World - Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in World was 2,372,095 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,021,229 in 1990 and a minimum value of 2,372,095 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 5,021,229
1991 4,917,838
1992 4,810,289
1993 4,704,641
1994 4,601,270
1995 4,500,172
1996 4,402,927
1997 4,305,907
1998 4,207,534
1999 4,108,482
2000 4,008,210
2001 3,899,769
2002 3,792,300
2003 3,686,485
2004 3,585,609
2005 3,490,286
2006 3,400,025
2007 3,313,128
2008 3,228,744
2009 3,143,505
2010 3,060,729
2011 2,979,749
2012 2,902,688
2013 2,828,301
2014 2,756,174
2015 2,690,197
2016 2,628,344
2017 2,564,181
2018 2,501,578
2019 2,435,295
2020 2,372,095

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality