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List of countries by infant mortality rate

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This is a list of countries by infant mortality rate. Figures are from the 2006 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2005-2010, and the CIA World Factbook.

The infant mortality rate (IMR) is the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. The current world infant mortality rate is 49.4 according to the United Nations and 43.52 according to the CIA World Fact Book.

List by the United Nations Population Division List by the CIA World Factbook
Rank Country or territory Infant mortality rate
(deaths/1,000 live births) 		Under-five mortality rate
(deaths/1,000 live births)
1 Sierra Leone 160.3 278.1
2 Afghanistan 157.0 235.4
3 Liberia 132.5 205.2
4 Angola 131.9 230.8
5 Mali 128.5 199.7
6 Chad 119.2 189.0
7 Cote d'Ivoire 116.9 183.2
8 Somalia 116.3 192.8
9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 113.5 195.9
10 Guinea-Bissau 112.7 194.8
11 Rwanda 112.4 187.8
12 Niger 110.8 188.0
13 Nigeria 109.5 187.5
14 Burkina Faso 104.4 180.6
15 Guinea 102.5 155.8
16 Burundi 99.4 169.0
17 Benin 98.0 146.1
18 Central African Republic 96.8 162.9
19 Mozambique 95.9 163.7
20 Zambia 92.7 157.0
21 Equatorial Guinea 92.3 155.4
22 Malawi 89.4 131.8
23 Togo 88.6 126.3
24 Cameroon 87.5 144.5
25 Ethiopia 86.9 145.3
26 Djibouti 85.3 125.9
27 Iraq 81.5 105.4
28 Uganda 76.9 127.4
29 Turkmenistan 74.7 94.6
30 Gambia 74.2 128.1
31 Tanzania 72.6 118.4
32 Azerbaijan 72.3 86.1
33 Sao Tome and Principe 72.3 94.6
34 Swaziland 71.0 113.6
35 Congo 70.3 101.9
36 Pakistan 67.5 95.2
37 East Timor 66.7 91.5
38 Myanmar 66.0 97.2
39 Senegal 65.7 115.0
40 Madagascar 65.5 106.5
41 Sudan 64.9 104.5
42 Lesotho 64.6 98.2
43 Kenya 64.4 104.1
44 Mauritania 63.0 92.4
45 Cambodia 62.7 89.4
46 Papua New Guinea 60.7 84.0
47 Tajikistan 60.2 78.1
48 Yemen 58.6 78.8
49 Zimbabwe 58.0 93.9
50 Ghana 56.6 89.6
51 Eritrea 55.3 76.9
52 Uzbekistan 55.0 66.0
53 India 55.0 78.6
54 Solomon Islands 54.5 72.5
55 Nepal 53.9 71.6
56 Gabon 53.8 85.6
57 Kyrgyzstan 53.1 63.9
58 Bangladesh 52.5 69.3
59 Laos 51.4 67.5
- World 49.4 73.7
60 Haiti 48.8 71.5
61 Comoros 48.4 62.7
62 Korea, North 48.2 62.4
63 Botswana 46.5 67.5
64 Bolivia 45.6 60.6
65 Bhutan 45.0 64.8
66 South Africa 44.8 66.0
67 Western Sahara 44.2 56.3
68 Guyana 42.9 57.4
69 Namibia 42.3 65.6
70 Mongolia 39.8 53.8
71 Georgia 38.7 41.5
72 Maldives 34.1 42.0
73 Micronesia, Federated States of 34.1 42.0
74 Grenada 33.8 41.4
75 Paraguay 32.0 38.3
76 Algeria 31.1 33.2
77 Iran 30.6 35.5
78 Morocco 30.6 36.3
79 Guatemala 30.1 39.3
80 Dominican Republic 29.6 33.1
81 Egypt 29.3 33.8
