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Low birth weight number (in thousands)

Name: Low birth weight number (in thousands) by country, 2020
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157 countries · 2020

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Low birth weight number (in thousands) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	India	6,348.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
2	Bangladesh	696.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
3	China	608.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
4	Philippines	522.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	Indonesia	449.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
6	Congo, Dem. Rep.	399.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	United States	303.2	North America	High income
8	Brazil	242.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
9	Tanzania	219.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
10	Mozambique	204.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Angola	203.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
12	Mexico	199.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
13	South Africa	198.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
14	Cote d'Ivoire	167.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Madagascar	165.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Turkiye	163.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
17	Kenya	145.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Burkina Faso	143.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Ghana	130.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
20	Iraq	128.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
21	Nepal	118.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
22	Cameroon	117.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
23	Myanmar	115.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
24	Russian Federation	104.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Malawi	100.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	Morocco	97	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
27	Viet Nam	93.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
28	Senegal	93.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Japan	93.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
30	Colombia	80.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
31	Benin	77.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Zambia	74.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Malaysia	70.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
34	Algeria	70.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
35	Thailand	67.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
36	Burundi	64.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
37	Zimbabwe	57.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Sri Lanka	55.7	South Asia	Upper middle income
39	Guatemala	54.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
40	Germany	51.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	France	50.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Papua New Guinea	49.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
43	Uzbekistan	48.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
44	Argentina	46.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	United Kingdom	46.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Jordan	46	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
47	Peru	44.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
48	Venezuela, RB	43.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
49	Togo	39	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
50	Rwanda	37.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
51	Cambodia	37.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
52	Central African Republic	37	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
53	Spain	33.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Liberia	32.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
55	Ecuador	31.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
56	Italy	29.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Honduras	28.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
58	Dominican Republic	27.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Lao PDR	27.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
60	Sierra Leone	27.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
61	Canada	24.5	North America	High income
62	Tajikistan	22.9	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
63	Kazakhstan	22.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
64	Korea, Rep.	22	East Asia & Pacific	High income
65	Congo, Rep.	21.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
66	Bolivia	20.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
67	Poland	20.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Australia	19.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
69	Ukraine	19.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Romania	17.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
71	Tunisia	16.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
72	Israel	15.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
73	Chile	15.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
74	Eritrea	15.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
75	West Bank and Gaza	15	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
76	Azerbaijan	14.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
77	Nicaragua	14.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
78	United Arab Emirates	13.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
79	Paraguay	13.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
80	Guinea-Bissau	12.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
81	Oman	11.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
82	Gambia, The	11.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
83	Lebanon	11.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
84	Namibia	10.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
85	Botswana	10.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
86	El Salvador	10.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Netherlands	9.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
88	Kyrgyz Republic	9.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
89	Gabon	9.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
90	Greece	9.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
91	Lesotho	8.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
92	Czechia	8.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	Panama	7.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
94	Belgium	7.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
95	Hungary	7.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	Kuwait	7.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
97	Cuba	7.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
98	Portugal	7.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	Bulgaria	6.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
100	Turkmenistan	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
101	Timor-Leste	6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
102	Comoros	5.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
103	Switzerland	5.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
104	Costa Rica	5.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
105	Austria	5.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Belarus	4.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
107	Sweden	4.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
108	Jamaica	4.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
109	Singapore	4.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
110	Slovak Republic	4.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Serbia	4.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
112	New Zealand	3.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
113	Mongolia	3.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
114	Georgia	3.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
115	Ireland	3.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Qatar	3.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
117	Denmark	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
118	Eswatini	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
119	Trinidad and Tobago	2.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
120	Armenia	2.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
121	Guyana	2.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
122	Solomon Islands	2.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
123	Uruguay	2.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
124	Moldova	2.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
125	Mauritius	2.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
126	Norway	2.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
127	Bahrain	2.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
128	Finland	1.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
129	Croatia	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Albania	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
131	Suriname	1.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
132	North Macedonia	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
134	Fiji	1.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
135	Lithuania	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Vanuatu	1.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
137	Slovenia	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	Bhutan	1.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
139	Maldives	1	South Asia	Upper middle income
140	Brunei Darussalam	0.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
141	Belize	0.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
142	Bahamas, The	0.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
143	Latvia	0.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Sao Tome and Principe	0.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Estonia	0.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Luxembourg	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Montenegro	0.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
148	St. Lucia	0.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
149	Malta	0.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
150	Kiribati	0.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
151	Seychelles	0.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
152	Iceland	0.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	Antigua and Barbuda	0.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
154	Andorra	0.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	Monaco	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Palau	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
157	San Marino	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Low birth weight number (in thousands)