Data for 2004
Infant Mortality Rate, 2004
2004, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Infant Mortality Rate, 2004 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Sierra Leone is highest, at 112.364; Singapore is lowest, at 2.405. The middle country reads 21.131. Against 2003, 199 values changed (15 up, 184 down), the same countries are covered.
Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 2004
HighestSierra Leone
112.364LowestSingapore
2.405Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Infant Mortality Rate, 2004, as published. UN IGME ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 200 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLEWestern Africa | 112.364 | 104.7263 | 120.369 |
| 2 | SOMEastern Africa | 103.886 | 81.5759 | 135.566 |
| 3 | SSDEastern Africa | 100.233 | 84.0377 | 118.581 |
| 4 | AFGSouthern Asia | 97.363 | 90.3382 | 105.211 |
| 5 | LBRWestern Africa | 95.009 | 87.7876 | 103.104 |
| 6 | TCDMiddle Africa | 94.300 | 86.2958 | 103.072 |
| 7 | GNQMiddle Africa | 93.966 | 81.5595 | 109.759 |
| 8 | CAFMiddle Africa | 92.177 | 82.9288 | 103.055 |
| 9 | CODMiddle Africa | 91.697 | 83.1502 | 101.058 |
| 10 | MLIWestern Africa | 90.981 | 85.2605 | 97.219 |
| 11 | NERWestern Africa | 89.532 | 82.7048 | 97.126 |
| 12 | GNBWestern Africa | 88.530 | 78.4772 | 100.006 |
| 13 | AGOMiddle Africa | 85.844 | 74.4680 | 99.033 |
| 14 | MOZEastern Africa | 85.123 | 78.3777 | 92.241 |
| 15 | GINWestern Africa | 84.086 | 77.4818 | 91.266 |
| 16 | BFAWestern Africa | 83.145 | 76.7129 | 90.303 |
| 17 | NGAWestern Africa | 82.690 | 77.8865 | 87.832 |
| 18 | CIVWestern Africa | 82.496 | 76.1742 | 89.480 |
| 19 | PAKSouthern Asia | 81.431 | 77.7096 | 85.245 |
| 20 | ETHEastern Africa | 77.991 | 72.6341 | 83.905 |
| 21 | LSOSouthern Africa | 77.793 | 71.0763 | 84.893 |
| 22 | BDIEastern Africa | 77.390 | 69.1762 | 86.901 |
| 23 | CMRMiddle Africa | 75.232 | 68.9728 | 82.009 |
| 24 | DJIEastern Africa | 74.366 | 62.3559 | 89.712 |
| 25 | SWZSouthern Africa | 73.238 | 65.3523 | 82.042 |
| 26 | BENWestern Africa | 72.583 | 67.4057 | 78.038 |
| 27 | UGAEastern Africa | 71.866 | 67.0944 | 76.949 |
| 28 | RWAEastern Africa | 71.078 | 65.7402 | 76.879 |
| 29 | MWIEastern Africa | 70.099 | 65.3952 | 75.143 |
| 30 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 69.485 | 63.2842 | 76.724 |
| 31 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 69.069 | 61.9126 | 76.683 |
| 32 | SDNNorthern Africa | 67.844 | 61.4128 | 74.773 |
| 33 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 66.801 | 60.6265 | 73.652 |
| 34 | TZAEastern Africa | 66.304 | 61.6164 | 71.151 |
| 35 | ZMBEastern Africa | 65.839 | 61.0720 | 70.989 |
| 36 | GMBWestern Africa | 63.787 | 57.6808 | 70.401 |
| 37 | HTICaribbean | 63.238 | 57.5334 | 69.129 |
| 38 | TGOWestern Africa | 62.876 | 58.0158 | 68.073 |
| 39 | YEMWestern Asia | 61.909 | 56.6591 | 67.506 |
| 40 | ZWEEastern Africa | 61.740 | 56.0887 | 67.805 |
| 41 | COGMiddle Africa | 60.347 | 53.9970 | 67.844 |
| 42 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 58.554 | 52.2689 | 65.312 |
| 43 | INDSouthern Asia | 58.455 | 56.0376 | 61.110 |
| 44 | SENWestern Africa | 57.532 | 54.0647 | 61.144 |
| 45 | COMEastern Africa | 56.917 | 45.8518 | 67.535 |
| 46 | MDGEastern Africa | 56.186 | 51.8620 | 60.784 |
| 47 | MRTWestern Africa | 55.295 | 49.9527 | 60.836 |
