The global infant mortality rate decreased from 1990 to 2023 and is predicted to continue to fall in the coming decades. In 2023, there were approximately 27.3 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.
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Projected global infant mortality rate 1990 to 2100
Characteristic
Infant deaths per thousand live births
2100
9.6
2095
10.1
2090
10.7
2085
11.2
2080
11.8
2075
12.6
2070
13.4
2065
14.3
2060
15.3
2055
16.3
2050
17.3
2045
18.4
2040
20
2035
21.9
2030
24
2025
26.4
2024
26.9
2023
27.3
2022
28.2
2021
28.4
2020
28.7
2019
29.2
2018
29.7
2017
30.3
2016
31.1
2015
32.1
2014
32.9
2013
33.9
2012
35
2011
36.8
2010
37.7
2009
39.1
2008
40.4
2007
42
2006
43.7
2005
45.4
2004
47.2
2003
48.8
2002
50.6
2001
52.2
2000
53.7
1999
55.5
1998
57.1
1997
58.3
1996
59.6
1995
60.8
1994
62
1993
62.9
1992
64.1
1991
64.9
1990
64.9
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). (July 12, 2024). Projected global infant mortality rate 1990 to 2100 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2025, 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, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/673449/projected-global-infant-mortality-rate/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). (2024). Projected global infant mortality rate 1990 to 2100. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2025. 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 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, https://www.statista.com/statistics/673449/projected-global-infant-mortality-rate/ (last visited June 26, 2025)
Projected global infant mortality rate 1990 to 2100 [Graph], United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), July 12, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/673449/projected-global-infant-mortality-rate/
