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Infant

Macro Region Deaths
Africa 108 timeseries
Asia 42 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 40 timeseries
Europe 84 timeseries
Middle East 32 timeseries
North America 21,441 Number in 2021 WB + 1 other
Oceania 28 timeseries
South America 24 timeseries
Southeast Asia 22 timeseries
Country Deaths (Number in 2021)

India is the top country by infant deaths in the world. As of 2021, infant deaths in India was 586,787 that accounts for 15.61% of the world's infant deaths. The top 5 countries (others are Nigeria, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia) account for 49.10% of it. The world's total infant deaths was estimated at 3.76 million in 2021.

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India 586,787 WB + 1 other
Nigeria 548,614 WB + 1 other
Pakistan 333,110 WB + 1 other
Democratic Republic of the Congo 245,827 WB + 1 other
Ethiopia 131,839 WB + 1 other
Indonesia 84,901 WB + 1 other
United Republic of Tanzania 77,433 WB + 1 other
Bangladesh 68,928 WB + 1 other
Niger 66,430 WB + 1 other
Angola 62,041 WB + 1 other
Afghanistan 61,247 WB + 1 other
Sudan 59,114 WB + 1 other
Mozambique 58,834 WB + 1 other
China 58,269 WB + 1 other
Mali 55,050 WB + 1 other
Uganda 51,794 WB + 1 other
Somalia 51,736 WB + 1 other
Côte d'Ivoire 51,185 WB + 1 other
Philippines 50,580 WB + 1 other
Chad 48,167 WB + 1 other
Yemen 46,745 WB + 1 other
Cameroon 44,050 WB + 1 other
Kenya 40,729 WB + 1 other
Burkina Faso 40,102 WB + 1 other
Egypt 40,001 WB + 1 other
Madagascar 39,979 WB + 1 other
Brazil 35,635 WB + 1 other
South Africa 31,191 WB + 1 other
Myanmar 30,985 WB + 1 other
Ghana 29,275 WB + 1 other
Guinea 29,259 WB + 1 other
Zambia 26,620 WB + 1 other
Benin 25,832 WB + 1 other
Iraq 24,520 WB + 1 other
Viet Nam 24,172 WB + 1 other
Mexico 21,852 WB + 1 other
Sierra Leone 20,340 WB + 1 other
Malawi 20,167 WB + 1 other
United States of America 19,795 WB + 1 other
South Sudan 19,678 WB + 1 other
Algeria 18,382 WB + 1 other
Zimbabwe 17,309 WB + 1 other
Central African Republic 17,162 WB + 1 other
Burundi 16,318 WB + 1 other
Senegal 15,848 WB + 1 other
Nepal 13,781 WB + 1 other
Iran 13,272 WB + 1 other
Haiti 12,174 WB + 1 other
Rwanda 11,834 WB + 1 other
Togo 11,797 WB + 1 other
Uzbekistan 10,245 WB + 1 other
Morocco 10,054 WB + 1 other
Turkey 9,638 WB + 1 other
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9,630 WB + 1 other
Liberia 9,106 WB + 1 other
Papua New Guinea 8,679 WB + 1 other
Colombia 8,077 WB + 1 other
Syrian Arab Republic 7,660 WB + 1 other
Guatemala 7,319 WB + 1 other
Tajikistan 7,201 WB + 1 other
Cambodia 6,845 WB + 1 other
Peru 6,492 WB + 1 other
Russian Federation 5,764 WB + 1 other
Congo 5,676 WB + 1 other
Dominican Republic 5,592 WB + 1 other
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 5,573 WB + 1 other
Bolivia 5,301 WB + 1 other
Turkmenistan 4,921 WB + 1 other
Mauritania 4,864 WB + 1 other
Thailand 4,607 WB + 1 other
Argentina 3,885 WB + 1 other
Kazakhstan 3,839 WB + 1 other
Saudi Arabia 3,716 WB + 1 other
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3,472 WB + 1 other
Lesotho 3,358 WB + 1 other
Malaysia 3,301 WB + 1 other
Ecuador 3,202 WB + 1 other
Guinea Bissau 3,166 WB + 1 other
