Armenia vs Iran: Infant mortality

Infant mortality in 2023: 8.7 per 1,000 live births in Armenia and 9.9 per 1,000 live births in Iran, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Iran, by 1.2 per 1,000 live births, or 1.14 times that in Armenia.

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

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What the numbers say

Iran has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Armenia.
In 2023, Armenia ranked 136 and Iran ranked 123 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Armenia at 2.4 per 1,000 live births and Iran at 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2100.
The world as a whole: 27.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023.

Every year

deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Year	Armenia	Iran	World
2023	8.7	9.9	27.3
2022	9.1	10.2	28.2
2021	9.5	10.6	28.4
2020	10	11	28.7
2019	10.5	11.4	29.2
2018	11.1	11.7	29.7
2017	11.6	12.2	30.3
2016	12.2	12.6	31.1
2015	12.8	13.1	32.1
2014	13.5	13.7	32.9
2013	14.1	14.3	33.9
2012	14.9	14.9	35
2011	15.6	15.6	36.8
2010	16.4	16.5	37.7
2009	17.3	17.4	39.1
2008	18.1	18.4	40.4
2007	19.1	19.6	42
2006	20	20.9	43.7
2005	21	22.3	45.4
2004	22.1	23.7	47.2
2003	23.2	26.2	48.8
2002	24.4	26.8	50.6
2001	25.5	28.5	52.2
2000	26.8	30	53.7
1999	28.1	31.6	55.5
1998	29.4	33.1	57.1
1997	30.8	34.8	58.3
1996	32.2	36.2	59.6
1995	33.7	37.7	60.8
1994	35.3	39.3	62
1993	36.9	41.1	62.9
1992	38.5	42.8	64.1
1991	40.1	44.7	64.9
1990	41.9	48.7	64.9
1989	43.6	49.2	66.2
1988	62.6	51.7	68
1987	47.2	54.6	68.6
1986	49	57.5	70.8
1985	51	60.7	72.9
1984	52.9	64.3	74.6
1983	55	68.3	76.1
1982	57.2	72.8	76.6
1981	59.4	77.9	78.7
1980	61.7	82.9	80.6
1979	64.1	88.4	82.5
1978	66.6	95.9	84.7
1977	69	99.8	86.4
1976	71.4	105.3	88.1
1975	73.7	110.8	89.6
1974	76	116.2	90.9
1973	78.2	121.5	92.1
1972	80.3	127.1	93.6
1971	82.4	131.8	96.1
1970	84.6	136.7	96.9
1969	86.8	141.4	98.3
1968	89.1	146.6	100.2
1967	91.5	149.9	103.1
1966	93.9	153.8	104.9
1965	96.4	157.4	106.4
1964	99	160.8	106.1
1963	101.7	164.2	107.7
1962	104.4	168.5	110.2
1961	107.2	170.7	121.5
1960	110	173.8	131.8
1959	112.9	176.9	125.7
1958	115.8	180	117.7
1957	118.7	183.5	120
1956	121.6	186.3	121.9
1955	124.5	188.7	124.8
1954	127.4	192.2	127.7
1953	130.3	194.5	130.1
1952	133.2	196.8	132.7
1951	136.2	199.4	136
1950	139.1	201.9	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Armenia	Iran	World
2024	9.17.4–11.5	9.17.6–11.2	26.9
2025	8.86.4–12.6	8.86.7–11.8	26.4
2026	8.55.9–13.3	8.56.1–12.4	25.9
