Global Infant Mortality Rate

26.74
Infant Mortality Rate
3,589,077
Infant Deaths
60,760,150
Overall Deaths

The infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. In addition to giving us key information about maternal and infant health, the infant mortality rate is also an important marker of the overall health of a society. In 2023 the country with the lowest infant mortality rate was 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR with 1.12 infant deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by the European country 🇸🇮 Slovenia with an infant mortality rate of 1.35. The positive trend in global infant mortality rate can broadly be attributed to improvements in hygiene, water quality, and living conditions that reduced the spread of infections. Futhermore, in countires that provide midwife-led continuity of care (MLCC) from professional midwives, women are 16% less likely to lose their baby and 24% less likely to experience pre-term birth.

Historic Global Infant Mortality Rate (1950-2023)

The global infant mortality rate has been on a positive downward trajectory since the 1950's. The number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births have decreased from 143.3869 to today's standard of only 26.7402. According to the latest projections, the infant mortality rate will decrease even further to 9.2862 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, by the year 2100.

Year Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births) Infant Deaths Overall Deaths
1950 143.3869 13,109,145 48,788,536
1951 141.309 13,086,528 48,514,552
1952 137.2952 13,215,704 47,646,612
1953 134.4685 13,117,346 47,499,083
1954 131.7228 13,122,414 47,002,805
1955 128.763 13,056,748 46,966,099
1956 125.8388 12,819,310 46,806,573
1957 123.7332 12,970,293 47,269,070
1958 121.0959 12,724,918 46,782,736
1959 129.5833 13,359,566 51,327,051
1960 135.0843 13,837,096 54,973,677
1961 124.2402 12,575,446 50,003,182
1962 112.864 12,249,068 46,406,404
1963 110.14 12,941,917 47,279,567
1964 108.1824 12,785,379 47,065,427
1965 108.3558 12,762,971 48,459,854
1966 106.7789 12,525,510 48,043,572
1967 104.9885 12,296,808 47,915,489
1968 101.9381 12,256,972 47,947,975
1969 100.1852 12,235,864 48,234,879
1970 98.547 12,176,500 48,534,128
1971 97.7085 12,101,104 49,683,953
1972 95.0199 11,721,442 47,961,807
1973 93.3596 11,511,979 47,680,360
1974 91.99 11,289,039 47,493,921
1975 90.7337 10,978,248 47,592,762
1976 88.7216 10,698,926 47,407,648
1977 86.8775 10,444,780 46,745,923
1978 84.9489 10,279,201 46,859,945
1979 82.5911 10,204,809 46,913,597
1980 80.4443 10,147,477 47,316,613
1981 78.3366 10,069,184 47,388,185
1982 76.1077 10,026,248 47,561,960
1983 75.7067 9,931,527 48,133,880
1984 74.1476 9,850,247 48,341,286
1985 72.3924 9,771,398 48,685,438
1986 70.3692 9,693,544 48,487,102
1987 68.2851 9,568,234 48,634,087
1988 67.7923 9,496,449 49,284,175
1989 65.8879 9,281,576 49,064,192
1990 64.5804 9,182,330 49,619,695
1991 64.5967 8,929,694 50,082,059
1992 63.828 8,679,204 50,181,618
1993 62.6425 8,444,330 50,769,036
1994 61.6383 8,271,416 51,519,238
1995 60.5923 8,097,466 51,355,462
1996 59.4146 7,907,524 51,518,770
1997 58.0851 7,702,731 51,459,177
1998 56.9525 7,534,168 51,761,764
1999 55.1351 7,292,478 51,996,609
2000 53.2859 7,122,962 52,099,819
2001 51.7544 6,923,976 52,095,282
2002 50.14 6,717,427 52,481,447
2003 48.335 6,489,807 52,858,472
2004 46.6428 6,301,004 52,965,047
2005 44.8742 6,090,090 53,213,356
2006 43.0976 5,892,785 53,015,851
2007 41.4365 5,729,294 53,391,816
2008 39.897 5,581,001 54,037,662
2009 38.3635 5,408,623 53,910,189
2010 37.13 5,254,059 54,329,194
2011 35.838 5,089,057 54,393,800
2012 34.425 4,953,744 54,789,783
2013 33.4559 4,800,890 55,034,447
2014 32.2948 4,638,505 55,217,575
2015 31.456 4,488,802 55,893,034
2016 30.4585 4,358,572 56,200,615
2017 29.5693 4,219,017 56,965,958
2018 29.1913 4,086,913 57,351,675
2019 28.6933 3,964,486 57,938,525
2020 28.2962 3,833,912 63,174,308
2021 27.9301 3,745,591 69,248,154
2022 27.5283 3,688,030 67,096,566
2023 26.7402 3,589,077 60,760,150

