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Central African Countries, 1950-2050

Infant Mortality Rates - Central African Countries, 1950-1970

Region and country Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

1950-55

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

1955-60

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

1960-65

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

1965-70

Middle Africa (1) 187 174 162 148
Angola 231 215 200 186
Cameroon 190 172 154 136
Central African Republic 198 182 167 150
Chad 211 200 189 179
Congo 169 150 130 110
Democratic Republic of the Congo (2) 166 157 149 137
Equatorial Guinea 204 193 183 173
Gabon 194 179 163 147
Sao Tome and Principe - - - -

 

Infant Mortality Rates-Central African Countries, 1970-1995

Region and country Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

1970-75

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

1975-80

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

1980-85

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

1985-90

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

1990-95

Middle Africa (1) 135 123 113 104 97
Angola 173 160 149 137 124
Cameroon 119 102 88 74 65
Central African Republic 132 122 114 103 100
Chad 166 154 143 133 123
Congo 95 91 87 85 89
Democratic Republic of the Congo (2) 127 117 107 100 95
Equatorial Guinea 157 149 137 127 117
Gabon 132 122 112 103 94
Sao Tome and Principe - - - - -

 

Infant Mortality Rates-Central African Countries, 1995-2025

Region and country Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

1995-00

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

2000-05

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

2005-10

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

2010-15

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

2015-20

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

2020-25

Middle Africa (1) 92 84 75 65 56 48
Angola 124 112 101 90 79 69
Cameroon 58 51 44 39 34 29
Central African Republic 96 89 78 68 60 51
Chad 115 106 96 87 79 71
Congo 90 87 78 66 55 46
Democratic Republic of the Congo (2) 89 82 73 62 53 45
Equatorial Guinea 107 98 89 81 73 65
Gabon 85 77 69 61 47 41
Sao Tome and Principe - - - - - -

 

Infant Mortality Rates-Central African Countries, 2025-2050

Region and country Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

2025-30

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

2030-35

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

2035-40

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

2040-45

Infant mortality
rate

(per 1,000 births)

2045-50

Middle Africa (1) 42 35 31 27 23
Angola 59 50 42 36 30
Cameroon 25 21 17 13 10
Central African Republic 44 37 33 29 25
Chad 64 57 51 45 40
Congo 39 34 30 27 24
Democratic Republic of the Congo (2) 39 33 29 26 23
Equatorial Guinea 56 47 40 34 29
Gabon 35 30 25 21 16
Sao Tome and Principe - - - - -

Footnotes:

Source: "World Population Prospects: The 1996 Revision", United Nations, 1997

- : Data negligible or not available

(1) : Including Sao Tome and Principe

(2) : Former Zaïre

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