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Number of stillbirths by country

Number of fetal deaths at 28 weeks or more of gestation

Countries reporting
195
Highest
277,471
India
Lowest
0
San Marino
Median
950
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,736

What the numbers show

Number of stillbirths is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 277,471 in India; the lowest is 0 in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 950, and the mean is 9,800.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 159 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 35.1%), and the largest decrease in Monaco (down 100.0%).

Number of stillbirths: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 277,471 2023 down 45.0% falling
2 Pakistan 195,007 2023 down 20.6% falling
3 Nigeria 183,749 2023 down 8.3% rising
4 Ethiopia 125,714 2023 down 1.1% falling
5 Democratic Republic of Congo 116,021 2023 up 16.7% rising
6 Bangladesh 72,567 2023 down 21.9% falling
7 Tanzania 46,196 2023 up 12.9% rising
8 Afghanistan 42,352 2023 up 5.6% flat
9 China 41,750 2023 down 73.7% falling
10 Indonesia 37,644 2023 down 31.2% falling
11 Sudan 36,973 2023 up 10.6% rising
12 Yemen 29,458 2023 up 25.4% rising
13 Somalia 28,523 2023 up 21.6% rising
14 Angola 27,987 2023 up 19.5% rising
15 Uganda 25,286 2023 down 12.0% falling
16 Kenya 24,798 2023 down 13.1% flat
17 Niger 24,013 2023 up 22.5% rising
18 Chad 23,977 2023 up 9.1% rising
19 Mozambique 23,459 2023 up 16.7% rising
20 Cote d'Ivoire 23,077 2023 down 6.9% flat
21 South Africa 22,638 2023 up 9.5% flat
22 Mali 22,144 2023 up 1.6% rising
23 Philippines 21,734 2023 down 27.2% falling
24 Egypt 20,448 2023 down 29.4% falling
25 Madagascar 18,792 2023 up 21.5% rising
26 Cameroon 17,870 2023 up 6.0% rising
27 Ghana 17,584 2023 down 17.2% falling
28 Brazil 16,272 2023 down 32.2% falling
29 Burkina Faso 14,017 2023 down 13.5% falling
30 Mexico 13,029 2023 down 20.4% falling
31 Iraq 12,712 2023 down 17.8% flat
32 Myanmar 11,739 2023 down 14.2% falling
33 Guinea 11,338 2023 up 4.3% rising
34 Malawi 10,641 2023 down 3.8% falling
35 Zimbabwe 9,833 2023 down 14.6% falling
36 United States 9,830 2023 down 15.4% falling
37 Zambia 9,765 2023 down 3.3% falling
38 Senegal 9,764 2023 down 10.5% falling
39 South Sudan 9,335 2023 down 26.5% falling
40 Vietnam 9,091 2023 down 30.5% falling
41 Benin 9,061 2023 down 6.8% flat
42 Burundi 8,462 2023 down 30.3% falling
43 Algeria 8,050 2023 down 24.0% falling
44 Central African Republic 7,972 2023 up 16.7% rising
45 Nepal 7,861 2023 down 39.3% falling
46 Morocco 7,832 2023 down 24.4% falling
47 Uzbekistan 6,690 2023 up 3.0% flat
48 Rwanda 6,505 2023 down 2.5% falling
49 Iran 6,397 2023 down 32.8% falling
50 Syria 6,160 2023 down 13.9% falling
51 Togo 5,799 2023 down 5.2% flat
52 Sierra Leone 5,340 2023 down 8.0% falling
53 Papua New Guinea 5,002 2023 down 2.5% flat
54 Cambodia 4,865 2023 down 23.2% falling
55 Turkey 4,735 2023 down 32.7% falling
56 Guatemala 4,701 2023 down 21.2% falling
57 Haiti 4,681 2023 down 11.1% falling
58 Colombia 4,680 2023 down 20.1% falling
59 Venezuela 4,459 2023 down 17.6% falling
60 Liberia 4,210 2023 down 1.9% falling
61 Russia 4,120 2023 down 49.6% falling
62 Peru 3,523 2023 down 21.0% falling
63 Mauritania 2,964 2023 up 7.7% rising
64 North Korea 2,828 2023 down 12.5% falling
65 Congo 2,778 2023 up 1.9% rising
66 Argentina 2,578 2023 down 34.3% falling
67 Ecuador 2,554 2023 down 20.5% falling
68 Laos 2,373 2023 down 23.1% falling
69 Thailand 2,341 2023 down 35.0% falling
70 Saudi Arabia 2,211 2023 down 24.1% falling
71 Tajikistan 2,187 2023 down 20.3% falling
72 Bolivia 2,168 2023 down 23.5% falling
73 Germany 2,137 2023 up 35.1% rising
74 Malaysia 2,116 2023 down 3.4% rising
75 Dominican Republic 2,076 2023 down 18.2% falling
76 France 1,976 2023 down 11.8% falling
77 Guinea-Bissau 1,941 2023 down 15.4% falling
78 Sri Lanka 1,932 2023 down 19.6% falling
79 Honduras 1,886 2023 down 13.7% falling
80 Kazakhstan 1,765 2023 down 33.8% falling
81 Jordan 1,716 2023 up 0.5% falling
82 United Kingdom 1,711 2023 down 35.4% falling
83 Tunisia 1,555 2023 down 38.8% falling
84 Gambia 1,546 2023 down 15.5% flat
85 Eritrea 1,528 2023 down 10.7% falling
86 Palestine 1,349 2023 down 13.2% falling
87 Lesotho 1,292 2023 down 24.0% falling
88 Azerbaijan 1,275 2023 down 46.5% falling
89 Nicaragua 1,267 2023 down 23.9% falling
90 Namibia 1,264 2023 up 9.5% rising
91 Paraguay 1,245 2023 down 20.5% falling
92 Japan 1,243 2023 down 34.2% falling
