Qatar
Infant mortality in Qatar
Infant mortality in Qatar: 129.7 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 4.2 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −125.5 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 186 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 1.5 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 1.5 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0.3 per 1,000 live births and 4.7 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Qatar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.2 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 4.4 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 4.7 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 4.9 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 5.2 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 5.5 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 5.8 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 6.2 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 6.5 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 6.8 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 7 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 7.3 | 35 |
| 2011 | 7.5 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 7.7 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 7.9 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 8.2 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 8.4 | 42 |
| 2006 | 8.6 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 8.9 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 9.2 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 9.5 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 9.8 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 10.2 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 10.6 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 11 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 11.4 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 11.9 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 12.5 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 13.1 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 13.8 | 62 |
| 1993 | 14.6 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 15.5 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 16.5 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 17.5 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 18.7 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 19.8 | 68 |
| 1987 | 21.1 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 22.3 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 23.5 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 24.8 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 26 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 27.3 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 28.7 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 30.1 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 31.6 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 33.3 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 35.1 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 37.2 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 39.5 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 41.9 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 44.5 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 47.3 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 50.3 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 53.4 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 56.8 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 60.3 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 64.1 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 68.1 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 72.1 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 76.4 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 80.6 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 84.7 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 88.9 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 92.9 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 96.9 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 100.7 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 104.5 | 120 |
| 1956 | 108.2 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 111.9 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 115.5 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 119.1 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 122.6 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 126.1 | 136 |
| 1950 | 129.7 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Qatar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.84.8–6.9 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 5.64.4–7.3 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 5.44–7.5 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 5.33.7–7.5 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 5.13.4–7.6 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 53.2–7.9 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 4.93–7.9 | 24 |
| 2031 | 4.72.9–7.8 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 4.62.7–7.8 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 4.52.6–7.7 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 4.32.4–7.8 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 4.22.4–7.8 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 4.12.2–7.7 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 42.1–7.7 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 3.92.1–7.7 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 3.82–7.8 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 3.71.9–7.7 | 20 |
| 2041 | 3.71.8–7.5 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 3.61.7–7.4 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 3.51.7–7.5 | 19 |
| 2044 | 3.41.6–7.3 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 3.41.6–7.2 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 3.31.5–7.1 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 3.21.5–7.2 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 3.21.4–7.2 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 3.11.4–7.2 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 3.11.3–7.2 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 31.3–7 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 31.3–7.1 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 2.91.2–7 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 2.91.2–6.9 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 2.81.1–6.7 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 2.81.1–6.7 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 2.71.1–6.7 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 2.71–6.5 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 2.61–6.5 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 2.61–6.5 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 2.50.9–6.1 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 2.50.9–6.3 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 2.50.9–6.2 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 2.40.8–6.3 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 2.40.8–6.1 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 2.30.8–6 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 2.30.8–5.9 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 2.30.8–5.8 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 2.20.8–5.9 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 2.20.7–5.6 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 2.20.7–5.7 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 2.20.7–5.8 | 13 |
| 2073 | 2.10.7–5.7 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 2.10.7–5.9 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 2.10.6–5.6 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 20.6–5.8 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 20.6–5.6 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 20.6–5.7 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 20.6–5.5 | 12 |
| 2080 | 1.90.6–5.3 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 1.90.5–5.2 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 1.90.5–5.2 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 1.90.5–5.2 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 1.80.5–5.2 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 1.80.5–5.2 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 1.80.5–5.1 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 1.80.5–4.9 | 11 |
| 2088 | 1.70.5–4.9 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 1.70.4–4.9 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 1.70.4–4.8 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 1.70.4–4.8 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 1.70.4–4.8 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 1.60.4–4.7 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 1.60.4–4.6 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 1.60.4–4.6 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 1.60.4–4.6 | 10 |
| 2097 | 1.60.4–4.5 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 1.50.4–4.8 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 1.50.4–4.8 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 1.50.3–4.7 | 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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- Military spending6.5% of GDP in 2022
- Military spending in US dollars$16.1B in 2022
- Military spending per person$5,428 in 2022
- Military share of state spending26.9% of government spending in 2022
- Armed forces personnel22,000 people in 2020
- National power0.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.07% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1.05 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2025