Norway vs Sweden: Infant mortality

Infant mortality in 2023: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in Norway and 1.9 per 1,000 live births in Sweden, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Norway, by 0 per 1,000 live births, or 1.01 times that in Sweden.

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

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What the numbers say

Norway has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Sweden.
In 2023, Norway ranked 219 and Sweden ranked 220 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Norway at 0.3 per 1,000 live births and Sweden 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	Norway	Sweden	World
2023	1.9	1.9	27.3
2022	1.8	2.1	28.2
2021	1.9	1.8	28.4
2020	1.7	2.3	28.7
2019	2.1	2	29.2
2018	2.3	2	29.7
2017	2.2	2.4	30.3
2016	2.1	2.5	31.1
2015	2.3	2.4	32.1
2014	2.4	2.2	32.9
2013	2.4	2.7	33.9
2012	2.5	2.6	35
2011	2.3	2.1	36.8
2010	2.8	2.6	37.7
2009	3.1	2.5	39.1
2008	2.7	2.5	40.4
2007	3.1	2.5	42
2006	3.2	2.8	43.7
2005	3.1	2.4	45.4
2004	3.2	3.1	47.2
2003	3.4	3.2	48.8
2002	3.4	3.3	50.6
2001	3.8	3.6	52.2
2000	3.8	3.5	53.7
1999	3.9	3.3	55.5
1998	3.9	3.5	57.1
1997	4.1	3.5	58.3
1996	4.1	3.8	59.6
1995	4	4	60.8
1994	5.2	4.3	62
1993	5	4.7	62.9
1992	5.7	5.3	64.1
1991	6.2	6.1	64.9
1990	6.9	6.1	64.9
1989	7.9	5.9	66.2
1988	8.2	6	68
1987	8.5	6.2	68.6
1986	7.9	6	70.8
1985	8.5	6.9	72.9
1984	8.3	6.5	74.6
1983	7.8	7	76.1
1982	8.1	6.8	76.6
1981	7.5	6.8	78.7
1980	8	6.9	80.6
1979	8.2	7.6	82.5
1978	8.4	7.7	84.7
1977	8.6	7.9	86.4
1976	9.6	8.1	88.1
1975	10.2	8.3	89.6
1974	9.8	9.5	90.9
1973	11	9.7	92.1
1972	11.2	10.7	93.6
1971	12.3	11.4	96.1
1970	12	11.3	96.9
1969	13.1	11.5	98.3
1968	13.1	12.7	100.2
1967	13.9	12.6	103.1
1966	13.5	12.7	104.9
1965	16	13.2	106.4
1964	16.3	14.8	106.1
1963	16.1	15.8	107.7
1962	16.9	15.6	110.2
1961	17.3	15.9	121.5
1960	17.7	16.4	131.8
1959	17.7	16.5	125.7
1958	18.7	15.7	117.7
1957	19	17.6	120
1956	19.9	17.3	121.9
1955	19.2	17.6	124.8
1954	19.8	18.2	127.7
1953	20.1	18.6	130.1
1952	23.1	20.1	132.7
1951	23.3	21	136
1950	25.3	20.4	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Norway	Sweden	World
2024	1.81.5–2.2	1.81.6–2.2	26.9
2025	1.71.3–2.3	1.81.4–2.3	26.4
2026	1.71.2–2.3	1.71.3–2.4	25.9
2027	1.61.1–2.4	1.71.2–2.4	25.4
2028	1.61.1–2.4	1.61.1–2.4	24.9
