List of countries by infant mortality rate (2005)

This is a list of countries by infant mortality rate, based on The World Factbook, 2005 estimates.^*

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 or region	Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000
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
22	Côte d'Ivoire
23	Congo,
24	Lesotho	88.75
25	Zambia	88.29
26	Congo, Republic of the
27	Central
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
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
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,
84	Brazil	29.61
85	Syria	29.53
86	Marshall Islands
87	Dominican Republic
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
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
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
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
127	Bahrain	17.27
128	Panama	16.73
129	Jamaica	16.33
130	Greenland	15.82
131	Turks
132	Seychelles	15.53
133	Russia	15.39
134	Argentina	15.18
135	Mauritius	15.03
136	Palau	14.84
137	Saint
138	Grenada	14.62
139	United Arab Emirates
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis
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
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
155	Bosnia and Herzegovina
156	Netherlands Antilles
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
163	Chile	8.80
164	Guadeloupe	8.60
165	Hungary	8.57
166	Bermuda	8.53
167	French Polynesia
168	Cayman Islands
169	Virgin Islands
170	Estonia	7.87
171	Reunion	7.78
172	New Caledonia	7.72
173	Saint
174	Slovakia	7.41
175	Poland	7.36
176	Montserrat	7.35
177	Cyprus	7.18
178	Northern
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 (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
199	Gibraltar	5.13
200	European Union
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 France	4.26
216	Germany	4.16
217	Andorra	4.05
218	Czech Republic
219	Malta	3.89
220	Norway	3.70
221	Finland	3.57
222	Iceland	3.31
223	Japan	3.26
224	Hong Kong Sweden	2.77
226	Singapore	2.29

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