American Samoa
Infant mortality in American Samoa
Infant mortality in American Samoa: 73.8 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 8.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 8.4 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −65.4 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 140 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 1.7 per 1,000 live births
- UN projection (medium variant)
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0.5 per 1,000 live births and 14.1 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | American Samoa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.4 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 8.5 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 8.6 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 8.6 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 8.7 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 8.8 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 8.8 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 8.8 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 8.8 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 8.8 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 8.8 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 8.8 | 35 |
| 2011 | 8.8 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 8.8 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 10.6 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 9 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 9.2 | 42 |
| 2006 | 9.4 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 9.7 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 10 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 11.5 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 10.7 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 10.9 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 11.2 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 11.4 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 11.6 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 11.7 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 11.9 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 12 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 12.1 | 62 |
| 1993 | 12.2 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 12.3 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 12.4 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 12.5 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 12.7 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 12.8 | 68 |
| 1987 | 13 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 13.3 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 13.7 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 14.1 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 14.7 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 15.4 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 16.2 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 17.1 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 18.1 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 19.2 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 20.3 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 21.4 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 22.5 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 23.6 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 24.7 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 25.8 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 26.9 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 28 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 29.2 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 30.5 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 31.8 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 46.6 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 34.8 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 36.4 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 38.1 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 39.9 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 42 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 44.1 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 46.5 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 49.1 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 51.8 | 120 |
| 1956 | 54.7 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 57.7 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 60.7 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 63.9 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 67.1 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 70.4 | 136 |
| 1950 | 73.8 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | American Samoa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.36.4–10.9 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 8.15.5–12.1 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 7.95–12.9 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 7.74.6–13.5 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 7.54.2–14.4 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 7.33.8–14.6 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 7.13.6–15 | 24 |
| 2031 | 73.5–15.5 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 6.83.3–16 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 6.63.1–16.3 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 6.52.9–16.3 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 6.32.8–15.9 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 6.22.7–16.4 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 62.6–16.8 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 5.82.4–16.7 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 5.72.4–16.7 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 5.52.2–17 | 20 |
| 2041 | 5.42.1–16.6 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 5.22.1–16.5 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 5.12–16.8 | 19 |
| 2044 | 51.9–17.1 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 4.91.9–17.7 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 4.71.8–18.3 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 4.61.7–17.8 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 4.51.7–17.3 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 4.41.6–16.7 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 4.31.5–16.7 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 4.21.5–16.9 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 41.4–16.4 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 3.91.4–15.9 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 3.81.3–15.9 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 3.81.3–16.1 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 3.71.2–16.9 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 3.61.2–16.5 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 3.51.1–16.5 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 3.41.1–15.6 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 3.41.1–16 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 3.31.1–16.3 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 3.21–16.2 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 3.21–16.3 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 3.11–16.6 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 3.11–16.5 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 31–16.3 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 31–16.8 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 2.91–16.7 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 2.91–15.9 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 2.80.9–15.5 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 2.80.9–15.9 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 2.70.9–15.5 | 13 |
| 2073 | 2.60.9–15.6 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 2.60.9–15.4 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 2.60.8–15.1 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 2.50.8–14.7 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 2.50.8–14.3 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 2.40.8–15.3 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 2.40.8–15.3 | 12 |
| 2080 | 2.30.7–14.8 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 2.30.7–15.1 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 2.30.7–14.2 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 2.20.7–14.5 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 2.20.7–14.6 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 2.10.6–14.1 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 2.10.7–14.2 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 2.10.6–13.7 | 11 |
| 2088 | 20.6–14.2 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 20.6–14.4 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 20.6–13.6 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 1.90.6–13.6 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 1.90.6–13.4 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 1.90.6–13.9 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 1.90.5–14 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 1.80.5–13.5 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 1.80.5–13.7 | 10 |
| 2097 | 1.80.5–14.2 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 1.70.5–14 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 1.70.5–13.9 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 1.70.5–14.1 | 9.6 |
Good to know
- 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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