Marshall Islands
Infant mortality in Marshall Islands
Infant mortality in Marshall Islands: 90.6 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 22.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 22.1 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −68.5 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 64 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 8.5 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 8.5 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 2.2 per 1,000 live births and 44 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Marshall Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 22.1 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 22.8 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 23.6 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 24.3 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 25 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 25.8 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 26.5 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 27.2 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 27.8 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 28.5 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 29.1 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 29.6 | 35 |
| 2011 | 30.1 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 30.5 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 30.9 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 31.3 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 31.6 | 42 |
| 2006 | 31.9 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 32.1 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 32.4 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 32.5 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 32.7 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 32.7 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 33.1 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 32.8 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 32.8 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 32.9 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 33 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 33.3 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 33.7 | 62 |
| 1993 | 34.3 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 35.1 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 36 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 37.1 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 38.2 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 39.4 | 68 |
| 1987 | 40.6 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 41.9 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 43 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 44.2 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 45.3 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 46.3 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 47.3 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 48.1 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 49 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 49.7 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 50.5 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 51.3 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 52.2 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 53.2 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 54.4 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 55.8 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 57.3 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 59.1 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 61 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 63 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 65.3 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 67.7 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 70.1 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 72.7 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 75.3 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 77.9 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 80.4 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 82.6 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 84.5 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 86 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 87.3 | 120 |
| 1956 | 88.3 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 89 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 89.6 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 89.9 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 90.2 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 90.4 | 136 |
| 1950 | 90.6 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Marshall Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21.716.9–26.8 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 21.414.5–28.7 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 21.113.1–29.7 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 20.711.8–31 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 20.410.7–32.1 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 20.19.9–32.9 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 19.99.5–33.8 | 24 |
| 2031 | 19.68.7–34.8 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 19.38.6–35.2 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 19.18.1–35.1 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 18.87.7–35.4 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 18.67.3–35.8 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 18.37.1–36.9 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 186.8–37.3 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 17.86.6–38.4 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 17.66.5–39.5 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 17.36.1–39.1 | 20 |
| 2041 | 175.9–39.2 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 16.85.7–39.3 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 16.65.5–39.6 | 19 |
| 2044 | 16.45.4–40.7 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 16.25.4–40.8 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 165.3–41.2 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 15.75–40.8 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 15.54.8–41.1 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 15.34.6–40.7 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 15.14.5–40.3 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 14.94.3–39.7 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 14.74.1–39 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 14.54.1–39.6 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 14.34–40.2 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 14.13.9–40.2 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 143.7–40.3 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 13.83.7–39.1 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 13.63.6–40.2 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 13.43.5–40.2 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 13.23.4–40.5 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 133.4–39.8 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 12.93.4–40.7 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 12.73.4–41.5 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 12.53.3–40.4 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 12.43.2–40.9 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 12.33.1–41.1 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 12.13–39.5 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 123–40.5 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 11.83–40.6 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 11.73–40.9 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 11.53–42.1 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 11.42.8–40.2 | 13 |
| 2073 | 11.32.8–39.8 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 11.12.7–39.5 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 112.6–38.9 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 10.92.7–41 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 10.82.6–40.8 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 10.72.6–41.7 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 10.62.6–42.1 | 12 |
| 2080 | 10.52.6–41.4 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 10.42.6–43 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 10.22.6–42.1 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 10.22.6–41.3 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 102.5–41.7 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 9.92.5–42.4 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 9.82.4–43.1 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 9.72.4–43.4 | 11 |
| 2088 | 9.62.4–42.6 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 9.52.4–44.1 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 9.42.3–42.7 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 9.32.4–42.7 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 9.22.3–42.9 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 9.12.2–42.7 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 92.3–42.6 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 8.92.2–42 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 8.82.2–43 | 10 |
| 2097 | 8.72.1–43.6 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 8.62.2–43.5 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 8.62.2–43.9 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 8.52.2–44 | 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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