Lithuania vs Poland: Infant mortality

Infant mortality in 2023: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in Lithuania and 3.2 per 1,000 live births in Poland, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Poland, by 0.4 per 1,000 live births, or 1.13 times that in Lithuania.

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Lithuania.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Lithuania at 0.7 per 1,000 live births and Poland at 0.6 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	Lithuania	Poland	World
2023	2.8	3.2	27.3
2022	3.1	3.4	28.2
2021	3	3.9	28.4
2020	2.7	3.5	28.7
2019	3.2	3.8	29.2
2018	3.4	3.8	29.7
2017	2.9	4.1	30.3
2016	4.4	4.1	31.1
2015	4.2	4.2	32.1
2014	3.9	4.3	32.9
2013	3.6	4.5	33.9
2012	4	4.6	35
2011	4.7	4.7	36.8
2010	4.8	4.9	37.7
2009	5.7	5.3	39.1
2008	5.7	5.6	40.4
2007	6.5	5.8	42
2006	7.3	6	43.7
2005	7.1	6.3	45.4
2004	8	6.7	47.2
2003	7	7	48.8
2002	7.9	7.2	50.6
2001	7.7	7.6	52.2
2000	8.4	8.1	53.7
1999	8.6	8.7	55.5
1998	9.2	9.3	57.1
1997	10.2	10.5	58.3
1996	9.9	11.7	59.6
1995	12.4	13.3	60.8
1994	13.6	14.5	62
1993	14.6	15.9	62.9
1992	16.2	17	64.1
1991	14.3	18	64.9
1990	10.5	18.9	64.9
1989	10.6	19.7	66.2
1988	11.2	20.3	68
1987	12.2	20.6	68.6
1986	11.5	20.9	70.8
1985	14.2	21.5	72.9
1984	13.3	22.4	74.6
1983	14.3	23.5	76.1
1982	15.1	24.2	76.6
1981	16.5	24.9	78.7
1980	14.4	25.3	80.6
1979	17.1	26.1	82.5
1978	18.4	27.1	84.7
1977	17.1	27.9	86.4
1976	18.2	28.5	88.1
1975	19.4	28.4	89.6
1974	19.4	29	90.9
1973	17.6	30.1	92.1
1972	17	32.3	93.6
1971	14.9	35	96.1
1970	19.8	35.7	96.9
1969	21.1	35.2	98.3
1968	19.9	34.9	100.2
1967	20.2	36.1	103.1
1966	23.3	38.7	104.9
1965	24.2	41.7	106.4
1964	29.4	45.1	106.1
1963	34.1	49.3	107.7
1962	35	51.5	110.2
1961	35.3	53.8	121.5
1960	37.9	59.6	131.8
1959	38.5	65.7	125.7
1958	41.6	73	117.7
1957	44.7	73.2	120
1956	47.4	77.3	121.9
1955	48.8	79.4	124.8
1954	49.9	85.1	127.7
1953	50.7	89.2	130.1
1952	51.4	100	132.7
1951	52	95	136
1950	52.6	99.2	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Lithuania	Poland	World
2024	3.12.5–3.9	3.32.8–3.9	26.9
2025	32.2–4.2	3.22.5–4.2	26.4
2026	2.92–4.5	3.12.3–4.3	25.9
2027	2.81.9–4.6	32.1–4.4	25.4
2028	2.81.8–4.7	2.92–4.4	24.9
2029	2.71.7–4.9	2.81.8–4.6	24.5
2030	2.61.6–5	2.81.8–4.6	24