2027	8.35.4–13.5	8.25.5–12.5	25.4
2028	85–13.9	7.95.1–12.3	24.9
2029	7.84.7–14.2	7.74.8–12.5	24.5
2030	7.64.4–14.9	7.44.5–12.7	24
2031	7.44.2–14.9	7.14.3–12.8	23.6
2032	7.24–15.5	6.93.9–12.9	23.2
2033	73.8–15.2	6.73.7–12.7	22.8
2034	6.83.6–15.1	6.43.5–12.8	22.3
2035	6.63.5–14.8	6.23.3–12.4	21.9
2036	6.53.3–14.7	63.1–12.6	21.5
2037	6.33.2–15	5.82.9–12.6	21.1
2038	6.13–14.6	5.72.8–12.7	20.8
2039	62.9–14.4	5.52.7–12.4	20.4
2040	5.82.7–14.6	5.32.6–12	20
2041	5.62.7–15.1	5.22.5–11.9	19.7
2042	5.52.5–14.1	52.3–11.8	19.4
2043	5.42.4–14.7	4.82.2–11.7	19
2044	5.32.4–14.8	4.72.1–11.6	18.7
2045	5.22.3–14.8	4.62.1–11.1	18.4
2046	5.12.3–14.8	4.42–11.3	18.2
2047	52.2–15.1	4.31.9–11	17.9
2048	4.92.2–15.2	4.21.8–10.7	17.7
2049	4.82.1–15.1	4.11.7–10.6	17.5
2050	4.72.1–14.9	41.7–10.6	17.3
2051	4.62–15.5	3.91.6–10.6	17.1
2052	4.52–15.4	3.81.6–10.3	16.9
2053	4.42–15.5	3.71.5–10.2	16.7
2054	4.31.9–15.7	3.61.5–9.8	16.5
2055	4.21.9–15.7	3.51.4–10.3	16.3
2056	4.11.8–15.8	3.41.4–9.5	16.1
2057	4.11.8–15.5	3.31.3–9.3	15.9
2058	41.7–15.1	3.31.3–9.2	15.7
2059	3.91.7–15.1	3.21.2–9.1	15.5
2060	3.81.7–15.2	3.11.2–8.9	15.3
2061	3.81.6–14.6	3.11.2–8.7	15.1
2062	3.71.6–13.8	31.1–8.8	14.9
2063	3.71.6–14.1	2.91.1–8.4	14.7
2064	3.61.6–14.7	2.91.1–8.7	14.5
2065	3.51.6–13.7	2.81–8.5	14.3
2066	3.51.5–13.6	2.81–8.3	14.1
2067	3.41.5–13.6	2.71–8.1	13.9
2068	3.41.5–13.5	2.71–8.2	13.8
2069	3.31.4–12.9	2.61–8.2	13.6
2070	3.31.4–13	2.60.9–7.6	13.4
2071	3.31.4–13.6	2.50.9–7.6	13.2
2072	3.21.4–12.5	2.50.9–7.5	13
2073	3.21.3–12.1	2.40.9–7.3	12.9
2074	3.11.3–12	2.40.9–7.2	12.7
2075	3.11.3–12.1	2.40.9–7.3	12.6
2076	3.11.2–12	2.30.8–7.4	12.4
2077	31.2–12.4	2.30.8–7.2	12.3
2078	31.2–11.8	2.30.8–6.9	12.1
2079	31.2–11.9	2.20.8–6.9	12
2080	2.91.1–11.7	2.20.8–6.8	11.8
2081	2.91.1–11.6	2.20.7–6.6	11.7
2082	2.91.1–11.2	2.20.7–6.5	11.6
2083	2.81–11	2.10.7–6.3	11.5
2084	2.81.1–11.4	2.10.7–6.3	11.4
2085	2.81–11.2	2.10.6–6	11.3
2086	2.81–11.2	20.7–6.1	11.1
2087	2.71–11	20.7–6.1	11
2088	2.71–10.9	20.6–5.9	10.9
2089	2.71–10.9	20.6–6	10.8
2090	2.70.9–10.9	1.90.6–6	10.7
2091	2.60.9–10.2	1.90.6–6	10.6
2092	2.60.9–10.2	1.90.6–6	10.5
2093	2.60.9–10	1.90.6–5.8	10.4
2094	2.60.9–10	1.90.6–5.7	10.3
2095	2.50.9–9.7	1.80.6–5.6	10.1
2096	2.50.8–9.3	1.80.5–5.5	10
2097	2.50.8–8.9	1.80.5–5.5	9.9
2098	2.50.8–9.2	1.80.5–5.5	9.8
2099	2.40.8–8.6	1.80.5–5.4	9.7
2100	2.40.7–8.7	1.70.5–5.3	9.6

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Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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