Egypt
Infant mortality in Egypt
Infant mortality in Egypt: 222.2 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 14.6 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −207.6 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 87 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 3.3 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 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.1 per 1,000 live births and 18.9 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Egypt | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.6 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 14.9 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 15.4 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 15.9 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 16.5 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 17.1 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 17.7 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 18.4 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 19.1 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 19.8 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 20.6 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 21.5 | 35 |
| 2011 | 22.4 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 23.3 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 24.3 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 25.4 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 26.5 | 42 |
| 2006 | 27.7 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 28.9 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 30.3 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 31.8 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 33.4 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 35.3 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 37.3 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 39.5 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 41.9 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 44.4 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 47.1 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 49.9 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 52.8 | 62 |
| 1993 | 55.7 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 58.6 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 61.6 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 64.8 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 68.2 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 72.1 | 68 |
| 1987 | 76.4 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 81.1 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 86.3 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 91.8 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 97.4 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 103 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 108.6 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 114.1 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 119.4 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 124.5 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 129.4 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 134 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 138.3 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 142.1 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 145.5 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 148.3 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 150.7 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 152.8 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 154.8 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 156.8 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 159 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 161.6 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 164.5 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 167.7 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 171.2 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 174.8 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 178.5 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 182.1 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 185.7 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 189.3 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 192.9 | 120 |
| 1956 | 196.6 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 200.5 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 204.7 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 209 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 213.4 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 217.9 | 136 |
| 1950 | 222.2 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Egypt | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.210–17.7 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 12.68.5–18.9 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 127.4–19.6 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 11.66.7–20.5 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 11.26.1–21.7 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 10.95.7–22.2 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 10.65.4–22.7 | 24 |
| 2031 | 10.34.9–23.9 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 104.6–23.9 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 9.74.4–23.7 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 9.44–24.4 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 9.13.9–24.4 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 8.93.7–24.8 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 8.63.6–25.1 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 8.43.5–24.8 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 8.23.3–24.3 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 83.2–25 | 20 |
| 2041 | 7.83.1–25.1 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 7.52.9–25 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 7.42.8–25.7 | 19 |
| 2044 | 7.22.7–25.1 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 72.6–25 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 6.82.6–25.1 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 6.72.5–24.3 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 6.52.4–24 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 6.42.3–23.7 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 6.22.2–24.4 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 6.12.3–24 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 5.92.1–23.2 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 5.82.1–22.4 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 5.72.1–23.2 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 5.51.9–22.5 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 5.41.9–22.7 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 5.31.8–22.9 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 5.21.8–22.7 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 5.11.8–22.1 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 51.8–23.2 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 51.8–23 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 4.91.7–22.6 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 4.81.7–22.8 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 4.81.7–22.2 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 4.71.7–22.1 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 4.61.6–22.4 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 4.61.6–22 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 4.51.6–22.7 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 4.41.6–21.9 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 4.41.6–22.5 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 4.31.6–22.7 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 4.31.5–21.7 | 13 |
| 2073 | 4.21.5–20.9 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 4.21.5–20.4 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 4.11.5–20.8 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 4.11.5–21.7 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 41.5–21.7 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 41.5–21.3 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 41.4–20.9 | 12 |
| 2080 | 3.91.4–21 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 3.91.4–21.1 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 3.81.4–20.9 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 3.81.4–20 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 3.81.4–20.6 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 3.71.4–20.7 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 3.71.4–21.4 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 3.71.3–21.1 | 11 |
| 2088 | 3.61.3–21.4 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 3.61.2–20.8 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 3.61.2–20.4 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 3.51.2–20.2 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 3.51.2–20.3 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 3.51.2–20.3 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 3.51.1–20.2 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 3.41.2–20.1 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 3.41.2–20.1 | 10 |
| 2097 | 3.41.1–20.2 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 3.31.1–18.7 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 3.31.1–19.7 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 3.31.1–18.9 | 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 spending0.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$2.26B in 2025
- Military spending per person$21 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel836,000 people in 2020
- National power1.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports697 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2024