2031	2.51.5–5.3	2.71.7–4.7	23.6
2032	2.51.4–5.3	2.61.6–4.8	23.2
2033	2.41.4–5.3	2.51.5–4.8	22.8
2034	2.31.2–5.2	2.41.4–4.7	22.3
2035	2.31.2–5.2	2.41.3–4.6	21.9
2036	2.21.1–5.4	2.31.3–4.6	21.5
2037	2.11.1–5.2	2.31.2–4.7	21.1
2038	2.11–5.2	2.21.2–4.7	20.8
2039	21–5.1	2.11.1–4.5	20.4
2040	21–5.2	2.11.1–4.5	20
2041	1.90.9–5.1	21–4.5	19.7
2042	1.90.9–5	21–4.4	19.4
2043	1.80.9–5.2	1.90.9–4.5	19
2044	1.80.8–5.3	1.80.9–4.3	18.7
2045	1.70.8–5.2	1.80.9–4.4	18.4
2046	1.70.8–5	1.80.8–4.3	18.2
2047	1.70.8–5.1	1.70.8–4.2	17.9
2048	1.60.8–5	1.70.8–4.2	17.7
2049	1.60.7–5.1	1.60.8–4.3	17.5
2050	1.60.7–5	1.60.7–4.2	17.3
2051	1.50.7–5.2	1.60.7–4	17.1
2052	1.50.7–5.1	1.50.7–4.1	16.9
2053	1.50.7–5.2	1.50.7–3.9	16.7
2054	1.40.6–4.9	1.50.6–3.8	16.5
2055	1.40.6–5	1.40.6–3.7	16.3
2056	1.40.6–4.8	1.40.6–3.6	16.1
2057	1.30.6–4.8	1.40.6–3.7	15.9
2058	1.30.6–4.9	1.40.5–3.7	15.7
2059	1.30.6–4.5	1.30.5–3.6	15.5
2060	1.30.5–4.6	1.30.5–3.5	15.3
2061	1.30.5–4.5	1.30.5–3.5	15.1
2062	1.20.5–4.4	1.30.5–3.5	14.9
2063	1.20.5–4.5	1.20.5–3.5	14.7
2064	1.20.5–4.3	1.20.4–3.4	14.5
2065	1.20.5–4.3	1.20.4–3.3	14.3
2066	1.10.5–4.1	1.20.4–3.3	14.1
2067	1.10.4–4.2	1.10.4–3.2	13.9
2068	1.10.4–4.2	1.10.4–3.1	13.8
2069	1.10.4–4.1	1.10.4–3	13.6
2070	1.10.4–3.9	1.10.4–3	13.4
2071	1.10.4–3.9	1.10.3–3	13.2
2072	10.4–3.8	10.3–3	13
2073	10.4–3.7	10.3–2.9	12.9
2074	10.4–3.7	10.3–2.8	12.7
2075	10.4–3.6	10.3–2.8	12.6
2076	10.3–3.5	10.3–2.8	12.4
2077	10.3–3.5	0.90.3–2.7	12.3
2078	0.90.3–3.5	0.90.3–2.8	12.1
2079	0.90.3–3.4	0.90.3–2.7	12
2080	0.90.3–3.3	0.90.3–2.7	11.8
2081	0.90.3–3.4	0.90.3–2.6	11.7
2082	0.90.3–3.2	0.90.2–2.6	11.6
2083	0.90.3–3.4	0.80.2–2.6	11.5
2084	0.90.3–3.3	0.80.2–2.5	11.4
2085	0.90.3–3.3	0.80.2–2.5	11.3
2086	0.80.3–3.3	0.80.2–2.5	11.1
2087	0.80.3–3.2	0.80.2–2.5	11
2088	0.80.3–3.2	0.80.2–2.5	10.9
2089	0.80.3–3.1	0.80.2–2.6	10.8
2090	0.80.3–3.1	0.80.2–2.5	10.7
2091	0.80.2–3	0.70.2–2.5	10.6
2092	0.80.2–3.1	0.70.2–2.5	10.5
2093	0.80.2–3	0.70.2–2.5	10.4
2094	0.80.2–3	0.70.2–2.4	10.3
2095	0.70.2–2.8	0.70.2–2.4	10.1
2096	0.70.2–2.9	0.70.2–2.4	10
2097	0.70.2–2.9	0.70.2–2.4	9.9
2098	0.70.2–2.8	0.70.1–2.4	9.8
2099	0.70.2–2.9	0.70.1–2.4	9.7
2100	0.70.2–2.8	0.60.1–2.4	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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