Number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — Value by country

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

• World 19.8 million No
• Asia 11.8 million No
• Lower-middle-income economies 12.4 million No
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 5.2 million No
• Central Asia and Southern Asia 8.9 million No
• Middle Africa 0.9 million No
• Southern Asia 8.8 million No
• Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.4 million No
• Africa 6.2 million No
• Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.2 million No
• United Republic of Tanzania 0.2 million No
• Sub-Saharan Africa 5.4 million No
• Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4.2 million No
• Low-income economies 3.5 million No
• Viet Nam 0.1 million No
• Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.1 million No
• Melanesia 0.1 million No
• Upper-middle-income economies 2.8 million No
• Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.5 million No
• Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 2.2 million No
• Western Africa 2.1 million No
• Eastern Africa 2.1 million No
• Western Asia and Northern Africa 1.5 million No
• South-Eastern Asia 1.4 million No
• High-income economies 1.1 million No
• Latin America and the Caribbean 0.9 million No
• Northern Africa 0.8 million No
• Northern America and Europe 0.8 million No
• Eastern Asia 0.8 million No
• Western Asia 0.7 million No
• South America 0.5 million No
• Europe 0.5 million No
• United States of America 0.3 million No
• Central America 0.3 million No
• Northern America 0.3 million No
• Côte d'Ivoire 0.2 million No
• Southern Africa 0.2 million No
• Eastern Europe 0.2 million No
• Southern Europe 0.1 million No
• Northern Europe 0.1 million No