Canada vs Japan: Infant mortality

Infant mortality in 2023: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in Canada and 1.6 per 1,000 live births in Japan, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Canada, by 2.6 per 1,000 live births, or 2.59 times that in Japan.

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

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What the numbers say

Canada has been higher since 1962, when it overtook Japan.
In 2023, Canada ranked 185 and Japan ranked 224 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Canada at 0.8 per 1,000 live births and Japan at 0.3 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	Canada	Japan	World
2023	4.3	1.6	27.3
2022	4.3	1.7	28.2
2021	4.4	1.7	28.4
2020	4.4	1.8	28.7
2019	4.4	1.9	29.2
2018	4.7	1.9	29.7
2017	4.5	1.8	30.3
2016	4.5	2	31.1
2015	4.5	2	32.1
2014	4.7	2.1	32.9
2013	4.9	2.1	33.9
2012	4.8	2.2	35
2011	4.9	2.4	36.8
2010	5	2.3	37.7
2009	4.9	2.4	39.1
2008	5.1	2.6	40.4
2007	5.2	2.6	42
2006	5.1	2.7	43.7
2005	5.4	2.8	45.4
2004	5.2	2.8	47.2
2003	5.3	3	48.8
2002	5.4	3	50.6
2001	5.3	3.1	52.2
2000	5.1	3.3	53.7
1999	5.2	3.4	55.5
1998	5.2	3.7	57.1
1997	5.4	3.7	58.3
1996	5.5	3.8	59.6
1995	6	4.2	60.8
1994	6.2	4.4	62
1993	6.2	4.3	62.9
1992	6	4.5	64.1
1991	6.3	4.5	64.9
1990	6.8	4.6	64.9
1989	7.2	4.5	66.2
1988	7.2	4.8	68
1987	7.3	4.9	68.6
1986	7.9	5.2	70.8
1985	8	5.4	72.9
1984	8.2	6	74.6
1983	8.6	6.2	76.1
1982	9.2	6.6	76.6
1981	9.6	7	78.7
1980	10.6	7.3	80.6
1979	11	7.8	82.5
1978	12	8.3	84.7
1977	12.6	8.8	86.4
1976	13	9.2	88.1
1975	14.4	9.7	89.6
1974	15.1	10.7	90.9
1973	15.4	11.4	92.1
1972	16.9	11.8	93.6
1971	17.3	12.8	96.1
1970	19.1	13.5	96.9
1969	19.6	14.2	98.3
1968	20.5	15.4	100.2
1967	21.3	16.9	103.1
1966	22.1	16.8	104.9
1965	22.5	19.4	106.4
1964	24.4	20.9	106.1
1963	26	23.3	107.7
1962	27.3	26.4	110.2
1961	27.1	28.4	121.5
1960	27.7	30.5	131.8
1959	29.1	32.9	125.7
1958	31.3	35.3	117.7
1957	33.5	38.3	120
1956	35.1	39.6	121.9
1955	34.4	39	124.8
1954	35	43.4	127.7
1953	37.9	46.8	130.1
1952	39.9	47.6	132.7
1951	38.4	53.5	136
1950	41.6	56	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Canada	Japan	World
2024	43.5–4.7	1.71.4–2	26.9
2025	3.93.2–4.8	1.61.3–2	26.4
2026	3.83–4.9	1.61.2–2.1	25.9
2027	3.72.8–4.9	1.51.1–2.1	25.4
2028	3.62.6–4.9	1.51–2.2	24.9
