Bulgaria vs Romania: Infant mortality

Infant mortality in 2023: 4.7 per 1,000 live births in Bulgaria and 4.8 per 1,000 live births in Romania, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Romania, by 0.1 per 1,000 live births, or 1.03 times that in Bulgaria.

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

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What the numbers say

Romania has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Bulgaria.
In 2023, Bulgaria ranked 178 and Romania ranked 176 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Bulgaria at 1.3 per 1,000 live births and Romania at 1.3 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	Bulgaria	Romania	World
2023	4.7	4.8	27.3
2022	5.2	5.2	28.2
2021	5.5	5.4	28.4
2020	5	5.6	28.7
2019	5.5	5.7	29.2
2018	5.7	6	29.7
2017	6.3	6.6	30.3
2016	6.5	6.9	31.1
2015	6.5	7.6	32.1
2014	7.7	8.7	32.9
2013	7.5	9.3	33.9
2012	7.8	9.9	35
2011	8.3	9.6	36.8
2010	9.1	10.5	37.7
2009	9.3	11.3	39.1
2008	8.8	12.1	40.4
2007	9.3	12.5	42
2006	10	14.5	43.7
2005	10.5	15.6	45.4
2004	11.9	17.1	47.2
2003	12.4	16.7	48.8
2002	13.4	17	50.6
2001	14.1	18	52.2
2000	13.6	18.6	53.7
1999	15.3	18.5	55.5
1998	15.1	20.5	57.1
1997	16.3	22.2	58.3
1996	15.6	22	59.6
1995	14.2	20.8	60.8
1994	15.9	23.7	62
1993	15.1	22.8	62.9
1992	15.6	23.1	64.1
1991	16.3	21.6	64.9
1990	14.4	24.7	64.9
1989	14.1	26.4	66.2
1988	13.6	25.2	68
1987	14.6	29	68.6
1986	14.2	23.7	70.8
1985	15	25.8	72.9
1984	15.9	24.4	74.6
1983	16.5	23	76.1
1982	18.2	26.6	76.6
1981	18.6	27.9	78.7
1980	19.6	28.9	80.6
1979	20.1	31.4	82.5
1978	22	30.2	84.7
1977	23.6	31.5	86.4
1976	22.6	31.2	88.1
1975	22.1	34.4	89.6
1974	25.7	37	90.9
1973	27.1	37.5	92.1
1972	25.7	39.4	93.6
1971	24.3	41.1	96.1
1970	27	47.5	96.9
1969	29.7	51.8	98.3
1968	30.5	55	100.2
1967	33.2	49.5	103.1
1966	30.9	49	104.9
1965	29.3	48.7	106.4
1964	32.8	50.1	106.1
1963	35.2	52.8	107.7
1962	36.4	56.5	110.2
1961	37.3	61.2	121.5
1960	45.6	66	131.8
1959	54.4	70.1	125.7
1958	51.6	73.4	117.7
1957	65	76	120
1956	71.8	78.3	121.9
1955	83.1	80.6	124.8
1954	85.5	83.2	127.7
1953	79.9	86.3	130.1
1952	98.5	89.8	132.7
1951	97.3	93.6	136
1950	96	97.5	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Bulgaria	Romania	World
2024	4.93.9–6.3	5.14.2–6.5	26.9
2025	4.73.4–6.7	53.7–7.1	26.4
2026	4.63.1–7.3	4.83.3–7.6	25.9
2027	4.42.9–7.5	4.73.1–7.9	25.4