| 48 | GHAWestern Africa | 54.687 | 51.4327 | 58.253 |
| 49 | KENEastern Africa | 52.632 | 48.4971 | 56.892 |
| 50 | PNGMelanesia | 52.625 | 46.1594 | 60.272 |
| 51 | NPLSouthern Asia | 50.957 | 47.3761 | 54.614 |
| 52 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 48.680 | 45.5163 | 51.847 |
| 53 | BGDSouthern Asia | 48.284 | 46.5900 | 49.974 |
| 54 | BTNSouthern Asia | 46.612 | 41.5614 | 52.096 |
| 55 | TKMCentral Asia | 45.587 | 37.2246 | 55.485 |
| 56 | GABMiddle Africa | 45.511 | 39.9229 | 51.554 |
| 57 | AZEWestern Asia | 45.377 | 38.7910 | 52.378 |
| 58 | BOLSouth America | 45.222 | 41.8497 | 48.859 |
| 59 | KIRMicronesia | 44.992 | 39.5181 | 51.348 |
| 60 | ERIEastern Africa | 44.531 | 39.4936 | 50.038 |
| 61 | UZBCentral Asia | 44.405 | 38.0679 | 52.418 |
| 62 | NAMSouthern Africa | 44.118 | 38.7508 | 50.388 |
| 63 | BWASouthern Africa | 43.967 | 34.3344 | 54.471 |
| 64 | TJKCentral Asia | 43.348 | 38.5050 | 48.889 |
| 65 | MARNorthern Africa | 38.625 | 34.7202 | 43.368 |
| 66 | GUYSouth America | 38.028 | 33.2588 | 43.470 |
| 67 | STPMiddle Africa | 37.758 | 32.6555 | 43.741 |
| 68 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 36.878 | 34.7198 | 39.156 |
| 69 | IRQWestern Asia | 35.737 | 32.2410 | 39.602 |
| 70 | KGZCentral Asia | 35.386 | 33.1817 | 37.148 |
| 71 | GTMCentral America | 35.139 | 32.0774 | 38.597 |
| 72 | MNGEastern Asia | 34.209 | 31.4701 | 37.289 |
| 73 | MHLMicronesia | 34.024 | 29.1041 | 39.976 |
| 74 | EGYNorthern Africa | 33.524 | 31.1087 | 36.125 |
| 75 | NIUPolynesia | 33.445 | 23.2872 | 47.584 |
| 76 | TUVPolynesia | 33.098 | 29.4325 | 37.316 |
| 77 | NRUMicronesia | 32.355 | 28.2421 | 37.054 |
| 78 | FSMMicronesia | 31.639 | 23.3615 | 42.800 |
| 79 | DOMCaribbean | 31.258 | 28.7227 | 34.010 |
| 80 | XKXSouthern Europe | 30.348 | 25.0270 | 36.550 |
| 81 | DZANorthern Africa | 30.118 | 28.4916 | 31.868 |
| 82 | KAZCentral Asia | 27.722 | 25.4123 | 30.267 |
| 83 | PRKEastern Asia | 26.759 | 20.9558 | 34.261 |
| 84 | NICCentral America | 26.612 | 22.8456 | 30.859 |
| 85 | PRYSouth America | 26.356 | 19.9713 | 34.483 |
| 86 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 25.433 | 23.4298 | 27.613 |
| 87 | HNDCentral America | 25.083 | 22.7344 | 27.566 |
| 88 | IRNSouthern Asia | 24.969 | 22.4487 | 27.911 |
| 89 | TTOCaribbean | 24.837 | 20.9593 | 29.719 |
| 90 | SURSouth America | 24.356 | 20.0647 | 29.338 |
| 91 | CPVWestern Africa | 23.899 | 23.0943 | 24.792 |
| 92 | PSEWestern Asia | 23.316 | 21.2476 | 25.517 |
| 93 | SLBMelanesia | 22.786 | 20.2543 | 25.675 |
| 94 | PERSouth America | 22.660 | 21.2400 | 24.158 |
| 95 | TURWestern Asia | 22.547 | 20.4688 | 24.742 |
| 96 | BRASouth America | 22.442 | 20.9996 | 23.941 |
| 97 | ARMWestern Asia | 22.399 | 19.7019 | 24.776 |
| 98 | MDVSouthern Asia | 21.942 | 20.1509 | 23.911 |
| 99 | CHNEastern Asia | 21.334 | 20.1328 | 22.595 |
| 100 | SLVCentral America | 21.149 | 18.7928 | 23.933 |
| 101 | GEOWestern Asia | 21.112 | 19.2250 | 23.961 |
| 102 | MEXCentral America | 20.247 | 19.1184 | 21.826 |
| 103 | JORWestern Asia | 20.224 | 18.5292 | 22.078 |
| 104 | ECUSouth America | 20.216 | 17.8991 | 22.966 |
| 105 | VUTMelanesia | 20.179 | 17.2757 | 23.555 |
| 106 | VCTCaribbean | 19.675 | 18.1866 | 21.305 |
| 107 | TUNNorthern Africa | 19.659 | 17.9584 | 21.514 |