93 Turkmenistan 1,201 2023 down 11.0% rising
94 Ukraine 1,028 2023 down 58.8% falling
95 Canada 1,016 2023 down 7.8% flat
96 Equatorial Guinea 992 2023 up 8.8% rising
97 Italy 986 2023 down 23.0% falling
98 Kyrgyzstan 950 2023 down 22.0% falling
99 Gabon 901 2023 up 1.1% rising
100 Lebanon 890 2023 up 4.1% falling
101 Cuba 871 2023 up 8.3% falling
101 Libya 871 2023 down 25.9% falling
103 Botswana 865 2023 down 3.5% rising
104 El Salvador 815 2023 down 36.5% falling
105 Australia 787 2023 down 8.3% falling
106 Poland 750 2023 down 27.7% falling
107 Djibouti 734 2023 down 11.6% falling
108 Spain 664 2023 down 41.3% falling
109 Romania 638 2023 down 17.6% falling
110 Comoros 522 2023 down 6.8% falling
111 Israel 490 2023 up 5.2% flat
112 Chile 486 2023 down 39.1% falling
113 Panama 477 2023 up 4.8% falling
114 East Timor 460 2023 down 8.9% falling
115 Jamaica 459 2023 down 20.7% falling
116 Oman 434 2023 down 5.4% rising
117 Eswatini 410 2023 down 17.3% falling
118 United Arab Emirates 409 2023 down 17.2% falling
119 South Korea 400 2023 down 55.4% falling
120 Netherlands 362 2023 down 14.6% falling
121 Armenia 330 2023 down 46.5% falling
122 Belgium 316 2023 down 17.9% falling
123 Bulgaria 308 2023 down 23.8% falling
124 Hungary 302 2023 down 4.1% falling
125 Mongolia 285 2023 down 40.7% falling
126 Serbia 274 2023 down 13.3% falling
127 Kuwait 258 2023 down 17.8% falling
128 Moldova 254 2023 down 40.1% falling
129 Sweden 243 2023 down 25.7% falling
130 Solomon Islands 240 2023 down 2.8% flat
131 Costa Rica 235 2023 down 31.3% falling
132 Czechia 231 2023 down 17.2% rising
133 Georgia 220 2023 down 50.0% falling
133 Greece 220 2023 down 28.3% falling
135 Guyana 210 2023 down 13.6% falling
136 Switzerland 193 2023 up 4.3% flat
137 Portugal 188 2023 down 11.7% falling
138 Slovakia 182 2023 up 3.4% falling
139 Austria 173 2023 down 10.8% falling
140 New Zealand 164 2023 down 3.5% falling
141 Trinidad and Tobago 148 2023 down 24.9% falling
142 Uruguay 141 2023 down 39.0% falling
143 Belarus 137 2023 down 48.5% falling
144 Ireland 126 2023 down 45.5% falling
145 Fiji 123 2023 down 30.5% falling
146 Albania 115 2023 down 30.7% falling
147 Denmark 114 2023 down 18.0% falling
148 Suriname 113 2023 down 15.0% falling
149 Mauritius 106 2023 down 21.5% falling
150 Bahrain 104 2023 down 9.6% flat
150 Norway 104 2023 down 34.6% falling
150 Vanuatu 104 2023 down 5.5% rising
153 Croatia 89 2023 down 27.0% falling
154 Finland 87 2023 down 24.3% falling
154 Singapore 87 2023 down 15.5% falling
156 Bhutan 85 2023 down 35.6% falling
157 Qatar 83 2023 down 42.8% rising
158 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64 2023 down 31.2% falling
159 North Macedonia 61 2023 down 58.5% falling
160 Sao Tome and Principe 60 2023 down 26.8% falling
161 Lithuania 55 2023 down 42.1% falling
162 Cape Verde 53 2023 down 45.9% falling
163 Belize 51 2023 down 19.0% falling
164 Samoa 47 2023 down 19.0% falling
165 Bahamas 45 2023 down 28.6% falling
165 Latvia 45 2023 down 45.1% falling
165 Slovenia 45 2023 down 22.4% falling
168 Cyprus 42 2023 up 13.5% falling
169 Kiribati 30 2023 down 14.3% falling
169 Maldives 30 2023 down 40.0% falling
171 Micronesia (country) 29 2023 down 17.1% falling
172 Brunei 27 2023 down 6.9% falling
172 Montenegro 27 2023 down 25.0% falling
174 Luxembourg 23 2023 up 9.5% rising
175 Estonia 21 2023 down 43.2% falling
175 Saint Lucia 21 2023 down 19.2% falling
177 Tonga 17 2023 down 26.1% falling
178 Barbados 14 2023 down 22.2% falling
179 Grenada 13 2023 down 23.5% falling
179 Seychelles 13 2023 down 13.3% flat
179 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13 2023 down 45.8% falling
182 Malta 12 2023 down 14.3% falling
183 Dominica 9 2023 down 18.2% falling
183 Iceland 9 2023 unchanged falling
185 Antigua and Barbuda 8 2023 down 11.1% falling
185 Marshall Islands 8 2023 down 52.9% falling
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 2023 down 33.3% falling
188 Turks and Caicos Islands 3 2023 unchanged falling
189 Nauru 2 2023 down 33.3% falling
189 Palau 2 2023 unchanged falling
189 Tuvalu 2 2023 down 33.3% falling
189 British Virgin Islands 2 2023 unchanged falling
193 Andorra 1 2023 down 50.0% falling
194 Monaco 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
194 San Marino 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Number of stillbirths
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
239 places, 5,736 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

Number of fetal deaths at 28 weeks or more of gestation