82 Armenia 28.9 33.8
83 Vanuatu 28.3 34.0
84 Honduras 28.2 41.6
85 Suriname 27.7 34.9
86 Turkey 27.5 31.6
87 Indonesia 26.6 31.8
88 Cape Verde 24.6 29.2
89 Kazakhstan 24.1 28.5
90 Brazil 23.6 29.1
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.3 27.5
92 Philippines 23.1 27.2
93 China 23.0 29.4
94 Samoa 22.3 26.6
95 Montenegro 22.3 24.3
96 Lebanon 22.0 25.9
97 El Salvador 21.5 29.3
98 Nicaragua 21.5 25.7
99 Peru 21.2 28.8
100 Ecuador 21.1 25.7
101 Tunisia 19.8 22.2
102 Fiji 19.5 24.3
103 Vietnam 19.5 23.3
104 Jordan 19.4 21.8
105 Albania 19.2 22.3
106 Colombia 19.1 26.0
107 Saudi Arabia 18.8 21.8
108 Tonga 18.6 21.9
109 Panama 18.2 23.8
110 Libya 18.0 19.7
111 Palestinian territories 17.5 20.2
112 Venezuela 17.0 21.8
113 Aruba 17.0 19.5
114 Mexico 16.7 20.2
115 Russia 16.6 20.9
116 Belize 16.4 20.0
117 Syria 16.0 18.3
118 Moldova 15.8 19.4
119 Romania 14.9 17.9
120 Netherlands Antilles 14.8 16.8
121 Republic of Macedonia 14.8 16.9
122 Mauritius 14.0 16.5
123 Bahamas 13.8 17.5
124 Jamaica 13.6 17.2
125 Argentina 13.4 15.5
126 French Guiana 13.4 15.1
127 Réunion 13.4 15.1
128 Uruguay 13.1 16.2
129 Ukraine 12.8 15.8
130 Saint Lucia 12.6 16.1
131 Trinidad and Tobago 12.4 17.6
132 Oman 12.3 13.8
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.0 13.9
134 Bulgaria 11.8 14.1
135 Serbia 11.7 13.9
136 Bahrain 11.2 13.7
137 Sri Lanka 11.0 12.9
138 Thailand 10.6 15.1
139 Latvia 10.4 13.7
140 Barbados 10.1 11.4
141 Costa Rica 9.9 11.4
142 Belarus 9.4 12.0
143 Guam 9.0 10.5
144 Malaysia 8.9 11.3
145 U.S. Virgin Islands 8.6 9.6
146 Lithuania 8.5 11.1
147 Qatar 8.2 10.2
148 United Arab Emirates 8.2 9.0
149 Kuwait 8.1 9.9
150 French Polynesia 8.0 10.5
151 Puerto Rico 7.2 8.7
152 Estonia 7.2 9.8
153 Chile 7.2 8.8
154 Macau 7.0 7.8
155 Slovakia 6.9 8.4
156 Hungary 6.8 8.5
157 Guadeloupe 6.8 8.8
158 Greece 6.7 7.8
159 Poland 6.7 8.0
160 Martinique 6.6 8.3
161 Malta 6.5 7.6
162 Croatia 6.4 7.7
163 United States 6.3 7.8
164 New Caledonia 6.1 8.7
165 Cyprus 5.9 6.9
166 Brunei 5.5 6.7
167 Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey) 5.2 6.2
168 Cuba 5.1 6.5
169 New Zealand 5.0 6.4
170 Portugal 5.0 6.6
171 Italy 5.0 6.1
172 Republic of Ireland 4.9 6.2
173 Canada 4.8 5.9
174 United Kingdom 4.8 6.0
175 Slovenia 4.8 6.4
176 Israel 4.7 5.7
177 Netherlands 4.7 5.9
178 Luxembourg 4.5 6.6
179 Australia 4.4 5.6
180 Austria 4.4 5.4
181 Denmark 4.4 5.8
182 Germany 4.3 5.4
183 Spain 4.2 5.3
184 France 4.2 5.2
185 Belgium 4.2 5.3
186 Korea, South 4.1 4.8
187 Switzerland 4.1 5.1
188 Czech Republic 3.8 4.8
189 Finland 3.7 4.7
190 Hong Kong 3.7 4.7
191 Norway 3.3 4.4
192 Sweden 3.2 4.0
193 Japan 3.2 4.2
194 Singapore 3.0 4.1
195 Iceland 2.9 3.9

