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The World Factbook 2002
  Field Listing - Infant mortality rate


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. This rate is often used an indicator of the level of health in a country.
Country
Infant mortality rate ( deaths/1,000 live births)
Afghanistan 144.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Albania 38.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Algeria 39.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
American Samoa 10.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Andorra 4.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Angola 191.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Anguilla 23.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 21.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Argentina 17.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Armenia 41.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Aruba 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Australia 4.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Austria 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Azerbaijan 82.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The 17.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Bahrain 19.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Bangladesh 68.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Barbados 11.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Belarus 14.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Belgium 4.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Belize 24.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Benin 88.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Bermuda 9.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Bhutan 106.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Bolivia 57.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Botswana 64.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Brazil 35.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
British Virgin Islands 19.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Brunei 13.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Bulgaria 14.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso 105.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Burma 72.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Burundi 69.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Cambodia 64 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Cameroon 68.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Canada 4.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Cape Verde 51.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Cayman Islands 9.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Central African Republic 103.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Chad 93.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Chile 9.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
China 27.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Christmas Island NA deaths/1,000 live births
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA deaths/1,000 live births
Colombia 23.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Comoros 81.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 98.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 97.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Cook Islands NA deaths/1,000 live births
Costa Rica 10.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 92.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Croatia 7.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Cuba 7.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Cyprus 7.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Czech Republic 5.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Denmark 4.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Djibouti 99.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Dominica 15.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic 33.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
East Timor 51.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Ecuador 33.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Egypt 58.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
El Salvador 27.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 90.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Eritrea 73.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Estonia 12.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Ethiopia 98.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA deaths/1,000 live births
Faroe Islands 6.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Fiji 13.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Finland 3.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
France 4.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
French Guiana 13.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
French Polynesia 8.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Gabon 93.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Gambia, The 76.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Gaza Strip 24.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Georgia 51.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Germany 4.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Ghana 55.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Gibraltar 5.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Greece 6.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Greenland 17.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Grenada 14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Guadeloupe 9.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Guam 6.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Guatemala 44.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Guernsey 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Guinea 127.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 108.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Guyana 38.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Haiti 93.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Honduras 30.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Hong Kong 5.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Hungary 8.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Iceland 3.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
India 61.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Indonesia 39.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Iran 28.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Iraq 57.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Ireland 5.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Israel 7.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Italy 5.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Jamaica 13.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Japan 3.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Jersey 5.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Jordan 19.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Kazakhstan 58.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Kenya 67.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Kiribati 52.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Korea, North 22.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Korea, South 7.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Kuwait 10.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 75.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Laos 90.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Latvia 14.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Lebanon 27.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Lesotho 82.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Liberia 130.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Libya 27.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Liechtenstein 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Lithuania 14.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Luxembourg 4.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Macau 4.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 12.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Madagascar 81.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Malawi 119.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Malaysia 19.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Maldives 61.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Mali 119.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Malta 5.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Man, Isle of 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Marshall Islands 38.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Martinique 7.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Mauritania 75.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Mauritius 16.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Mayotte 67.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Mexico 24.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of NA deaths/1,000 live births
Moldova 42.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Monaco 5.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Mongolia 51.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Montserrat 7.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Morocco 46.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Mozambique 138.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Namibia 72.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Nauru 10.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Nepal 72.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Netherlands 4.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 11.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
New Caledonia 8.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
New Zealand 6.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Nicaragua 32.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Niger 122.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Nigeria 72.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Niue NA deaths/1,000 live births
Norfolk Island NA deaths/1,000 live births
Northern Mariana Islands 5.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Norway 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Oman 21.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Pakistan 78.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Palau 16.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Panama 19.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Papua New Guinea 56.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Paraguay 28.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Peru 38.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Philippines 27.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA deaths/1,000 live births
Poland 9.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Portugal 5.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Puerto Rico 9.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Qatar 20.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Reunion 8.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Romania 18.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Russia 19.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Rwanda 117.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Saint Helena 21.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Saint Lucia 14.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Samoa 30.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
San Marino 6.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 47.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Saudi Arabia 49.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Senegal 55.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Seychelles 16.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Sierra Leone 144.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Singapore 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Slovakia 8.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Slovenia 4.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Solomon Islands 23.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Somalia 122.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
South Africa 61.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Spain 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Sri Lanka 15.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Sudan 67.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Suriname 23.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Svalbard NA deaths/1,000 live births
Swaziland 109.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Sweden 3.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Switzerland 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Syria 32.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Taiwan 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Tajikistan 114.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Tanzania 77.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Thailand 29.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Togo 69.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Tokelau 38 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Tonga 13.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 24.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Tunisia 27.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Turkey 45.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Turkmenistan 73.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 17.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Tuvalu 22 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Uganda 89.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Ukraine 21.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
United Arab Emirates 16.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
United Kingdom 5.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
United States 6.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Uruguay 14.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Uzbekistan 71.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Vanuatu 59.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Venezuela 24.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Vietnam 29.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands 9.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Wallis and Futuna NA deaths/1,000 live births
West Bank 21.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Western Sahara NA deaths/1,000 live births
World 51.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Yemen 66.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Yugoslavia 17.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Zambia 89.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Zimbabwe 62.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

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