2029	1.51–2.4	1.61.1–2.4	24.5
2030	1.50.9–2.4	1.51–2.4	24
2031	1.40.9–2.6	1.51–2.4	23.6
2032	1.40.8–2.5	1.50.9–2.4	23.2
2033	1.30.8–2.5	1.40.9–2.4	22.8
2034	1.30.7–2.5	1.40.8–2.4	22.3
2035	1.30.7–2.4	1.40.8–2.4	21.9
2036	1.20.6–2.4	1.30.7–2.4	21.5
2037	1.20.6–2.4	1.30.7–2.4	21.1
2038	1.20.6–2.4	1.30.7–2.3	20.8
2039	1.10.5–2.3	1.20.6–2.3	20.4
2040	1.10.5–2.4	1.20.6–2.3	20
2041	1.10.5–2.4	1.20.6–2.3	19.7
2042	1.10.5–2.4	1.10.5–2.3	19.4
2043	10.5–2.4	1.10.5–2.3	19
2044	10.4–2.3	1.10.5–2.3	18.7
2045	10.4–2.3	1.10.5–2.2	18.4
2046	10.4–2.3	10.4–2.2	18.2
2047	0.90.4–2.4	10.4–2.3	17.9
2048	0.90.4–2.4	10.4–2.2	17.7
2049	0.90.3–2.3	10.4–2.2	17.5
2050	0.90.3–2.3	0.90.4–2.2	17.3
2051	0.80.3–2.3	0.90.4–2.2	17.1
2052	0.80.3–2.2	0.90.4–2.2	16.9
2053	0.80.3–2.2	0.90.3–2.2	16.7
2054	0.80.3–2.1	0.90.3–2.1	16.5
2055	0.80.3–2	0.80.3–2.1	16.3
2056	0.80.2–2	0.80.3–2.1	16.1
2057	0.70.2–2	0.80.3–2.1	15.9
2058	0.70.2–2	0.80.3–2	15.7
2059	0.70.2–2	0.80.3–2	15.5
2060	0.70.2–2.1	0.80.3–2	15.3
2061	0.70.2–2	0.70.2–2	15.1
2062	0.70.2–2	0.70.2–2.1	14.9
2063	0.60.2–1.9	0.70.2–2	14.7
2064	0.60.2–2	0.70.2–2	14.5
2065	0.60.2–1.9	0.70.2–1.9	14.3
2066	0.60.1–1.9	0.70.2–2	14.1
2067	0.60.1–1.8	0.70.2–2	13.9
2068	0.60.1–1.8	0.60.2–1.9	13.8
2069	0.60.1–1.8	0.60.2–2	13.6
2070	0.60.1–1.7	0.60.2–2	13.4
2071	0.50.1–1.7	0.60.2–2	13.2
2072	0.50.1–1.7	0.60.1–1.9	13
2073	0.50.1–1.7	0.60.1–1.8	12.9
2074	0.50.1–1.7	0.60.1–1.8	12.7
2075	0.50.1–1.7	0.50.1–1.7	12.6
2076	0.50.1–1.7	0.50.1–1.7	12.4
2077	0.50.1–1.7	0.50.1–1.7	12.3
2078	0.50.1–1.6	0.50.1–1.7	12.1
2079	0.50.1–1.6	0.50.1–1.7	12
2080	0.40.1–1.6	0.50.1–1.7	11.8
2081	0.40.1–1.6	0.50.1–1.7	11.7
2082	0.40.1–1.6	0.50.1–1.6	11.6
2083	0.40.1–1.5	0.50.1–1.6	11.5
2084	0.40–1.5	0.50.1–1.6	11.4
2085	0.40–1.5	0.40.1–1.6	11.3
2086	0.40–1.5	0.40–1.6	11.1
2087	0.40–1.5	0.40–1.6	11
2088	0.40–1.5	0.40–1.5	10.9
2089	0.40–1.4	0.40–1.5	10.8
2090	0.40–1.4	0.40–1.5	10.7
2091	0.30–1.3	0.40–1.5	10.6
2092	0.30–1.3	0.40–1.5	10.5
2093	0.30–1.3	0.40–1.6	10.4
2094	0.30–1.4	0.40–1.5	10.3
2095	0.30–1.3	0.40–1.5	10.1
2096	0.30–1.2	0.30–1.5	10
2097	0.30–1.2	0.30–1.4	9.9
2098	0.30–1.2	0.30–1.4	9.8
2099	0.30–1.3	0.30–1.4	9.7
2100	0.30–1.2	0.30–1.4	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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