Burundi
Infant mortality in Burundi
Infant mortality in Burundi: 162.9 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 35.4 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −127.5 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 33 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 14.8 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 14.8 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 3.9 per 1,000 live births and 56.2 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Burundi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 35.4 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 36.5 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 37.6 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 38.8 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 40.1 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 41.5 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 43 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 44.8 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 46.6 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 48.6 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 50.9 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 53.5 | 35 |
| 2011 | 56.2 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 59.4 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 62.6 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 66 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 69.6 | 42 |
| 2006 | 73.3 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 77 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 80.5 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 84.2 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 87.4 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 90.7 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 93.8 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 95.7 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 97.8 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 100 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 102.2 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 102.8 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 102.9 | 62 |
| 1993 | 107.7 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 103.5 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 103.5 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 103.6 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 103.8 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 107.9 | 68 |
| 1987 | 105.5 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 107.2 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 109.6 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 112.8 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 116.3 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 120.3 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 124.7 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 129.2 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 133.5 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 137.6 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 140.6 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 143.1 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 144.9 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 146.1 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 150 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 160.3 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 147 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 146.7 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 146.3 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 145.5 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 145 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 144.4 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 147 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 144 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 144.2 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 144.8 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 145.7 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 146.8 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 148.2 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 149.7 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 151.3 | 120 |
| 1956 | 153 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 154.6 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 156.3 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 157.9 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 159.5 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 161.2 | 136 |
| 1950 | 162.9 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Burundi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34.830–40 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 34.427.6–41.9 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 33.925.5–43.2 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 33.523.8–44 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 33.122.2–45.7 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 32.720.9–45.7 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 32.320.3–46.4 | 24 |
| 2031 | 31.918.9–47 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 31.517.9–47.5 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 31.116.8–47.4 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 30.816.1–48.5 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 30.415.6–49.9 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 30.114.5–50.3 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 29.714–50.5 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 29.313.4–50.2 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 2912.5–51.2 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 28.712.2–52.1 | 20 |
| 2041 | 28.311.8–52.6 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 2811–53.8 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 27.710.7–53 | 19 |
| 2044 | 27.410.3–53 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 27.110.1–54.3 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 26.89.7–53.6 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 26.59.1–53.7 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 26.29–53.8 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 269.1–54.4 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 25.68.9–55.9 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 25.28.4–55.3 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 24.98.3–55.5 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 24.68.1–57.7 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 24.27.8–54.8 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 23.97.8–56.9 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 23.67.5–55.2 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 23.37.6–58.1 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 237.4–56.4 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 22.77.3–57.1 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 22.57.4–57.9 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 22.17.2–57.9 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 21.97–58.6 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 21.66.8–58.8 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 21.46.8–58.2 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 21.26.7–58.7 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 20.96.5–58.5 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 20.66.6–57.9 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 20.46.4–57.7 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 20.26.2–57.8 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 206.3–58.8 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 19.86.2–58.5 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 19.56–58.8 | 13 |
| 2073 | 19.35.8–58.4 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 19.15.8–58.1 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 18.95.7–58.4 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 18.75.6–58.7 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 18.55.4–56.8 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 18.35.4–56.1 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 18.25.3–56.5 | 12 |
| 2080 | 17.95.3–57.3 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 17.75.3–58.1 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 17.65.1–59 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 17.45–57.6 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 17.25–56.4 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 174.9–55.2 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 16.84.8–55.4 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 16.64.9–57.5 | 11 |
| 2088 | 16.44.7–57.6 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 16.24.6–57.3 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 16.14.5–57 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 15.94.4–56.3 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 15.84.3–57.2 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 15.64.3–55.7 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 15.54.2–55.5 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 15.44.2–56.8 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 15.34–56.2 | 10 |
| 2097 | 15.24–56 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 154.1–57.4 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 14.93.9–56.2 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 14.83.9–56.2 | 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 spending3.24% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$169M in 2025
- Military spending per person$16 in 2025
- Military share of state spending14.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel31,000 people in 2020
- National power0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.59% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2019