| 108 | PLWMicronesia | 19.435 | 16.4508 | 23.030 |
| 109 | COLSouth America | 19.274 | 17.5065 | 21.206 |
| 110 | MDAEastern Europe | 19.262 | 15.7663 | 24.177 |
| 111 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 18.980 | 15.7913 | 21.871 |
| 112 | LBYNorthern Africa | 18.821 | 18.4410 | 19.202 |
| 113 | DMACaribbean | 18.481 | 17.3094 | 19.730 |
| 114 | SYRWestern Asia | 18.477 | 16.5038 | 20.901 |
| 115 | PANCentral America | 18.048 | 15.5770 | 20.796 |
| 116 | BLZCentral America | 17.440 | 16.5934 | 18.309 |
| 117 | JAMCaribbean | 17.352 | 14.9479 | 20.259 |
| 118 | KNACaribbean | 17.273 | 15.2824 | 19.537 |
| 119 | FJIMelanesia | 17.041 | 16.4966 | 17.600 |
| 120 | LKASouthern Asia | 16.794 | 16.4300 | 17.161 |
| 121 | ROUEastern Europe | 16.389 | 16.0173 | 16.762 |
| 122 | LCACaribbean | 16.153 | 15.1957 | 17.192 |
| 123 | VENSouth America | 15.744 | 15.4533 | 16.026 |
| 124 | SAUWestern Asia | 15.418 | 13.7647 | 17.571 |
| 125 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 15.200 | 13.0356 | 16.889 |
| 126 | WSMPolynesia | 15.081 | 13.2885 | 17.105 |
| 127 | ARGSouth America | 14.881 | 14.5978 | 15.175 |
| 128 | UKREastern Europe | 14.686 | 13.9419 | 15.362 |
| 129 | BHSCaribbean | 14.410 | 13.6015 | 15.308 |
| 130 | ALBSouthern Europe | 14.388 | 13.6951 | 15.100 |
| 131 | LBNWestern Asia | 14.213 | 11.7671 | 17.137 |
| 132 | VGBCaribbean | 14.061 | 11.4403 | 17.310 |
| 133 | MUSEastern Africa | 13.819 | 13.1410 | 14.530 |
| 134 | BRBCaribbean | 13.511 | 12.5487 | 14.534 |
| 135 | COKPolynesia | 13.250 | 11.5784 | 15.141 |
| 136 | URYSouth America | 13.079 | 12.7465 | 13.425 |
| 137 | GRDCaribbean | 12.913 | 11.7760 | 14.162 |
| 138 | MKDSouthern Europe | 12.455 | 11.9023 | 13.060 |
| 139 | TONPolynesia | 12.351 | 10.6813 | 14.305 |
| 140 | SYCEastern Africa | 12.034 | 10.8230 | 13.337 |
| 141 | RUSEastern Europe | 11.952 | 11.7213 | 12.181 |
| 142 | BGREastern Europe | 11.775 | 11.4760 | 12.080 |
| 143 | MSRCaribbean | 11.449 | 6.5172 | 19.981 |
| 144 | ATGCaribbean | 10.998 | 9.7374 | 12.444 |
| 145 | OMNWestern Asia | 10.814 | 9.7836 | 11.978 |
| 146 | MNESouthern Europe | 10.097 | 9.5255 | 10.710 |
| 147 | KWTWestern Asia | 10.034 | 9.7470 | 10.322 |
| 148 | CRICentral America | 9.907 | 9.6718 | 10.159 |
| 149 | AIACaribbean | 9.413 | 6.3348 | 13.742 |
| 150 | LVANorthern Europe | 9.127 | 8.6778 | 9.592 |
| 151 | BHRWestern Asia | 9.107 | 8.6879 | 9.545 |
| 152 | QATWestern Asia | 8.975 | 8.5333 | 9.440 |
| 153 | SRBSouthern Europe | 8.420 | 8.1543 | 8.684 |
| 154 | AREWestern Asia | 7.888 | 7.4409 | 8.336 |
| 155 | CHLSouth America | 7.822 | 7.6556 | 7.994 |
| 156 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 7.811 | 7.3159 | 8.343 |
| 157 | LTUNorthern Europe | 7.517 | 7.1509 | 7.910 |
| 158 | BLREastern Europe | 7.234 | 7.0468 | 7.425 |
| 159 | SVKEastern Europe | 7.104 | 6.8766 | 7.343 |
| 160 | USANorthern America | 6.834 | 6.7240 | 6.948 |
| 161 | HUNEastern Europe | 6.758 | 6.5483 | 6.971 |
| 162 | POLEastern Europe | 6.752 | 6.6200 | 6.885 |
| 163 | BIHSouthern Europe | 6.642 | 6.4009 | 6.903 |
| 164 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 6.519 | 6.3999 | 6.642 |
| 165 | TCACaribbean | 6.392 | 5.4216 | 7.593 |
| 166 | ESTNorthern Europe | 6.159 | 5.8230 | 6.500 |
| 167 | MLTSouthern Europe | 6.112 | 5.5469 | 6.705 |
| 168 | HRVSouthern Europe | 6.066 | 5.8355 | 6.318 |