2029	3.52.5–5	1.51–2.2	24.5
2030	3.42.4–5.1	1.40.9–2.2	24
2031	3.32.3–5.1	1.40.9–2.2	23.6
2032	3.32.1–5.1	1.30.9–2.2	23.2
2033	3.22–5.1	1.30.8–2.2	22.8
2034	3.11.9–5.1	1.30.8–2.2	22.3
2035	31.8–5	1.20.7–2.2	21.9
2036	31.8–5	1.20.7–2.2	21.5
2037	2.91.7–5	1.20.7–2.1	21.1
2038	2.81.6–5	1.20.7–2.1	20.8
2039	2.81.6–5	1.10.6–2.1	20.4
2040	2.71.5–4.8	1.10.6–2.1	20
2041	2.71.5–4.8	1.10.6–2.1	19.7
2042	2.61.4–4.8	1.10.6–2.1	19.4
2043	2.61.3–4.7	10.5–2.1	19
2044	2.51.3–4.6	10.5–2	18.7
2045	2.41.2–4.6	10.5–2	18.4
2046	2.41.2–4.7	10.5–1.9	18.2
2047	2.41.2–4.7	0.90.5–2	17.9
2048	2.31.1–4.6	0.90.4–2	17.7
2049	2.31.1–4.5	0.90.4–2	17.5
2050	2.21.1–4.5	0.90.4–2	17.3
2051	2.21–4.4	0.90.4–2	17.1
2052	2.11–4.3	0.90.4–1.9	16.9
2053	2.11–4.4	0.80.4–1.9	16.7
2054	20.9–4.2	0.80.4–1.9	16.5
2055	20.9–4.2	0.80.3–1.9	16.3
2056	20.8–4.2	0.80.3–1.9	16.1
2057	1.90.8–4.2	0.80.3–1.8	15.9
2058	1.90.8–4.2	0.80.3–1.7	15.7
2059	1.90.8–4.2	0.70.3–1.8	15.5
2060	1.80.7–4.1	0.70.3–1.8	15.3
2061	1.80.7–4.1	0.70.3–1.8	15.1
2062	1.80.7–4.1	0.70.3–1.7	14.9
2063	1.70.6–4	0.70.2–1.7	14.7
2064	1.70.6–4	0.70.2–1.8	14.5
2065	1.70.5–4	0.70.2–1.7	14.3
2066	1.60.5–4	0.60.2–1.7	14.1
2067	1.60.5–3.9	0.60.2–1.7	13.9
2068	1.60.5–4	0.60.2–1.7	13.8
2069	1.50.5–3.9	0.60.2–1.6	13.6
2070	1.50.5–3.9	0.60.2–1.6	13.4
2071	1.50.5–3.8	0.60.2–1.6	13.2
2072	1.50.4–3.6	0.60.2–1.6	13
2073	1.40.4–3.7	0.60.2–1.6	12.9
2074	1.40.4–3.6	0.50.1–1.5	12.7
2075	1.40.4–3.5	0.50.1–1.5	12.6
2076	1.40.4–3.4	0.50.1–1.5	12.4
2077	1.30.4–3.5	0.50.1–1.5	12.3
2078	1.30.3–3.4	0.50.1–1.4	12.1
2079	1.30.3–3.4	0.50.1–1.4	12
2080	1.30.3–3.4	0.50.1–1.4	11.8
2081	1.20.3–3.3	0.50.1–1.4	11.7
2082	1.20.3–3.4	0.50.1–1.4	11.6
2083	1.20.2–3.3	0.50.1–1.4	11.5
2084	1.20.2–3.3	0.40.1–1.3	11.4
2085	1.10.2–3.2	0.40.1–1.3	11.3
2086	1.10.2–3.1	0.40.1–1.3	11.1
2087	1.10.2–3.1	0.40.1–1.3	11
2088	1.10.2–3.1	0.40.1–1.3	10.9
2089	1.10.2–3	0.40.1–1.3	10.8
2090	10.2–3	0.40.1–1.3	10.7
2091	10.2–3	0.40.1–1.2	10.6
2092	10.1–3	0.40–1.3	10.5
2093	10.1–2.9	0.40–1.2	10.4
2094	10.1–2.9	0.40–1.2	10.3
2095	0.90.1–2.9	0.40–1.2	10.1
2096	0.90.1–2.8	0.30–1.2	10
2097	0.90.1–2.7	0.30–1.2	9.9
2098	0.90.1–2.8	0.30–1.2	9.8
2099	0.90.1–2.7	0.30–1.2	9.7
2100	0.80.1–2.8	0.30–1.2	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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