Number of infant deaths in Myanmar
Myanmar: Number of infant deaths was 29,371 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of infant deaths in Myanmar, 1969–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 29,371 for number of infant deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 31.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths in Myanmar peaked at 122,861 in 1969 and was at its lowest, 29,371, in 2024.
Myanmar ranks 29th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 122,861 | 122,861 | 122,861 | 1 |
| 1970s | 118,568 | 113,706 | 122,524 | 10 |
| 1980s | 107,925 | 97,793 | 112,695 | 10 |
| 1990s | 88,076 | 78,358 | 96,604 | 10 |
| 2000s | 67,009 | 53,276 | 76,491 | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,638 | 35,868 | 50,847 | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,796 | 29,371 | 34,391 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More health data for Myanmar
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 461,090 (2025)
- Population, male 49.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 433,375 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 18.77 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 13.21 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 457,876 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 435,647 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 459,896 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 437,112 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 449,224 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths in Myanmar?
- Number of infant deaths in Myanmar was 29,371 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of infant deaths recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 122,861 in 1969.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,371 in 2024.
- How does Myanmar rank for number of infant deaths?
- Myanmar ranks 29th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of infant deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.