Rank Country or territory Infant mortality rate
(deaths/1,000 live births) 		Date of Information
1 Angola 184.43 2007 est.
2 Sierra Leone 158.27 2007 est.
3 Afghanistan 157.43 2007 est.
4 Liberia 149.73 2007 est.
5 Niger 116.83 2007 est.
6 Somalia 113.08 2007 est.
7 Mozambique 109.93 2007 est.
8 Mali 105.65 2007 est.
9 Guinea-Bissau 103.50 2007 est.
10 Chad 102.07 2007 est.
11 Djibouti 100.77 2007 est.
12 Zambia 100.71 2007 est.
13 Bhutan 96.37 2007 est.
14 Nigeria 95.52 2007 est.
15 Malawi 92.10 2007 est.
16 Ethiopia 91.92 2007 est.
17 Sudan 91.78 2007 est.
18 Burkina Faso 89.79 2007 est.
19 Guinea 88.58 2007 est.
20 Cote d'Ivoire 87.41 2007 est.
21 Equatorial Guinea 87.15 2007 est.
22 Rwanda 85.27 2007 est.
23 Central African Republic 83.97 2007 est.
24 Congo, Republic of the 83.26 2007 est.
25 Laos 81.44 2007 est.
26 Lesotho 79.85 2007 est.
27 Benin 77.85 2007 est.
28 Tanzania 71.69 2007 est.
29 Comoros 70.66 2007 est.
30 Swaziland 70.66 2007 est.
31 Gambia, The 70.14 2007 est.
32 Uzbekistan 68.89 2007 est.
33 Pakistan 68.84 2007 est.
34 Mauritania 68.07 2007 est.
35 Uganda 67.22 2007 est.
36 Cameroon 65.84 2007 est.
37 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 65.52 2007 est.