Future Global Infant Mortality Rate (2023-2100)

The positive downward trend in the infant mortality rate will continue to the year 2100. When the global infant mortality rate will have shrunk from 26.7402 to an average of 9.2862 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, according to the latest projections made by the United Nations. An additional decrease of the infant mortality rate by -65.27% from the year 2023 to 2100.

Year Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births) Infant Deaths Overall Deaths
2023 26.7402 3,589,077 60,760,150
2024 26.2022 3,522,605 60,953,905
2025 26.0571 3,509,216 61,936,810
2026 25.5773 3,449,392 62,928,943
2027 25.1103 3,393,454 63,948,977
2028 24.654 3,338,289 65,001,672
2029 24.2025 3,284,047 66,078,551
2030 23.7568 3,230,061 67,172,551
2031 23.3371 3,178,626 68,306,259
2032 22.9185 3,130,424 69,476,761
2033 22.5144 3,081,455 70,669,149
2034 22.1209 3,034,076 71,892,114
2035 21.7249 2,985,718 73,137,320
2036 21.3328 2,936,308 74,385,605
2037 20.9471 2,889,803 75,649,206
2038 20.5715 2,844,058 76,921,971
2039 20.2136 2,796,694 78,193,560
2040 19.8631 2,750,245 79,467,005
2041 19.5194 2,704,356 80,716,509
2042 19.1857 2,658,762 81,970,112
2043 18.8806 2,615,296 83,228,148
2044 18.5835 2,571,306 84,466,901
2045 18.2963 2,527,306 85,687,878
2046 18.0253 2,484,443 86,882,943
2047 17.7765 2,443,756 88,093,659
2048 17.5448 2,403,430 89,273,647
2049 17.3161 2,361,506 90,427,752
2050 17.1018 2,322,060 91,583,402
2051 16.9001 2,282,535 92,717,677
2052 16.6863 2,245,633 93,840,429
2053 16.4737 2,206,099 94,951,856
2054 16.2707 2,169,712 96,039,357
2055 16.0736 2,134,584 97,129,644
2056 15.8848 2,102,185 98,213,906
2057 15.6774 2,067,871 99,248,795
2058 15.4657 2,033,515 100,258,834
2059 15.2653 1,999,142 101,241,326
2060 15.0642 1,968,259 102,193,334
2061 14.8647 1,938,680 103,125,536
2062 14.6631 1,909,982 104,015,831
2063 14.4531 1,878,426 104,845,180
2064 14.2604 1,850,488 105,670,744
2065 14.0541 1,818,119 106,453,857
2066 13.8533 1,787,934 107,242,103
2067 13.6759 1,762,532 108,002,440
2068 13.4849 1,733,347 108,750,967
2069 13.2929 1,704,250 109,481,878
2070 13.1054 1,674,833 110,223,478
2071 12.926 1,647,086 110,924,889
2072 12.7758 1,623,859 111,663,282
2073 12.6079 1,597,523 112,377,617
2074 12.4492 1,571,229 113,084,917
2075 12.283 1,543,860 113,780,019
2076 12.1343 1,517,867 114,458,990
2077 11.9806 1,491,036 115,104,268
2078 11.8444 1,467,456 115,739,561
2079 11.7047 1,444,120 116,343,492
2080 11.5748 1,420,984 116,894,086
2081 11.4458 1,398,100 117,413,693
2082 11.3191 1,376,816 117,868,319
2083 11.1856 1,354,033 118,255,825
2084 11.0648 1,332,756 118,635,078
2085 10.9471 1,311,148 118,945,001
2086 10.8226 1,288,691 119,213,383
2087 10.716 1,269,471 119,462,815
2088 10.6025 1,250,832 119,702,443
2089 10.4806 1,229,706 119,904,922
2090 10.3714 1,210,831 120,124,125
2091 10.2632 1,191,550 120,344,590
2092 10.1546 1,174,002 120,591,501
2093 10.0423 1,155,155 120,845,107
2094 9.9325 1,138,400 121,104,541
2095 9.8148 1,119,528 121,383,339
2096 9.7098 1,102,629 121,680,892
2097 9.6023 1,084,969 121,985,853
2098 9.4978 1,068,652 122,274,465
2099 9.3873 1,051,977 122,537,595
2100 9.2862 1,035,616 122,811,672

