019 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15 | 2019 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Dominica | 13 | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 182 | Micronesia (country) | 13 | 2019 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 184 | Grenada | 12 | 2019 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Marshall Islands | 12 | 2019 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 186 | Seychelles | 11 | 2019 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Luxembourg | 9 | 2019 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7 | 2019 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Iceland | 6 | 2019 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 189 | United States Virgin Islands | 6 | 2019 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 191 | American Samoa | 5 | 2019 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5 | 2019 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Greenland | 4 | 2019 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Nauru | 3 | 2019 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 195 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2 | 2019 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 196 | Andorra | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 196 | Bermuda | 1 | 2019 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Palau | 1 | 2019 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 196 | San Marino | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 196 | Tuvalu | 1 | 2019 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 201 | Monaco | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 201 | Niue | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Tokelau | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |