Mauritania
Infant mortality in Mauritania
Infant mortality in Mauritania: 185.4 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 30.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 30.8 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −154.6 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 42 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 6.4 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 6.4 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 2.2 per 1,000 live births and 26.8 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Mauritania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30.8 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 31.7 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 32.7 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 33.7 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 34.6 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 35.7 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 36.7 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 37.8 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 38.8 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 39.9 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 41 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 42.1 | 35 |
| 2011 | 43.3 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 44.7 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 46.3 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 48.1 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 50.3 | 42 |
| 2006 | 52.9 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 55.8 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 58.9 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 62.3 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 65.7 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 68.8 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 71.8 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 74.4 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 76.6 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 78.4 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 79.9 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 80.8 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 81.6 | 62 |
| 1993 | 82.4 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 83.1 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 84 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 85.3 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 87.1 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 89 | 68 |
| 1987 | 91.7 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 94.7 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 97.8 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 101.1 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 104.4 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 107.6 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 110.7 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 113.6 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 116.4 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 119 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 121.3 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 123.2 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 124.7 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 125.8 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 126.6 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 127.2 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 128.1 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 129.3 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 131.1 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 133.5 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 136.3 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 139.5 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 142.8 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 146.2 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 149.5 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 152.8 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 155.9 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 159 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 162.1 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 165.1 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 168 | 120 |
| 1956 | 170.8 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 173.5 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 176.1 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 178.6 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 180.9 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 183.2 | 136 |
| 1950 | 185.4 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Mauritania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29.623.6–37.2 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 28.519.8–38.7 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 27.517.6–39.4 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 26.516–40.8 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 25.514.6–41.4 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 24.713.2–41.3 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 23.812.2–41.5 | 24 |
| 2031 | 2311.2–42.1 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 22.210.4–42.3 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 21.510.1–42.4 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 20.89.4–43.7 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 20.18.6–42.5 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 19.48.4–44 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 18.87.7–42.7 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 18.27.1–41.9 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 17.66.9–40.9 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 176.4–40.3 | 20 |
| 2041 | 16.56.1–40.2 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 165.8–39.9 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 15.55.5–39.3 | 19 |
| 2044 | 15.15.5–39.4 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 14.85.1–38 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 14.45.2–38.5 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 14.15.1–38.4 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 13.84.9–37.7 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 13.54.6–37 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 13.24.5–37.9 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 12.94.4–36.8 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 12.74.3–37.1 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 12.44.2–36.8 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 12.14.1–36.8 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 11.84–36.1 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 11.64–36.9 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 11.43.9–36.1 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 11.13.9–36.2 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 10.93.8–35.2 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 10.73.7–36 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 10.53.7–36.7 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 10.33.5–36 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 10.13.4–35.5 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 9.93.3–34.9 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 9.73.3–34.9 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 9.53.2–34.8 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 9.43.2–35.2 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 9.23.1–33.5 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 93–33.1 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 8.93–33.6 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 8.72.9–31.8 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 8.62.9–31.6 | 13 |
| 2073 | 8.42.8–32.5 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 8.32.8–31.2 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 8.22.7–30.5 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 8.12.8–30.3 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 82.7–30.7 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 7.92.7–30.4 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 7.82.6–29.9 | 12 |
| 2080 | 7.72.6–30.3 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 7.72.6–30.3 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 7.62.5–30.8 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 7.52.5–29.5 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 7.42.5–29.3 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 7.32.5–29.7 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 7.32.5–30 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 7.22.5–29.5 | 11 |
| 2088 | 7.12.5–29.2 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 72.5–29 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 72.4–29.5 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 6.92.4–30.2 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 6.92.4–28.6 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 6.82.4–29 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 6.72.4–29.4 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 6.72.3–27.9 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 6.62.2–27.3 | 10 |
| 2097 | 6.52.3–27.9 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 6.52.2–28.2 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 6.42.2–26.8 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 6.42.2–26.8 | 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 spending2.75% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$315M in 2025
- Military spending per person$61 in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel21,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports126 million TIV in 2024