Nigeria - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in Nigeria was 541,477 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 564,378 in 1999 and a minimum value of 415,341 in 1978.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1965 | 418,514 |
| 1966 | 418,797 |
| 1967 | 418,880 |
| 1968 | 419,493 |
| 1969 | 419,879 |
| 1970 | 420,366 |
| 1971 | 420,431 |
| 1972 | 420,568 |
| 1973 | 419,925 |
| 1974 | 418,875 |
| 1975 | 417,568 |
| 1976 | 416,235 |
| 1977 | 415,424 |
| 1978 | 415,341 |
| 1979 | 417,055 |
| 1980 | 419,945 |
| 1981 | 424,330 |
| 1982 | 430,519 |
| 1983 | 438,404 |
| 1984 | 447,821 |
| 1985 | 458,042 |
| 1986 | 469,002 |
| 1987 | 479,976 |
| 1988 | 490,419 |
| 1989 | 500,403 |
| 1990 | 509,708 |
| 1991 | 518,953 |
| 1992 | 527,921 |
| 1993 | 536,843 |
| 1994 | 545,324 |
| 1995 | 552,643 |
| 1996 | 558,513 |
| 1997 | 562,436 |
| 1998 | 564,104 |
| 1999 | 564,378 |
| 2000 | 563,369 |
| 2001 | 561,281 |
| 2002 | 558,620 |
| 2003 | 555,488 |
| 2004 | 551,419 |
| 2005 | 547,409 |
| 2006 | 543,784 |
| 2007 | 540,903 |
| 2008 | 539,660 |
| 2009 | 539,539 |
| 2010 | 540,794 |
| 2011 | 542,836 |
| 2012 | 545,541 |
| 2013 | 548,739 |
| 2014 | 551,797 |
| 2015 | 554,557 |
| 2016 | 555,616 |
| 2017 | 554,698 |
| 2018 | 551,611 |
| 2019 | 547,026 |
| 2020 | 541,477 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in Nigeria was 844,321 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 927,731 in 1997 and a minimum value of 685,578 in 1977.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1969 | 695,834 |
| 1970 | 695,678 |
| 1971 | 694,825 |
| 1972 | 694,281 |
| 1973 | 692,574 |
| 1974 | 690,521 |
| 1975 | 688,353 |
| 1976 | 686,407 |
| 1977 | 685,578 |
| 1978 | 686,064 |
| 1979 | 688,701 |
| 1980 | 693,623 |
| 1981 | 701,397 |
| 1982 | 712,528 |
| 1983 | 726,721 |
| 1984 | 743,602 |
| 1985 | 761,751 |
| 1986 | 781,043 |
| 1987 | 800,097 |
| 1988 | 817,861 |
| 1989 | 834,482 |
| 1990 | 849,565 |
| 1991 | 864,331 |
| 1992 | 878,418 |
| 1993 | 892,316 |
| 1994 | 905,297 |
| 1995 | 915,973 |
| 1996 | 923,706 |
| 1997 | 927,731 |
| 1998 | 927,475 |
| 1999 | 924,672 |
| 2000 | 919,793 |
| 2001 | 913,119 |
| 2002 | 905,027 |
| 2003 | 896,378 |
| 2004 | 886,271 |
| 2005 | 876,904 |
| 2006 | 868,312 |
| 2007 | 861,060 |
| 2008 | 856,849 |
| 2009 | 854,666 |
| 2010 | 855,195 |
| 2011 | 857,364 |
| 2012 | 860,957 |
| 2013 | 865,684 |
| 2014 | 870,336 |
| 2015 | 874,493 |
| 2016 | 875,473 |
| 2017 | 872,676 |
| 2018 | 865,781 |
| 2019 | 855,964 |
| 2020 | 844,321 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Nigeria was 270,705 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 52 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 270,705 in 2020 and a minimum value of 168,762 in 1968.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1968 | 168,762 |
| 1969 | 170,558 |
| 1970 | 172,097 |
| 1971 | 173,735 |
| 1972 | 175,316 |
| 1973 | 176,798 |
| 1974 | 178,172 |
| 1975 | 179,423 |
| 1976 | 180,533 |
| 1977 | 181,495 |
| 1978 | 182,362 |
| 1979 | 183,088 |
| 1980 | 183,784 |
| 1981 | 184,432 |
| 1982 | 185,492 |
| 1983 | 186,879 |
| 1984 | 188,768 |
| 1985 | 191,247 |
| 1986 | 194,098 |
| 1987 | 197,591 |
| 1988 | 201,674 |
| 1989 | 205,751 |
| 1990 | 210,120 |
| 1991 | 214,712 |
| 1992 | 219,543 |
| 1993 | 224,719 |
| 1994 | 229,423 |
| 1995 | 233,778 |
| 1996 | 237,517 |
| 1997 | 240,724 |
| 1998 | 243,035 |
| 1999 | 244,559 |
| 2000 | 245,301 |
| 2001 | 245,107 |
| 2002 | 244,267 |
| 2003 | 243,160 |
| 2004 | 242,350 |
| 2005 | 241,965 |
| 2006 | 242,371 |
| 2007 | 243,774 |
| 2008 | 245,516 |
| 2009 | 247,793 |
| 2010 | 250,197 |
| 2011 | 253,022 |
| 2012 | 256,129 |
| 2013 | 259,360 |
| 2014 | 262,480 |
| 2015 | 265,276 |
| 2016 | 267,719 |
| 2017 | 268,960 |
| 2018 | 269,846 |
| 2019 | 270,384 |
| 2020 | 270,705 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
