India
Infant mortality in India
Infant mortality in India: 176.4 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 22.6 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −153.8 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 63 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 3.4 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 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.1 per 1,000 live births and 13 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | India | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 22.6 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 23.9 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 25.2 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 26.5 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 28 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 29.6 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 31.2 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 33 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 34.9 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 36.9 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 39 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 41.1 | 35 |
| 2011 | 43.3 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 45.5 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 47.8 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 50.1 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 52.4 | 42 |
| 2006 | 54.7 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 57.1 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 59.4 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 61.7 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 64.1 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 66.5 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 68.9 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 71.3 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 73.7 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 76 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 78.3 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 80.5 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 82.8 | 62 |
| 1993 | 85 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 87.1 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 89.4 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 91.6 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 93.8 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 96.2 | 68 |
| 1987 | 98.5 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 100.8 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 103.3 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 105.8 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 108.4 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 111.1 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 113.8 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 116.7 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 119.5 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 122.3 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 125 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 127.6 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 130 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 132.3 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 135 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 136.9 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 138.2 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 139.7 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 141.2 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 142.6 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 150.5 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 151.9 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 153.3 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 147.9 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 149.2 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 150.6 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 152.1 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 153.4 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 155.1 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 157 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 158.9 | 120 |
| 1956 | 160.7 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 162.9 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 165.3 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 168.5 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 170.9 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 173.7 | 136 |
| 1950 | 176.4 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | India | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22.618.5–27.8 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 21.716.6–29.3 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 20.914.7–30.6 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 20.113.6–31.5 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 19.312.3–31.7 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 18.611.3–31.7 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 17.910.5–31.7 | 24 |
| 2031 | 17.39.7–31.7 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 16.69–31.1 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 168.6–31.1 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 15.48–31.5 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 14.97.8–31.2 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 14.37.3–30.9 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 13.96.9–30.5 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 13.46.6–30.6 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 12.96.1–29.7 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 12.45.9–29.6 | 20 |
| 2041 | 125.5–28.5 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 11.65.4–29.4 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 11.25.1–29.3 | 19 |
| 2044 | 10.84.8–28.7 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 10.54.7–28.5 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 10.14.4–29.3 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 9.94.3–27.8 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 9.64.3–27.8 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 9.34.1–27.7 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 9.13.9–26.6 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 8.83.7–26.3 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 8.63.6–25.6 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 8.33.4–25.6 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 8.23.4–24.7 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 83.3–25 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 7.83.2–24.5 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 7.63.1–24 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 7.43–24 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 7.22.8–22.2 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 72.8–22.6 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 6.92.7–22.8 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 6.72.7–22.3 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 6.62.6–22.6 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 6.42.6–22 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 6.32.5–22.4 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 6.22.4–21.3 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 62.4–22 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 5.92.3–21 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 5.82.2–20.7 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 5.62.1–20.1 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 5.52.1–20.6 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 5.42.1–19.4 | 13 |
| 2073 | 5.32–19.2 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 5.22–19.4 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 5.12–19.2 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 51.9–19.5 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 4.91.9–19 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 4.81.8–18.7 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 4.71.8–18.2 | 12 |
| 2080 | 4.71.7–18 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 4.61.7–17.8 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 4.51.7–17.5 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 4.41.6–17.5 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 4.31.7–17.3 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 4.31.6–17.1 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 4.21.6–16.8 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 4.11.5–16.6 | 11 |
| 2088 | 4.11.5–16.1 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 41.5–16.2 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 3.91.4–16.1 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 3.91.4–15.8 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 3.81.2–15.7 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 3.81.2–15.4 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 3.71.2–15.1 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 3.71.2–14.7 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 3.61.2–14.4 | 10 |
| 2097 | 3.51.2–13.7 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 3.51.2–13.6 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 3.41.1–13.1 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 3.41.1–13 | 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 spending2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$93.3B in 2025
- Military spending per person$63 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel3.07 million people in 2020
- National power9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2.86 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports81 million TIV in 2025