Dominica
Infant mortality in Dominica
Infant mortality in Dominica: 159.4 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 27.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 27.7 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −131.7 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 52 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 5.1 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 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.8 per 1,000 live births and 22.4 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 159.4 per 1,000 live births in 1950, the lowest 14.4 per 1,000 live births in 1994.
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Dominica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 27.7 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 27.2 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 26.7 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 26.1 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 25.6 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 25 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 28.1 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 23.7 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 24.8 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 22.4 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 21.7 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 21 | 35 |
| 2011 | 20.4 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 19.8 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 19.2 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 18.6 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 18.2 | 42 |
| 2006 | 17.5 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 17.1 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 16.6 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 16.2 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 15.8 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 15.5 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 15.2 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 15 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 14.8 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 14.6 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 14.5 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 14.5 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 14.4 | 62 |
| 1993 | 14.4 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 14.5 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 14.7 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 14.9 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 15.1 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 15.5 | 68 |
| 1987 | 15.9 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 16.4 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 17 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 17.8 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 18.5 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 19.4 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 20.4 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 21.6 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 25.1 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 24.6 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 26.3 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 28.3 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 30.5 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 32.9 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 35.6 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 38.7 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 42 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 45.6 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 49.6 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 54 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 58.7 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 63.9 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 69.4 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 75.2 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 81.2 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 87.1 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 92.9 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 98.5 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 103.9 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 109.3 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 114.8 | 120 |
| 1956 | 120.5 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 126.4 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 132.7 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 139.1 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 145.8 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 152.6 | 136 |
| 1950 | 159.4 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Dominica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26.921.2–33.9 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 2618.6–36.5 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 25.216.4–37.7 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 24.315.1–38.5 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 23.513.7–38.6 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 22.812.8–39.3 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 2212.1–39.3 | 24 |
| 2031 | 21.211.2–39 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 20.510.4–39.1 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 19.89.9–39.6 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 19.29.3–38.6 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 18.58.8–38.7 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 188–39.3 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 17.57.7–38.5 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 177.2–38.4 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 16.67.1–39 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 16.26.7–37.2 | 20 |
| 2041 | 15.76.2–38 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 15.36.1–38.1 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 14.95.8–37.4 | 19 |
| 2044 | 14.55.6–37.8 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 14.25.4–37.1 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 13.85.2–37.3 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 13.45.1–37.6 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 13.14.9–36.6 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 12.84.8–37.1 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 12.44.7–35.4 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 12.14.6–35.2 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 11.74.3–34.5 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 11.44.2–34.2 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 11.14.1–34 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 10.83.9–32.8 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 10.54–33.3 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 10.33.9–33.6 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 103.7–32.8 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 9.83.5–31.7 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 9.53.4–30.7 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 9.33.3–29.6 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 9.13.2–29.3 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 8.93.2–29.9 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 8.73.1–30.1 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 8.53–28.8 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 8.43–29 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 8.22.9–29 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 8.12.8–28.8 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 7.92.8–27.7 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 7.82.7–26.9 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 7.72.7–27.7 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 7.52.7–28.1 | 13 |
| 2073 | 7.42.7–27.4 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 7.32.6–28.3 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 7.12.6–28.5 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 72.5–26.9 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 6.92.5–27.3 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 6.82.4–27.3 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 6.72.5–27 | 12 |
| 2080 | 6.62.5–27.1 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 6.52.5–27.7 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 6.42.4–26.2 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 6.32.3–25.7 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 6.22.3–26 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 6.12.2–24.7 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 62.1–25 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 5.92.2–25 | 11 |
| 2088 | 5.92.1–25 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 5.82.1–24.1 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 5.72–23.7 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 5.72–23 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 5.62–22.8 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 5.52–22.4 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 5.42–23 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 5.42–21.7 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 5.31.9–21.7 | 10 |
| 2097 | 5.31.9–22 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 5.21.8–22 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 5.11.8–22.3 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 5.11.8–22.4 | 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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