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Cameroon: Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

40.20per 1,000 live births · 2024-27.3% since 2014

Probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Cameroon from 1954 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202440.2
202341.3
202242.7
202144.1
202045.5
201946.9
201848
201749.6
201651.4
201553.3
201455.3
201357.3
201259.6
201161.8
201063.9
200966.3
200868
200769.9
200671.6
200573.5
200475.2
200377.2
200279.1
200181.2
200083.1
199984.7
199885.8
199786.4
199686.6
199586.2
199485.5
199384.4
199283.3
199182.2
199081.5
198981.5
198882.3
198784
198686.6
198589.8
198493.4
198397.3
1982101.2
1981104.8
1980107.8
1979110.4
1978112.3
1977113.5
1976114.3
1975115
1974116
1973117.6
1972120.1
1971123.6
1970128.2
1969133.6
1968139.3
1967145.1
1966150.4
1965155.3
1964159.7
1963163.7
1962167.6
1961172.1
1960177.3
1959183.5
1958190.5
1957198.5
1956206.9
1955216.2
1954225.8

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Health Organization (2026). Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-infant-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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