Population Infant Mortality Rate by Country

Some of the leading causes to a high infant mortality rate is birth defects, preterm birth and low birth weight, sudden infant death syndrome, injuries and maternal pregnancy complications. There are also a socio-economic factor at play here, were economic growth significantly affects infant and child health. Currently the infant mortality rate is highest in countries within the African continent, with some outliers on other continents due to conflict and economic crisis.

Country Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
🇦🇫Afghanistan 37.7463
🇦🇱Albania 7.9797
🇩🇿Algeria 16.0006
🇦🇸American Samoa 6.8707
🇦🇩Andorra 5.1944
🇦🇴Angola 47.5384
🇦🇮Anguilla 5.889
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 4.8124
🇦🇷Argentina 8.4299
🇦🇲Armenia 9.1454
🇦🇼Aruba 11.0355
🇦🇺Australia 2.7433
🇦🇹Austria 2.4095
🇦🇿Azerbaijan 16.015
🇧🇸Bahamas 9.885
🇧🇭Bahrain 5.1818
🇧🇩Bangladesh 19.3969
🇧🇧Barbados 10.1024
🇧🇾Belarus 2.1579
🇧🇪Belgium 2.7751
🇧🇿Belize 9.6268
🇧🇯Benin 54.978
🇧🇲Bermuda 2.0537
🇧🇹Bhutan 19.7058
🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 24.2041
🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 10.8327
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.7627
🇧🇼Botswana 32.5898
🇧🇷Brazil 10.3183
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 13.2655
🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 9.3146
🇧🇬Bulgaria 5.4767
🇧🇫Burkina Faso 46.0945
🇧🇮Burundi 36.9629
🇨🇻Cabo Verde 11.6268
🇰🇭Cambodia 19.3491
🇨🇲Cameroon 44.153
🇨🇦Canada 3.8184
🇰🇾Cayman Islands 7.0978
🇨🇫Central African Republic 64.8136
🇹🇩Chad 64.3508
🇨🇱Chile 5.5534
🇨🇳China 5.6991
🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1.1265
🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2.1896
🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 3.06
🇨🇴Colombia 10.3908
🇰🇲Comoros 43.3724
🇨🇬Congo 36.3525
🇨🇰Cook Islands 5.4697
🇨🇷Costa Rica 6.2914
🇭🇷Croatia 2.9468
🇨🇺Cuba 3.9398
🇨🇼Curaçao 7.6172
🇨🇾Cyprus 2.0731
🇨🇿Czechia 2.1982
🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 56.1769
🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 13.2654
🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 48.8504
🇩🇰Denmark 2.8505
🇩🇯Djibouti 35.0136
🇩🇲Dominica 10.6863
🇩🇴Dominican Republic 23.6109
🇪🇨Ecuador 10.3972
🇪🇬Egypt 16.0411
🇸🇻El Salvador 9.7348
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 52.4348
🇪🇷Eritrea 27.904
🇪🇪Estonia 1.7335
🇸🇿Eswatini 38.5956
🇪🇹Ethiopia 29.9476
🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 8.8108
🇫🇴Faroe Islands 5.2202
🇫🇯Fiji 17.4111
🇫🇮Finland 1.5749
🇫🇷France 3.2335
🇬🇫French Guiana 7.301
🇵🇫French Polynesia 5.2096
🇬🇦Gabon 29.8455
🇬🇲Gambia 26.6609
