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Global Infant Mortality Rate

26.90
Infant Mortality Rate
3,559,760
Infant Deaths
62,389,498
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 2024 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 (1950-2024)

The global infant mortality rate has been on a positive downward trajectory since the 1950's. The number of infants that die for every 1,000 live births have decreased from 138.1349 to today's standard of only 26.8967. According to the latest projections, the infant mortality rate will decrease even further to 9.6213 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 138.1349 12,546,353 48,486,892
1951 136.0457 12,566,473 48,176,162
1952 132.6663 12,730,864 47,383,364
1953 130.1276 12,672,102 47,239,575
1954 127.7102 12,692,620 46,662,428
1955 124.8202 12,651,210 46,635,655
1956 121.917 12,415,248 46,479,062
1957 120.0165 12,580,776 46,880,774
1958 117.7118 12,379,393 46,518,263
1959 125.7205 12,969,870 50,724,513
1960 131.791 13,514,505 54,612,440
1961 121.5221 12,298,550 49,918,925
1962 110.1613 11,949,536 46,061,446
1963 107.7481 12,660,984 46,913,208
1964 106.0962 12,531,682 46,822,882
1965 106.409 12,526,675 48,213,550
1966 104.9434 12,312,422 47,841,523
1967 103.1378 12,082,036 47,568,793
1968 100.2221 12,058,689 47,629,246
1969 98.3447 12,017,984 47,815,953
1970 96.8856 11,981,305 48,163,467
1971 96.1409 11,919,418 49,384,109
1972 93.5994 11,569,520 47,770,222
1973 92.1196 11,386,026 47,573,276
1974 90.9237 11,185,560 47,478,097
1975 89.643 10,887,895 47,622,994
1976 88.0869 10,677,822 47,707,255
1977 86.3761 10,445,339 47,166,794
1978 84.69 10,313,948 47,293,143
1979 82.5022 10,254,355 46,963,884
1980 80.5838 10,219,134 47,349,925
1981 78.6735 10,158,599 47,470,794
1982 76.556 10,132,986 47,659,342
1983 76.0987 10,053,446 48,206,575
1984 74.5891 9,978,337 48,430,624
1985 72.8621 9,903,412 48,772,812
1986 70.8225 9,820,383 48,643,611
1987 68.6409 9,672,517 48,657,012
1988 68.006 9,589,555 49,183,183
1989 66.2212 9,399,076 49,178,262
1990 64.9018 9,295,339 49,794,345
1991 64.9392 9,038,039 50,108,433
1992 64.1095 8,771,640 50,281,874
1993 62.867 8,531,813 50,831,804
1994 61.9829 8,376,964 51,930,609
1995 60.7837 8,192,241 51,406,890
1996 59.6204 8,009,235 51,410,955
1997 58.3177 7,813,481 51,432,010
1998 57.1413 7,646,488 51,853,502
1999 55.4786 7,429,604 52,183,582
2000 53.6762 7,266,848 52,240,368
2001 52.2056 7,065,668 52,431,244
2002 50.6179 6,853,163 52,757,535
2003 48.8337 6,625,542 53,077,072
2004 47.1514 6,435,283 53,187,802
2005 45.4311 6,227,876 53,390,436
2006 43.6506 6,035,647 53,281,776
2007 41.9681 5,863,234 53,410,047
2008 40.4445 5,720,782 53,987,020
2009 39.117 5,583,943 54,122,622
2010 37.7276 5,404,971 54,268,588
2011 36.7961 5,290,282 54,581,439
2012 34.9777 5,097,130 54,794,788
2013 33.9246 4,923,003 55,092,621
2014 32.9029 4,778,298 55,545,318
2015 32.1083 4,637,611 56,305,968
2016 31.0923 4,500,945 56,756,911
2017 30.3129 4,358,102 57,572,254
2018 29.7113 4,181,837 57,792,804
2019 29.1517 4,047,282 58,354,932
2020 28.706 3,882,771 63,546,315
2021 28.3554 3,788,329 69,728,100
2022 28.1665 3,735,280 62,278,627
2023 27.2706 3,603,356 61,651,608
2024 26.8967 3,559,760 62,389,498

Future Global Infant Mortality Rate (2024-2100)

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 26.8967 to an average of 9.6213 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 -64.23% from the year 2024 to 2100.

