Number of infant deaths, male by country

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

Countries reporting
197
Highest
288,352
Nigeria
Lowest
0
San Marino
Median
724
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
13,304

What the numbers show

Number of infant deaths, male is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 288,352 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 724, and the mean is 10,199.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 171 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 120.0%), and the largest decrease in Monaco (down 100.0%).

Number of infant deaths, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 288,352 2024 up 4.4% rising
2 India 282,491 2024 down 43.4% falling
3 Pakistan 186,759 2024 down 24.1% rising
4 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 138,057 2024 up 34.8% rising
5 Ethiopia 83,419 2024 down 15.0% falling
6 Bangladesh 46,327 2024 down 14.8% volatile
7 Sudan 40,000 2024 up 4.7% rising
8 Niger 39,419 2024 up 17.6% rising
9 Afghanistan 39,111 2024 down 14.9% falling
10 Indonesia 38,443 2024 down 40.3% volatile
11 Tanzania, United Republic of 37,777 2024 down 14.3% rising
12 Uganda 34,387 2024 up 3.7% rising
13 Mozambique 30,209 2024 down 2.1% falling
14 Kenya 28,621 2024 down 11.3% rising
15 Somalia 28,398 2024 down 1.9% rising
16 Egypt 27,687 2024 down 24.4% falling
17 Chad 26,526 2024 down 1.3% rising
18 Yemen 26,409 2024 up 7.2% falling
19 Côte d'Ivoire 25,465 2024 down 23.1% rising
20 Angola 25,147 2024 down 2.2% falling
21 Mali 24,937 2024 down 16.1% falling
22 Madagascar 24,111 2024 up 17.4% falling
23 Philippines 22,809 2024 down 27.0% falling
24 Cameroon 21,646 2024 down 14.0% rising
25 China 19,886 2024 down 78.8% volatile
26 Brazil 17,952 2024 down 23.3% volatile
27 Burkina Faso 17,771 2024 down 24.9% rising
28 Zimbabwe 17,110 2024 up 10.9% rising
29 Myanmar 16,682 2024 down 31.0% falling
30 Guinea 16,357 2024 down 5.8% falling
31 South Africa 15,705 2024 down 21.6% falling
32 Malawi 14,134 2024 up 1.7% falling
33 Ghana 13,875 2024 down 28.8% falling
34 Mexico 13,698 2024 down 30.9% volatile
35 Iraq 13,186 2024 down 29.0% falling
36 Zambia 13,180 2024 down 7.3% rising
37 South Sudan 13,174 2024 down 50.4% flat
38 Benin 12,130 2024 down 12.7% rising
39 United States of America 11,054 2024 down 13.8% volatile
40 Algeria 9,643 2024 down 21.4% volatile
41 Viet Nam 9,632 2024 down 38.1% volatile
42 Senegal 8,802 2024 down 18.8% falling
43 Burundi 7,931 2024 down 29.6% falling
44 Central African Republic 7,927 2024 down 29.9% rising
45 Sierra Leone 7,784 2024 down 24.4% flat
46 Nepal 6,993 2024 down 39.4% falling
47 Uzbekistan 6,957 2024 down 15.5% falling
48 Rwanda 6,485 2024 down 6.7% falling
49 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6,467 2024 down 45.2% volatile
50 Liberia 5,998 2024 down 1.3% falling
51 Togo 5,621 2024 down 16.0% flat
52 Haiti 5,617 2024 down 25.3% falling
53 Syrian Arab Republic 5,420 2024 down 24.3% falling
54 Morocco 5,199 2024 down 39.8% volatile
55 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5,051 2024 down 3.3% falling
56 Türkiye 4,728 2024 down 43.5% volatile
