Infant mortality in Sierra Leone

Infant mortality in Sierra Leone: 222 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 71.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 71.6 per 1,000 live births
Since 1950: −150.4 per 1,000 live births
Rank, 2023: 1 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 27.3 per 1,000 live births
Projected, 2100: 21.1 per 1,000 live births; UN projection (medium variant)

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 21.1 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 5 per 1,000 live births and 73.1 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).

Every year

deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Year	Sierra Leone	World
2023	71.6	27.3
2022	73.9	28.2
2021	76.3	28.4
2020	78.8	28.7
2019	81.3	29.2
2018	83.9	29.7
2017	87	30.3
2016	89.5	31.1
2015	93.1	32.1
2014	96.4	32.9
2013	98.9	33.9
2012	102.4	35
2011	105.9	36.8
2010	109.5	37.7
2009	113.4	39.1
2008	116.9	40.4
2007	120.6	42
2006	124.1	43.7
2005	127.4	45.4
2004	130.6	47.2
2003	133.5	48.8
2002	136.4	50.6
2001	139	52.2
2000	141.9	53.7
1999	143.9	55.5
1998	147.6	57.1
1997	148.5	58.3
1996	150.3	59.6
1995	152.8	60.8
1994	153.9	62
1993	154.1	62.9
1992	155.1	64.1
1991	156.7	64.9
1990	157.1	64.9
1989	158.1	66.2
1988	159.1	68
1987	160.1	68.6
1986	161.5	70.8
1985	162.4	72.9
1984	163.5	74.6
1983	164.6	76.1
1982	165.9	76.6
1981	167.3	78.7
1980	168.7	80.6
1979	170.1	82.5
1978	171.7	84.7
1977	173.2	86.4
1976	174.9	88.1
1975	176.5	89.6
1974	178.2	90.9
1973	180	92.1
1972	181.8	93.6
1971	183.6	96.1
1970	185.5	96.9
1969	187.3	98.3
1968	189.2	100.2
1967	191.2	103.1
1966	193.2	104.9
1965	195.1	106.4
1964	197.1	106.1
1963	199.1	107.7
1962	201.1	110.2
1961	203	121.5
1960	204.9	131.8
1959	206.8	125.7
1958	208.6	117.7
1957	210.4	120
1956	212.1	121.9
1955	213.8	124.8
1954	215.5	127.7
1953	217.2	130.1
1952	218.8	132.7
1951	220.4	136
1950	222	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Sierra Leone	World
2024	70.561.3–79.5	26.9
2025	69.357–82.2	26.4
2026	68.153.3–84.4	25.9
2027	66.949.1–84.7	25.4
2028	65.846.9–87.6	24.9
2029	64.844.7–88.4	24.5
2030	63.842.5–89	24
2031	62.739.7–89.1	23.6
2032	61.738.1–89.8	23.2
2033	60.736.2–89.9	22.8
2034	59.733.3–90.1	22.3
2035	58.732.3–91.1	21.9
2036	57.730.8–91.1	21.5
2037	56.729–91.7	21.1
2038	55.927.7–91.8	20.8
2039	5526.6–92.3	20.4
2040	54.225.8–93.5	20
2041	53.324–91.3	19.7
2042	52.422.7–92.4	19.4
2043	51.721.9–93	19
2044	50.920.2–92.1	18.7
2045	5019.7–91.2	18.4
2046	49.318.7–91.3	18.2
2047	48.518.3–91.8	17.9
2048	47.817.7–91.1	17.7
2049	4716.8–93.6	17.5
2050	46.416.4–92.2	17.3
2051	45.816.2–92.8	17.1
2052	45.115–92.7	16.9
2053	44.514.2–90.8	16.7
2054	43.813.7–92.2	16.5
2055	43.113.1–91.2	16.3
2056	42.512.8–89.2	16.1
2057	41.912.1–91.2	15.9
2058	41.312–91.8	15.7
2059	40.611.8–89.8	15.5
2060	39.911.2–91	15.3
2061	39.210.7–89.7	15.1
2062	38.610.8–89.6	14.9
2063	37.99.9–89.6	14.7
2064	37.39.6–89.8	14.5
2065	36.79.6–88.7	14.3
2066	36.19.5–90.1	14.1
2067	35.59.2–88.1	13.9
2068	34.99.1–87.5	13.8
2069	34.48.7–88	13.6
2070	33.78.6–87.8	13.4
2071	33.28.6–88.1	13.2
2072	32.78.5–88.5	13
2073	32.18.2–87.5	12.9
2074	31.68.2–87.6	12.7
2075	318–86.2	12.6
2076	30.67.7–85.9	12.4
2077	30.17.4–84	12.3
2078	29.67.5–83.2	12.1
2079	29.27.2–86.1	12
2080	28.77.1–83.8	11.8
2081	28.26.9–83.6	11.7
2082	27.86.6–83.4	11.6
2083	27.46.7–84.6	11.5
2084	276.6–81.7	11.4
2085	26.66.6–82.9	11.3
2086	26.26.4–81.4	11.1
2087	25.86.2–81	11
2088	25.46.1–80.2	10.9
2089	25.16–80.9	10.8
2090	24.65.9–78.4	10.7
2091	24.35.9–77.6	10.6
2092	23.95.7–76	10.5
2093	23.65.6–73.7	10.4
2094	23.25.5–73.1	10.3
2095	22.85.5–75.4	10.1
2096	22.55.5–74.1	10
2097	22.25.5–74.7	9.9
2098	21.85.2–71.5	9.8
2099	21.55.2–73.7	9.7
2100	21.15–73.1	9.6

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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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