Year Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births) Infant Deaths Overall Deaths
2024 26.8967 3,559,760 62,389,498
2025 26.3787 3,492,130 63,135,984
2026 25.8619 3,426,115 63,637,314
2027 25.3751 3,363,973 64,625,684
2028 24.9078 3,305,938 65,677,933
2029 24.4611 3,252,041 66,739,327
2030 24.0161 3,199,279 67,826,883
2031 23.5969 3,149,523 68,954,190
2032 23.1723 3,098,723 70,103,040
2033 22.7564 3,049,848 71,288,509
2034 22.3367 3,000,657 72,486,091
2035 21.932 2,952,716 73,713,697
2036 21.534 2,905,124 74,948,334
2037 21.1447 2,857,042 76,206,085
2038 20.7609 2,809,567 77,449,621
2039 20.3918 2,763,045 78,710,135
2040 20.0282 2,716,927 79,950,500
2041 19.6854 2,670,934 81,208,612
2042 19.3472 2,624,439 82,442,508
2043 19.0288 2,580,254 83,672,377
2044 18.7276 2,536,467 84,890,474
2045 18.44 2,492,355 86,093,328
2046 18.1782 2,450,841 87,281,955
2047 17.933 2,409,313 88,448,277
2048 17.6993 2,368,815 89,606,970
2049 17.4799 2,329,327 90,746,284
2050 17.2667 2,290,473 91,876,624
2051 17.0623 2,252,642 92,985,500
2052 16.868 2,216,166 94,083,766
2053 16.675 2,180,528 95,173,328
2054 16.4861 2,145,249 96,249,261
2055 16.2983 2,111,830 97,293,117
2056 16.1031 2,078,539 98,309,318
2057 15.9096 2,046,126 99,309,969
2058 15.716 2,014,508 100,282,941
2059 15.5197 1,983,698 101,241,938
2060 15.322 1,953,394 102,156,931
2061 15.1295 1,924,068 103,025,274
2062 14.9337 1,895,435 103,869,600
2063 14.7383 1,867,068 104,677,860
2064 14.5287 1,837,448 105,484,569
2065 14.3308 1,809,405 106,272,787
2066 14.1357 1,781,925 107,031,791
2067 13.9416 1,754,336 107,798,927
2068 13.7523 1,727,155 108,554,383
2069 13.5691 1,700,328 109,292,495
2070 13.3856 1,673,644 110,034,875
2071 13.2038 1,647,110 110,769,663
2072 13.0295 1,620,941 111,528,947
2073 12.8638 1,595,631 112,257,932
2074 12.7042 1,570,708 112,984,180
2075 12.5505 1,546,322 113,706,800
2076 12.3939 1,521,509 114,416,767
2077 12.2506 1,498,049 115,099,191
2078 12.1085 1,474,128 115,749,028
2079 11.9763 1,451,406 116,356,646
2080 11.8431 1,428,744 116,924,254
2081 11.7119 1,405,960 117,418,484
2082 11.5866 1,384,534 117,862,432
2083 11.4663 1,363,278 118,269,521
2084 11.3535 1,343,209 118,618,883
2085 11.2459 1,323,774 118,940,918
2086 11.1337 1,303,948 119,206,460
2087 11.0197 1,284,104 119,458,178
2088 10.9066 1,264,832 119,684,148
2089 10.7949 1,246,006 119,919,841
2090 10.6853 1,227,570 120,136,082
2091 10.5745 1,209,299 120,358,537
2092 10.4621 1,191,094 120,604,024
2093 10.3528 1,173,351 120,878,411
2094 10.2456 1,156,143 121,154,319
2095 10.1418 1,139,454 121,464,647
2096 10.0331 1,122,660 121,753,746
2097 9.9282 1,106,592 122,077,251
2098 9.8276 1,090,925 122,379,909
2099 9.7195 1,074,613 122,663,590
2100 9.6213 1,059,257 122,922,340

