Senegal
Infant mortality in Senegal
Infant mortality in Senegal: 133.8 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 24.1 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −109.7 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 59 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 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 4 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 | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24.1 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 25.1 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 26 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 27.1 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 28.2 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 29.4 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 30.7 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 32.1 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 33.6 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 35.1 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 36.8 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 38.6 | 35 |
| 2011 | 40.4 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 42.4 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 44.6 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 47 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 49.6 | 42 |
| 2006 | 52.5 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 55.8 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 59 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 62.4 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 65.7 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 68.7 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 71.3 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 73.5 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 74.8 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 75.7 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 76.3 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 76.3 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 76.2 | 62 |
| 1993 | 76.1 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 76.3 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 76.8 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 77.8 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 79.3 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 81.2 | 68 |
| 1987 | 83.6 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 86.1 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 88.9 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 91.3 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 93.8 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 96.2 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 98.6 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 101 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 103.4 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 106 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 108.7 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 111.4 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 113.9 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 116.3 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 118.4 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 120.2 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 121.7 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 122.9 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 123.8 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 124.5 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 125 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 125.2 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 125.4 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 125.4 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 125.3 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 125.3 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 125.3 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 125.4 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 125.7 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 126.1 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 126.7 | 120 |
| 1956 | 127.5 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 128.3 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 129.3 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 130.4 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 131.5 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 132.6 | 136 |
| 1950 | 133.8 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23.217.8–28.8 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 22.315.2–30.6 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 21.413.4–31.7 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 20.611.9–32.4 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 19.811–32.6 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 199.9–32.5 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 18.38.9–32.4 | 24 |
| 2031 | 17.68.5–33.1 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 177.6–32.7 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 16.37.1–32.8 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 15.76.5–32.8 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 15.26.2–32.6 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 14.65.8–32.2 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 14.15.4–32.5 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 13.55.1–30.9 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 13.14.8–30.9 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 12.64.6–30 | 20 |
| 2041 | 12.34.2–30.3 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 11.93.9–30.2 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 11.63.9–29.8 | 19 |
| 2044 | 11.33.7–29.6 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 113.6–29.9 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 10.83.5–29 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 10.53.4–29.3 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 10.23.2–29.1 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 103.2–29.9 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 9.83.1–29.2 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 9.52.9–28.4 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 9.32.8–29 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 9.12.7–28.1 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 8.92.7–28.2 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 8.62.6–28.3 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 8.42.5–28.1 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 8.22.5–27.7 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 82.4–27.8 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 7.82.4–28.1 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 7.72.3–28 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 7.52.3–27.9 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 7.32.2–27.1 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 7.22.1–27.6 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 72.1–27.7 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 6.92–26.5 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 6.72–26.6 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 6.61.9–26.3 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 6.41.9–26.4 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 6.31.8–25.4 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 6.11.7–25.3 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 61.6–24 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 5.91.6–23.7 | 13 |
| 2073 | 5.81.6–24.1 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 5.71.6–24.2 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 5.61.6–23.6 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 5.51.6–24.3 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 5.41.5–23.8 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 5.31.6–23.6 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 5.21.5–23.6 | 12 |
| 2080 | 5.21.5–23.3 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 5.11.5–23 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 51.5–23.1 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 51.4–23.4 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 4.91.4–23.8 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 4.81.4–23.3 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 4.81.4–23.1 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 4.71.4–22.3 | 11 |
| 2088 | 4.61.4–22.9 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 4.61.4–22.7 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 4.51.3–22.7 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 4.51.3–22.6 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 4.41.4–22.9 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 4.41.3–22.6 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 4.31.3–23 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 4.31.3–22.1 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 4.21.3–22.5 | 10 |
| 2097 | 4.21.2–22.5 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 4.11.2–22.5 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 4.11.2–21.4 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 41.2–22.5 | 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 spending1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$533M in 2025
- Military spending per person$30 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel19,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports79 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports3 million TIV in 1976