๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Infant Mortality Rate of Nepal

18.03
Infant Mortality Rate
10,978
Infant Deaths
205,732
Overall Deaths

The current infant mortality rate of Nepal is 18.0309 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. A -5.86% decrease from 2023, when the infant mortality rate was 19.1534 and 11,752 infants died for the year. In the future, Nepal's infant mortality rate is projected to decrease to 2.8741 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, by the year 2100. A total decrease of Nepal's infant mortality rate by -84.06% from today's standard. This positive trend of Nepal'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 Nepal (1950-2024)

Nepal has seen a decrease of the infant mortality rate since the 1950's. From 226.6888 to 18.0309 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, a decrease of -92.05% in total.

Year Infant Mortality Rate (infant deaths for every 1,000 live births) Infant Deaths Overall Deaths
1950 226.6888 89,061 218,304
1951 225.9695 90,726 222,482
1952 225.3886 92,259 226,417
1953 225.0397 93,725 230,698
1954 224.5848 94,869 234,642
1955 223.954 95,685 237,869
1956 223.1562 96,468 241,125
1957 222.1983 97,173 244,175
1958 221.0955 97,867 247,628
1959 219.3951 98,213 249,611
1960 217.0977 98,938 252,886
1961 214.3774 99,763 255,426
1962 211.1823 100,102 257,952
1963 207.4764 99,895 260,250
1964 203.1207 99,400 260,490
1965 198.7392 98,606 261,291
1966 194.2282 97,709 262,418
1967 189.7317 96,945 262,535
1968 185.531 96,555 264,299
1969 181.1243 95,588 264,419
1970 177.0773 94,738 264,861
1971 172.8666 93,885 265,443
1972 169.1064 92,875 266,634
1973 165.5328 91,623 267,719
1974 161.8747 91,305 269,051
1975 158.2254 91,116 269,064
1976 154.5923 90,891 269,903
1977 150.861 90,266 270,922
1978 147.0065 89,653 269,961
1979 142.9226 88,829 269,882
1980 138.9588 87,552 268,943
1981 135.3799 86,740 269,494
1982 130.8905 85,522 269,490
1983 126.7606 84,551 270,208
1984 122.6762 83,605 267,934
1985 118.5737 82,084 266,345
1986 114.3441 80,263 264,466
1987 110.1987 78,531 259,439
1988 105.7104 76,404 257,668
1989 101.0486 73,927 250,992
1990 96.5125 71,753 248,380
1991 92.0566 69,425 244,125
1992 87.5749 66,952 238,692
1993 83.8129 65,764 235,621
1994 79.3719 62,989 230,035
1995 75.6276 60,207 225,945
1996 72.1069 56,891 221,737
1997 68.3027 52,986 215,543
1998 65.1904 50,118 209,994
1999 61.7664 47,024 206,788
2000 58.65 44,282 204,297
2001 55.7664 41,362 198,947
2002 53.1881 38,642 202,090
2003 50.4895 36,322 195,544
2004 48.1012 34,093 192,112
2005 45.9719 31,749 188,292
2006 44.1417 29,545 186,924
2007 42.1635 27,497 185,069
2008 40.1005 25,601 187,644
2009 38.3258 24,015 187,412
2010 36.6653 22,654 190,785
2011 35.149 21,586 189,077
2012 33.718 20,712 191,550
2013 32.1548 19,719 189,862
2014 30.6062 18,773 192,797
2015 29.618 18,108 204,456
2016 27.7224 16,848 193,403
2017 26.5544 16,032 196,726
2018 25.5007 15,315 200,989
2019 24.5484 14,782 198,367
2020 23.7939 14,337 210,466
2021 22.8397 13,918 232,398
2022 20.3316 12,528 203,387
2023 19.1534 11,752 204,545
2024 18.0309 10,978 205,732

Future Infant Mortality Rate of Nepal (2024-2100)

Nepal'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 18.0309 to an average of 2.8741 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. An additional decrease of -84.06% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Infant Mortality Rate (infant deaths for every 1,000 live births) Infant Deaths Overall Deaths
2024 18.0309 10,978 205,732
2025 17.0378 10,274 207,087
2026 16.0536 9,586 208,636
2027 15.1358 8,927 210,220
2028 14.4958 8,426 211,512
2029 13.8937 7,945 212,988
2030 13.3316 7,518 214,673
2031 12.8107 7,109 216,466
2032 12.312 6,751 217,960
2033 11.8444 6,391 219,751
2034 11.385 6,079 221,544
2035 10.961 5,794 223,573
2036 10.5564 5,513 225,625
2037 10.1822 5,271 227,917
2038 9.8156 5,027 230,259
2039 9.457 4,803 232,637
2040 9.1203 4,619 235,218
2041 8.8093 4,444 237,820
2042 8.5172 4,281 240,616
2043 8.2438 4,139 243,615
2044 7.9708 3,980 246,537
2045 7.7095 3,826 249,575
2046 7.4616 3,680 252,897
2047 7.2223 3,552 256,243
2048 6.9932 3,420 259,923
2049 6.7894 3,287 263,641
2050 6.5815 3,162 267,619
2051 6.3951 3,053 271,698
2052 6.2039 2,932 275,931
2053 6.0171 2,818 280,365
2054 5.8703 2,719 284,636
2055 5.7366 2,620 289,253
2056 5.6034 2,530 294,000
2057 5.4867 2,442 298,572
2058 5.3839 2,365 303,483
2059 5.2832 2,300 308,728
2060 5.1874 2,238 314,215
2061 5.0864 2,177 319,723
2062 4.9824 2,114 325,303
2063 4.8892 2,045 331,078
2064 4.7927 1,994 336,860
2065 4.6978 1,934 342,993
2066 4.6105 1,883 349,266
2067 4.5208 1,827 355,400
2068 4.4443 1,783 361,761
2069 4.3645 1,737 368,136
2070 4.289 1,696 374,664
2071 4.2185 1,659 381,304
2072 4.1465 1,619 387,996
2073 4.0763 1,578 394,707
2074 4.0052 1,538 401,129
2075 3.9406 1,505 407,897
2076 3.8672 1,461 414,145
2077 3.8083 1,424 420,554
2078 3.7433 1,382 426,625
2079 3.6823 1,350 432,157
2080 3.6383 1,321 437,957
2081 3.5856 1,292 443,205
2082 3.5339 1,260 448,038
2083 3.4862 1,229 452,207
2084 3.4412 1,199 456,348
2085 3.3958 1,172 459,520
2086 3.3493 1,142 462,508
2087 3.3111 1,118 464,732
2088 3.267 1,087 466,142
2089 3.227 1,062 467,253
2090 3.189 1,043 468,179
2091 3.1518 1,020 467,515
2092 3.1132 998 466,949
2093 3.0847 981 466,063
2094 3.0521 965 464,632
2095 3.0218 945 462,546
2096 2.9881 929 460,362
2097 2.9602 910 458,269
2098 2.9278 893 456,017
2099 2.8989 879 453,586
2100 2.8741 863 451,879

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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