Bangladesh - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Bangladesh was 70,272 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 619,616 in 1971 and a minimum value of 70,272 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
1960 389,890
1961 392,095
1962 394,925
1963 398,447
1964 402,624
1965 407,431
1966 413,453
1967 419,950
1968 426,919
1969 434,072
1970 491,366
1971 619,616
1972 449,544
1973 459,009
1974 462,594
1975 464,772
1976 466,010
1977 466,010
1978 465,049
1979 462,893
1980 459,765
1981 455,716
1982 450,342
1983 443,558
1984 435,045
1985 424,902
1986 413,843
1987 401,352
1988 388,104
1989 374,237
1990 359,910
1991 345,141
1992 330,187
1993 315,347
1994 300,680
1995 286,226
1996 272,104
1997 258,271
1998 244,875
1999 231,977
2000 219,496
2001 207,511
2002 195,993
2003 185,010
2004 174,442
2005 164,247
2006 154,428
2007 145,123
2008 136,430
2009 128,488
2010 121,238
2011 114,654
2012 108,655
2013 103,023
2014 97,777
2015 92,739
2016 87,900
2017 83,233
2018 78,659
2019 74,306
2020 70,272

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Bangladesh was 84,346 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,132,254 in 1971 and a minimum value of 84,346 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
1960 573,560
1961 577,034
1962 581,370
1963 586,717
1964 593,071
1965 600,496
1966 610,022
1967 620,493
1968 631,905
1969 643,755
1970 795,593
1971 1,132,254
1972 662,132
1973 676,674
1974 685,038
1975 691,303
1976 695,374
1977 694,824
1978 691,977
1979 687,177
1980 680,940
1981 673,540
1982 664,377
1983 653,404
1984 640,043
1985 624,340
1986 606,541
1987 586,610
1988 565,569
1989 543,663
1990 521,088
1991 497,908
1992 474,440
1993 450,938
1994 427,731
1995 404,817
1996 382,437
1997 360,619
1998 339,673
1999 319,382
2000 300,051
2001 281,638
2002 264,017
2003 247,318
2004 231,405
2005 216,274
2006 201,932
2007 188,485
2008 176,003
2009 164,615
2010 154,269
2011 144,900
2012 136,388
2013 128,490
2014 121,148
2015 114,215
2016 107,595
2017 101,269
2018 95,256
2019 89,548
2020 84,346

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Bangladesh was 50,560 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 307,315 in 1978 and a minimum value of 50,560 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 238,503
1961 241,580
1962 244,716
1963 247,772
1964 251,143
1965 255,161
1966 259,447
1967 264,339
1968 269,396
1969 275,023
1970 282,686
1971 292,935
1972 290,218
1973 294,527
1974 298,470
1975 301,987
1976 304,673
1977 306,530
1978 307,315
1979 307,069
1980 305,434
1981 302,122
1982 297,445
1983 291,367
1984 284,422
1985 277,209
1986 269,801
1987 262,167
1988 254,189
1989 245,821
1990 237,129
1991 228,348
1992 219,522
1993 210,551
1994 201,689
1995 193,117
1996 185,054
1997 177,218
1998 169,471
1999 161,953
2000 154,503
2001 147,057
2002 139,774
2003 132,717
2004 126,032
2005 119,612
2006 113,379
2007 107,408
2008 101,761
2009 96,537
2010 91,698
2011 87,247
2012 82,979
2013 78,804
2014 74,680
2015 70,642
2016 66,480
2017 61,886
2018 57,713
2019 53,941
2020 50,560

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality