Number of infant deaths, male by country
Number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
288,352
Nigeria
Lowest
0
San Marino
Median
790
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
13,265
What the numbers show
Number of infant deaths, male is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 288,352 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 790, and the mean is 10,302.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 169 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 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 | 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 | Cote 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 | 11,054 | 2024 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Algeria | 9,643 | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Vietnam | 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 | 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 | Syria | 5,420 | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 54 | Morocco | 5,199 | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Venezuela | 5,051 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 56 | Turkey | 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 | Russia | 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 | North Korea | 2,576 | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Thailand | 2,575 | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Laos | 2,541 | 2024 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 71 | Argentina | 2,291 | 2024 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Bolivia | 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 | 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 | 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 | East Timor | 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 | South Korea | 313 | 2024 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Jamaica | 306 | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 120 | 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 | Suriname | 91 | 2024 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 148 | Mauritius | 90 | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Bhutan | 77 | 2024 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Qatar | 77 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 151 | Bahrain | 75 | 2024 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Kiribati | 75 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 153 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74 | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Croatia | 72 | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 72 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 156 | Belarus | 66 | 2024 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Norway | 60 | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Singapore | 58 | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Belize | 45 | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 159 | Finland | 45 | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Cape Verde | 38 | 2024 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Samoa | 38 | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Lithuania | 34 | 2024 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 34 | 2024 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 165 | Cyprus | 33 | 2024 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Micronesia (country) | 30 | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 167 | Brunei | 29 | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Bahamas | 26 | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 169 | North Macedonia | 22 | 2024 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Slovenia | 19 | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 18 | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Latvia | 16 | 2024 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Barbados | 15 | 2024 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Maldives | 15 | 2024 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Dominica | 13 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Grenada | 12 | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Seychelles | 12 | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Malta | 11 | 2024 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Tonga | 11 | 2024 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Estonia | 10 | 2024 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Marshall Islands | 10 | 2024 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 182 | Montenegro | 8 | 2024 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Luxembourg | 7 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5 | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Iceland | 5 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Palau | 2 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 188 | Tuvalu | 2 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 188 | British Virgin Islands | 2 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 191 | Andorra | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 191 | Nauru | 1 | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 194 | Monaco | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 194 | San Marino | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2.01 million
- IDA & IBRD total 1.98 million
- Low & middle income 1.98 million
- Middle income 1.35 million
- Lower middle income 1.16 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.10 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.10 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.10 million
- Pre-demographic dividend 1.01 million
- Early-demographic dividend 898,783
- Least developed countries: UN classification 827,804
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 752,565
About this data
Number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age.