| 169 | CUBCaribbean | 5.805 | 5.1537 | 6.515 |
| 170 | ANDSouthern Europe | 5.557 | 3.1076 | 10.133 |
| 171 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 5.547 | 5.3762 | 5.721 |
| 172 | CANNorthern America | 5.271 | 5.1812 | 5.371 |
| 173 | GBRNorthern Europe | 5.228 | 5.1280 | 5.330 |
| 174 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 4.841 | 4.7447 | 4.940 |
| 175 | IRLNorthern Europe | 4.706 | 4.5198 | 4.899 |
| 176 | ISRWestern Asia | 4.698 | 4.5901 | 4.821 |
| 177 | KOREastern Asia | 4.653 | 4.5626 | 4.747 |
| 178 | NLDWestern Europe | 4.609 | 4.5178 | 4.707 |
| 179 | CYPWestern Asia | 4.378 | 3.9932 | 4.823 |
| 180 | CHEWestern Europe | 4.369 | 4.2282 | 4.520 |
| 181 | BELWestern Europe | 4.249 | 4.1388 | 4.364 |
| 182 | DNKNorthern Europe | 4.218 | 4.0614 | 4.386 |
| 183 | AUTWestern Europe | 4.182 | 4.0340 | 4.335 |
| 184 | GRCSouthern Europe | 4.137 | 4.0048 | 4.271 |
| 185 | DEUWestern Europe | 3.999 | 3.9285 | 4.073 |
| 186 | ESPSouthern Europe | 3.949 | 3.8737 | 4.026 |
| 187 | PRTSouthern Europe | 3.933 | 3.8060 | 4.059 |
| 188 | ITASouthern Europe | 3.930 | 3.8511 | 4.008 |
| 189 | MCOWestern Europe | 3.745 | 3.5298 | 3.972 |
| 190 | CZEEastern Europe | 3.708 | 3.5821 | 3.846 |
| 191 | SVNSouthern Europe | 3.656 | 3.4581 | 3.894 |
| 192 | SMRSouthern Europe | 3.616 | 2.5127 | 5.132 |
| 193 | FRAWestern Europe | 3.455 | 3.3896 | 3.522 |
| 194 | NORNorthern Europe | 3.424 | 3.2720 | 3.576 |
| 195 | FINNorthern Europe | 3.147 | 3.0144 | 3.286 |
| 196 | SWENorthern Europe | 3.076 | 2.9649 | 3.195 |
| 197 | LUXWestern Europe | 3.068 | 2.7565 | 3.417 |
| 198 | JPNEastern Asia | 2.825 | 2.7742 | 2.877 |
| 199 | ISLNorthern Europe | 2.490 | 2.2033 | 2.823 |
| 200 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 2.405 | 2.2489 | 2.561 |
02In 2004
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Sierra Leone112.364
- 2
Somalia103.886
- 3
South Sudan100.233
- 4
Afghanistan97.363
- 5
Liberia95.009
Lowest
- 200
Singapore2.405
- 199
Iceland2.490
- 198
Japan2.825
- 197
Luxembourg3.068
- 196
Sweden3.076
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 21.131. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
Highest
Sierra Leone104.7263
Lowest
Iceland2.2033
Middle country: 19.1717
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
Highest
Somalia135.566
Lowest
Singapore2.561
Middle country: 23.922
032003 → 2004
Since 2003
What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 199values changed, of 200 in both
- 15 · 184rose · fell
- 1unchanged
Rose most
Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UN IGME’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2004.
The position is ours
UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 200 countries has every column.
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07Questions
Infant Mortality Rate, 2004: questions and answers
Which country has the highest infant mortality rate in Infant Mortality Rate, 2004?
Sierra Leone, at 112.364, of the 200 countries in the file.
What year does Infant Mortality Rate, 2004 describe?
2004.
How many countries does Infant Mortality Rate, 2004 cover?
200.
Where can I download Infant Mortality Rate, 2004?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Infant Mortality Rate, 2004 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Infant Mortality Rate, 2024.