๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Infant Mortality Rate of Ireland

2.30
Infant Mortality Rate
129
Infant Deaths
33,989
Overall Deaths

The current infant mortality rate of Ireland is 2.3021 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. A -3.0% decrease from 2023, when the infant mortality rate was 2.3734 and 135 infants died for the year. In the future, Ireland's infant mortality rate is projected to decrease to 0.3301 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, by the year 2100. A total decrease of Ireland's infant mortality rate by -85.66% from today's standard. This positive trend of Ireland's infant mortality rate can broadly be attributed to improvements in hygiene, water quality, and living conditions that reduced the spread of infections. The avalibality of midwife-led continuity of care (MLCC) from professional midwives according to international standard also plays a role in the overall decrease of the infant mortality rate.

Historic Infant Mortality Rate of Ireland (1950-2024)

Ireland has seen a decrease of the infant mortality rate since the 1950's. From 44.2959 to 2.3021 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, a decrease of -94.8% in total.

Year Infant Mortality Rate (infant deaths for every 1,000 live births) Infant Deaths Overall Deaths
1950 44.2959 2,926 37,791
1951 44.4346 2,949 42,663
1952 41.7409 2,762 35,336
1953 38.6395 2,539 34,784
1954 37.6383 2,413 35,784
1955 36.3392 2,265 36,973
1956 35.1645 2,163 34,087
1957 33.0475 2,043 34,387
1958 34.6051 2,104 34,327
1959 31.8165 1,933 34,248
1960 28.6571 1,752 32,676
1961 29.361 1,750 34,724
1962 29.0772 1,755 33,708
1963 26.6393 1,641 33,677
1964 26.5911 1,663 32,593
1965 24.7479 1,543 32,982
1966 24.2433 1,483 35,027
1967 23.945 1,445 31,273
1968 20.7507 1,251 33,029
1969 20.6379 1,285 33,571
1970 19.4474 1,245 33,550
1971 18.2886 1,216 31,767
1972 18.121 1,220 34,144
1973 17.8552 1,217 33,943
1974 17.7154 1,213 34,743
1975 17.1795 1,153 33,103
1976 15.5282 1,047 33,906
1977 15.5922 1,069 33,447
1978 14.8402 1,037 33,625
1979 12.8769 927 33,551
1980 11.1448 818 33,260
1981 10.1608 731 32,694
1982 10.4027 733 32,268
1983 9.8208 657 32,747
1984 9.486 607 31,927
1985 8.7352 541 33,010
1986 8.8762 542 33,375
1987 7.7789 456 31,209
1988 8.5435 469 31,384
1989 7.9147 412 31,896
1990 8.2452 431 31,140
1991 7.5457 392 31,046
1992 6.3345 320 30,674
1993 6.0396 295 31,899
1994 5.6853 272 30,713
1995 6.3327 304 31,992
1996 6.1634 306 31,464
1997 6.2098 320 31,245
1998 5.9813 316 31,280
1999 5.9094 313 32,345
2000 6.2212 335 31,096
2001 6.0266 339 29,891
2002 5.3568 314 29,439
2003 5.382 324 28,806
2004 4.6761 284 28,340
2005 3.8524 233 27,991
2006 4.0549 257 28,226
2007 3.3949 234 27,790
2008 3.9078 288 27,986
2009 3.3268 251 28,043
2010 3.6635 275 27,707
2011 3.5747 263 28,136
2012 3.311 237 28,837
2013 3.5798 247 29,186
2014 3.3722 226 28,889
2015 3.5072 228 29,845
2016 3.0697 193 30,359
2017 2.7594 170 30,119
2018 2.6917 167 30,601
2019 2.6227 159 31,457
2020 2.5569 152 32,911
2021 2.4928 146 35,151
2022 2.4513 142 33,121
2023 2.3734 135 33,510
2024 2.3021 129 33,989

Future Infant Mortality Rate of Ireland (2024-2100)

Ireland's positive downward trend in the infant mortality rate is set to decrease even further in the future. Where the infant mortality rate will shrink from 2.3021 to an average of 0.3301 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. An additional decrease of -85.66% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Infant Mortality Rate (infant deaths for every 1,000 live births) Infant Deaths Overall Deaths
2024 2.3021 129 33,989
2025 2.2304 124 34,508
2026 2.1644 120 35,100
2027 2.1014 116 35,743
2028 2.035 112 36,385
2029 1.9741 109 37,106
2030 1.918 107 37,890
2031 1.864 105 38,702
2032 1.8145 103 39,570
2033 1.7667 102 40,456
2034 1.7183 100 41,322
2035 1.6715 98 42,173
2036 1.6305 97 43,067
2037 1.5889 95 43,926
2038 1.5506 93 44,806
2039 1.5098 91 45,626
2040 1.4741 90 46,467
2041 1.4357 87 47,237
2042 1.4022 85 48,050
2043 1.3697 83 48,835
2044 1.3349 81 49,551
2045 1.3044 78 50,317
2046 1.2716 76 51,037
2047 1.2431 74 51,810
2048 1.2123 71 52,532
2049 1.1855 68 53,315
2050 1.1566 66 54,051
2051 1.1287 64 54,797
2052 1.1031 61 55,575
2053 1.0769 59 56,308
2054 1.0552 58 57,128
2055 1.0306 56 57,858
2056 1.0041 54 58,546
2057 0.981 53 59,300
2058 0.9584 51 60,053
2059 0.9365 50 60,796
2060 0.9154 48 61,531
2061 0.8949 47 62,261
2062 0.873 46 62,905
2063 0.8539 45 63,567
2064 0.8333 44 64,144
2065 0.8141 43 64,718
2066 0.7938 42 65,203
2067 0.7766 41 65,728
2068 0.7583 40 66,100
2069 0.7423 40 66,423
2070 0.7252 39 66,586
2071 0.7067 38 66,582
2072 0.6906 37 66,517
2073 0.6734 37 66,277
2074 0.6582 36 66,004
2075 0.6408 35 65,515
2076 0.6267 34 65,063
2077 0.6114 33 64,479
2078 0.5968 32 63,847
2079 0.5825 31 63,192
2080 0.5685 30 62,545
2081 0.5553 29 61,933
2082 0.5412 28 61,342
2083 0.5273 27 60,864
2084 0.5141 27 60,516
2085 0.5012 26 60,313
2086 0.4879 25 60,198
2087 0.4767 24 60,303
2088 0.4622 23 60,362
2089 0.4509 23 60,703
2090 0.4393 22 61,087
2091 0.4279 21 61,551
2092 0.4159 21 62,030
2093 0.4043 20 62,569
2094 0.394 19 63,202
2095 0.3831 19 63,795
2096 0.3713 18 64,296
2097 0.3611 18 64,833
2098 0.3497 17 65,277
2099 0.3407 17 65,774
2100 0.3301 16 66,079

What is Infant Mortality Rate?

Mortality rate is a measure of the frequency of occurrence of death in a defined population during a specified interval. Infant mortality rate refers to the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births in a given population. It is an important indicator of the overall health and well-being of a society, as well as the quality of healthcare and socio-economic conditions.

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

What Countries have the Lowest Infant Mortality Rate?

In general, developed countries tend to have lower infant mortality rates due to better access to healthcare, advanced medical facilities, and public health initiatives. In contrast, developing countries often have higher rates due to various factors such as limited access to healthcare, inadequate nutrition, poor sanitation, and infectious diseases.

Infant Mortality Rate numbers for country change each year, thus we provide a list of countries with the lowest infant mortality rate in 2024, and previous years dating back to the 1950's.

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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