IDA total - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in IDA total was 2,435,288 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,531,089 in 1994 and a minimum value of 2,435,288 in 2020.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

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.

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Year Value
1990 3,498,837
1991 3,505,523
1992 3,510,614
1993 3,514,699
1994 3,531,089
1995 3,503,714
1996 3,488,682
1997 3,464,317
1998 3,432,493
1999 3,388,017
2000 3,337,737
2001 3,280,224
2002 3,218,896
2003 3,157,250
2004 3,096,099
2005 3,037,260
2006 2,983,919
2007 2,931,530
2008 2,895,228
2009 2,840,091
2010 2,812,342
2011 2,759,737
2012 2,724,513
2013 2,690,281
2014 2,657,210
2015 2,625,009
2016 2,589,241
2017 2,549,309
2018 2,511,739
2019 2,474,156
2020 2,435,288

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in IDA total was 3,384,225 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,478,649 in 1994 and a minimum value of 3,384,225 in 2020.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

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.

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Year Value
1990 5,416,744
1991 5,426,389
1992 5,433,672
1993 5,443,090
1994 5,478,649
1995 5,415,433
1996 5,386,047
1997 5,340,835
1998 5,284,234
1999 5,200,348
2000 5,107,396
2001 5,000,321
2002 4,885,665
2003 4,770,186
2004 4,655,561
2005 4,545,363
2006 4,441,986
2007 4,341,381
2008 4,278,060
2009 4,153,341
2010 4,106,694
2011 3,991,633
2012 3,924,558
2013 3,855,642
2014 3,790,664
2015 3,727,827
2016 3,657,702
2017 3,585,458
2018 3,520,238
2019 3,453,665
2020 3,384,225

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in IDA total was 1,439,431 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,762,891 in 1995 and a minimum value of 1,439,431 in 2020.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

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.

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Year Value
1990 1,744,951
1991 1,749,606
1992 1,754,518
1993 1,759,140
1994 1,762,544
1995 1,762,891
1996 1,761,876
1997 1,757,310
1998 1,748,727
1999 1,736,172
2000 1,720,823
2001 1,703,097
2002 1,684,569
2003 1,666,255
2004 1,649,286
2005 1,633,852
2006 1,620,320
2007 1,608,024
2008 1,597,107
2009 1,585,618
2010 1,575,053
2011 1,563,419
2012 1,552,311
2013 1,540,788
2014 1,528,905
2015 1,516,728
2016 1,503,366
2017 1,488,425
2018 1,472,137
2019 1,456,096
2020 1,439,431

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality