Lebanon
Infant mortality in Lebanon
Infant mortality in Lebanon: 75.8 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 15.7 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −60.1 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 82 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 2.8 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 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0.7 per 1,000 live births and 12.3 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 94.5 per 1,000 live births in 1976, the lowest 10.8 per 1,000 live births in 2012.
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Lebanon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.7 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 14.8 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 14.1 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 16.2 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 12.7 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 12.1 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 11.7 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 11.4 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 11.2 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 11 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 10.9 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 10.8 | 35 |
| 2011 | 10.8 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 11 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 11.2 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 11.6 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 11.9 | 42 |
| 2006 | 12.4 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 13 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 13.6 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 14.3 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 15.1 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 16 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 16.9 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 17.7 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 18.5 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 19.3 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 20.3 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 21.1 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 22.1 | 62 |
| 1993 | 23.2 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 24.5 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 25.4 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 26.4 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 27.5 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 36.4 | 68 |
| 1987 | 37.9 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 34.9 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 36.6 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 37.9 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 39.3 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 65.6 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 47 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 48.4 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 49.8 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 50.1 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 50.5 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 94.5 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 45 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 45 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 45.5 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 45.8 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 46.2 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 46.5 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 46.9 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 47.4 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 48 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 48.7 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 49.5 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 50.6 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 51.8 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 53.2 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 54.6 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 56.1 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 57.8 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 59.6 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 61.6 | 120 |
| 1956 | 63.8 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 67.8 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 67.4 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 69.3 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 71.4 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 73.5 | 136 |
| 1950 | 75.8 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Lebanon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.412.7–18.9 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 14.911.6–19.8 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 14.610.6–20.9 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 14.29.8–21.5 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 13.89–21.7 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 13.58.6–22.2 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 13.28–22.7 | 24 |
| 2031 | 12.87.5–22.2 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 12.57–22.8 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 12.26.9–22.8 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 11.96.5–22.8 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 11.56.1–22.8 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 11.25.7–23 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 115.6–23.4 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 10.75.3–23.8 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 10.44.9–23.3 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 10.14.7–22.9 | 20 |
| 2041 | 9.94.5–22.9 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 9.64.2–22.8 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 9.34.1–22.9 | 19 |
| 2044 | 9.13.9–23.1 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 8.93.8–23.7 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 8.63.7–22.7 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 8.43.5–22.4 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 8.23.3–21.4 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 83.2–21.8 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 7.83.1–22 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 7.63–21.7 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 7.42.9–21.8 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 7.22.8–21.7 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 72.7–21.7 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 6.92.6–21.3 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 6.72.5–20.6 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 6.52.5–21.1 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 6.42.4–20.4 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 6.22.3–20.8 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 6.12.2–20.7 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 5.92.2–21 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 5.82.1–20.6 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 5.72–20.3 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 5.51.9–19.9 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 5.41.9–19.7 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 5.31.8–19.4 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 5.21.8–19.1 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 5.11.7–18.8 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 51.6–18.2 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 4.91.6–18.5 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 4.71.5–18.4 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 4.61.5–18.1 | 13 |
| 2073 | 4.51.5–17.8 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 4.51.4–17.2 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 4.41.4–16.7 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 4.31.3–16.1 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 4.21.3–16.4 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 4.11.3–16.3 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 41.3–15.6 | 12 |
| 2080 | 41.2–15.5 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 3.91.2–15.4 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 3.81.2–15.7 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 3.71.1–15.2 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 3.71–15.2 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 3.61.1–14.5 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 3.51–14.2 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 3.51–13.8 | 11 |
| 2088 | 3.41–13.6 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 3.30.9–13.9 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 3.30.9–13.6 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 3.20.9–13.2 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 3.20.8–13.2 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 3.10.8–12.9 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 3.10.8–12.4 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 30.8–12.5 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 30.8–12.6 | 10 |
| 2097 | 2.90.7–12.3 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 2.90.7–12.6 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 2.80.7–12.3 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 2.80.7–12.3 | 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 spending2.51% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$736M in 2025
- Military spending per person$142 in 2025
- Military share of state spending16.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel80,000 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports9 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports48 million TIV in 2002