Bhutan
Infant mortality in Bhutan
Infant mortality in Bhutan: 218.1 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 19.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 19.3 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −198.8 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 70 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 0.4 per 1,000 live births and 7.5 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Bhutan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19.3 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 19.9 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 20.7 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 21.3 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 22 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 22.9 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 23.8 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 24.6 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 25.6 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 26.7 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 27.8 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 29.3 | 35 |
| 2011 | 31 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 32.9 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 35 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 36.9 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 39.3 | 42 |
| 2006 | 42 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 44.5 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 47 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 49.6 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 52.5 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 55.3 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 61.5 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 61 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 64.2 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 67.2 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 70.2 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 73.4 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 77.2 | 62 |
| 1993 | 79.8 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 83.1 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 86.7 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 90.2 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 93.7 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 97.6 | 68 |
| 1987 | 101.7 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 105.6 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 109.7 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 113.9 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 118 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 122.2 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 126.5 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 130.9 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 135.3 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 139.7 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 144 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 148.3 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 152.7 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 157.1 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 161.4 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 165.6 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 170 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 174.4 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 178.8 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 183.1 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 187.5 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 191.6 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 195.4 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 198.8 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 202 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 204.9 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 207.5 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 209.7 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 211.6 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 213.3 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 214.6 | 120 |
| 1956 | 215.6 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 216.4 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 217 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 217.5 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 217.7 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 217.9 | 136 |
| 1950 | 218.1 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Bhutan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.314.5–23.5 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 17.412.6–24.9 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 16.611.1–26.1 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 15.89.7–26.8 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 158.8–26.8 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 14.27.9–26.9 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 13.67.2–26.6 | 24 |
| 2031 | 12.96.6–25.9 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 12.36.1–26 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 11.75.9–25.1 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 11.25.4–25.1 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 10.64.9–24.9 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 10.14.5–24.7 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 9.64.2–24.3 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 9.23.9–23.4 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 8.83.7–23.3 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 8.53.4–22.8 | 20 |
| 2041 | 8.13.3–23 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 7.83.1–21.4 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 7.52.9–21.1 | 19 |
| 2044 | 7.22.7–20.8 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 72.5–19.8 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 6.72.4–20.2 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 6.52.4–19.7 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 6.32.3–20.2 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 6.12.2–20 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 5.92.1–19.4 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 5.72–19.3 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 5.51.9–18.7 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 5.31.8–18 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 5.21.8–18.1 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 51.7–18.1 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 4.81.6–18.4 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 4.71.5–17.7 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 4.51.5–17 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 4.41.5–17.1 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 4.21.4–16.1 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 4.11.3–16.5 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 41.3–15.8 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 3.91.3–15.2 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 3.81.2–15.4 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 3.71.2–14.6 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 3.61.2–14.8 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 3.51.1–14.5 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 3.41.1–14.4 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 3.31.1–13.9 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 3.21–13.4 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 3.11–13.2 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 30.9–12.7 | 13 |
| 2073 | 30.9–12.4 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 2.90.9–12.7 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 2.80.9–12.4 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 2.80.8–12.1 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 2.70.8–11.4 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 2.60.8–11.5 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 2.60.8–10.7 | 12 |
| 2080 | 2.50.8–10.7 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 2.50.7–10.2 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 2.40.7–10.4 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 2.40.7–10.2 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 2.30.7–10 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 2.30.7–9.7 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 2.20.7–9.6 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 2.20.7–8.8 | 11 |
| 2088 | 2.10.6–8.9 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 2.10.6–9 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 2.10.6–8.8 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 20.6–8.8 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 20.6–8.5 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 1.90.5–8.1 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 1.90.5–8.4 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 1.90.5–8.2 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 1.80.5–8.2 | 10 |
| 2097 | 1.80.5–8 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 1.80.5–7.8 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 1.80.5–7.7 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 1.70.4–7.5 | 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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