Bangladesh
Infant mortality in Bangladesh
Infant mortality in Bangladesh: 201.2 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 22.8 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −178.4 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 62 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 2.3 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 2.3 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0.6 per 1,000 live births and 6.9 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Bangladesh | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 22.8 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 23.7 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 24.6 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 25.6 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 26.6 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 27.7 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 28.9 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 30.2 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 31.6 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 33 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 34.6 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 36.3 | 35 |
| 2011 | 38 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 39.9 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 41.9 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 44.1 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 46.5 | 42 |
| 2006 | 48.7 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 51.2 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 53.9 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 56.7 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 59.7 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 62.9 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 66.3 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 69.8 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 73.5 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 77.2 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 81 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 85 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 88.8 | 62 |
| 1993 | 92.8 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 96.7 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 105.1 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 104.6 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 108.4 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 112.4 | 68 |
| 1987 | 116 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 119.4 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 123.3 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 126.2 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 129.3 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 132.3 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 135.2 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 137.8 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 140.1 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 142.2 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 144 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 145.5 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 146.7 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 150.8 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 148.7 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 149.2 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 195.7 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 163.6 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 150.8 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 151.5 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 152.4 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 153.6 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 157.6 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 157 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 160.2 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 161.3 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 164.6 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 168.8 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 170.1 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 173.2 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 176.2 | 120 |
| 1956 | 180 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 183.2 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 186.7 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 190.6 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 194 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 197.6 | 136 |
| 1950 | 201.2 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Bangladesh | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.914.1–20.4 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 16.112.2–21.3 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 15.311.1–21.4 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 14.610–21.5 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 13.99–21.5 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 13.28.4–21.4 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 12.67.8–21.5 | 24 |
| 2031 | 12.17.5–21.5 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 11.77–21.5 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 11.26.6–21.3 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 10.85.9–21 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 10.45.6–20.9 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 105.3–20.8 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 9.65–20.3 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 9.34.7–19.8 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 8.94.5–19.3 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 8.74.3–18.7 | 20 |
| 2041 | 8.44.1–18.8 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 8.13.9–18.5 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 7.83.7–18.3 | 19 |
| 2044 | 7.63.6–18.1 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 7.33.4–17.7 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 7.13.2–17 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 6.93–16.8 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 6.72.9–16.5 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 6.52.9–16.8 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 6.32.8–16.1 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 6.12.7–16.2 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 5.92.6–15.6 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 5.82.5–15.3 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 5.62.5–15.1 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 5.42.3–14.7 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 5.32.3–14.6 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 5.22.2–14.3 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 52.2–14.1 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 4.92.1–13.8 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 4.82–13.6 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 4.72–13.5 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 4.61.9–13 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 4.41.8–13 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 4.31.8–12.5 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 4.21.7–12.1 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 4.11.7–11.8 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 41.7–11.4 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 3.91.6–11.6 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 3.81.6–11.3 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 3.81.5–11.1 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 3.71.4–10.9 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 3.61.4–10.8 | 13 |
| 2073 | 3.51.3–10.8 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 3.51.3–10.6 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 3.41.3–10.1 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 3.31.2–9.7 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 3.31.2–9.6 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 3.21.2–9.5 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 3.11.1–9.1 | 12 |
| 2080 | 3.11.1–9 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 31–9 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 31–9.1 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 2.91–8.9 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 2.90.9–8.7 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 2.80.9–8.6 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 2.80.9–8.2 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 2.70.8–8.1 | 11 |
| 2088 | 2.70.8–8.1 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 2.70.8–7.7 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 2.60.8–7.6 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 2.60.8–7.6 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 2.50.8–7.4 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 2.50.7–7.7 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 2.50.7–7.6 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 2.40.7–7.4 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 2.40.7–7.3 | 10 |
| 2097 | 2.40.7–7.2 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 2.30.7–6.9 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 2.30.6–7.2 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 2.30.6–6.9 | 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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- Military spending0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$3.67B in 2025
- Military spending per person$22 in 2025
- Military share of state spending7.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel227,000 people in 2020
- National power1.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports32 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 1984