57 Papua New Guinea 4,475 2024 down 20.6% falling
58 Colombia 4,156 2024 down 28.2% volatile
59 Guatemala 3,671 2024 down 34.0% falling
60 Tajikistan 3,655 2024 down 12.6% falling
61 Cambodia 3,357 2024 down 43.3% falling
62 Peru 3,312 2024 down 25.1% volatile
63 Dominican Republic 3,098 2024 down 15.5% falling
64 Russian Federation 2,993 2024 down 61.8% volatile
65 Mauritania 2,951 2024 down 7.3% flat
66 Congo 2,869 2024 down 20.3% rising
67 Turkmenistan 2,825 2024 down 14.0% falling
68 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2,576 2024 down 26.6% volatile
69 Thailand 2,575 2024 down 44.7% volatile
70 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,541 2024 down 36.9% falling
71 Argentina 2,291 2024 down 48.8% volatile
72 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2,073 2024 down 42.7% volatile
73 Lesotho 1,735 2024 down 26.9% falling
74 Kazakhstan 1,734 2024 down 29.6% volatile
75 Malaysia 1,713 2024 down 9.1% volatile
76 Ecuador 1,703 2024 down 29.0% volatile
77 Honduras 1,690 2024 down 23.4% falling
78 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,612 2024 down 6.6% volatile
79 Jordan 1,578 2024 down 11.6% falling
80 Namibia 1,553 2024 down 10.8% rising
81 Guinea-Bissau 1,536 2024 down 23.5% falling
82 Gambia 1,525 2024 down 25.1% flat
83 Equatorial Guinea 1,471 2024 down 15.8% rising
84 Eritrea 1,422 2024 down 23.9% falling
85 Saudi Arabia 1,384 2024 down 41.9% volatile
86 Palestine, State of 1,335 2024 down 3.7% falling
87 Kyrgyzstan 1,271 2024 down 29.7% falling
88 Germany 1,228 2024 down 3.7% volatile
89 France 1,210 2024 down 11.8% volatile
90 Paraguay 1,114 2024 down 26.8% falling
91 Botswana 1,101 2024 down 26.3% falling
92 Gabon 1,007 2024 down 16.4% rising
93 Sri Lanka 940 2024 down 40.7% volatile
94 Canada 938 2024 down 5.5% volatile
95 Ukraine 903 2024 down 66.9% volatile
96 Tunisia 882 2024 down 55.4% volatile
97 Azerbaijan 861 2024 down 64.9% volatile
98 Lebanon 790 2024 up 14.7% volatile
99 Japan 724 2024 down 35.8% volatile
100 Nicaragua 701 2024 down 44.0% volatile
101 Eswatini 693 2024 down 33.2% falling
102 Poland 641 2024 down 30.3% volatile
103 Romania 609 2024 down 34.4% volatile
104 Timor-Leste 598 2024 down 29.0% volatile
105 Djibouti 574 2024 down 25.1% falling
106 Chile 553 2024 down 39.9% volatile
107 Libya 544 2024 down 38.7% volatile
108 Australia 522 2024 down 7.6% volatile
109 Spain 491 2024 down 25.6% volatile
110 El Salvador 490 2024 down 43.6% volatile
111 Italy 489 2024 down 43.0% volatile
112 Panama 478 2024 down 20.5% falling
113 Comoros 469 2024 down 16.4% falling
114 Mongolia 404 2024 down 44.7% volatile
115 Oman 402 2024 down 4.5% volatile
116 Cuba 372 2024 up 9.4% volatile
117 Netherlands 323 2024 down 6.1% volatile
118 Republic of Korea 313 2024 down 55.2% volatile
119 Jamaica 306 2024 down 18.6% volatile
120 Republic of Moldova 279 2024 down 30.4% volatile
121 Costa Rica 258 2024 down 15.4% volatile
122 Israel 252 2024 down 15.2% volatile
123 United Arab Emirates 224 2024 down 32.5% falling
124 Fiji 221 2024 up 26.3% falling
124 Guyana 221 2024 down 27.1% falling
126 Solomon Islands 199 2024 down 10.4% falling
