Guyana
Infant mortality in Guyana
Infant mortality in Guyana: 110 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 21.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 21.3 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −88.7 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 66 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 6.9 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 6.9 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 2.3 per 1,000 live births and 32.8 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Guyana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21.3 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 22 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 22.7 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 23.4 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 24.2 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 24.9 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 25.7 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 26.4 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 27.2 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 27.9 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 28.6 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 29.3 | 35 |
| 2011 | 30 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 30.6 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 31.2 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 31.9 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 32.4 | 42 |
| 2006 | 33.1 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 34.2 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 34.5 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 35.2 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 36 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 36.9 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 37.8 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 38.7 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 39.6 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 40.6 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 41.6 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 42.7 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 43.8 | 62 |
| 1993 | 44.9 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 46 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 47.1 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 48.2 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 49.3 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 50.3 | 68 |
| 1987 | 51.2 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 52 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 52.7 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 53.3 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 53.9 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 54.5 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 55 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 55.4 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 55.9 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 56.3 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 56.6 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 56.9 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 57.2 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 57.4 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 57.6 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 57.8 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 58 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 58.3 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 58.7 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 59.1 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 59.8 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 60.6 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 61.7 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 63 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 64.6 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 66.5 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 68.8 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 71.4 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 74.4 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 77.7 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 81.3 | 120 |
| 1956 | 85.1 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 89 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 93.1 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 97.2 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 101.4 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 105.7 | 136 |
| 1950 | 110 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Guyana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.314–23.3 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 17.912.4–24.9 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 17.611.2–25.9 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 17.210.4–26.8 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 16.89.5–28.3 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 16.58.9–28.1 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 16.18.6–28.8 | 24 |
| 2031 | 15.97.8–28.6 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 15.57.5–29 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 15.27.2–29.4 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 14.96.7–29.5 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 14.66.6–29.3 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 14.36.3–30.1 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 145.9–30.1 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 13.85.7–30.7 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 13.55.4–30.5 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 13.25.3–30.3 | 20 |
| 2041 | 135.2–31 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 12.75.1–31.7 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 12.54.9–30.9 | 19 |
| 2044 | 12.34.8–30.7 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 124.6–30.8 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 11.84.6–31.1 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 11.64.3–30.1 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 11.44.3–31.1 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 11.24.1–30.3 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 114–30.5 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 10.93.9–31.3 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 10.73.9–30.5 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 10.63.8–30.5 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 10.53.7–30.1 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 10.43.8–30.5 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 10.33.7–31.2 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 10.13.7–30.7 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 103.7–31.3 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 9.93.6–31.9 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 9.83.5–31.3 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 9.63.6–31.6 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 9.53.4–31.6 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 9.43.4–32.1 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 9.33.3–30.4 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 9.23.3–30.3 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 9.13.3–31.2 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 93.2–30.6 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 8.93.2–30.9 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 8.73.1–31.4 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 8.63.1–31.7 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 8.63.1–30.4 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 8.53.1–30.7 | 13 |
| 2073 | 8.43–29.9 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 8.33.1–30.2 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 8.33–31.1 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 8.22.9–31.1 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 8.12.9–31.2 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 8.12.9–31 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 82.8–30.8 | 12 |
| 2080 | 7.92.8–31.5 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 7.82.8–31.8 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 7.72.8–31.7 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 7.72.8–32.6 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 7.62.7–32.1 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 7.62.7–33 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 7.52.6–32.1 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 7.52.6–32.3 | 11 |
| 2088 | 7.42.5–32 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 7.42.5–32.9 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 7.32.5–31.9 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 7.32.5–32 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 7.22.5–32.7 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 7.22.5–32.6 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 7.22.4–32.9 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 7.12.5–32.4 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 72.4–32.7 | 10 |
| 2097 | 72.4–33.5 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 72.3–33.3 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 6.92.3–33.8 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 6.92.3–32.8 | 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 spending0.99% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$240M in 2025
- Military spending per person$297 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel3,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 1976