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 43.9514
🇦🇱Albania 8.1368
🇩🇿Algeria 17.7983
🇦🇸American Samoa 8.4336
🇦🇩Andorra 5.2757
🇦🇴Angola 48.6367
🇦🇮Anguilla 4.8579
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 7.4746
🇦🇷Argentina 8.9802
🇦🇲Armenia 8.664
🇦🇼Aruba 11.9768
🇦🇺Australia 3.1913
🇦🇹Austria 2.7525
🇦🇿Azerbaijan 14.9458
🇧🇸Bahamas 10.9459
🇧🇭Bahrain 5.332
🇧🇩Bangladesh 22.7996
🇧🇧Barbados 9.3917
🇧🇾Belarus 1.9051
🇧🇪Belgium 3.3301
🇧🇿Belize 8.7058
🇧🇯Benin 52.3177
🇧🇲Bermuda 1.9815
🇧🇹Bhutan 19.3397
🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 31.822
🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 11.0096
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.3264
🇧🇼Botswana 28.3851
🇧🇷Brazil 12.0521
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 11.0482
🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 8.1011
🇧🇬Bulgaria 4.7236
🇧🇫Burkina Faso 52.3277
🇧🇮Burundi 35.397
🇨🇻Cabo Verde 9.8363
🇰🇭Cambodia 19.1867
🇨🇲Cameroon 47.4044
🇨🇦Canada 4.2638
🇰🇾Cayman Islands 1.1109
🇨🇫Central African Republic 68.4978
🇹🇩Chad 64.224
🇨🇱Chile 4.1391
🇨🇳China 5.1015
🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1.3475
🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2.2836
🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 2.9789
🇨🇴Colombia 9.8352
🇰🇲Comoros 37.1721
🇨🇬Congo 28.8181
🇨🇰Cook Islands 5.5399
🇨🇷Costa Rica 6.4945
🇭🇷Croatia 3.5037
🇨🇺Cuba 4.363
🇨🇼Curaçao 8.6053
🇨🇾Cyprus 3.1205
🇨🇿Czechia 2.2254
🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 51.6527
🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 14.5355
🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 49.3298
🇩🇰Denmark 2.8884
🇩🇯Djibouti 36.2967
🇩🇲Dominica 27.7389
🇩🇴Dominican Republic 25.6262
🇪🇨Ecuador 9.6493
🇪🇬Egypt 14.556
🇸🇻El Salvador 9.5095
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 52.8932
🇪🇷Eritrea 27.0889
🇪🇪Estonia 1.3989
🇸🇿Eswatini 37.5766
🇪🇹Ethiopia 32.9618
🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 9.1689
🇫🇴Faroe Islands 6.1091
🇫🇯Fiji 22.8565
🇫🇮Finland 1.9307
🇫🇷France 3.5032
🇬🇫French Guiana 8.9186
🇵🇫French Polynesia 5.2554
🇬🇦Gabon 27.4639
🇬🇲Gambia 29.4833
🇬🇪Georgia 8.1423
🇩🇪Germany 2.9693
🇬🇭Ghana 30.6903
🇬🇮Gibraltar 8.3113
🇬🇷Greece 3.3251
🇬🇱Greenland 9.8943
🇬🇩Grenada 13.1114
🇬🇵Guadeloupe 7.5574
🇬🇺Guam 11.4342
🇬🇹Guatemala 17.6427
🇬🇬Guernsey 5.7934
🇬🇳Guinea 65.4405
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 48.9296
🇬🇾Guyana 21.3382
🇭🇹Haiti 43.3741
🇻🇦Holy See 6.0235
🇭🇳Honduras 12.9537
🇭🇺Hungary 3.1904
🇮🇸Iceland 0.9549
🇮🇳India 22.6186
🇮🇩Indonesia 17.1174
🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.8677
🇮🇶Iraq 19.0189
🇮🇪Ireland 2.8639
🇮🇲Isle of Man 10.6859
🇮🇱Israel 2.7807
🇮🇹Italy 2.2439
🇯🇲Jamaica 15.9036
🇯🇵Japan 1.6494
🇯🇪Jersey 8.6074
🇯🇴Jordan 11.7506
🇰🇿Kazakhstan 8.1204
🇰🇪Kenya 29.6518
🇰🇮Kiribati 43.2545
🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 8.0783
🇰🇼Kuwait 7.2456
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 14.2644
🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 31.7155
🇱🇻Latvia 2.9017
🇱🇧Lebanon 15.7168
🇱🇸Lesotho 56.5136
🇱🇷Liberia 55.9286
🇱🇾Libya 16.0294
🇱🇮Liechtenstein 5.6085
🇱🇹Lithuania 2.8277
🇱🇺Luxembourg 4.4445
🇲🇬Madagascar 45.017
🇲🇼Malawi 29.5462
🇲🇾Malaysia 6.3903
🇲🇻Maldives 4.3116
🇲🇱Mali 60.7707
🇲🇹Malta 6.2328
🇲🇭Marshall Islands 22.1324
🇲🇶Martinique 7.3231
🇲🇷Mauritania 30.7808
🇲🇺Mauritius 12.898
🇾🇹Mayotte 8.8932
🇲🇽Mexico 10.3466
🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 18.8399
🇲🇨Monaco 3.9414
🇲🇳Mongolia 10.5507
🇲🇪Montenegro 1.7182
🇲🇸Montserrat 5.3376
🇲🇦Morocco 14.3277
🇲🇿Mozambique 49.7443