38 Haiti 63.83 2007 est.
39 Nepal 63.66 2007 est.
40 Burundi 61.93 2007 est.
41 Senegal 60.15 2007 est.
42 Mayotte 59.51 2007 est.
43 South Africa 59.44 2007 est.
44 Bangladesh 59.12 2007 est.
45 Togo 59.12 2007 est.
46 Cambodia 58.45 2007 est.
47 Azerbaijan 58.31 2007 est.
48 Yemen 57.88 2007 est.
49 Kenya 57.44 2007 est.
50 Madagascar 57.02 2007 est.
51 Gabon 53.65 2007 est.
52 Ghana 53.56 2007 est.
53 Turkmenistan 53.49 2007 est.
54 Maldives 53.25 2007 est.
55 Vanuatu 52.45 2007 est.
56 Zimbabwe 51.12 2007 est.
57 Burma 50.68 2007 est.
58 Bolivia 50.43 2007 est.
59 Papua New Guinea 48.46 2007 est.
60 Namibia 47.23 2007 est.
61 Iraq 47.04 2007 est.
62 Kiribati 46.02 2007 est.
63 Cape Verde 45.27 2007 est.
64 Eritrea 45.24 2007 est.
65 Timor-Leste 44.46 2007 est.
66 Botswana 43.97 2007 est.
67 Tajikistan 43.64 2007 est.
68 World 43.52 2007 est.
69 Mongolia 42.65 2007 est.
70 Sao Tome and Principe 40.54 2007 est.
71 Morocco 38.85 2007 est.
72 Turkey 38.33 2007 est.
73 Iran 38.12 2007 est.
74 India 34.61 2007 est.
75 Kyrgyzstan 33.38 2007 est.
76 Indonesia 32.14 2007 est.
77 Guyana 31.35 2007 est.
78 Peru 29.96 2007 est.
79 Guatemala 29.77 2007 est.
80 Egypt 29.50 2007 est.
81 Algeria 28.78 2007 est.
82 Micronesia, Federated States of 28.15 2007 est.
83 Dominican Republic 27.94 2007 est.
84 Syria 27.70 2007 est.
85 Brazil 27.62 2007 est.
86 Kazakhstan 27.41 2007 est.
87 Marshall Islands 27.30 2007 est.
88 Nicaragua 27.14 2007 est.
89 Paraguay 26.45 2007 est.
90 Samoa 25.89 2007 est.
91 Honduras 25.21 2007 est.
92 Romania 24.60 2007 est.
93 Belize 24.38 2007 est.
94 Vietnam 24.37 2007 est.
95 Trinidad and Tobago 24.33 2007 est.
96 Bahamas, The 24.17 2007 est.
97 Lebanon 23.39 2007 est.
98 Tunisia 22.94 2007 est.
99 El Salvador 22.88 2007 est.
100 Libya 22.82 2007 est.
101 Korea, North 22.56 2007 est.
102 Venezuela 22.52 2007 est.
103 China 22.12 2007 est.
104 Philippines 22.12 2007 est.
105 Ecuador 22.10 2007 est.
106 Gaza Strip 21.88 2007 est.
107 Armenia 21.69 2007 est.
108 Colombia 20.13 2007 est.
109 Suriname 20.11 2007 est.
110 Albania 20.02 2007 est.
111 Solomon Islands 19.97 2007 est.
112 Mexico 19.63 2007 est.
113 Anguilla 19.61 2007 est.
114 Sri Lanka 19.45 2007 est.
115 Bulgaria 19.16 2007 est.
116 Tuvalu 18.90 2007 est.
117 Thailand 18.85 2007 est.
118 West Bank 18.67 2007 est.
119 Oman 18.28 2007 est.
120 Antigua and Barbuda 18.26 2007 est.
121 Saint Helena 17.67 2007 est.
122 Qatar 17.46 2007 est.
123 Georgia 17.36 2007 est.
124 Malaysia 16.62 2007 est.
125 Bahrain 16.18 2007 est.
126 Jordan 16.16 2007 est.
127 British Virgin Islands 16.13 2007 est.
128 Panama 15.96 2007 est.
129 Jamaica 15.73 2007 est.
130 Greenland 14.98 2007 est.
131 Aruba 14.75 2007 est.
132 Seychelles 14.75 2007 est.
133 Turks and Caicos Islands 14.70 2007 est.
134 Dominica 14.61 2007 est.
135 Argentina 14.29 2007 est.
136 Mauritius 14.14 2007 est.
137 Palau 14.07 2007 est.
138 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.01 2007 est.
139 Grenada 13.92 2007 est.
140 Moldova 13.88 2007 est.
141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.74 2007 est.
142 United Arab Emirates 13.52 2007 est.
143 Brunei 13.12 2007 est.
144 Saint Lucia 12.81 2007 est.
145 Saudi Arabia 12.41 2007 est.
146 Uruguay 12.02 2007 est.
147 Fiji 11.99 2007 est.
148 Tonga 11.99 2007 est.
149 Barbados 11.55 2007 est.
150 Russia 11.06 2007 est.
151 Netherlands Antilles 9.63 2007 est.
152 Nauru 9.60 2007 est.
153 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.58 2007 est.
154 Macedonia 9.53 2007 est.
155 Ukraine 9.50 2007 est.
156 Kuwait 9.47 2007 est.
157 Costa Rica 9.45 2007 est.
158 Latvia 9.16 2007 est.
159 American Samoa 8.88 2007 est.
160 Chile 8.36 2007 est.
161 Hungary 8.21 2007 est.
162 Bermuda 8.08 2007 est.
163 French Polynesia 7.84 2007 est.
164 Puerto Rico 7.81 2007 est.
165 Cayman Islands 7.80 2007 est.
166 Virgin Islands 7.69 2007 est.
167 Estonia 7.59 2007 est.
168 New Caledonia 7.42 2007 est.
169 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7.21 2007 est.
170 Slovakia 7.12 2007 est.
171 Poland 7.07 2007 est.
172 Montserrat 7.03 2007 est.
173 Cyprus 6.89 2007 est.
174 Northern Mariana Islands 6.85 2007 est.
175 Israel 6.75 2007 est.
176 Guam 6.68 2007 est.
177 Lithuania 6.68 2007 est.
178 Belarus 6.63 2007 est.
179 Croatia 6.60 2007 est.
180 United States 6.37 2007 est.
181 Korea, South 6.05 2007 est.
182 Cuba 6.04 2007 est.
183 Faroe Islands 6.01 2007 est.
184 Isle of Man 5.72 2007 est.
185 Italy 5.72 2007 est.
186 New Zealand 5.67 2007 est.
187 Taiwan 5.54 2007 est.
188 San Marino 5.53 2007 est.
189 Greece 5.34 2007 est.
190 Monaco 5.27 2007 est.
191 Republic of Ireland 5.22 2007 est.
192 Jersey 5.08 2007 est.
193 United Kingdom 5.01 2007 est.
194 Gibraltar 4.98 2007 est.
195 Portugal 4.92 2007 est.
196 Netherlands 4.88 2007 est.
197 European Union 4.80 2007 est.
198 Luxembourg 4.68 2007 est.
199 Canada 4.63 2007 est.
200 Guernsey 4.59 2007 est.
201 Liechtenstein 4.58 2007 est.
202 Australia 4.57 2007 est.
203 Belgium 4.56 2007 est.
204 Austria 4.54 2007 est.
205 Denmark 4.45 2007 est.
206 Slovenia 4.35 2007 est.
207 Macau 4.33 2007 est.
208 Spain 4.31 2007 est.
209 Switzerland 4.28 2007 est.
210 Germany 4.08 2007 est.
211 Andorra 4.03 2007 est.
212 Czech Republic 3.86 2007 est.
213 Malta 3.82 2007 est.
214 Norway 3.64 2007 est.
215 Finland 3.52 2007 est.
216 France 3.41 2007 est.
217 Iceland 3.27 2007 est.
218 Hong Kong 2.94 2007 est.
219 Japan 2.80 2007 est.
220 Sweden 2.76 2007 est.
221 Singapore 2.30 2007 est.

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