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This is a list of countries by infant mortality rate, based on The World Factbook, 2005 estimates.[1]

The infant mortality rate (IMR) is reported as number of live newborns dying under a year of age per one thousand live births.

Rank Country - region Infant mortality rate
(deaths/1,000 live births)
1 Angola 187.49
2 Afghanistan 163.07
3 Sierra Leone 162.55
4 Liberia 161.99
5 Mozambique 130.79
6 Niger 119.69
7 Somalia 116.70
8 Tajikistan 110.76
9 Mali 109.47
10 Guinea-Bissau 107.15
11 Djibouti 104.13
12 Bhutan 100.44
13 Nigeria 98.80
14 Tanzania 98.54
15 Malawi 96.14
16 Ethiopia 95.32
17 Chad 93.13
18 Burkina Faso 92.94
19 Guinea 91.45
20 Rwanda 91.23
21 Equatorial Guinea 91.16
22 Côte d'Ivoire 90.83
23 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 90.66
24 Lesotho 88.75
25 Zambia 88.29
26 Congo, Republic of the 87.41
27 Central African Republic 87.33
28 Laos 85.22
29 Azerbaijan 81.74
30 Benin 81.29
31 Madagascar 76.83
32 Comoros 74.93
33 Haiti 73.45
34 Turkmenistan 73.08
35 Gambia, The 73.07
36 Swaziland 72.92
37 Pakistan 72.44
38 Uzbekistan 71.10
39 Cambodia 70.89
40 Mauritania 70.89
41 Uganda 67.83
42 Nepal 66.98
43 Cameroon 64.87
44 Burundi 64.39
45 Burma 63.56
46 Bangladesh 62.60
47 Sudan 62.50
48 Mayotte 62.40
49 Togo 62.20
50 South Africa 61.81
51 Yemen 61.50
52 Kenya 61.47
53 Maldives 56.52
54 Ghana 56.36
55 India 56.29
56 Gabon 55.35
57 Vanuatu 55.16
58 Botswana 54.58
59 Senegal 54.12
60 Mongolia 53.79
61 Bolivia 53.11
62 Zimbabwe 52.34
63 Papua New Guinea 51.45
64 Iraq 50.25
65 World 50.11
66 Namibia 48.98
67 Kiribati 48.52
68 Cape Verde 47.77
69 Eritrea 47.41
70 East Timor 47.41
71 Sao Tome and Principe 43.11
72 Morocco 41.62
73 Iran 41.58
74 Turkey 41.04
75 Moldova 40.42
76 Kyrgyzstan 35.64
77 Indonesia 35.60
78 Guyana 33.26
79 Egypt 32.59
80 Guatemala 32.00
81 Peru 31.94
82 Algeria 31.00
83 Micronesia, Federated States of 30.21
84 Brazil 29.61
85 Syria 29.53
86 Marshall Islands 29.45
87 Dominican Republic 29.37
88 Kazakhstan 29.21
89 Nicaragua 29.11
90 Samoa 27.71
91 Honduras 26.47
92 Romania 26.43
93 Vietnam 25.95
94 Trinidad and Tobago 25.81
95 Paraguay 25.63
96 Belize 25.40
97 Bahamas, The 25.21
98 El Salvador 25.10
99 Tunisia 24.77
100 Libya 24.60
101 Lebanon 24.52
102 China 24.18
103 Korea, North 24.04
104 Ecuador 23.66
105 Suriname 23.57
106 Philippines 23.51
107 Armenia 23.28
108 Gaza Strip 22.93
109 Venezuela 22.20
110 Albania 21.52
111 Solomon Islands 21.29
112 Anguilla 21.03
113 Colombia 20.97
114 Mexico 20.91
115 Bulgaria 20.55
116 Thailand 20.16
117 Tuvalu 20.03
118 West Bank 19.62
119 Oman 19.51
120 Antigua and Barbuda 19.46
121 Saint Helena 19.00
122 Qatar 18.61
123 Georgia 18.59
124 Malaysia 17.70
125 Jordan 17.35
126 British Virgin Islands 17.30
127 Bahrain 17.27
128 Panama 16.73
129 Jamaica 16.33
130 Greenland 15.82
131 Turks and Caicos Islands 15.67
132 Seychelles 15.53
133 Russia 15.39
134 Argentina 15.18
135 Mauritius 15.03
136 Palau 14.84
137 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.78
138 Grenada 14.62
139 United Arab Emirates 14.51
