The global infant mortality rate decreased from 1990 to 2021, and is predicted to continue to fall in the coming decades. In 2021, there were approximately 28 infant deaths per 1,000 liver births worldwide, a number that is expected to drop below 10 by 2100. As a result of this, as well as other developments, the world's population increased over the last decades and is predicted to continue to increase in the coming decades.
Projected global infant mortality rate 1990 to 2100
Characteristic
Infant deaths per thousand live births
2100
9.3
2095
9.8
2090
10.4
2085
10.9
2080
11.6
2075
12.3
2070
13.1
2065
14.1
2060
15.1
2055
16.1
2050
17.1
2045
18.3
2040
19.9
2035
21.7
2030
23.8
2025
26.1
2021
27.9
2020
28.3
2019
28.7
2018
29.2
2017
29.6
2016
30.5
2015
31.5
2014
32.3
2013
33.5
2012
34.4
2011
35.8
2010
37.1
2009
38.4
2008
39.9
2007
41.4
2006
43.1
2005
44.9
2004
46.6
2003
48.3
2002
50.1
2001
51.8
2000
53.3
1999
55.1
1998
57
1997
58.1
1996
59.4
1995
60.6
1994
61.6
1993
62.6
1992
63.8
1991
64.6
1990
64.6
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). (July 12, 2022). Projected global infant mortality rate 1990 to 2100 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/673449/projected-global-infant-mortality-rate/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). "Projected global infant mortality rate 1990 to 2100." Chart. July 12, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/673449/projected-global-infant-mortality-rate/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). (2022). Projected global infant mortality rate 1990 to 2100. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/673449/projected-global-infant-mortality-rate/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). "Projected Global Infant Mortality Rate 1990 to 2100." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/673449/projected-global-infant-mortality-rate/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Projected global infant mortality rate 1990 to 2100 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/673449/projected-global-infant-mortality-rate/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Projected global infant mortality rate 1990 to 2100 [Graph], United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), July 12, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/673449/projected-global-infant-mortality-rate/
