Philippines
Infant mortality in Philippines
Infant mortality in Philippines: 93.7 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 20.7 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −73 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 67 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 6.7 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 6.7 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 2.3 per 1,000 live births and 29.6 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.7 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 20.9 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 21 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 21.1 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 21.2 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 21.2 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 21.2 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 21.3 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 21.3 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 21.5 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 21.6 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 21.9 | 35 |
| 2011 | 22.2 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 22.5 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 22.9 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 23.3 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 23.8 | 42 |
| 2006 | 24.3 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 24.8 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 25.4 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 25.9 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 26.5 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 27.1 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 27.7 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 28.4 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 29.2 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 30 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 31 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 32.3 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 33.5 | 62 |
| 1993 | 35.1 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 36.7 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 39 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 40.8 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 42.9 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 45 | 68 |
| 1987 | 46.9 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 48.8 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 50.2 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 51.7 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 52.6 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 53.5 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 54.4 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 54.9 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 55.4 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 55.9 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 56.2 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 57 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 57.1 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 57.3 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 57.4 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 57.4 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 57.4 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 58.1 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 58.3 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 59.1 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 59.9 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 60.8 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 61.9 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 63.1 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 64.2 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 65.7 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 67.2 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 68.9 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 70.8 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 73 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 75.4 | 120 |
| 1956 | 78 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 80.7 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 83.3 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 85.9 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 88.6 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 91.2 | 136 |
| 1950 | 93.7 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19.915.3–25.7 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 19.413.1–27.3 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 19.111.7–28.5 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 18.610.7–29.7 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 18.210.1–30.9 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 17.89.2–31.3 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 17.48.8–30.9 | 24 |
| 2031 | 17.18.2–32.2 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 16.78.1–31.8 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 16.37.7–32 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 167.2–33.3 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 15.76.8–33.5 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 15.36.5–33 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 156.4–33.8 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 14.76.1–33.9 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 14.45.8–33.9 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 14.15.7–34.7 | 20 |
| 2041 | 13.85.6–35.4 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 13.55.3–35.3 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 13.35.3–34.3 | 19 |
| 2044 | 135.1–34.6 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 12.75–35.6 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 12.54.8–34.7 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 12.34.5–34.7 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 124.5–34 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 11.84.4–33 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 11.64.3–33.8 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 11.44.1–33.1 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 11.34–33.5 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 11.14–33.6 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 113.9–33.5 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 10.93.8–34.2 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 10.73.8–33 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 10.63.7–34 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 10.43.8–33.6 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 10.33.7–34.6 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 10.13.6–33.6 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 103.6–33.3 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 9.93.5–33.7 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 9.73.4–34.9 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 9.63.5–34.4 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 9.53.3–33.8 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 9.43.2–33.7 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 9.23.2–32.7 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 9.13.1–32.4 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 93.1–31.9 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 8.93.1–33.3 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 8.83–32.8 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 8.73–32.5 | 13 |
| 2073 | 8.63–32.4 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 8.52.9–31.6 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 8.42.9–31.6 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 8.32.8–31.6 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 8.22.8–32.1 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 8.12.9–32.1 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 82.8–32 | 12 |
| 2080 | 82.8–32.6 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 7.92.8–32.3 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 7.82.8–32.2 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 7.72.7–31.2 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 7.62.7–31.2 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 7.62.7–31.4 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 7.52.7–31.3 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 7.52.6–31.2 | 11 |
| 2088 | 7.42.6–31.3 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 7.32.5–30.5 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 7.32.5–29.9 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 7.22.5–29.5 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 7.22.5–29.7 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 7.12.5–29.8 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 72.5–30.5 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 72.4–30.4 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 6.92.4–30.6 | 10 |
| 2097 | 6.92.4–29.9 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 6.82.4–30.1 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 6.82.4–29.4 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 6.72.3–29.6 | 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 spending1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per person$55 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel157,000 people in 2020
- National power0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports846 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2007