How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
Infant mortality, 194 countries & territories. Deaths before age one per 1,000 live births (UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation).
lowest≥ 3.2 per 1,000≥ 6.3 per 1,000≥ 10.4 per 1,000≥ 15.1 per 1,000≥ 24.7 per 1,000≥ 38.3 per 1,000 no data
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality… via World Bank· 2024
The ranking
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South Sudan 71.9 per 1,000 2024 - 2
Nigeria 69.8 per 1,000 2024 - 3
Niger 65.6 per 1,000 2024 - 4
Somalia 65.4 per 1,000 2024 - 5
Liberia 63.2 per 1,000 2024 - 6
Zimbabwe 62.4 per 1,000 2024 - 7
Guinea 59.8 per 1,000 2024 - 8
Central African Republic 58.8 per 1,000 2024 - 9
DR Congo 56.4 per 1,000 2024 - 10
Chad 56.3 per 1,000 2024 - 11
Lesotho 56.3 per 1,000 2024 - 12
Sierra Leone 54.6 per 1,000 2024 - 13
Afghanistan 48.3 per 1,000 2024 - 14
Pakistan 48.2 per 1,000 2024 - 15
Equatorial Guinea 47.6 per 1,000 2024 - 16
Mali 47.5 per 1,000 2024 - 17
Benin 45.2 per 1,000 2024 - 18
Ivory Coast 44.8 per 1,000 2024 - 19
Mozambique 43.7 per 1,000 2024 - 20
Burkina Faso 43.6 per 1,000 2024 - 21
Djibouti 43 per 1,000 2024 - 22
Madagascar 43 per 1,000 2024 - 23
Sudan 42.9 per 1,000 2024 - 24
Eswatini 42.2 per 1,000 2024 - 25
Guinea-Bissau 42.1 per 1,000 2024 - 26
Cameroon 40.2 per 1,000 2024 - 27
Haiti 39 per 1,000 2024 - 28
Kiribati 38.8 per 1,000 2024 - 29
Malawi 38 per 1,000 2024 - 30
Namibia 36.4 per 1,000 2024 - 31
Uganda 35.9 per 1,000 2024 - 32
Comoros 35 per 1,000 2024 - 33
Togo 34.8 per 1,000 2024 - 34
Timor-Leste 34.6 per 1,000 2024 - 35
Zambia 34.6 per 1,000 2024 - 36
Ethiopia 34.5 per 1,000 2024 - 37
Kenya 34.2 per 1,000 2024 - 38
Yemen 33.8 per 1,000 2024 - 39
Dominica 33.3 per 1,000 2024 - 40
Myanmar 32.8 per 1,000 2024 - 41
Gambia 32.7 per 1,000 2024 - 42
Angola 32.1 per 1,000 2024 - 43
Botswana 32.1 per 1,000 2024 - 44
Papua New Guinea 31.3 per 1,000 2024 - 45
Burundi 30.5 per 1,000 2024 - 46
Turkmenistan 30.4 per 1,000 2024 - 47
Mauritania 30.2 per 1,000 2024 - 48
Rwanda 29.4 per 1,000 2024 - 49
Senegal 28.9 per 1,000 2024 - 50
Tanzania 28.7 per 1,000 2024