🇬🇪Georgia 8.1676
🇩🇪Germany 2.5646
🇬🇭Ghana 32.0657
🇬🇮Gibraltar 8.7451
🇬🇷Greece 2.9965
🇬🇱Greenland 8.3988
🇬🇩Grenada 11.9191
🇬🇵Guadeloupe 4.1946
🇬🇺Guam 9.4528
🇬🇹Guatemala 20.5842
🇬🇬Guernsey 6.0495
🇬🇳Guinea 64.5196
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 50.9747
🇬🇾Guyana 20.9188
🇭🇹Haiti 40.7741
🇻🇦Holy See 5.2815
🇭🇳Honduras 12.7738
🇭🇺Hungary 2.962
🇮🇸Iceland 1.354
🇮🇳India 24.4626
🇮🇩Indonesia 17.5849
🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.4775
🇮🇶Iraq 19.5999
🇮🇪Ireland 2.3734
🇮🇲Isle of Man 10.4179
🇮🇱Israel 2.7554
🇮🇹Italy 2.0641
🇯🇲Jamaica 10.5784
🇯🇵Japan 1.6409
🇯🇪Jersey 7.1675
🇯🇴Jordan 12.4463
🇰🇿Kazakhstan 8.438
🇰🇪Kenya 26.0138
🇰🇮Kiribati 36.4335
🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 6.0006
🇰🇼Kuwait 6.4194
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 13.2865
🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 29.1577
🇱🇻Latvia 2.7808
🇱🇧Lebanon 6.5123
🇱🇸Lesotho 65.4675
🇱🇷Liberia 56.0116
🇱🇾Libya 8.9097
🇱🇮Liechtenstein 4.9161
🇱🇹Lithuania 2.564
🇱🇺Luxembourg 2.9641
🇲🇬Madagascar 30.4173
🇲🇼Malawi 28.0709
🇲🇾Malaysia 5.7191
🇲🇻Maldives 5.7526
🇲🇱Mali 53.7678
🇲🇹Malta 5.2096
🇲🇭Marshall Islands 24.2567
🇲🇶Martinique 6.0885
🇲🇷Mauritania 43.8864
🇲🇺Mauritius 11.0821
🇾🇹Mayotte 3.5089
🇲🇽Mexico 10.4937
🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 18.751
🇲🇨Monaco 3.5416
🇲🇳Mongolia 8.2671
🇲🇪Montenegro 2.1834
🇲🇸Montserrat 9.9911
🇲🇦Morocco 13.7487
🇲🇿Mozambique 49.2276
🇲🇲Myanmar 31.9062
🇳🇦Namibia 31.5655
🇳🇷Nauru 15.054
🇳🇵Nepal 19.1534
🇳🇱Netherlands 2.9301
🇳🇨New Caledonia 9.1026
🇳🇿New Zealand 3.417
🇳🇮Nicaragua 11.8609
🇳🇪Niger 40.401
🇳🇬Nigeria 70.5892
🇳🇺Niue 18.8893
🇲🇰North Macedonia 5.5961
🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 5.7808
🇳🇴Norway 1.7925
🇴🇲Oman 8.0807
🇵🇰Pakistan 51.3007
🇵🇼Palau 14.3238
🇵🇦Panama 12.8038
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 33.1788
🇵🇾Paraguay 15.8882
🇵🇪Peru 9.2883
🇵🇭Philippines 21.1875
🇵🇱Poland 3.2874
🇵🇹Portugal 2.2996
🇵🇷Puerto Rico 6.6394
🇶🇦Qatar 4.8069
🇰🇷Republic of Korea 2.2386
🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 11.8762
🇷🇴Romania 5.8447
🇷🇺Russian Federation 3.1892
🇷🇼Rwanda 27.3221
🇷🇪Réunion 4.6134
🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 7.2825
🇸🇭Saint Helena 10.7775
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.5416
🇱🇨Saint Lucia 10.3908
🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 7.4318
🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7.5256
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.7394
🇼🇸Samoa 14.7256
🇸🇲San Marino 2.3305
🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 12.3835
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 5.2993
🇸🇳Senegal 18.1852