🇲🇲Myanmar 31.7852
🇳🇦Namibia 27.1943
🇳🇷Nauru 20.4537
🇳🇵Nepal 21.9055
🇳🇱Netherlands 3.3876
🇳🇨New Caledonia 9.3784
🇳🇿New Zealand 4.342
🇳🇮Nicaragua 12.2622
🇳🇪Niger 64.5604
🇳🇬Nigeria 69.4686
🇳🇺Niue 19.4814
🇲🇰North Macedonia 4.7158
🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 4.8597
🇳🇴Norway 1.881
🇴🇲Oman 8.5569
🇵🇰Pakistan 49.3634
🇵🇼Palau 18.1304
🇵🇦Panama 12.5615
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 32.1504
🇵🇾Paraguay 13.9764
🇵🇪Peru 11.689
🇵🇭Philippines 20.711
🇵🇱Poland 3.1898
🇵🇹Portugal 2.5816
🇵🇷Puerto Rico 5.1831
🇶🇦Qatar 4.1759
🇰🇷Republic of Korea 2.0738
🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 11.6811
🇷🇴Romania 4.8488
🇷🇺Russian Federation 3.5418
🇷🇼Rwanda 27.5085
🇷🇪Réunion 5.0961
🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 5.2601
🇸🇭Saint Helena 12.1419
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 12.6385
🇱🇨Saint Lucia 14.3652
🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 8.3471
🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.1483
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.241
🇼🇸Samoa 13.1176
🇸🇲San Marino 1.0815
🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 11.4834
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 5.0586
🇸🇳Senegal 24.1439
🇷🇸Serbia 4.1657
🇸🇨Seychelles 11.8097
🇸🇱Sierra Leone 71.6189
🇸🇬Singapore 1.7272
🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 12.8455
🇸🇰Slovakia 4.5173
🇸🇮Slovenia 1.8096
🇸🇧Solomon Islands 14.5146
🇸🇴Somalia 66.2772
🇿🇦South Africa 27.848
🇸🇸South Sudan 63.8152
🇪🇸Spain 2.3856
🇱🇰Sri Lanka 5.0977
🇵🇸State of Palestine 14.182
🇸🇩Sudan 36.2221
🇸🇷Suriname 14.1049
🇸🇪Sweden 1.8608
🇨🇭Switzerland 3.1763
🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 16.7361
🇹🇯Tajikistan 24.502
🇹🇭Thailand 6.2042
🇹🇱Timor-Leste 37.5593
🇹🇬Togo 41.3556
🇹🇰Tokelau 4.0196
🇹🇴Tonga 8.9605
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 13.5158
🇹🇳Tunisia 8.9751
🇹🇲Turkmenistan 31.7711
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 4.7732
🇹🇻Tuvalu 16.1206
🇹🇷Türkiye 9.1632
🇺🇬Uganda 28.8047
🇺🇦Ukraine 5.8929
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 4.8637
🇬🇧United Kingdom 3.7033
🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 28.9218
🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 4.9458
🇺🇸United States of America 5.2822
🇺🇾Uruguay 5.5985
🇺🇿Uzbekistan 11.1367
🇻🇺Vanuatu 14.765
🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15.7104
🇻🇳Viet Nam 15.0668
🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 11.1104
🇪🇭Western Sahara 23.7501
🇾🇪Yemen 32.2736
🇿🇲Zambia 38.24
🇿🇼Zimbabwe 33.1962

Population Infant Mortality Rate by Region

Region Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
Africa 44.1226
Americas 10.7308
Asia 21.296
Europe 3.4088
Latin America and the Caribbean 13.1151
Northern America 5.1924
Oceania 15.4151

Population Infant Mortality Rate by Sub-region

Sub-region Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
Australia/New Zealand 3.3787
Caribbean 27.4519
Central America 11.4998
Central Asia 14.3324
Eastern Africa 35.9173
Eastern Asia 5.0831
Eastern Europe 3.8546
Melanesia 29.5932
Micronesia 24.0922
Middle Africa 50.3668
Northern Africa 21.0566
Northern Europe 3.2244
Polynesia 9.9695
South America 12.3224
South-Eastern Asia 17.9809
Southern Africa 29.1723
Southern Asia 27.8541
Southern Europe 2.9081
Western Africa 60.3386
Western Asia 17.0064
Western Europe 3.2261

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 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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