The CIA World Factbook Edition 2022 People and Society

Infant mortality rate In 36 editions of 36.

Infant mortality rate was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2022 edition carries it in 237 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2022 edition
237
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Infant mortality rate” (1990 to 2025).

the entry has the field in that editionnot in that editionthe open editionEach entry below ends in its editions with Infant mortality rate, 1990 to 2025. Point at a year above to follow it down; choose one in a row to read that edition’s text there.

Entries with Infant mortality rate in each edition

19902000201020202025

Select a bar to open that edition.

World

1 entry

World

total:
30.8 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
32.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
28.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2020 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total:
19.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
21.77 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
17.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Angola

total:
58.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
64.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
53.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Benin

total:
55.76 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
60.79 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
50.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Botswana

total:
25.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
27.54 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
22.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Burkina Faso

total:
49.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
53.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
45.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Burundi

total:
37.84 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
42.02 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
33.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Cabo Verde

total:
23.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
27.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
19.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Cameroon

total:
48.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
53.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
43.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Central African Republic

total:
82.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
89.03 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
76.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Chad

total:
65.48 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
71.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
59.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Comoros

total:
57.1 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
67.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
46.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total:
60.85 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
66.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
55.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:
47.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
52.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
43.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total:
55.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
62.99 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
48.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Djibouti

total:
46.89 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
54.14 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
39.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Egypt

total:
17.7 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
18.69 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
16.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
78.33 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
84.23 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
72.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Eritrea

total:
41.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
48.36 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
34.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Eswatini

total:
39.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
43.89 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
35.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Ethiopia

total:
33.51 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
38.33 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
28.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Gabon

total:
28.56 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
31.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
25.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
37.19 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
40.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
33.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Ghana

total:
32.59 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
36.05 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
29.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Guinea

total:
49.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
54.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
44.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
49.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
54.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
43.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Kenya

total:
27.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
30.92 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
24.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Lesotho

total:
48.44 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
54 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
42.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Liberia

total:
44.57 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
48.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
40.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Libya

total:
11.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
12.66 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
9.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Madagascar

total:
39.04 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
42.33 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
35.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Malawi

total:
33.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
37.86 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
28.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Mali

total:
60.64 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
66.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
55.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Mauritania

total:
50.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
56.89 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
44.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Mauritius

total:
12.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
13.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
10.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Morocco

total:
19.2 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
21.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
16.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

Mozambique

total:
61.38 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
63.37 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
59.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Namibia

total:
29.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
31.48 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
27.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Niger

total:
66.81 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
71.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
61.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Nigeria

total:
56.68 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
62.03 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
51.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Rwanda

total:
26.39 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
28.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
23.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total:
19.19 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
23.05 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
15.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
44.38 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
47.82 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
40.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Senegal

total:
32.44 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
35.78 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
28.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Seychelles

total:
10.6 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
13.35 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
7.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Sierra Leone

total:
73.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
78.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
68.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Somalia

total:
86.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
96.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
76.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

South Africa

total:
25.87 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
28.86 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
22.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

South Sudan

total:
63.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
69.06 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
57 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Sudan

total:
42.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
47.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
36.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Tanzania

total:
30.87 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
33.66 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
28 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Togo

total:
41.19 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
45.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
36.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Tunisia

total:
11.87 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
13.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
10.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Uganda

total:
30.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
33.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
26.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Zambia

total:
37.11 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
40.57 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
33.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Zimbabwe

total:
28.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
32.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
24.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

total:
8.75 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
10.25 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
7.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Iceland

total:
1.65 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
1.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
1.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Svalbard

total:
NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total:
104.89 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
113.33 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
96.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Armenia

total:
12.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
13.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
10.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Azerbaijan

total:
23.51 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
24.62 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
22.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Bangladesh

total:
30.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
32.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
27.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Bhutan

total:
27.04 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
27.22 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
26.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

China

total:
6.76 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
7.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
6.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Georgia

total:
14.77 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
16.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
12.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