🇷🇸Serbia 4.2215
🇸🇨Seychelles 9.7521
🇸🇱Sierra Leone 70.5088
🇸🇬Singapore 1.6178
🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 12.9719
🇸🇰Slovakia 4.0358
🇸🇮Slovenia 1.3509
🇸🇧Solomon Islands 15.21
🇸🇴Somalia 64.2935
🇿🇦South Africa 26.7669
🇸🇸South Sudan 57.28
🇪🇸Spain 2.1107
🇱🇰Sri Lanka 5.3048
🇵🇸State of Palestine 13.7968
🇸🇩Sudan 36.8773
🇸🇷Suriname 14.2944
🇸🇪Sweden 1.7709
🇨🇭Switzerland 3.0335
🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 15.8408
🇹🇯Tajikistan 22.6994
🇹🇭Thailand 6.8924
🇹🇱Timor-Leste 29.5143
🇹🇬Togo 43.0779
🇹🇰Tokelau 4.6302
🇹🇴Tonga 8.913
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 14.5627
🇹🇳Tunisia 11.905
🇹🇲Turkmenistan 32.1036
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 10.3108
🇹🇻Tuvalu 17.2055
🇹🇷Türkiye 7.4502
🇺🇬Uganda 29.7133
🇺🇦Ukraine 5.2101
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 4.9449
🇬🇧United Kingdom 3.1274
🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 29.4969
🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 5.0558
🇺🇸United States of America 4.8988
🇺🇾Uruguay 5.6306
🇺🇿Uzbekistan 12.0997
🇻🇺Vanuatu 18.1138
🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 13.6172
🇻🇳Viet Nam 14.5943
🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 9.6538
🇪🇭Western Sahara 22.6623
🇾🇪Yemen 45.3896
🇿🇲Zambia 36.5554
🇿🇼Zimbabwe 35.3463

Population Infant Mortality Rate by Region

Region Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
Africa 43.0981
Asia 21.3616
Europe 3.1437
Latin America and the Caribbean 12.2029
Northern America 4.7998
Oceania 15.3389

Population Infant Mortality Rate by Sub-region

Sub-region Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
Australia/New Zealand 2.8613
Caribbean 25.3381
Central America 12.0105
Central Asia 14.5054
Eastern Africa 33.696
Eastern Asia 5.5163
Eastern Europe 3.7098
Melanesia 30.2294
Micronesia 21.5132
Middle Africa 49.6118
Northern Africa 21.0774
Northern Europe 2.7617
Polynesia 10.4235
South America 10.8374
South-Eastern Asia 18.239
Southern Africa 29.207
Southern Asia 28.6629
Southern Europe 2.6497
Western Africa 58.8857
Western Asia 17.7078
Western Europe 2.8645

How is Infant Mortality Rate calculated?

The infant mortality rate or IMR for short is the number of children that die under one year of age in a given year, per 1,000 live births. Thus, infant mortality rates are calculated as the number of deaths in the first year of life divided by the number of live births, multiplied by 1000.

Infant Mortality Rate Formula

Infant Mortality Rate = deaths under 1 year / live births * 1000

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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