Infant mortality in Italy

Infant mortality in Italy: 63.6 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 2.2 per 1,000 live births
Since 1950: −61.4 per 1,000 live births
Rank, 2023: 213 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 1.5 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 1951, the lowest 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023.

Every year

deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Year	Italy	World
2023	2.2	27.3
2022	2.6	28.2
2021	2.3	28.4
2020	2.5	28.7
2019	2.5	29.2
2018	2.8	29.7
2017	2.9	30.3
2016	2.8	31.1
2015	2.9	32.1
2014	2.8	32.9
2013	2.9	33.9
2012	3	35
2011	3.1	36.8
2010	3.2	37.7
2009	3.4	39.1
2008	3.3	40.4
2007	3.3	42
2006	3.5	43.7
2005	3.6	45.4
2004	3.8	47.2
2003	3.7	48.8
2002	4.4	50.6
2001	4.6	52.2
2000	4.5	53.7
1999	5.1	55.5
1998	5.4	57.1
1997	5.5	58.3
1996	6.1	59.6
1995	6.2	60.8
1994	6.4	62
1993	6.9	62.9
1992	8.2	64.1
1991	8.4	64.9
1990	8.1	64.9
1989	8.6	66.2
1988	9.3	68
1987	9.7	68.6
1986	9.9	70.8
1985	10.2	72.9
1984	11.1	74.6
1983	11.9	76.1
1982	13	76.6
1981	14	78.7
1980	14.3	80.6
1979	15.2	82.5
1978	16.7	84.7
1977	17.6	86.4
1976	18.9	88.1
1975	20.5	89.6
1974	22.9	90.9
1973	25.9	92.1
1972	26.9	93.6
1971	28.8	96.1
1970	29.1	96.9
1969	31	98.3
1968	32.2	100.2
1967	32.7	103.1
1966	34.4	104.9
1965	35.3	106.4
1964	37	106.1
1963	40.5	107.7
1962	42.2	110.2
1961	41.6	121.5
1960	43.8	131.8
1959	46.1	125.7
1958	47.9	117.7
1957	50.3	120
1956	48.6	121.9
1955	50.5	124.8
1954	54	127.7
1953	57.8	130.1
1952	62.8	132.7
1951	64.2	136
1950	63.6	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Italy	World
2024	2.21.8–2.7	26.9
2025	2.11.6–2.8	26.4
2026	2.11.5–2.9	25.9
2027	21.4–2.9	25.4
2028	1.91.2–3	24.9
2029	1.91.1–3	24.5
2030	1.81.1–3	24
2031	1.81–3	23.6
2032	1.71–3	23.2
2033	1.70.9–3.1	22.8
2034	1.60.8–3	22.3
2035	1.60.8–3	21.9
2036	1.50.7–3.1	21.5
2037	1.50.7–3	21.1
2038	1.40.7–2.9	20.8
2039	1.40.7–3	20.4
2040	1.40.6–2.9	20
2041	1.30.6–2.9	19.7
2042	1.30.6–2.8	19.4
2043	1.30.5–2.8	19
2044	1.20.5–2.8	18.7
2045	1.20.5–2.8	18.4
2046	1.20.5–2.8	18.2
2047	1.10.5–2.7	17.9
2048	1.10.5–2.7	17.7
2049	1.10.4–2.7	17.5
2050	10.4–2.7	17.3
2051	10.4–2.6	17.1
2052	10.4–2.7	16.9
2053	10.4–2.7	16.7
2054	0.90.3–2.7	16.5
2055	0.90.3–2.6	16.3
2056	0.90.3–2.6	16.1
2057	0.90.3–2.6	15.9
2058	0.90.3–2.5	15.7
2059	0.80.3–2.5	15.5
2060	0.80.3–2.4	15.3
2061	0.80.2–2.5	15.1
2062	0.80.2–2.6	14.9
2063	0.80.2–2.5	14.7
2064	0.80.2–2.5	14.5
2065	0.70.2–2.4	14.3
2066	0.70.2–2.4	14.1
2067	0.70.2–2.3	13.9
2068	0.70.2–2.2	13.8
2069	0.70.2–2.2	13.6
2070	0.70.1–2.2	13.4
2071	0.60.1–2.2	13.2
2072	0.60.1–2.1	13
2073	0.60.1–2.1	12.9
2074	0.60.1–2.1	12.7
2075	0.60.1–2	12.6
2076	0.60.1–2	12.4
2077	0.60.1–1.9	12.3
2078	0.50.1–1.9	12.1
2079	0.50.1–2	12
2080	0.50.1–1.9	11.8
2081	0.50.1–1.9	11.7
2082	0.50.1–1.9	11.6
2083	0.50.1–1.9	11.5
2084	0.50.1–1.9	11.4
2085	0.50.1–1.9	11.3
2086	0.40.1–1.8	11.1
2087	0.40–1.8	11
2088	0.40–1.8	10.9
2089	0.40–1.8	10.8
2090	0.40–1.7	10.7
2091	0.40–1.7	10.6
2092	0.40–1.7	10.5
2093	0.40–1.6	10.4
2094	0.40–1.6	10.3
2095	0.40–1.6	10.1
2096	0.40–1.6	10
2097	0.30–1.6	9.9
2098	0.30–1.6	9.8
2099	0.30–1.5	9.7
2100	0.30–1.5	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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