What is the difference in number of infant deaths, female between United States of America and Viet Nam?

2,164, with United States of America ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for United States of America and Viet Nam?

60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of infant deaths, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

United States of America vs Viet Nam: Number of infant deaths, female

United States of America

8,970

in 2024

Viet Nam

6,806

in 2024

United States of America rank

39th

Viet Nam rank

41st

Number of infant deaths, female over time

United States of America
Viet Nam

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 8,970 against 6,806 in Viet Nam, a difference of 2,164.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.3 times Viet Nam's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was United States of America ahead.

United States of America ranks 39th and Viet Nam ranks 41st of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, United States of America averaged higher in 3 and Viet Nam in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	United States of America	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1960s	35,181	37,799	2,618	Viet Nam
1970s	24,568	39,974	15,407	Viet Nam
1980s	18,004	33,966	15,962	Viet Nam
1990s	14,076	21,070	6,994	Viet Nam
2000s	11,990	11,163	826.4	United States of America
2010s	10,146	10,028	118.2	United States of America
2020s	9,056	7,617	1,440	United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, female, United States of America or Viet Nam?: United States of America, at 8,970 against 6,806 in Viet Nam as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths, female between United States of America and Viet Nam?: 2,164, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States of America and Viet Nam?: 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do United States of America and Viet Nam rank globally for number of infant deaths, female?: United States of America ranks 39th and Viet Nam ranks 41st of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of infant deaths, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant deaths, female
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 13,304 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age.