Year-over-year change: -0.3%, trend down
5-year change: -3.4%, trend down
Nigeria
Infant deaths: 515.1 thousand
View MoreNumber of deaths of infants under age 1
World Total3.4millionYear-over-year-3.19%5-year change-15.70%
19502100
2026
Rankings at a glance
Top 10 · Number of deaths of infants under age 1 (2026)
Nigeria is projected to top the global rankings for number of deaths of infants under age 1, recording 515.1 thousand in 2026, followed by India (480.8 thousand) and Pakistan (322.1 thousand). DR Congo (219.1 thousand) and Ethiopia (126.0 thousand) complete the top 5. Niger (70.3 thousand) and Indonesia (69.2 thousand) follow close behind. Angola (66.8 thousand), Tanzania (66.0 thousand), and Mozambique (62.0 thousand) round out the top ten. The spread across the top ten is substantial: Nigeria would have 8.3× the figure recorded by Mozambique (62.0 thousand). Seven of the top ten are in Africa, with three from Eastern Africa. Among these countries, India is projected to see the largest year-over-year change at -4.0%.
Rank changes
How number of deaths of infants under age 1 changed between 2021 and 2026
2021and2026
