Nepal
Infant mortality in Nepal
Infant mortality in Nepal: 227.5 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 21.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 21.9 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −205.6 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 65 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 3.4 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 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.1 per 1,000 live births and 18 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Nepal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21.9 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 23 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 24.1 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 25.2 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 26 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 27 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 28.3 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 29.6 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 31.7 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 32.6 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 34 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 35.3 | 35 |
| 2011 | 36.7 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 38.1 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 39.8 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 41.5 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 43.4 | 42 |
| 2006 | 44.9 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 46.6 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 48.6 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 50.9 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 53.4 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 55.8 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 58.6 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 61.6 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 64.9 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 68.1 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 71.8 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 75.4 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 79.1 | 62 |
| 1993 | 83.5 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 87.2 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 91.6 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 96 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 100.4 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 105 | 68 |
| 1987 | 109.4 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 113.6 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 117.8 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 122 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 126.1 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 130.3 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 134.8 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 138.4 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 142.3 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 146.4 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 150.2 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 154.1 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 157.9 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 161.7 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 165.5 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 169.3 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 173.2 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 177.6 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 181.7 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 186 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 190.1 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 194.5 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 199 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 203.2 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 207.4 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 210.8 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 214.1 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 216.9 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 219.2 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 221.1 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 222.4 | 120 |
| 1956 | 223.6 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 224.4 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 225.2 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 225.7 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 226.3 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 226.9 | 136 |
| 1950 | 227.5 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Nepal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.616–26.7 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 19.613.8–28.5 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 18.611.8–28.9 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 17.610.5–29.2 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 16.79.4–29.6 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 16.18.8–29.8 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 15.57.8–30 | 24 |
| 2031 | 14.97.2–30.8 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 14.46.8–30.2 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 13.96.3–30.5 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 13.45.9–29.5 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 12.95.5–29.1 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 12.55.2–28.9 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 125–28.8 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 11.64.7–27.7 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 11.24.5–27.6 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 10.94.3–27.2 | 20 |
| 2041 | 10.54.2–26.9 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 10.24–27.7 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 9.83.7–26.5 | 19 |
| 2044 | 9.53.6–26.5 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 9.23.5–27.1 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 93.2–26.3 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 8.73.1–26 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 8.42.9–25.7 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 8.22.9–25.5 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 82.8–25.4 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 7.72.8–24.7 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 7.52.6–24.8 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 7.32.5–24.4 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 7.12.4–24.1 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 6.92.3–23.9 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 6.72.3–23.1 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 6.52.2–22.4 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 6.42.2–22.8 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 6.22.2–21.4 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 6.12.1–22 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 62–22.5 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 5.92–22.6 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 5.71.9–21.8 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 5.61.9–21.5 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 5.51.9–22.1 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 5.41.8–21.4 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 5.41.8–21.4 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 5.31.7–21.3 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 5.21.7–20.6 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 5.11.7–20.3 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 51.7–20.2 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 4.91.7–20.8 | 13 |
| 2073 | 4.81.6–19.8 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 4.81.6–20.2 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 4.71.6–20.9 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 4.61.6–21 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 4.61.5–21 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 4.51.5–20.6 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 4.41.5–19.3 | 12 |
| 2080 | 4.41.5–20 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 4.31.4–19.6 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 4.21.4–20.2 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 4.21.4–20.5 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 4.11.3–20 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 4.11.3–19.1 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 41.3–19 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 41.3–18.6 | 11 |
| 2088 | 3.91.3–18.6 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 3.91.3–19.1 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 3.81.3–19.9 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 3.81.3–19 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 3.81.3–18.8 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 3.71.3–18.4 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 3.71.2–18.3 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 3.61.2–18.7 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 3.61.2–18.3 | 10 |
| 2097 | 3.61.2–18.1 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 3.51.2–18 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 3.51.1–17.8 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 3.41.1–18 | 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 spending0.97% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$429M in 2025
- Military spending per person$14 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel112,000 people in 2020
- National power0.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports6 million TIV in 2025