127 Kuwait 188 2024 down 29.1% volatile
128 Georgia 181 2024 down 41.6% volatile
129 Belgium 180 2024 down 26.2% volatile
130 Armenia 171 2024 down 50.9% volatile
131 Bulgaria 161 2024 down 41.5% volatile
132 Switzerland 157 2024 down 9.2% volatile
133 Serbia 156 2024 down 30.4% volatile
133 Slovakia 156 2024 down 7.7% volatile
135 Trinidad and Tobago 151 2024 down 31.7% volatile
136 Hungary 147 2024 down 35.0% volatile
137 Albania 133 2024 down 22.2% volatile
138 Greece 131 2024 down 29.2% volatile
138 New Zealand 131 2024 down 14.4% volatile
140 Portugal 130 2024 down 4.4% volatile
141 Austria 119 2024 down 16.2% volatile
142 Uruguay 117 2024 down 46.1% volatile
143 Denmark 113 2024 up 2.7% volatile
144 Czechia 109 2024 down 30.6% volatile
145 Sweden 107 2024 down 29.1% volatile
146 Ireland 100 2024 down 18.7% volatile
147 Kosovo 92 2024 down 61.0% volatile
147 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 92 2024 down 61.0% volatile
149 Suriname 91 2024 down 28.3% falling
150 Mauritius 90 2024 down 10.0% volatile
151 Bhutan 77 2024 down 53.9% volatile
151 Qatar 77 2024 down 11.5% falling
153 Bahrain 75 2024 up 11.9% volatile
153 Kiribati 75 2024 down 7.4% falling
155 Bosnia and Herzegovina 74 2024 down 26.7% volatile
156 Croatia 72 2024 down 22.6% volatile
156 Vanuatu 72 2024 unchanged falling
158 Belarus 66 2024 down 70.7% volatile
159 Norway 60 2024 down 20.0% volatile
160 Singapore 58 2024 up 1.8% volatile
161 Belize 45 2024 down 22.4% falling
161 Finland 45 2024 down 30.8% volatile
163 Cape Verde 38 2024 down 61.6% volatile
163 Samoa 38 2024 down 26.9% volatile
165 Lithuania 34 2024 down 51.4% volatile
165 Sao Tome and Principe 34 2024 down 46.0% falling
167 Cyprus 33 2024 up 120.0% volatile
168 Micronesia, Federated States of 30 2024 down 26.8% falling
169 Brunei Darussalam 29 2024 down 14.7% volatile
170 Bahamas 26 2024 down 25.7% falling
171 North Macedonia 22 2024 down 83.6% volatile
172 Slovenia 19 2024 down 26.9% volatile
173 Saint Lucia 18 2024 down 10.0% volatile
174 Latvia 16 2024 down 70.9% volatile
175 Barbados 15 2024 down 31.8% volatile
175 Maldives 15 2024 down 60.5% volatile
177 Dominica 13 2024 unchanged volatile
178 Grenada 12 2024 down 14.3% volatile
178 Seychelles 12 2024 up 9.1% volatile
180 Malta 11 2024 down 15.4% volatile
180 Tonga 11 2024 down 31.2% volatile
182 Estonia 10 2024 down 52.4% volatile
182 Marshall Islands 10 2024 down 54.5% falling
184 Montenegro 8 2024 down 52.9% volatile
185 Luxembourg 7 2024 unchanged volatile
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 2024 down 60.0% volatile
187 Antigua and Barbuda 5 2024 down 16.7% volatile
187 Iceland 5 2024 unchanged volatile
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 2024 down 16.7% volatile
190 Palau 2 2024 unchanged volatile
190 Tuvalu 2 2024 down 50.0% volatile
190 British Virgin Islands 2 2024 unchanged volatile
193 Andorra 1 2024 unchanged falling
193 Naoero 1 2024 down 75.0% volatile
193 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 2024 unchanged volatile
196 Monaco 0 2024 down 100.0% falling
196 San Marino 0 2024 volatile

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