140 Saint Kitts and Nevis 14.49
141 Sri Lanka 14.35
142 Dominica 14.15
143 Saint Lucia 13.53
144 Belarus 13.37
145 Saudi Arabia 13.24
146 Serbia and Montenegro 12.89
147 Fiji 12.62
148 Tonga 12.62
149 Brunei 12.61
150 French Guiana 12.07
151 Uruguay 11.95
152 Barbados 11.72
153 Ukraine 10.11
154 Macedonia 10.09
155 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.07
156 Netherlands Antilles 10.03
157 Costa Rica 9.95
158 Kuwait 9.95
159 Nauru 9.95
160 Latvia 9.55
161 Puerto Rico 9.28
162 American Samoa 9.27
163 Chile 8.80
164 Guadeloupe 8.60
165 Hungary 8.57
166 Bermuda 8.53
167 French Polynesia 8.44
168 Cayman Islands 8.19
169 Virgin Islands 8.03
170 Estonia 7.87
171 Reunion 7.78
172 New Caledonia 7.72
173 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7.54
174 Slovakia 7.41
175 Poland 7.36
176 Montserrat 7.35
177 Cyprus 7.18
178 Northern Mariana Islands 7.11
179 Martinique 7.09
180 Israel 7.03
181 Guam 6.94
182 Lithuania 6.89
183 Croatia 6.84
184 United States 6.50
185 Taiwan (Republic of China) 6.40
186 Cuba 6.33
187 Korea, South 6.28
188 Faroe Islands 6.24
189 Italy 5.94
190 Man, Isle of 5.93
191 Aruba 5.89
192 New Zealand 5.85
193 San Marino 5.73
194 Greece 5.53
195 Monaco 5.43
196 Ireland 5.39
197 Jersey 5.24
198 United Kingdom 5.16
199 Gibraltar 5.13
200 European Union 5.10
201 Portugal 5.05
202 Netherlands 5.04
203 Luxembourg 4.81
204 Canada 4.75
205 Guernsey 4.71
206 Liechtenstein 4.70
207 Australia 4.69
208 Belgium 4.68
209 Austria 4.66
210 Denmark 4.56
211 Slovenia 4.45
212 Spain 4.42
213 Switzerland 4.39
214 Macau SAR, PRC 4.37
215 France 4.26
216 Germany 4.16
217 Andorra 4.05
218 Czech Republic 3.93
219 Malta 3.89
220 Norway 3.70
221 Finland 3.57
222 Iceland 3.31
223 Japan 3.26
224 Hong Kong SAR, PRC 2.96
225 Sweden 2.77
226 Singapore 2.29

See also

Lists of countries with rankings edit
Geography Area · Coastline · Highest point* · Compactness · Coast/Area ratio
Demographics   Population (graphical) · Population density* · Life expectancy* · Infant mortality rate · Fertility rate* · Birth rate* · Death rate · Human Development Index* · Income equality* · Literacy rate* · HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate* · People living with HIV/AIDS · Unemployment rate* · Percentage of population below the national poverty line* · Percentage of population living under $2 a day and $1 a day
Economy GDP (nominal) * · GDP (PPP) * · GDP (nominal) per capita · GDP (PPP) per capita* · past GDP (nominal), past GDP (PPP) · Current account balance · Imports · Exports · External debt · Public debt · Agricultural output
Politics Political rights and civil liberties* · Press freedom* · Capital punishment* · Homosexuality law* · Abortion law* · Date of nationhood* · UN peacekeepers currently deployed · Possession of nuclear weapons* · Military expenditures · Number of active troops · Perception of corruption* · Economic freedom*
Emissions Carbon dioxide emissions · Carbon dioxide emissions per capita · GDP per ton of carbon dioxide emissions
Consumption Electricity consumption *Includes map


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