Honduras 3,073 WB + 1 other
Jordan 3,057 WB + 1 other
Eritrea 2,970 WB + 1 other
Gambia 2,953 WB + 1 other
Equatorial Guinea 2,818 WB + 1 other
Tunisia 2,797 WB + 1 other
United Kingdom 2,473 WB + 1 other
Kyrgyzstan 2,467 WB + 1 other
Ukraine 2,372 WB + 1 other
France 2,342 WB + 1 other
Germany 2,308 WB + 1 other
Paraguay 2,152 WB + 1 other
Azerbaijan 2,143 WB + 1 other
Namibia 2,031 WB + 1 other
Gabon 1,855 WB + 1 other
Palestine 1,846 WB + 1 other
Sri Lanka 1,774 WB + 1 other
Botswana 1,727 WB + 1 other
Canada 1,646 WB + 1 other
Nicaragua 1,605 WB + 1 other
Japan 1,428 WB + 1 other
Timor-Leste 1,408 WB + 1 other
Poland 1,371 WB + 1 other
Chile 1,282 WB + 1 other
Eswatini 1,193 WB + 1 other
Djibouti 1,115 WB + 1 other
Libya 1,113 WB + 1 other
El Salvador 1,086 WB + 1 other
Romania 1,036 WB + 1 other
Comoros 943 WB + 1 other
Australia 939 WB + 1 other
Mongolia 920 WB + 1 other
Panama 916 WB + 1 other
Italy 915 WB + 1 other
Spain 908 WB + 1 other
Oman 740 WB + 1 other
Republic of Korea 719 WB + 1 other
Netherlands 619 WB + 1 other
Lebanon 606 WB + 1 other
United Arab Emirates 531 WB + 1 other
Israel 470 WB + 1 other
Republic of Moldova 468 WB + 1 other
Fiji 418 WB + 1 other
Georgia 418 WB + 1 other
Cuba 411 WB + 1 other
Belgium 391 WB + 1 other
Costa Rica 385 WB + 1 other
Guyana 378 WB + 1 other
Kuwait 363 WB + 1 other
Jamaica 354 WB + 1 other
Solomon Islands 337 WB + 1 other
Armenia 327 WB + 1 other
Serbia 323 WB + 1 other
Bulgaria 311 WB + 1 other
Hungary 305 WB + 1 other
Switzerland 293 WB + 1 other
Trinidad and Tobago 262 WB + 1 other
Greece 261 WB + 1 other
Slovakia 255 WB + 1 other
Austria 251 WB + 1 other
New Zealand 250 WB + 1 other
Albania 247 WB + 1 other
Czech Republic 232 WB + 1 other
Sweden 227 WB + 1 other
Bhutan 218 WB + 1 other
Portugal 208 WB + 1 other
Mauritius 205 WB + 1 other
Denmark 194 WB + 1 other
Belarus 184 WB + 1 other
Vanuatu 184 WB + 1 other
Uruguay 178 WB + 1 other
Suriname 170 WB + 1 other
Ireland 162 WB + 1 other
Croatia 138 WB + 1 other
Bosnia and Herzegovina 136 WB + 1 other
Kiribati 133 WB + 1 other
Qatar 130 WB + 1 other
Cabo Verde 116 WB + 1 other
Bahrain 108 WB + 1 other
Norway 95 WB + 1 other
North Macedonia 94 WB + 1 other
Samoa 86 WB + 1 other
Finland 83 WB + 1 other
Sao Tome and Principe 76 WB + 1 other
Lithuania 74 WB + 1 other
Singapore 72 WB + 1 other
Belize 68 WB + 1 other
Brunei Darussalam 60 WB + 1 other
Latvia 55 WB + 1 other
Bahamas 53 WB + 1 other
Micronesia (Federated States of) 49 WB + 1 other
Saint Lucia 46 WB + 1 other
Maldives 38 WB + 1 other
Barbados 34 WB + 1 other
Slovenia 33 WB + 1 other
Dominica 31 WB + 1 other
Cyprus 30 WB + 1 other
Grenada 29 WB + 1 other
Malta 23 WB + 1 other
Tonga 23 WB + 1 other
Estonia 21 WB + 1 other
Marshall Islands 21 WB + 1 other
Seychelles 20 WB + 1 other
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17 WB + 1 other
Luxembourg 15 WB + 1 other
Montenegro 13 WB + 1 other
Iceland 10 WB + 1 other
Nauru 8 WB + 1 other
Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 WB + 1 other
Antigua and Barbuda 6 WB + 1 other
Tuvalu 5 WB + 1 other
Palau 4 WB + 1 other
Andorra 2 WB + 1 other
Monaco 0 WB + 1 other
San Marino 0 WB + 1 other
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