India

total:
30.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
29.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
30.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Japan

total:
1.9 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
2 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
1.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Kazakhstan

total:
19.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
21.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
16.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
22.21 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
25.03 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
19.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
2.87 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.08 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
25.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
29.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
21.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Maldives

total:
25.7 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
28.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
22.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Mongolia

total:
20.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
23.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
16.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Nepal

total:
25.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
26.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
23.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Pakistan

total:
53.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
58.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
49.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Russia

total:
6.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
7.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Sri Lanka

total:
8.2 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
9.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
7.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Tajikistan

total:
32.33 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
37.03 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
27.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Turkmenistan

total:
37.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
45.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
29.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Uzbekistan

total:
18.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
22.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
15.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

total:
3.07 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:
14.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
17.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
11.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Aruba

total:
12.09 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
16.46 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
7.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
12.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
13.22 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
12.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Barbados

total:
10 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
11.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
8.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Belize

total:
11.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
12.36 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
9.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total:
14.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
16.89 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
11.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Cayman Islands

total:
7.65 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
9.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
6.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Costa Rica

total:
8.39 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
9.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
7.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Cuba

total:
4.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Curacao

total:
7.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
8.69 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
7.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Dominica

total:
11.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
15.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
7.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Dominican Republic

total:
21.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
23.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
18.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

El Salvador

total:
12.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
13.79 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
10.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Grenada

total:
9.4 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
8.94 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
9.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Guatemala

total:
26.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
29.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
22.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Haiti

total:
40.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
45.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
34.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Honduras

total:
15.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
17.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
12.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Jamaica

total:
11.17 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
12.43 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
9.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Montserrat

total:
10.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
8.37 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
12.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Nicaragua

total:
19.09 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
22.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
15.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Panama

total:
16.44 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
17.69 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
15.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Puerto Rico

total:
6.04 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
6.61 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

total:
6.71 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
7.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
8.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
5.69 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
11.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Saint Lucia

total:
11.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
11.23 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
12.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Saint Martin

total:
6.71 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
7.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
12.87 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
14.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
11.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Sint Maarten

total:
7.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
8.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
7.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total:
15.83 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
17.97 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
13.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total:
11.59 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
14.54 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
8.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Virgin Islands

total:
7.65 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
8.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
6.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

total:
10.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
11.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
9.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Andorra

total:
3.44 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.54 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Austria

total:
3.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Belarus

total:
3.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Belgium

total:
3.19 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
5.21 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
5.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Bulgaria

total:
7.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
9.02 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
6.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Croatia

total:
8.74 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
8.52 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
8.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Czechia

total:
2.4 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
2.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Denmark

total:
3.04 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Estonia

total:
3.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

European Union

total:
3.47 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)

Faroe Islands

total:
5.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
6.61 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Finland

total:
2.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
2.31 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
1.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

France

total:
3.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.53 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Germany

total:
3.19 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Gibraltar

total:
6.25 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
7.06 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Greece

total:
3.55 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.94 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Guernsey

total:
3.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Hungary

total:
4.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
4.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Ireland

total:
3.47 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Isle of Man

total:
4.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Italy

total:
3.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Jersey

total:
3.87 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Kosovo

total:
27.12 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
28.74 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
25.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Latvia

total:
4.85 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
5.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
4.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Liechtenstein

total:
4.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.41 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Lithuania

total:
3.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Luxembourg

total:
3.25 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Malta

total:
4.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.43 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
4.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Moldova

total:
11.6 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
13.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
9.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Monaco

total:
1.76 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
2.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
1.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Montenegro

total:
3.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
2.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Netherlands

total:
3.4 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

North Macedonia

total:
7.32 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
8.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
6.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Norway

total:
2.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
2.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
1.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Poland

total:
4.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Portugal

total:
2.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
2.86 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Romania

total:
5.84 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
6.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

