Congo - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in Congo was 5,759 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,572 in 2001 and a minimum value of 4,793 in 1964.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 4,884 |
| 1961 | 4,844 |
| 1962 | 4,814 |
| 1963 | 4,795 |
| 1964 | 4,793 |
| 1965 | 4,793 |
| 1966 | 4,795 |
| 1967 | 4,796 |
| 1968 | 4,805 |
| 1969 | 4,818 |
| 1970 | 4,841 |
| 1971 | 4,862 |
| 1972 | 4,888 |
| 1973 | 4,921 |
| 1974 | 4,955 |
| 1975 | 4,985 |
| 1976 | 5,017 |
| 1977 | 5,032 |
| 1978 | 5,040 |
| 1979 | 5,038 |
| 1980 | 5,019 |
| 1981 | 4,999 |
| 1982 | 4,968 |
| 1983 | 4,932 |
| 1984 | 4,901 |
| 1985 | 4,877 |
| 1986 | 4,873 |
| 1987 | 4,897 |
| 1988 | 4,963 |
| 1989 | 5,069 |
| 1990 | 5,233 |
| 1991 | 5,443 |
| 1992 | 5,705 |
| 1993 | 6,022 |
| 1994 | 6,386 |
| 1995 | 6,779 |
| 1996 | 7,205 |
| 1997 | 7,634 |
| 1998 | 8,026 |
| 1999 | 8,333 |
| 2000 | 8,517 |
| 2001 | 8,572 |
| 2002 | 8,494 |
| 2003 | 8,319 |
| 2004 | 8,063 |
| 2005 | 7,766 |
| 2006 | 7,468 |
| 2007 | 7,197 |
| 2008 | 6,964 |
| 2009 | 6,793 |
| 2010 | 6,678 |
| 2011 | 6,594 |
| 2012 | 6,535 |
| 2013 | 6,460 |
| 2014 | 6,363 |
| 2015 | 6,252 |
| 2016 | 6,135 |
| 2017 | 6,026 |
| 2018 | 5,935 |
| 2019 | 6,201 |
| 2020 | 5,759 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in Congo was 7,745 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,146 in 2001 and a minimum value of 7,388 in 1986.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 7,986 |
| 1961 | 7,884 |
| 1962 | 7,801 |
| 1963 | 7,732 |
| 1964 | 7,693 |
| 1965 | 7,660 |
| 1966 | 7,633 |
| 1967 | 7,605 |
| 1968 | 7,591 |
| 1969 | 7,584 |
| 1970 | 7,597 |
| 1971 | 7,608 |
| 1972 | 7,627 |
| 1973 | 7,658 |
| 1974 | 7,693 |
| 1975 | 7,724 |
| 1976 | 7,762 |
| 1977 | 7,775 |
| 1978 | 7,780 |
| 1979 | 7,769 |
| 1980 | 7,731 |
| 1981 | 7,689 |
| 1982 | 7,628 |
| 1983 | 7,552 |
| 1984 | 7,480 |
| 1985 | 7,418 |
| 1986 | 7,388 |
| 1987 | 7,405 |
| 1988 | 7,493 |
| 1989 | 7,648 |
| 1990 | 7,900 |
| 1991 | 8,230 |
| 1992 | 8,642 |
| 1993 | 9,150 |
| 1994 | 9,735 |
| 1995 | 10,365 |
| 1996 | 11,052 |
| 1997 | 11,747 |
| 1998 | 12,375 |
| 1999 | 12,852 |
| 2000 | 13,114 |
| 2001 | 13,146 |
| 2002 | 12,946 |
| 2003 | 12,582 |
| 2004 | 12,081 |
| 2005 | 11,520 |
| 2006 | 10,961 |
| 2007 | 10,453 |
| 2008 | 10,024 |
| 2009 | 9,690 |
| 2010 | 9,464 |
| 2011 | 9,302 |
| 2012 | 9,187 |
| 2013 | 9,049 |
| 2014 | 8,876 |
| 2015 | 8,676 |
| 2016 | 8,466 |
| 2017 | 8,265 |
| 2018 | 8,092 |
| 2019 | 9,020 |
| 2020 | 7,745 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Congo was 3,299 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,780 in 2002 and a minimum value of 2,281 in 1983.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1983 | 2,281 |
| 1984 | 2,288 |
| 1985 | 2,297 |
| 1986 | 2,313 |
| 1987 | 2,335 |
| 1988 | 2,367 |
| 1989 | 2,410 |
| 1990 | 2,468 |
| 1991 | 2,544 |
| 1992 | 2,645 |
| 1993 | 2,763 |
| 1994 | 2,896 |
| 1995 | 3,047 |
| 1996 | 3,210 |
| 1997 | 3,364 |
| 1998 | 3,506 |
| 1999 | 3,622 |
| 2000 | 3,704 |
| 2001 | 3,755 |
| 2002 | 3,780 |
| 2003 | 3,771 |
| 2004 | 3,745 |
| 2005 | 3,703 |
| 2006 | 3,658 |
| 2007 | 3,618 |
| 2008 | 3,580 |
| 2009 | 3,556 |
| 2010 | 3,546 |
| 2011 | 3,547 |
| 2012 | 3,545 |
| 2013 | 3,531 |
| 2014 | 3,505 |
| 2015 | 3,471 |
| 2016 | 3,429 |
| 2017 | 3,397 |
| 2018 | 3,351 |
| 2019 | 3,341 |
| 2020 | 3,299 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
