North Korea
Infant mortality in North Korea
Infant mortality in North Korea: 241.2 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 14.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 14.5 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −226.7 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 88 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 4.9 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 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.6 per 1,000 live births and 20.7 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 241.2 per 1,000 live births in 1950, the lowest 14.1 per 1,000 live births in 2020.
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.5 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 14.3 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 14.1 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 14.1 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 14.3 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 14.8 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 15.4 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 16.5 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 17.2 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 18.2 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 19.3 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 20.6 | 35 |
| 2011 | 21.7 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 22.9 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 23.9 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 24.7 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 25.6 | 42 |
| 2006 | 25.9 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 26.4 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 26.8 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 27.3 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 57.7 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 58.6 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 59.4 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 60.4 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 61.4 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 62.4 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 63.4 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 64.3 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 33.3 | 62 |
| 1993 | 33.4 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 33.2 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 32.7 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 32 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 31 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 30.2 | 68 |
| 1987 | 29.6 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 29.1 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 29 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 29.3 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 29.9 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 30.8 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 31.8 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 33 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 34.3 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 35.7 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 37.3 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 38.9 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 40.7 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 42.7 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 44.8 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 47.2 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 49.8 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 52.6 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 55.7 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 58.9 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 62.3 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 65.6 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 68.7 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 71.7 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 74.4 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 76.9 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 79.3 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 81.8 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 84.7 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 88.2 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 92.6 | 120 |
| 1956 | 97.9 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 104.2 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 111.3 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 132 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 152.4 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 213.1 | 136 |
| 1950 | 241.2 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.310.6–16.9 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 13.19.4–18.3 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 12.88.6–19.5 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 12.68–20.2 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 12.37.6–21.1 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 12.17.2–21.1 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 11.86.8–21.7 | 24 |
| 2031 | 11.66.4–22 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 11.46.2–23 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 11.25.9–23.2 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 10.95.5–24 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 10.75.2–23.5 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 10.55–23.7 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 10.34.8–24.4 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 10.14.6–24.4 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 9.94.4–24.4 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 9.74.4–23.9 | 20 |
| 2041 | 9.54.3–24.5 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 9.44.2–24.3 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 9.24.1–24.6 | 19 |
| 2044 | 93.9–24.5 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 8.83.8–24.9 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 8.73.7–24.6 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 8.53.6–24.7 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 8.43.5–25.1 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 8.23.4–25.3 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 8.13.3–25.3 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 7.93.2–25.1 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 7.83.1–25.6 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 7.73.1–25.1 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 7.63.1–25.2 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 7.53–24.6 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 7.42.9–23.5 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 7.32.9–24.1 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 7.32.9–24.1 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 7.22.9–24.5 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 7.12.7–23.2 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 72.8–23.6 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 6.92.7–23.8 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 6.92.6–22.6 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 6.82.6–23.4 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 6.72.6–23.4 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 6.62.5–23.9 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 6.62.5–23.3 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 6.52.5–22.9 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 6.42.5–22.7 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 6.42.4–22.4 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 6.32.4–22.9 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 6.22.4–23.3 | 13 |
| 2073 | 6.22.3–23.3 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 6.12.3–23.1 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 62.3–23.2 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 62.3–23.5 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 5.92.2–23.3 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 5.92.2–23.2 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 5.82.2–23.2 | 12 |
| 2080 | 5.82.1–22.8 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 5.72.1–22.7 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 5.72–22.4 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 5.62.1–22.3 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 5.62.1–21.9 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 5.52–21.7 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 5.52–21.7 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 5.42–21.5 | 11 |
| 2088 | 5.42–21.7 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 5.32–21.8 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 5.31.9–21.2 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 5.21.9–21.3 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 5.21.9–21.2 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 5.11.9–21.7 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 5.11.8–21.4 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 5.11.8–21.2 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 51.7–21 | 10 |
| 2097 | 51.7–21.3 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 4.91.7–21.2 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 4.91.7–21.3 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 4.91.6–20.7 | 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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