Estonia vs Latvia: Infant mortality

Infant mortality in 2023: 1.4 per 1,000 live births in Estonia and 2.9 per 1,000 live births in Latvia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Latvia, by 1.5 per 1,000 live births, or 2.07 times that in Estonia.

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

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What the numbers say

Latvia has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Estonia.
In 2023, Estonia ranked 225 and Latvia ranked 204 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Estonia at 0.5 per 1,000 live births and Latvia at 0.7 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	Estonia	Latvia	World
2023	1.4	2.9	27.3
2022	1.9	3.3	28.2
2021	2.2	2.7	28.4
2020	1.4	3.4	28.7
2019	1.6	3.4	29.2
2018	1.6	3	29.7
2017	2.3	4	30.3
2016	2.3	3.7	31.1
2015	2.5	4.1	32.1
2014	2.6	3.9	32.9
2013	2	4.5	33.9
2012	3.5	6.5	35
2011	2.4	6.5	36.8
2010	3.3	5.4	37.7
2009	3.6	7.3	39.1
2008	5	6.7	40.4
2007	5.2	8.7	42
2006	4.5	7.7	43.7
2005	5.5	8	45.4
2004	6.6	9.2	47.2
2003	7	9.7	48.8
2002	5.7	10	50.6
2001	8.6	10.8	52.2
2000	8.6	10.5	53.7
1999	9.7	11.5	55.5
1998	9.3	15	57.1
1997	9.8	14.9	58.3
1996	10.4	15.4	59.6
1995	14.6	18	60.8
1994	14.2	14.8	62
1993	14.3	15	62.9
1992	15.3	16.8	64.1
1991	12.5	14.2	64.9
1990	11.6	12.4	64.9
1989	14.7	10.5	66.2
1988	12.5	11	68
1987	16.2	11.2	68.6
1986	16.1	12.9	70.8
1985	13.8	12.7	72.9
1984	13.7	13	74.6
1983	16.4	16.2	76.1
1982	17.2	14.1	76.6
1981	17.1	15.6	78.7
1980	17.2	15.4	80.6
1979	18.3	18.2	82.5
1978	16.5	17.8	84.7
1977	17.5	17.7	86.4
1976	17.5	19	88.1
1975	18	19.2	89.6
1974	17.6	17.5	90.9
1973	15.7	14.8	92.1
1972	15.6	15	93.6
1971	17.8	15.4	96.1
1970	18.2	17.7	96.9
1969	17.4	17.9	98.3
1968	18.4	18.9	100.2
1967	19.1	17.2	103.1
1966	19.9	17.3	104.9
1965	19.7	18.1	106.4
1964	25.4	21.8	106.1
1963	25.5	24.8	107.7
1962	24.6	24	110.2
1961	28	24.2	121.5
1960	31	26.7	131.8
1959	31.1	30.3	125.7
1958	30.9	32.6	117.7
1957	29	36.1	120
1956	30.7	39.8	121.9
1955	32.5	42.5	124.8
1954	34.3	45.2	127.7
1953	36.2	48	130.1
1952	38.1	51	132.7
1951	40.2	54.1	136
1950	42.4	57.4	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Estonia	Latvia	World
2024	1.61.4–2	2.72.3–3.4	26.9
2025	1.61.3–2.1	2.72–3.8	26.4
2026	1.61.2–2.2	2.61.8–4	25.9
2027	1.51.1–2.3	2.51.7–4.1	25.4
2028	1.51–2.3	2.51.6–4.2	24.9
