Liberia
Infant mortality in Liberia
Infant mortality in Liberia: 186.1 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 55.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 55.9 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −130.2 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 11 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 20 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 20 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 5 per 1,000 live births and 71.5 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 186.4 per 1,000 live births in 1959, the lowest 55.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Liberia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 55.9 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 57.3 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 58.8 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 60.2 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 61.7 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 63.2 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 64.6 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 66.2 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 69 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 70.3 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 70.7 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 72.5 | 35 |
| 2011 | 74.7 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 77.1 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 80 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 83.3 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 87.2 | 42 |
| 2006 | 91.7 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 96.8 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 102.4 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 110.8 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 114.9 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 121.5 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 128.1 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 134.5 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 140.6 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 146.2 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 154.5 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 157.9 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 163.2 | 62 |
| 1993 | 164 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 162.8 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 164.2 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 163.4 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 162.6 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 161.5 | 68 |
| 1987 | 160.1 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 158.8 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 158.7 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 157 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 156.6 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 156.8 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 157.4 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 158.3 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 159.5 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 161 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 162.7 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 164.4 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 166.3 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 168.3 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 170.3 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 172.3 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 174.4 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 176.3 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 178.1 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 179.9 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 181.5 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 182.9 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 184.1 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 185 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 185.7 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 186.1 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 186.4 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 186.4 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 186.4 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 186.3 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 186.1 | 120 |
| 1956 | 186 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 185.9 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 185.9 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 185.9 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 185.9 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 186 | 136 |
| 1950 | 186.1 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Liberia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55.147–63.4 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 54.343.4–65.9 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 53.540–68.8 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 52.737.1–69 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 5234.8–70 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 51.232.5–71.9 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 50.530–72.8 | 24 |
| 2031 | 49.828.1–73.3 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 49.126.4–72.9 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 48.525.4–75.2 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 47.924.9–75.9 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 47.123.7–76.7 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 46.521.9–77 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 45.821.2–76.3 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 45.119.9–77.6 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 44.518.9–78.9 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 4418.4–79.5 | 20 |
| 2041 | 43.417.2–79 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 42.816.7–79.1 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 42.216–79.5 | 19 |
| 2044 | 41.615.7–79.3 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 4114.9–78.9 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 40.514.2–80.3 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 4013.8–82.1 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 39.413–81.4 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 38.912.7–81.6 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 38.312.3–80.1 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 37.812–79.8 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 37.311.6–80.6 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 36.811.5–81.1 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 36.311.1–81.9 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 35.810.9–81.4 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 35.311–82.3 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 34.910.4–83.4 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 34.510.3–83.7 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 33.910.1–83.8 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 33.49.9–82.6 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 32.99.9–83.8 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 32.49.5–82.1 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 31.99.1–80.7 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 31.38.4–81.1 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 30.98.5–79.4 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 30.58.5–81.7 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 30.18.2–81.9 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 29.78–81.6 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 29.27.8–82.3 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 28.87.7–80.1 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 28.47.8–80.6 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 28.17.6–80.3 | 13 |
| 2073 | 27.77.4–80 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 27.37.2–80 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 26.97.1–78.5 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 26.57–79.5 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 26.27–80.1 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 25.96.9–80.5 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 25.56.7–82 | 12 |
| 2080 | 25.26.5–80.3 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 24.96.4–78.9 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 24.66.4–77.8 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 24.36.5–76.5 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 23.96.2–78.2 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 23.66–76.1 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 23.36–75.3 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 236.1–74.8 | 11 |
| 2088 | 22.76–73.1 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 22.56–72.2 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 22.25.8–71.4 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 225.7–73.7 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 21.85.8–73.1 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 21.55.6–72.8 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 21.35.6–73.8 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 21.15.5–74.2 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 20.95.1–74 | 10 |
| 2097 | 20.65.1–73.7 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 20.44.8–71.9 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 20.24.8–73 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 205–71.5 | 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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- Military spending0.85% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$40.3M in 2025
- Military spending per person$8 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.09% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports0 TIV in 2025