Iraq
Infant mortality in Iraq
Infant mortality in Iraq: 206.6 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 19 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −187.6 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 72 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 4.9 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 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.4 per 1,000 live births and 30.3 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Iraq | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 19.7 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 20.4 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 21 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 21.7 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 22.4 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 23 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 23.8 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 24.6 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 25.3 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 26.4 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 27 | 35 |
| 2011 | 27.9 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 28.7 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 29.5 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 30.3 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 31.1 | 42 |
| 2006 | 31.9 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 32.7 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 33.4 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 34.1 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 34.8 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 35.5 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 36.2 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 37 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 37.6 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 38.6 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 39.1 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 39.9 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 40.6 | 62 |
| 1993 | 41.2 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 41.9 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 47.1 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 53.1 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 54.1 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 50.1 | 68 |
| 1987 | 46.4 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 47.5 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 48.8 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 50.2 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 51.8 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 53.4 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 55.2 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 57.2 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 59.3 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 61.6 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 63.9 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 66.5 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 69.6 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 72.4 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 75.1 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 78.2 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 81.4 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 85 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 88.7 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 92.7 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 96.5 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 100.8 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 105.2 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 110.5 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 115 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 120.2 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 126 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 132 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 138.5 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 145.3 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 152.2 | 120 |
| 1956 | 159.6 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 167.2 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 175 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 182.8 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 190.8 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 198.8 | 136 |
| 1950 | 206.6 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Iraq | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.714.4–24.3 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 18.312.8–26 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 1811.7–27.4 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 17.610.8–28.9 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 17.39.9–30.3 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 179.3–30.7 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 16.68.7–30.8 | 24 |
| 2031 | 16.38.4–31.2 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 167.9–32.1 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 15.77.6–33 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 15.47–34.4 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 15.26.7–34.6 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 14.96.7–35.3 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 14.66.3–35.3 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 14.36–36 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 145.7–35.4 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 13.85.6–36.1 | 20 |
| 2041 | 13.45.3–35.4 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 13.25–35.4 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 12.94.8–35.7 | 19 |
| 2044 | 12.74.6–35.6 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 12.44.5–35.7 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 12.24.2–35.7 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 11.94–36.1 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 11.63.9–36.2 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 11.43.7–35.4 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 11.13.6–35.6 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 10.93.4–36.2 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 10.73.3–34.4 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 10.43.2–35 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 10.23.1–35.4 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 103.1–36.2 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 9.83–34.6 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 9.63–34.8 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 9.42.9–34.3 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 9.22.8–35.1 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 92.8–35.4 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 8.82.7–33.8 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 8.62.6–33 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 8.42.6–33.3 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 8.22.6–33.1 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 8.12.5–33.4 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 7.92.4–33.6 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 7.82.4–33.7 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 7.72.3–32.6 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 7.62.3–32.1 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 7.42.3–32.9 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 7.32.2–32.1 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 7.22.1–33.3 | 13 |
| 2073 | 7.12.1–32.2 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 72.1–33 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 6.92.1–33.2 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 6.82–32.1 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 6.71.9–32 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 6.61.9–32.4 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 6.51.9–31.5 | 12 |
| 2080 | 6.41.9–32.3 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 6.31.8–32.7 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 6.21.8–31.8 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 6.11.8–30.3 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 61.7–31.5 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 5.91.8–30.8 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 5.81.7–31.1 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 5.81.7–30.8 | 11 |
| 2088 | 5.71.6–30.4 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 5.61.6–29.6 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 5.51.6–29.7 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 5.51.6–29.1 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 5.41.6–29.4 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 5.31.5–28.8 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 5.21.5–29 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 5.21.5–29.5 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 5.11.5–29.8 | 10 |
| 2097 | 5.11.5–30.2 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 51.5–29.3 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 4.91.4–30.9 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 4.91.4–30.3 | 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 spending2.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$6.4B in 2025
- Military spending per person$139 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel459,000 people in 2020
- National power0.54% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports55 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports20 million TIV in 1989