Infant mortality in Finland

Infant mortality in Finland: 41.8 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 1.9 per 1,000 live births
Since 1950: −39.9 per 1,000 live births
Rank, 2023: 217 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 27.3 per 1,000 live births
Projected, 2100: 0.3 per 1,000 live births; UN projection (medium variant)

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

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What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.3 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0 per 1,000 live births and 1.2 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 41.8 per 1,000 live births in 1950, the lowest 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2015.

Every year

deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Year	Finland	World
2023	1.9	27.3
2022	2.1	28.2
2021	1.8	28.4
2020	1.9	28.7
2019	2	29.2
2018	2	29.7
2017	2	30.3
2016	1.8	31.1
2015	1.7	32.1
2014	2.1	32.9
2013	1.7	33.9
2012	2.3	35
2011	2.3	36.8
2010	2.3	37.7
2009	2.7	39.1
2008	2.6	40.4
2007	2.7	42
2006	2.9	43.7
2005	3	45.4
2004	3.3	47.2
2003	3.1	48.8
2002	3	50.6
2001	3.2	52.2
2000	3.7	53.7
1999	3.6	55.5
1998	4.1	57.1
1997	3.8	58.3
1996	3.9	59.6
1995	3.8	60.8
1994	4.7	62
1993	4.3	62.9
1992	5.1	64.1
1991	5.8	64.9
1990	5.6	64.9
1989	6	66.2
1988	6.2	68
1987	6.1	68.6
1986	5.7	70.8
1985	6.2	72.9
1984	6.4	74.6
1983	6.1	76.1
1982	6	76.6
1981	6.5	78.7
1980	7.6	80.6
1979	7.6	82.5
1978	7.5	84.7
1977	8.9	86.4
1976	10	88.1
1975	9.7	89.6
1974	11.4	90.9
1973	10.5	92.1
1972	11.7	93.6
1971	12.6	96.1
1970	13.5	96.9
1969	13.9	98.3
1968	13.6	100.2
1967	15	103.1
1966	15.2	104.9
1965	17.4	106.4
1964	16.9	106.1
1963	18.3	107.7
1962	20.4	110.2
1961	21	121.5
1960	21	131.8
1959	23.9	125.7
1958	23.6	117.7
1957	27.6	120
1956	25.4	121.9
1955	29.7	124.8
1954	30.3	127.7
1953	33.3	130.1
1952	32	132.7
1951	34.2	136
1950	41.8	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Finland	World
2024	1.71.4–2	26.9
2025	1.61.3–2.1	26.4
2026	1.61.2–2.2	25.9
2027	1.51.1–2.2	25.4
2028	1.51–2.3	24.9
2029	1.41–2.3	24.5
2030	1.40.9–2.3	24
2031	1.40.9–2.4	23.6
2032	1.30.8–2.3	23.2
2033	1.30.8–2.3	22.8
2034	1.30.8–2.3	22.3
2035	1.20.7–2.2	21.9
2036	1.20.7–2.3	21.5
2037	1.20.7–2.2	21.1
2038	1.10.6–2.3	20.8
2039	1.10.6–2.2	20.4
2040	1.10.6–2.2	20
2041	10.5–2.2	19.7
2042	10.5–2.2	19.4
2043	10.5–2.2	19
2044	10.5–2.1	18.7
2045	0.90.5–2.1	18.4
2046	0.90.4–2.1	18.2
2047	0.90.4–2.1	17.9
2048	0.90.4–2	17.7
2049	0.90.4–2	17.5
2050	0.80.4–2.1	17.3
2051	0.80.4–2	17.1
2052	0.80.4–2	16.9
2053	0.80.3–2	16.7
2054	0.80.3–2	16.5
2055	0.80.3–2	16.3
2056	0.70.3–1.9	16.1
2057	0.70.3–1.9	15.9
2058	0.70.3–1.8	15.7
2059	0.70.3–1.9	15.5
2060	0.70.3–1.9	15.3
2061	0.70.3–1.8	15.1
2062	0.60.2–1.8	14.9
2063	0.60.2–1.9	14.7
2064	0.60.2–1.8	14.5
2065	0.60.2–1.8	14.3
2066	0.60.2–1.8	14.1
2067	0.60.2–1.8	13.9
2068	0.60.2–1.7	13.8
2069	0.60.2–1.7	13.6
2070	0.60.2–1.6	13.4
2071	0.50.2–1.6	13.2
2072	0.50.1–1.6	13
2073	0.50.1–1.6	12.9
2074	0.50.1–1.6	12.7
2075	0.50.1–1.6	12.6
2076	0.50.1–1.6	12.4
2077	0.50.1–1.6	12.3
2078	0.50.1–1.5	12.1
2079	0.50.1–1.5	12
2080	0.50.1–1.5	11.8
2081	0.40.1–1.5	11.7
2082	0.40.1–1.5	11.6
2083	0.40.1–1.5	11.5
2084	0.40.1–1.4	11.4
2085	0.40.1–1.4	11.3
2086	0.40.1–1.4	11.1
2087	0.40.1–1.4	11
2088	0.40.1–1.4	10.9
2089	0.40.1–1.4	10.8
2090	0.40.1–1.3	10.7
2091	0.40.1–1.3	10.6
2092	0.40–1.3	10.5
2093	0.30–1.3	10.4
2094	0.30–1.3	10.3
2095	0.30–1.2	10.1
2096	0.30–1.2	10
2097	0.30–1.2	9.9
2098	0.30–1.2	9.8
2099	0.30–1.2	9.7
2100	0.30–1.2	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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