Paraguay
Infant mortality in Paraguay
Infant mortality in Paraguay: 76.9 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 14 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 14 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −63 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 95 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 3.8 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 3.8 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.2 per 1,000 live births and 22.5 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Paraguay | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 14.5 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 15 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 15.5 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 16.1 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 16.6 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 17.1 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 17.7 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 18.3 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 18.8 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 19.4 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 20 | 35 |
| 2011 | 20.6 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 21.2 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 21.8 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 22.5 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 23.1 | 42 |
| 2006 | 23.7 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 24.3 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 25 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 25.6 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 26.2 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 26.9 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 27.5 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 28.2 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 29.1 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 29.7 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 30.5 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 31.4 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 32.3 | 62 |
| 1993 | 33.3 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 34.3 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 35.5 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 36.6 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 37.9 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 39.2 | 68 |
| 1987 | 40.6 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 42 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 43.4 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 44.8 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 46.4 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 47.7 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 49 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 50.4 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 51.7 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 52.9 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 54 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 55.1 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 56 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 56.9 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 57.8 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 58.5 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 59.3 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 60 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 60.6 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 61.3 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 62 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 62.8 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 63.6 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 64.6 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 65.6 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 66.7 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 68 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 69.2 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 70.5 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 71.7 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 72.9 | 120 |
| 1956 | 73.9 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 74.8 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 75.5 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 76 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 76.4 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 76.6 | 136 |
| 1950 | 76.9 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Paraguay | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.912.8–20 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 15.511.4–21.1 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 15.210.4–22.7 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 14.99.6–23.3 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 14.58.9–23.8 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 14.28.2–24.5 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 13.87.7–25.2 | 24 |
| 2031 | 13.57.3–26 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 13.26.9–26.1 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 12.96.5–26.4 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 12.66.2–26.8 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 12.35.9–26.7 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 125.6–27 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 11.75.3–26.6 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 11.45.1–26.8 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 11.14.9–26.8 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 10.84.8–27.2 | 20 |
| 2041 | 10.54.5–26.6 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 10.34.4–26.6 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 104.2–27.2 | 19 |
| 2044 | 9.84.1–27.7 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 9.64–28.2 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 9.33.7–28.5 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 9.13.6–27.7 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 8.93.6–27.6 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 8.73.4–27.4 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 8.53.3–26.8 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 8.33.3–27.5 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 8.23.3–27.3 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 83.1–28.1 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 7.83.1–27.5 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 7.72.9–27.3 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 7.62.9–26.8 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 7.42.8–26.9 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 7.32.8–27.7 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 7.12.7–26.6 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 72.6–27.7 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 6.92.6–27.6 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 6.72.5–28.3 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 6.62.4–28.4 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 6.52.4–28.6 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 6.42.3–29.2 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 6.22.3–27.9 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 6.12.2–27 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 62.2–26.3 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 5.92.1–26.7 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 5.82.1–26.2 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 5.72–26.7 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 5.62–26.8 | 13 |
| 2073 | 5.52–25.6 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 5.41.9–25.5 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 5.31.9–25.1 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 5.31.9–24.9 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 5.21.9–25.9 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 5.11.8–26.7 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 51.8–25.5 | 12 |
| 2080 | 4.91.7–25.6 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 4.91.7–26 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 4.81.7–25.8 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 4.71.7–25.8 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 4.61.6–25.6 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 4.61.6–25.7 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 4.51.6–24.4 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 4.51.5–24.3 | 11 |
| 2088 | 4.41.5–24.4 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 4.31.5–24.4 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 4.31.4–24.9 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 4.21.4–24.4 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 4.21.3–24.3 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 4.11.3–24 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 4.11.3–23.6 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 41.3–23.9 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 41.3–24.3 | 10 |
| 2097 | 3.91.3–23.3 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 3.91.3–23.9 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 3.81.2–22.9 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 3.81.2–22.5 | 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 spending0.88% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$406M in 2025
- Military spending per person$60 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel29,000 people in 2020
- National power0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports24 million TIV in 2025