2028	4.32.6–7.9	4.62.8–8	24.9
2029	4.22.5–8	4.42.6–8.2	24.5
2030	4.12.3–8.1	4.32.5–8.4	24
2031	42.2–8.2	4.22.4–8.7	23.6
2032	3.92.1–8.3	4.12.2–8.9	23.2
2033	3.82–8.5	42.1–8.8	22.8
2034	3.71.8–8.6	3.92.1–8.9	22.3
2035	3.61.8–8.9	3.82–8.9	21.9
2036	3.51.7–9	3.71.9–8.9	21.5
2037	3.41.7–8.8	3.61.8–9.1	21.1
2038	3.31.6–8.7	3.51.7–9.5	20.8
2039	3.21.6–8.6	3.41.6–9.3	20.4
2040	3.11.5–8.4	3.41.6–9.5	20
2041	3.11.5–8.9	3.31.5–9.7	19.7
2042	31.4–8.5	3.21.4–9.5	19.4
2043	31.3–8.4	3.21.4–9.4	19
2044	2.91.3–8.7	3.11.4–9.3	18.7
2045	2.91.3–9.2	31.4–9.3	18.4
2046	2.81.3–9	31.3–9.3	18.2
2047	2.71.2–8.9	2.91.3–9.3	17.9
2048	2.71.2–8.8	2.81.2–9.1	17.7
2049	2.61.1–8.7	2.81.2–9.1	17.5
2050	2.61.1–8.7	2.71.1–9.4	17.3
2051	2.51.1–8.5	2.71.1–9	17.1
2052	2.51.1–8.5	2.61.1–9	16.9
2053	2.51–8.3	2.61.1–8.8	16.7
2054	2.41–8.1	2.51–9.2	16.5
2055	2.41–8.2	2.51–9	16.3
2056	2.30.9–8	2.41–8.9	16.1
2057	2.30.9–7.9	2.41–9	15.9
2058	2.20.9–7.6	2.31–8.9	15.7
2059	2.20.9–7.7	2.31–8.9	15.5
2060	2.20.9–7.9	2.21–8.8	15.3
2061	2.10.9–8.1	2.20.9–8.7	15.1
2062	2.10.9–7.9	2.20.9–9.1	14.9
2063	2.10.8–7.8	2.10.9–9.1	14.7
2064	20.8–7.5	2.10.9–8.8	14.5
2065	20.8–7.8	20.8–8.8	14.3
2066	20.8–8.2	20.8–8.7	14.1
2067	1.90.8–7.7	20.8–8.8	13.9
2068	1.90.8–7.6	20.8–8.8	13.8
2069	1.90.7–7.6	1.90.7–8.8	13.6
2070	1.90.7–7.3	1.90.7–8.1	13.4
2071	1.80.7–7.2	1.90.7–8	13.2
2072	1.80.7–7	1.90.7–8.1	13
2073	1.80.7–6.8	1.80.7–8	12.9
2074	1.80.7–6.7	1.80.7–7.8	12.7
2075	1.80.7–6.6	1.80.6–7.7	12.6
2076	1.70.6–6.5	1.80.6–7.6	12.4
2077	1.70.6–6.5	1.70.6–7.5	12.3
2078	1.70.6–6.5	1.70.6–7.3	12.1
2079	1.70.6–6.3	1.70.6–7.2	12
2080	1.70.6–6.4	1.70.6–7.3	11.8
2081	1.60.6–6	1.60.6–7.2	11.7
2082	1.60.6–5.9	1.60.6–7.1	11.6
2083	1.60.5–5.7	1.60.5–7	11.5
2084	1.60.5–5.7	1.60.5–6.7	11.4
2085	1.60.5–5.5	1.60.5–6.6	11.3
2086	1.60.5–5.6	1.50.5–6.5	11.1
2087	1.50.5–5.4	1.50.5–6.4	11
2088	1.50.5–5.3	1.50.5–6.2	10.9
2089	1.50.5–5.5	1.50.5–6.4	10.8
2090	1.50.5–5.3	1.50.5–6.2	10.7
2091	1.50.5–5.2	1.40.5–5.9	10.6
2092	1.50.4–5.5	1.40.4–5.8	10.5
2093	1.40.4–5.3	1.40.5–5.7	10.4
2094	1.40.4–5.1	1.40.4–5.4	10.3
2095	1.40.4–5	1.40.4–5.5	10.1
2096	1.40.4–5.1	1.40.4–5.4	10
2097	1.40.4–5.1	1.30.4–5.4	9.9
2098	1.40.4–4.8	1.30.4–5.1	9.8
2099	1.40.4–4.9	1.30.4–5.1	9.7
2100	1.30.4–4.8	1.30.4–5.3	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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