2029	1.41–2.3	2.41.5–4.4	24.5
2030	1.40.9–2.3	2.31.4–4.5	24
2031	1.40.9–2.4	2.31.3–4.6	23.6
2032	1.30.8–2.3	2.21.2–4.7	23.2
2033	1.30.8–2.3	2.21.2–4.6	22.8
2034	1.30.8–2.4	2.11.1–4.7	22.3
2035	1.20.7–2.4	21.1–4.7	21.9
2036	1.20.7–2.5	21–4.7	21.5
2037	1.20.6–2.5	1.91–4.5	21.1
2038	1.20.6–2.4	1.90.9–4.7	20.8
2039	1.10.6–2.4	1.80.9–4.6	20.4
2040	1.10.6–2.3	1.80.8–4.7	20
2041	1.10.5–2.4	1.80.8–4.7	19.7
2042	1.10.5–2.3	1.70.8–4.8	19.4
2043	10.5–2.3	1.70.8–4.8	19
2044	10.5–2.2	1.60.7–5	18.7
2045	10.5–2.2	1.60.7–5	18.4
2046	10.5–2.2	1.60.7–4.8	18.2
2047	10.4–2.2	1.50.7–4.9	17.9
2048	0.90.4–2.1	1.50.7–4.9	17.7
2049	0.90.4–2.1	1.50.7–4.9	17.5
2050	0.90.4–2.1	1.50.6–4.8	17.3
2051	0.90.4–2.1	1.40.6–4.7	17.1
2052	0.90.4–2.1	1.40.6–4.8	16.9
2053	0.90.4–2	1.40.6–4.7	16.7
2054	0.80.4–1.9	1.30.6–4.5	16.5
2055	0.80.4–1.9	1.30.6–4.7	16.3
2056	0.80.4–1.9	1.30.5–4.5	16.1
2057	0.80.3–1.9	1.30.5–4.4	15.9
2058	0.80.3–1.9	1.30.5–4.4	15.7
2059	0.80.3–1.9	1.20.5–4.4	15.5
2060	0.80.3–1.9	1.20.5–4.6	15.3
2061	0.80.3–1.9	1.20.5–4.3	15.1
2062	0.70.3–1.9	1.20.5–4.3	14.9
2063	0.70.3–1.8	1.10.4–4.3	14.7
2064	0.70.3–1.8	1.10.4–4.2	14.5
2065	0.70.3–1.8	1.10.4–4	14.3
2066	0.70.3–1.7	1.10.4–4	14.1
2067	0.70.3–1.8	1.10.4–4	13.9
2068	0.70.2–1.8	10.4–4	13.8
2069	0.70.2–1.8	10.4–4.1	13.6
2070	0.70.2–1.8	10.4–3.9	13.4
2071	0.70.2–1.8	10.3–4	13.2
2072	0.70.2–1.7	10.3–3.8	13
2073	0.60.2–1.7	10.3–3.8	12.9
2074	0.60.2–1.7	10.3–3.8	12.7
2075	0.60.2–1.7	0.90.3–3.8	12.6
2076	0.60.2–1.7	0.90.3–3.6	12.4
2077	0.60.2–1.7	0.90.3–3.6	12.3
2078	0.60.2–1.7	0.90.3–3.4	12.1
2079	0.60.2–1.7	0.90.3–3.5	12
2080	0.60.2–1.7	0.90.3–3.4	11.8
2081	0.60.2–1.7	0.90.3–3.4	11.7
2082	0.60.2–1.6	0.90.3–3.4	11.6
2083	0.60.2–1.6	0.80.3–3.3	11.5
2084	0.60.2–1.5	0.80.3–3.3	11.4
2085	0.50.2–1.6	0.80.3–3.3	11.3
2086	0.50.2–1.5	0.80.3–3.2	11.1
2087	0.50.1–1.5	0.80.2–3.2	11
2088	0.50.1–1.6	0.80.2–3	10.9
2089	0.50.1–1.5	0.80.2–3.1	10.8
2090	0.50.1–1.6	0.80.2–3	10.7
2091	0.50.1–1.6	0.80.2–3	10.6
2092	0.50.1–1.6	0.80.2–3.1	10.5
2093	0.50.1–1.6	0.70.2–3.1	10.4
2094	0.50.1–1.6	0.70.2–3	10.3
2095	0.50.1–1.6	0.70.2–2.8	10.1
2096	0.50.1–1.5	0.70.2–2.9	10
2097	0.50.1–1.5	0.70.2–2.9	9.9
2098	0.50.1–1.5	0.70.2–2.9	9.8
2099	0.50.1–1.4	0.70.2–2.8	9.7
2100	0.50.1–1.5	0.70.2–2.8	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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