Infant mortality in Greece

Infant mortality in Greece: 50.5 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 3.3 per 1,000 live births
Since 1950: −47.2 per 1,000 live births
Rank, 2023: 196 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 27.3 per 1,000 live births
Projected, 2100: 0.6 per 1,000 live births; UN projection (medium variant)

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.6 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0.2 per 1,000 live births and 1.7 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 50.5 per 1,000 live births in 1950, the lowest 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2020.

Every year

deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Year	Greece	World
2023	3.3	27.3
2022	3.7	28.2
2021	3.5	28.4
2020	3.2	28.7
2019	3.6	29.2
2018	3.6	29.7
2017	3.6	30.3
2016	3.6	31.1
2015	3.6	32.1
2014	3.6	32.9
2013	3.6	33.9
2012	3.6	35
2011	3.6	36.8
2010	3.6	37.7
2009	3.6	39.1
2008	3.7	40.4
2007	3.8	42
2006	4	43.7
2005	4.1	45.4
2004	4.4	47.2
2003	4.6	48.8
2002	4.9	50.6
2001	5.2	52.2
2000	5.6	53.7
1999	6	55.5
1998	6.3	57.1
1997	6.7	58.3
1996	7	59.6
1995	7.4	60.8
1994	7.7	62
1993	8.1	62.9
1992	8.5	64.1
1991	9	64.9
1990	9.5	64.9
1989	10	66.2
1988	10.6	68
1987	11.4	68.6
1986	12	70.8
1985	12.7	72.9
1984	13.5	74.6
1983	14.4	76.1
1982	15.3	76.6
1981	16.2	78.7
1980	17.2	80.6
1979	18.2	82.5
1978	19.3	84.7
1977	20.3	86.4
1976	21.3	88.1
1975	22.3	89.6
1974	23.3	90.9
1973	24.2	92.1
1972	25.3	93.6
1971	26.4	96.1
1970	27.5	96.9
1969	28.8	98.3
1968	30.1	100.2
1967	31.4	103.1
1966	32.7	104.9
1965	34	106.4
1964	35.2	106.1
1963	36.3	107.7
1962	37.4	110.2
1961	38.4	121.5
1960	39.4	131.8
1959	40.4	125.7
1958	41.3	117.7
1957	42.3	120
1956	43.3	121.9
1955	44.4	124.8
1954	45.5	127.7
1953	46.8	130.1
1952	47.9	132.7
1951	49.2	136
1950	50.5	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Greece	World
2024	2.92.3–3.7	26.9
2025	2.82.1–4	26.4
2026	2.61.9–4	25.9
2027	2.51.8–4.1	25.4
2028	2.41.7–4.1	24.9
2029	2.31.6–4.1	24.5
2030	2.21.4–4.1	24
2031	2.21.3–4	23.6
2032	2.11.3–4	23.2
2033	21.2–3.9	22.8
2034	21.1–4	22.3
2035	1.91.1–4	21.9
2036	1.81.1–3.9	21.5
2037	1.81–3.9	21.1
2038	1.71–3.6	20.8
2039	1.70.9–3.6	20.4
2040	1.60.9–3.6	20
2041	1.60.9–3.6	19.7
2042	1.60.8–3.4	19.4
2043	1.50.8–3.5	19
2044	1.50.8–3.4	18.7
2045	1.40.8–3.5	18.4
2046	1.40.7–3.3	18.2
2047	1.40.7–3.3	17.9
2048	1.30.7–3.2	17.7
2049	1.30.7–3.2	17.5
2050	1.30.7–3.1	17.3
2051	1.30.6–3.1	17.1
2052	1.20.6–3.2	16.9
2053	1.20.6–3.1	16.7
2054	1.20.6–3	16.5
2055	1.20.6–3	16.3
2056	1.10.5–3	16.1
2057	1.10.5–2.8	15.9
2058	1.10.5–2.8	15.7
2059	1.10.5–2.7	15.5
2060	10.5–2.7	15.3
2061	10.5–2.6	15.1
2062	10.5–2.6	14.9
2063	10.5–2.5	14.7
2064	10.4–2.6	14.5
2065	0.90.4–2.4	14.3
2066	0.90.4–2.6	14.1
2067	0.90.4–2.4	13.9
2068	0.90.4–2.5	13.8
2069	0.90.4–2.5	13.6
2070	0.90.4–2.4	13.4
2071	0.90.4–2.5	13.2
2072	0.80.4–2.5	13
2073	0.80.4–2.4	12.9
2074	0.80.4–2.4	12.7
2075	0.80.3–2.3	12.6
2076	0.80.3–2.2	12.4
2077	0.80.3–2.2	12.3
2078	0.80.3–2.2	12.1
2079	0.80.3–2.2	12
2080	0.70.3–2.2	11.8
2081	0.70.3–2.2	11.7
2082	0.70.3–2.2	11.6
2083	0.70.3–2.1	11.5
2084	0.70.3–2.1	11.4
2085	0.70.3–2.1	11.3
2086	0.70.3–2	11.1
2087	0.70.3–2	11
2088	0.70.3–2	10.9
2089	0.70.2–2	10.8
2090	0.60.2–2	10.7
2091	0.60.2–2	10.6
2092	0.60.2–1.9	10.5
2093	0.60.2–1.9	10.4
2094	0.60.2–1.8	10.3
2095	0.60.2–1.7	10.1
2096	0.60.2–1.7	10
2097	0.60.2–1.7	9.9
2098	0.60.2–1.7	9.8
2099	0.60.2–1.7	9.7
2100	0.60.2–1.7	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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