Jordan
Infant mortality in Jordan
Infant mortality in Jordan: 183.3 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 11.8 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −171.6 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 110 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 2.1 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 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0.6 per 1,000 live births and 7.2 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Jordan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.8 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 12.1 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 12.5 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 12.8 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 13.2 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 13.7 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 14.1 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 14.6 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 15 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 15.4 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 15.9 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 16.3 | 35 |
| 2011 | 16.7 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 17.1 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 17.6 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 18.1 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 18.6 | 42 |
| 2006 | 19.1 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 19.6 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 20.1 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 20.7 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 21.2 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 21.8 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 22.5 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 23.1 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 23.8 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 24.4 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 25 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 25.6 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 26.3 | 62 |
| 1993 | 26.9 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 27.7 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 28.5 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 29.4 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 30.5 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 31.6 | 68 |
| 1987 | 33 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 34.2 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 35.4 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 36.6 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 38.1 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 39.7 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 41.5 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 43.4 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 45.1 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 46.8 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 48.6 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 50.7 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 52.9 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 55.1 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 57.4 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 59.8 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 62.7 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 66.9 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 68.2 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 71.4 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 74.8 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 80.2 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 82.4 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 86.6 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 91.4 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 96.1 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 101.3 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 106.9 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 112.6 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 118.8 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 125.2 | 120 |
| 1956 | 132.1 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 139.4 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 147 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 155.2 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 164.1 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 173.3 | 136 |
| 1950 | 183.3 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Jordan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.49.4–14 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 11.18.5–14.9 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 10.87.8–15.3 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 10.57.1–15.9 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 10.26.6–16.3 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 9.96.2–16.4 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 9.65.7–16.5 | 24 |
| 2031 | 9.45.3–16.8 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 9.15–17.1 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 8.84.8–17.6 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 8.64.5–17.4 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 8.34.3–17 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 8.14–16.8 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 7.83.8–17 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 7.63.7–17.1 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 7.43.5–16.8 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 7.23.3–17.1 | 20 |
| 2041 | 73.2–16.9 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 6.83–16.6 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 6.62.9–16.8 | 19 |
| 2044 | 6.42.8–17 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 6.22.6–17.2 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 62.5–16.8 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 5.92.4–15.9 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 5.72.4–15.5 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 5.62.4–15.3 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 5.42.2–14.9 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 5.32.1–14.3 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 5.22.1–14.7 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 52–14.9 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 4.92–14.4 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 4.81.9–14.4 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 4.71.8–14.2 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 4.61.8–14.8 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 4.51.7–15.2 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 4.41.7–14.6 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 4.31.7–14.1 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 4.21.7–13.1 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 4.11.6–12.5 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 41.6–12.6 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 3.91.5–12.4 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 3.81.5–12.1 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 3.71.4–11.9 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 3.71.3–11.9 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 3.61.3–11.6 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 3.51.3–11.4 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 3.51.2–11.1 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 3.41.2–11.2 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 3.31.2–11.2 | 13 |
| 2073 | 3.31.1–10.9 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 3.21.1–10.8 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 3.11.1–11.1 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 3.11–10.5 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 31–10.5 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 31–10.1 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 2.90.9–10.3 | 12 |
| 2080 | 2.90.9–9.9 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 2.80.9–9.7 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 2.80.9–9.7 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 2.70.8–9.9 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 2.70.8–9.6 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 2.70.8–9.4 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 2.60.8–9.3 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 2.60.7–9.2 | 11 |
| 2088 | 2.50.7–9.2 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 2.50.7–9.1 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 2.50.7–8.9 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 2.40.7–8.5 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 2.40.6–8.1 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 2.40.6–8.3 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 2.30.6–8.1 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 2.30.6–8.2 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 2.30.6–8.2 | 10 |
| 2097 | 2.20.6–7.7 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 2.20.6–7.7 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 2.20.6–7.4 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 2.10.6–7.2 | 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 spending4.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$2.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$221 in 2025
- Military share of state spending13.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel116,000 people in 2020
- National power0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports34 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports226 million TIV in 2024