San Marino

total:
6.51 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
7.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Serbia

total:
4.81 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
5.43 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
4.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Slovakia

total:
4.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
5.48 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
4.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Slovenia

total:
1.52 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
1.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
1.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Spain

total:
2.47 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
2.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Sweden

total:
2.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
2.52 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Switzerland

total:
3.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.08 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Ukraine

total:
7.33 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
8.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
6.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

United Kingdom

total:
3.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
10.19 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
11.97 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
8.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Cyprus

total:
8.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
10.22 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
6.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Gaza Strip

total:
15.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
16.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
13.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Iran

total:
14.84 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
15.97 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
13.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Iraq

total:
19.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
21.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
17.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Israel

total:
3.56 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.82 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Jordan

total:
13.9 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
15.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
12.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Kuwait

total:
7.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
7.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
7.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Lebanon

total:
7.04 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
7.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
6.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Oman

total:
14.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
15.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
13.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Qatar

total:
6.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
7.25 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total:
12.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
13.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
10.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Syria

total:
15.87 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
17.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
14.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

total:
19.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
21.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
17.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total:
5.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
5.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
4.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

West Bank

total:
15.29 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
17.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
12.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Yemen

total:
46.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
51.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
40.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
2.19 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
2.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
1.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Canada

total:
4.38 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.66 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
4.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Mexico

total:
11.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
13.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
10.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:
8.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
10.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
6.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

United States

total:
5.17 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
5.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
4.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

total:
10.06 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
12.14 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
7.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Australia

total:
3.01 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.24 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Cook Islands

total:
15.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
20.02 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
11.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Fiji

total:
10.06 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
11.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
8.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

French Polynesia

total:
4.4 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
5.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Guam

total:
11.46 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
11.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
11.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Kiribati

total:
32.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
34.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
30.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Marshall Islands

total:
21.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
25.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
17.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:
21.9 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
25.02 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
18.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Nauru

total:
7.84 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
10.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

New Caledonia

total:
5 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
5.97 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

New Zealand

total:
3.44 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Niue

total:
NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Norfolk Island

total:
NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
12.48 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
15.13 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
9.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Palau

total:
11.28 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
13.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
9.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total:
33.59 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
36.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
30.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

total:
(2018) NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Samoa

total:
18 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
21.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
14.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Solomon Islands

total:
20.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
23.89 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
15.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Tokelau

total:
NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Tonga

total:
12.41 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
13.43 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
11.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Tuvalu

total:
28.92 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
32.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
25.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Vanuatu

total:
14.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
15.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
12.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

total:
4 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
3.93 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
4.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total:
9.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
10.35 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
8.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Bolivia

total:
22.28 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
24.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
19.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Brazil

total:
13.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
14.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
11.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Chile

total:
6.55 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
7.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Colombia

total:
11.65 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
13.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
10.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Ecuador

total:
18.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
21.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
14.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total:
NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Guyana

total:
22.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
25.05 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
19.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Paraguay

total:
23.21 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
27.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
18.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Peru

total:
10.8 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
11.89 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
9.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Suriname

total:
30.25 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
38.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
21.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Uruguay

total:
8.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
9.46 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
7.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Venezuela

total:
17.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
19.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
15.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

total:
10.52 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
12.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
8.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
32.94 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
36.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
29.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Cambodia

total:
29.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
33.13 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
25.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Christmas Island

total:
NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

total:
NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Hong Kong

total:
2.55 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
2.82 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
2.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Indonesia

total:
19.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
22.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
17.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Laos

total:
37.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
41.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
33.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Macau

total:
4.59 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
4.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Malaysia

total:
6.59 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
6.97 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
6.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Philippines

total:
22.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
24.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
19.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Singapore

total:
1.55 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
1.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
1.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Taiwan

total:
3.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
4.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Thailand

total:
6.47 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
7.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Timor-Leste

total:
33.69 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
36.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
30.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Vietnam

total:
14.75 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
15.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
14.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Cite this page

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2022, “Infant mortality rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/infant-mortality-rate/2022.

How to cite