Infant mortality rate - The World Factbook - CIA

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This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.

Rank	Country	(deaths/1,000 live births)
Infant mortality rate - The World Factbook - CIA
1	Angola	178.13
2	Afghanistan	151.50
3	Niger	114.50
4	Mali	113.66
5	Somalia	107.42
6	Mozambique	103.82
7	Central African Republic	101.60
8	Zambia	99.92
9	Guinea-Bissau	98.05
10	Chad	97.05
11	Nigeria	92.99
12	Malawi	83.50
13	Burkina Faso	82.98
14	Sierra Leone	80.16
15	Equatorial Guinea	79.47
16	Democratic Republic of the Congo	79.36
17	Ethiopia	78.99
18	Sudan	78.10
19	Republic of the Congo	77.93
20	Liberia	76.43
21	Laos	76.01
22	Tanzania	68.13
23	Gambia	67.49
24	Swaziland	66.71
25	Ivory Coast	66.43
26	Rwanda	65.57
27	Pakistan	65.34
28	Comoros	64.61
29	Uganda	63.70
30	Burundi	63.38
31	Benin	63.13
32	Guinea	63.09
33	Cameroon	62.15
34	Western Sahara	61.97
35	Mauritania	61.94
36	Haiti	58.07
37	Bangladesh	57.78
38	Senegal	57.70
39	Yemen	56.77
40	Djibouti	56.65
41	Lesotho	56.42
42	Togo	55.51
43	Mayotte	54.75
44	Sao Tome and Principe	54.64
45	Kenya	53.49
46	Cambodia	53.04
47	Azerbaijan	52.84
48	Madagascar	52.84
49	Gabon	50.88
50	Burma	50.76
51	North Korea	50.15
52	Ghana	49.89
53	India	49.13
54	Vanuatu	48.17
55	Bhutan	46.92
56	Nepal	46
57	Namibia	45.52
58	Papua New Guinea	44.59
59	Turkmenistan	43.84
60	South Africa	43.78
61	Bolivia	43.41
62	Iraq	43.16
63	Eritrea	42.33
64	Kiribati	40.13
65	Tajikistan	39.78
66	Timor-Leste	39.32
67	Mongolia	38.56
68	Guyana	37.89
69	Tuvalu	35.52
70	Iran	34.66
71	Zimbabwe	30.90
72	Kyrgyzstan	30.25
73	Indonesia	28.94
74	Trinidad and Tobago	28.90
75	Morocco	28.61
76	Maldives	28.47
77	Cape Verde	27.89
78	Peru	27.74
79	Guatemala	26.91
80	Algeria	26.75
81	Egypt	26.20
82	Micronesia	25.20
83	Dominican Republic	25.04
84	Kazakhstan	24.93
85	Turkey	24.84
86	Marshall Islands	24.57
87	Nicaragua	24.16
88	Paraguay	23.83
89	Samoa	23.21
90	Uzbekistan	22.66
91	Belize	22.52
92	Romania	22.09
93	Brazil	21.86
94	Tunisia	21.75
95	Vietnam	21.57
96	Venezuela	21.07
97	Honduras	21.04
98	El Salvador	20.97
99	Libya	20.87
100	Ecuador	20.26
101	Philippines	19.94
102	Armenia	19.50
103	Solomon Islands	18.41
104	Suriname	18.19
105	Sri Lanka	18.14
106	Albania	17.96
107	Mexico	17.84
108	Gaza Strip	17.71
109	Bulgaria	17.26
110	Jordan	17.03
111	Saint Helena	16.98
112	Thailand	16.91
113	Colombia	16.87
114	China	16.51
115	Lebanon	16.40
116	Cook Islands	16.33
117	Syria	16.14
118	Oman	16
119	Montserrat	15.72
120	Georgia	15.67
121	West Bank	15.41
122	Malaysia	15.37
123	Antigua and Barbuda	15.10
124	Jamaica	14.91
125	Bahrain	14.76
126	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	14.70
127	British Virgin Islands	14.11
128	Bahamas	13.68
129	Turks and Caicos Islands	13.43
130	Aruba	13.34
131	Dominica	13.20
132	St. Lucia	13.07
133	Palau	12.78
134	Moldova	12.77
135	United Arab Emirates	12.30
136	Qatar	12.24
137	Barbados	12.09
138	Panama	11.97
139	Seychelles	11.97
140	Brunei	11.87
141	Mauritius	11.85
142	Botswana	11.79
143	Grenada	11.76
144	Fiji	11.28
145	Tonga	11.28
146	Saudi Arabia	11.20
147	Argentina	11.11
148	Uruguay	10.99
149	Russia	10.32
150	Greenland	10.26
151	American Samoa	9.91
152	St. Kitts and Nevis	9.90
153	Costa Rica	9.72
154	Cyprus	9.57
155	Nauru	9.08
156	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.88
157	Netherlands Antilles	8.83
158	Macedonia	8.76
159	Kuwait	8.75
160	Ukraine	8.73
161	Latvia	8.59
162	Puerto Rico	8.22
163	Hungary	7.70
164	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	7.62
165	Chile	7.52
166	French Polynesia	7.41
167	Virgin Islands	7.40
168	Estonia	7.19
169	New Caledonia	6.91
170	Gibraltar	6.82
171	Cayman Islands	6.78
172	Slovakia	6.71
173	Poland	6.66
174	Serbia	6.65
175	Lithuania	6.37
176	Belarus	6.34
177	Croatia	6.26
178	Faroe Islands	6.18
179	United States	6.14
180	Northern Mariana Islands	5.89
181	Cuba	5.72
182	European Union	5.61
183	Italy	5.41
184	Isle of Man	5.27
185	Taiwan	5.26
186	Greece	5.08
187	Canada	4.99
188	Ireland	4.97
189	New Zealand	4.85
190	San Marino	4.79
191	United Kingdom	4.78
192	Wallis and Futuna	4.74
193	Portugal	4.72
194	Australia	4.67
195	Jersey	4.66
196	Netherlands	4.66
197	Luxembourg	4.49
198	Belgium	4.38
199	Austria	4.37
200	Guernsey	4.36
201	Denmark	4.29
202	South Korea	4.24
203	Slovenia	4.21
204	Liechtenstein	4.20
205	Israel	4.17
206	Spain	4.16
207	Switzerland	4.12
208	Germany	3.95
209	Andorra	3.84
210	Czech Republic	3.76
211	Malta	3.72
212	Norway	3.55
213	Anguilla	3.49
214	Finland	3.45
215	France	3.31
216	Iceland	3.21
217	Macau	3.20
218	Hong Kong	2.91
219	Japan	2.79
220	Sweden	2.74
221	Bermuda	2.46
222	Singapore	2.32
223	Monaco	1.78

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