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Jul 25, 2008
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Infant Mortality Rates of Countries

(Infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

Country Infant
mortality
rate
Angola 184.4
Sierra Leone 158.3
Afghanistan 157.4
Liberia 149.7
Niger 116.8
Somalia 113.1
Mozambique 109.9
Mali 105.7
Guinea-Bissau 103.3
Djibouti 100.8
Zambia 100.7
Bhutan 96.4
Nigeria 95.5
Tanzania 94.5
Malawi 92.1
Ethiopia 91.9
Chad 89.8
Burkina Faso 89.8
Guinea 88.6
Cote d'Ivoire 87.4
Equatorial Guinea 87.2
Congo (Kinshasa) 86.6
Lesotho 85.9
Rwanda 85.3
Central African Republic 84.0
Congo (Brazzaville) 83.3
Laos 81.4
Benin 77.9
Western Sahara 72.6
Turkmenistan 72.0
Comoros 70.8
Swaziland 70.7
Gambia, The 70.1
Uzbekistan 68.9
Pakistan 68.5
Mauritania 68.1
Uganda 67.2
Cambodia 66.8
Cameroon 65.8
Haiti 63.8
Nepal 63.7
Burundi 61.9
Senegal 60.2
Sudan 59.6
South Africa 59.4
Bangladesh 59.1
Mayotte 59.1
Togo 59.1
Azerbaijan 58.3
Yemen 58.3
Kenya 57.4
Madagascar 57.0
Gabon 53.7
Ghana 53.6
Maldives 53.3
Botswana 53.0
Vanuatu 52.5
Zimbabwe 51.1
Burma 50.7
Mongolia 50.5
Bolivia 50.4
Papua New Guinea 48.5
Namibia 47.2
Iraq 47.0
Kiribati 46.0
Cape Verde 45.3
Eritrea 45.2
East Timor 44.5
Tajikistan 43.6
Sao Tome and Principe 40.5
Morocco 38.9
Turkey 38.3
Iran 38.1
India 34.6
Kyrgyzstan 33.4
Indonesia 32.1
Country Infant
mortality
rate
Guyana 31.4
Egypt 30.1
Peru 30.0
Guatemala 29.8
Algeria 28.8
Micronesia, Federated States of 28.2
Dominican Republic 27.9
Syria 27.7
Brazil 27.6
Marshall Islands 27.4
Kazakhstan 27.4
Nicaragua 27.1
Samoa 26.0
Honduras 25.2
Cook Islands 24.7
Romania 24.6
Belize 24.4
Vietnam 24.4
Trinidad and Tobago 24.3
Bahamas, The 24.2
Paraguay 23.9
El Salvador 23.7
Tunisia 22.9
Lebanon 22.9
Libya 22.8
Korea, North 22.6
China 22.1
Philippines 22.1
Ecuador 22.1
Gaza Strip 21.9
Armenia 21.7
Venezuela 20.9
Suriname 20.1
Albania 20.0
Solomon Islands 20.0
Colombia 19.7
Mexico 19.6
Anguilla 19.6
Sri Lanka 19.5
Bulgaria 19.2
Tuvalu 18.9
Thailand 18.9
West Bank 18.7
Oman 18.3
Wallis and Futuna 18.3
Antigua and Barbuda 18.3
Saint Helena 17.7
Qatar 17.5
Georgia 17.4
Malaysia 16.6
Bahrain 16.2
Jordan 16.2
Virgin Islands, British 16.1
Panama 16.0
Jamaica 15.7
Greenland 15.0
Seychelles 14.8
Turks and Caicos Islands 14.7
Argentina 14.3
Mauritius 14.1
Palau 14.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.0
Grenada 13.9
Moldova 13.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.7
United Arab Emirates 13.7
Dominica 13.3
Saint Lucia 12.8
Saudi Arabia 12.4
Serbia 12.3
Fiji 12.0
Tonga 12.0
Brunei 11.9
Barbados 11.6
French Guiana 11.4
Uruguay 11.3
Country Infant
mortality
rate
Russia 11.1
Montenegro 10.6
Nauru 9.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.6
Macedonia 9.5
Ukraine 9.5
Netherlands Antilles 9.5
Kuwait 9.5
Costa Rica 9.5
Latvia 9.2
American Samoa 8.9
Chile 8.4
Guadeloupe 8.2
Hungary 8.2
French Polynesia 8.1
Bermuda 8.1
Puerto Rico 7.8
Cayman Islands 7.8
Virgin Islands 7.7
Estonia 7.6
Reunion 7.5
New Caledonia 7.4
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7.2
Slovakia 7.1
Poland 7.1
Montserrat 7.0
Cyprus 6.9
Northern Mariana Islands 6.9
Martinique 6.8
Israel 6.8
Guam 6.7
Lithuania 6.7
Belarus 6.6
Croatia 6.6
United States 6.4
Taiwan 6.2
Cuba 6.1
Korea, South 6.1
Faroe Islands 6.0
Isle of Man 5.7
Italy 5.7
Aruba 5.7
New Zealand 5.7
San Marino 5.5
Greece 5.3
Monaco 5.3
Ireland 5.2
Jersey 5.1
United Kingdom 5.0
Gibraltar 5.0
Portugal 4.9
Netherlands 4.9
Luxembourg 4.7
Canada 4.6
Guernsey 4.6
Liechtenstein 4.6
Australia 4.6
Belgium 4.6
Austria 4.5
Denmark 4.5
Slovenia 4.4
Macau S.A.R. 4.3
Spain 4.3
Switzerland 4.3
France 4.2
Germany 4.1
Andorra 4.0
Czech Republic 3.9
Malta 3.8
Norway 3.6
Finland 3.5
Iceland 3.3
Japan 3.2
Hong Kong S.A.R. 2.9
Sweden 2.8
Singapore 2.3
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base.

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Infant Mortality and Life Expectancy for Selected Countries, 2006 Health and Social Statistics Life Expectancy for Countries
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