Malawi
Infant mortality in Malawi
Infant mortality in Malawi: 182.7 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 29.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 29.6 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −153.1 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 45 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 8.3 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 8.3 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 2.6 per 1,000 live births and 35.8 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29.6 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 30.6 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 31.6 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 32.9 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 34.3 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 35.9 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 37.7 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 39.8 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 42.2 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 44.7 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 47.7 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 50.9 | 35 |
| 2011 | 54.3 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 57.8 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 61.2 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 64.6 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 68.1 | 42 |
| 2006 | 72.1 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 76.6 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 81.8 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 87.5 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 94 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 99.6 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 105.2 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 110.3 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 114.3 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 117.8 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 120.7 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 123.5 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 126.1 | 62 |
| 1993 | 128.9 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 131.5 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 134.5 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 136.5 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 138.3 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 139.7 | 68 |
| 1987 | 140.4 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 140.6 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 140.4 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 140.3 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 140.3 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 140.8 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 142 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 144 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 146.6 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 149.5 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 152.7 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 155.9 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 158.9 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 161.6 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 164.1 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 166.2 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 168.1 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 170.1 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 171.3 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 172.2 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 173 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 173.7 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 174.3 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 174.9 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 175.4 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 175.9 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 176.3 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 176.8 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 177.4 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 178.1 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 178.8 | 120 |
| 1956 | 179.4 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 180.1 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 180.7 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 181.3 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 181.8 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 182.3 | 136 |
| 1950 | 182.7 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28.822.8–34.5 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 28.220.5–36.4 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 27.618.5–37.7 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 2716.5–38.5 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 26.415.7–40 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 25.714.2–40.7 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 2513.3–40.5 | 24 |
| 2031 | 24.412.1–41.2 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 23.811.4–41.8 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 23.210.4–42.1 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 22.69.9–42.2 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 22.19.4–42.5 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 21.68.8–42.5 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 218.2–41.8 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 20.57.9–42.4 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 207.5–42.3 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 19.57.2–42.4 | 20 |
| 2041 | 19.16.8–43.2 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 18.76.5–42.6 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 18.26.5–43.7 | 19 |
| 2044 | 17.86.1–44.3 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 17.55.9–42.1 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 17.15.7–43.1 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 16.75.6–42.7 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 16.35.3–42.9 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 165.1–42 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 15.64.9–42.2 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 15.34.9–42.8 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 15.14.7–41.4 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 14.74.6–41.9 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 14.44.4–40.8 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 14.24.4–40.8 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 13.94.3–40.9 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 13.64.2–40.7 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 13.44.1–40.9 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 13.14.1–40.8 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 12.94–40.6 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 12.63.9–40 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 12.43.8–40 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 12.23.8–39.6 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 12.13.6–39.6 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 11.93.6–40.1 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 11.83.6–39.6 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 11.63.5–39.5 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 11.43.5–40.2 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 11.33.5–41 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 11.23.4–40.1 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 113.4–40.8 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 10.93.5–40.5 | 13 |
| 2073 | 10.83.5–40.3 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 10.63.4–40.4 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 10.53.3–40.2 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 10.43.3–40.5 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 10.23.3–40.7 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 10.13.3–40.4 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 103.2–40.7 | 12 |
| 2080 | 9.93.2–38.8 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 9.83.1–39.1 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 9.73.1–38.4 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 9.63–38.7 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 9.52.9–37.7 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 9.42.9–37.6 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 9.33.1–38.7 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 9.22.9–37.6 | 11 |
| 2088 | 9.12.9–37.5 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 92.8–37.6 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 8.92.8–38.1 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 8.82.8–37.6 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 8.82.7–36.6 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 8.72.8–37.4 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 8.62.8–36.7 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 8.52.7–36.5 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 8.52.7–35.7 | 10 |
| 2097 | 8.42.7–36.1 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 8.42.7–36.1 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 8.32.6–35.9 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 8.32.6–35.8 | 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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- Military spending1.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$128M in 2025
- Military spending per person$7 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel15,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2000