China
Infant mortality in China
Infant mortality in China: 127.1 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 5.1 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −122 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 169 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 1.5 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 1.5 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0.4 per 1,000 live births and 4 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 196.1 per 1,000 live births in 1960, the lowest 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.1 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 5.3 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 5.7 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 6.1 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 6.5 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 7 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 7.5 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 8 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 8.7 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 9.3 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 10.1 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 10.9 | 35 |
| 2011 | 11.8 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 12.7 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 13.8 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 15.1 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 16.2 | 42 |
| 2006 | 17.6 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 19.2 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 20.8 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 22.5 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 24.3 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 26.1 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 27.9 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 29.7 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 31.4 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 33 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 34.5 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 35.8 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 37 | 62 |
| 1993 | 38 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 38.9 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 39.6 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 40.1 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 40.6 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 40.9 | 68 |
| 1987 | 41.2 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 41.5 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 42 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 42.7 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 43.6 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 44.7 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 46.2 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 48.1 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 50.1 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 52.5 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 55.2 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 58.8 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 61.5 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 64.5 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 67.7 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 71 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 74.3 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 77.5 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 80.5 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 83.4 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 86.1 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 88.8 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 91.3 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 93.8 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 96.2 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 98.6 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 154.3 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 196.1 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 153.5 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 107.9 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 110.2 | 120 |
| 1956 | 112.6 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 114.9 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 117.8 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 119.7 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 122.2 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 124.7 | 136 |
| 1950 | 127.1 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.44.9–8.5 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 64.4–8.6 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 5.43.8–8.1 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 5.23.5–8.4 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 5.13.3–8.3 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 4.93.1–8.5 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 4.82.9–8.5 | 24 |
| 2031 | 4.62.8–8.6 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 4.52.6–8.4 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 4.32.4–8.6 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 4.22.3–8.3 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 4.12.2–8.3 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 42.1–8.2 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 3.92–8.3 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 3.71.9–8.2 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 3.61.8–8.1 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 3.51.8–7.9 | 20 |
| 2041 | 3.51.7–8.2 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 3.41.7–8.1 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 3.31.6–7.9 | 19 |
| 2044 | 3.21.5–7.7 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 3.11.5–7.6 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 3.11.5–7.6 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 31.4–7.3 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 2.91.4–7.6 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 2.91.3–7.6 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 2.81.3–7.4 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 2.81.3–7.5 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 2.71.3–7.2 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 2.71.2–7.2 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 2.61.2–7 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 2.61.1–7.2 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 2.51.1–6.6 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 2.51–6.6 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 2.41–6.4 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 2.41–6.3 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 2.41–6.3 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 2.31–6.1 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 2.30.9–6.1 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 2.30.9–6.1 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 2.20.9–5.8 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 2.20.8–5.6 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 2.20.8–5.7 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 2.10.8–5.5 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 2.10.8–5.6 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 2.10.8–5.4 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 20.8–5.3 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 20.8–5.3 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 20.7–5.2 | 13 |
| 2073 | 20.7–5.1 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 1.90.7–4.8 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 1.90.7–4.8 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 1.90.7–4.9 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 1.90.6–5 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 1.90.6–4.8 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 1.80.6–4.8 | 12 |
| 2080 | 1.80.6–4.6 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 1.80.6–4.6 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 1.80.6–4.5 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 1.80.6–4.4 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 1.70.6–4.3 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 1.70.6–4.4 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 1.70.5–4.2 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 1.70.5–4.1 | 11 |
| 2088 | 1.70.5–4.2 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 1.70.5–4.1 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 1.60.5–4 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 1.60.5–4 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 1.60.5–4 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 1.60.5–4 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 1.60.5–4 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 1.60.4–4 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 1.60.4–4 | 10 |
| 2097 | 1.50.4–4 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 1.50.4–4.1 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 1.50.4–4 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 1.50.4–4 | 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 spending1.73% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$335B in 2025
- Military spending per person$237 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2.54 million people in 2020
- National power23.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports207 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports880 million TIV in 2025