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

1,422, 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, male. 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, male

United States of America

11,054

in 2024

Viet Nam

9,632

in 2024

United States of America rank

39th

Viet Nam rank

41st

Number of infant deaths, male over time

United States of America
Viet Nam

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 11,054 against 9,632 in Viet Nam, a difference of 1,422.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.1 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 1 and Viet Nam in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	United States of America	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1960s	47,759	50,219	2,460	Viet Nam
1970s	32,924	52,980	20,056	Viet Nam
1980s	23,609	46,758	23,149	Viet Nam
1990s	18,192	29,761	11,569	Viet Nam
2000s	15,339	16,020	680.9	Viet Nam
2010s	12,760	14,655	1,894	Viet Nam
2020s	11,179	10,878	301.2	United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, male, United States of America or Viet Nam?: United States of America, at 11,054 against 9,632 in Viet Nam as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths, male between United States of America and Viet Nam?: 1,422, 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, male?: 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, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant deaths, male
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 male infants dying before reaching one year of age.