Infant mortality in Latvia

Infant mortality in Latvia: 57.4 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 2.9 per 1,000 live births
Since 1950: −54.5 per 1,000 live births
Rank, 2023: 204 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 27.3 per 1,000 live births
Projected, 2100: 0.7 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 0.7 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0.2 per 1,000 live births and 2.8 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 57.4 per 1,000 live births in 1950, the lowest 2.7 per 1,000 live births in 2021.

Every year

deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Year	Latvia	World
2023	2.9	27.3
2022	3.3	28.2
2021	2.7	28.4
2020	3.4	28.7
2019	3.4	29.2
2018	3	29.7
2017	4	30.3
2016	3.7	31.1
2015	4.1	32.1
2014	3.9	32.9
2013	4.5	33.9
2012	6.5	35
2011	6.5	36.8
2010	5.4	37.7
2009	7.3	39.1
2008	6.7	40.4
2007	8.7	42
2006	7.7	43.7
2005	8	45.4
2004	9.2	47.2
2003	9.7	48.8
2002	10	50.6
2001	10.8	52.2
2000	10.5	53.7
1999	11.5	55.5
1998	15	57.1
1997	14.9	58.3
1996	15.4	59.6
1995	18	60.8
1994	14.8	62
1993	15	62.9
1992	16.8	64.1
1991	14.2	64.9
1990	12.4	64.9
1989	10.5	66.2
1988	11	68
1987	11.2	68.6
1986	12.9	70.8
1985	12.7	72.9
1984	13	74.6
1983	16.2	76.1
1982	14.1	76.6
1981	15.6	78.7
1980	15.4	80.6
1979	18.2	82.5
1978	17.8	84.7
1977	17.7	86.4
1976	19	88.1
1975	19.2	89.6
1974	17.5	90.9
1973	14.8	92.1
1972	15	93.6
1971	15.4	96.1
1970	17.7	96.9
1969	17.9	98.3
1968	18.9	100.2
1967	17.2	103.1
1966	17.3	104.9
1965	18.1	106.4
1964	21.8	106.1
1963	24.8	107.7
1962	24	110.2
1961	24.2	121.5
1960	26.7	131.8
1959	30.3	125.7
1958	32.6	117.7
1957	36.1	120
1956	39.8	121.9
1955	42.5	124.8
1954	45.2	127.7
1953	48	130.1
1952	51	132.7
1951	54.1	136
1950	57.4	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Latvia	World
2024	2.72.3–3.4	26.9
2025	2.72–3.8	26.4
2026	2.61.8–4	25.9
2027	2.51.7–4.1	25.4
2028	2.51.6–4.2	24.9
2029	2.41.5–4.4	24.5
2030	2.31.4–4.5	24
2031	2.31.3–4.6	23.6
2032	2.21.2–4.7	23.2
2033	2.21.2–4.6	22.8
2034	2.11.1–4.7	22.3
2035	21.1–4.7	21.9
2036	21–4.7	21.5
2037	1.91–4.5	21.1
2038	1.90.9–4.7	20.8
2039	1.80.9–4.6	20.4
2040	1.80.8–4.7	20
2041	1.80.8–4.7	19.7
2042	1.70.8–4.8	19.4
2043	1.70.8–4.8	19
2044	1.60.7–5	18.7
2045	1.60.7–5	18.4
2046	1.60.7–4.8	18.2
2047	1.50.7–4.9	17.9
2048	1.50.7–4.9	17.7
2049	1.50.7–4.9	17.5
2050	1.50.6–4.8	17.3
2051	1.40.6–4.7	17.1
2052	1.40.6–4.8	16.9
2053	1.40.6–4.7	16.7
2054	1.30.6–4.5	16.5
2055	1.30.6–4.7	16.3
2056	1.30.5–4.5	16.1
2057	1.30.5–4.4	15.9
2058	1.30.5–4.4	15.7
2059	1.20.5–4.4	15.5
2060	1.20.5–4.6	15.3
2061	1.20.5–4.3	15.1
2062	1.20.5–4.3	14.9
2063	1.10.4–4.3	14.7
2064	1.10.4–4.2	14.5
2065	1.10.4–4	14.3
2066	1.10.4–4	14.1
2067	1.10.4–4	13.9
2068	10.4–4	13.8
2069	10.4–4.1	13.6
2070	10.4–3.9	13.4
2071	10.3–4	13.2
2072	10.3–3.8	13
2073	10.3–3.8	12.9
2074	10.3–3.8	12.7
2075	0.90.3–3.8	12.6
2076	0.90.3–3.6	12.4
2077	0.90.3–3.6	12.3
2078	0.90.3–3.4	12.1
2079	0.90.3–3.5	12
2080	0.90.3–3.4	11.8
2081	0.90.3–3.4	11.7
2082	0.90.3–3.4	11.6
2083	0.80.3–3.3	11.5
2084	0.80.3–3.3	11.4
2085	0.80.3–3.3	11.3
2086	0.80.3–3.2	11.1
2087	0.80.2–3.2	11
2088	0.80.2–3	10.9
2089	0.80.2–3.1	10.8
2090	0.80.2–3	10.7
2091	0.80.2–3	10.6
2092	0.80.2–3.1	10.5
2093	0.70.2–3.1	10.4
2094	0.70.2–3	10.3
2095	0.70.2–2.8	10.1
2096	0.70.2–2.9	10
2097	0.70.2–2.9	9.9
2098	0.70.2–2.9	9.8
2099	0.70.2–2.8	9.7
2100	0.70.2–2.8	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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