Benin
Infant mortality in Benin
Infant mortality in Benin: 209.8 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 52.3 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −157.5 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 14 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 22.6 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 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 5.2 per 1,000 live births and 70.8 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Benin | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 52.3 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 53.7 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 54.9 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 56.2 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 57.6 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 59 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 60.3 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 61.6 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 62.9 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 64.1 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 65.4 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 66.7 | 35 |
| 2011 | 68 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 69.4 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 70.7 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 72.1 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 73.4 | 42 |
| 2006 | 74.9 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 76.4 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 78.1 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 79.8 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 81.5 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 83.1 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 84.8 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 86.6 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 88.4 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 90.2 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 92.2 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 94 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 95.9 | 62 |
| 1993 | 97.9 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 100 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 102.2 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 104.1 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 106.3 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 108.2 | 68 |
| 1987 | 110.4 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 112.5 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 114.6 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 116.5 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 118.6 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 120.8 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 123 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 125.3 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 127.8 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 130.4 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 133.1 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 135.9 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 138.8 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 141.6 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 144.4 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 147.3 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 150.4 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 153.1 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 156 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 158.9 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 161.8 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 164.9 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 168 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 171 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 173.9 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 176.9 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 179.9 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 182.9 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 185.9 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 188.7 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 191.5 | 120 |
| 1956 | 194.3 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 197.1 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 199.8 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 202.4 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 204.8 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 207.3 | 136 |
| 1950 | 209.8 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Benin | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51.645.4–58.3 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 50.942.4–60.3 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 50.339.7–61.5 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 49.636.8–62.5 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 4935.2–64.1 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 48.433.3–64.8 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 47.832.3–66.4 | 24 |
| 2031 | 47.231–68.1 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 46.729.3–68.2 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 46.127.8–68.3 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 45.626.7–69.7 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 4525.3–69.6 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 44.524.2–71.2 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 43.922.9–70.2 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 43.422.1–70.5 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 42.920.8–72.2 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 42.420–71.6 | 20 |
| 2041 | 41.919.5–73.4 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 41.518.6–73.4 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 4118.1–72.9 | 19 |
| 2044 | 40.517.1–73.7 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 40.216.2–74.9 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 39.815.7–74.4 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 39.414.5–74 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 3914.1–75.2 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 38.514.1–76.1 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 38.113.1–75.3 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 37.712.9–77 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 37.412.2–75.4 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 3712.2–76 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 36.612.1–77.1 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 36.312.1–76.2 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 35.911.5–77 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 35.510.9–77.2 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 35.210.4–76.9 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 34.810.3–75.7 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 34.510.2–77 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 34.19.9–75.5 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 33.89.8–75.8 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 33.49.6–76 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 33.19.3–77.6 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 32.89.2–76.2 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 32.59–78.3 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 32.29–76.7 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 31.98.8–76.3 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 31.58.6–76.4 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 31.28.6–75.7 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 30.88.5–75.4 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 30.58.1–75.1 | 13 |
| 2073 | 30.17.8–74.8 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 29.87.8–75.6 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 29.57.6–75.3 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 29.27.5–75.5 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 28.87.2–76.5 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 28.57–76.5 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 28.26.8–74.1 | 12 |
| 2080 | 27.96.9–75.3 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 27.66.8–76.6 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 27.26.9–76.1 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 26.96.6–76.4 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 26.66.4–75 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 26.36.5–75 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 266.2–74.7 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 25.76.3–75.5 | 11 |
| 2088 | 25.56.1–73.8 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 25.26.1–74.5 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 255.8–73.8 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 24.75.8–74.4 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 24.55.9–73.1 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 24.25.8–72.4 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 23.95.7–72.6 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 23.75.7–71.1 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 23.55.7–72.8 | 10 |
| 2097 | 23.35.4–71.6 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 235.4–72.8 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 22.75.3–71.2 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 22.65.2–70.8 | 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 spending0.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$204M in 2025
- Military spending per person$15 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel12,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.21% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2025