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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

1 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 Lesotho 56.3 per 1,000 2024
11 Chad 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