Infant mortality in Sri Lanka

Infant mortality in Sri Lanka: 104 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 5.1 per 1,000 live births
Since 1950: −98.9 per 1,000 live births
Rank, 2023: 170 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 27.3 per 1,000 live births
Projected, 2100: 1.7 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 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0.5 per 1,000 live births and 4.3 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).

Every year

deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Year	Sri Lanka	World
2023	5.1	27.3
2022	5.3	28.2
2021	5.5	28.4
2020	5.7	28.7
2019	6	29.2
2018	6.2	29.7
2017	6.7	30.3
2016	6.9	31.1
2015	7.2	32.1
2014	7.6	32.9
2013	8	33.9
2012	8.4	35
2011	8.8	36.8
2010	9.1	37.7
2009	13.1	39.1
2008	9.9	40.4
2007	10.4	42
2006	10.9	43.7
2005	11.3	45.4
2004	16.7	47.2
2003	12.4	48.8
2002	12.8	50.6
2001	13.3	52.2
2000	13.7	53.7
1999	14.3	55.5
1998	14.9	57.1
1997	15.4	58.3
1996	16.1	59.6
1995	16.4	60.8
1994	16.8	62
1993	17.2	62.9
1992	17.6	64.1
1991	18	64.9
1990	18.3	64.9
1989	20.6	66.2
1988	19.8	68
1987	21	68.6
1986	22.6	70.8
1985	24.4	72.9
1984	26.6	74.6
1983	29	76.1
1982	31.3	76.6
1981	33.8	78.7
1980	36.3	80.6
1979	38.8	82.5
1978	41.5	84.7
1977	43.8	86.4
1976	46.1	88.1
1975	48	89.6
1974	49.7	90.9
1973	50.9	92.1
1972	51.9	93.6
1971	52.8	96.1
1970	53.7	96.9
1969	54.7	98.3
1968	55.8	100.2
1967	57.2	103.1
1966	58.6	104.9
1965	60.1	106.4
1964	61.7	106.1
1963	63.3	107.7
1962	65.2	110.2
1961	67.5	121.5
1960	70.2	131.8
1959	73.3	125.7
1958	76.6	117.7
1957	80	120
1956	83.2	121.9
1955	86.5	124.8
1954	89.9	127.7
1953	93.3	130.1
1952	96.8	132.7
1951	100.3	136
1950	104	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Sri Lanka	World
2024	54.1–6.2	26.9
2025	4.83.7–6.5	26.4
2026	4.73.4–6.8	25.9
2027	4.63.2–7.2	25.4
2028	4.52.9–7.3	24.9
2029	4.42.8–7.5	24.5
2030	4.32.6–7.7	24
2031	4.22.5–7.9	23.6
2032	4.12.4–7.9	23.2
2033	42.3–8.1	22.8
2034	3.92.2–8.1	22.3
2035	3.82.1–8	21.9
2036	3.82–8	21.5
2037	3.71.9–8	21.1
2038	3.61.9–7.9	20.8
2039	3.51.8–7.8	20.4
2040	3.41.7–7.9	20
2041	3.41.7–7.8	19.7
2042	3.31.7–7.8	19.4
2043	3.21.6–7.9	19
2044	3.21.6–7.9	18.7
2045	3.11.5–7.9	18.4
2046	3.11.5–7.8	18.2
2047	31.4–8	17.9
2048	2.91.4–8.1	17.7
2049	2.91.4–7.9	17.5
2050	2.81.4–7.7	17.3
2051	2.81.3–7.8	17.1
2052	2.81.3–7.8	16.9
2053	2.71.3–7.3	16.7
2054	2.71.3–7.7	16.5
2055	2.61.2–7.4	16.3
2056	2.61.2–7.6	16.1
2057	2.61.2–7.5	15.9
2058	2.51.2–7.5	15.7
2059	2.51.2–7.4	15.5
2060	2.51.2–7.4	15.3
2061	2.51.1–7.3	15.1
2062	2.41.1–7.3	14.9
2063	2.41.1–7.1	14.7
2064	2.41–6.8	14.5
2065	2.31–6.7	14.3
2066	2.31–6.7	14.1
2067	2.31–6.7	13.9
2068	2.31–6.3	13.8
2069	2.20.9–6.2	13.6
2070	2.20.9–6.3	13.4
2071	2.20.9–6.2	13.2
2072	2.20.9–6.2	13
2073	2.20.8–6.2	12.9
2074	2.10.8–6.2	12.7
2075	2.10.8–6.1	12.6
2076	2.10.8–6	12.4
2077	2.10.8–5.9	12.3
2078	20.8–6	12.1
2079	20.8–5.6	12
2080	20.7–5.5	11.8
2081	20.7–5.4	11.7
2082	20.7–5.2	11.6
2083	20.7–5.1	11.5
2084	1.90.7–5.2	11.4
2085	1.90.6–5.1	11.3
2086	1.90.7–5.1	11.1
2087	1.90.6–5.2	11
2088	1.90.6–5	10.9
2089	1.90.6–4.9	10.8
2090	1.90.6–4.8	10.7
2091	1.80.6–4.8	10.6
2092	1.80.6–4.7	10.5
2093	1.80.6–4.7	10.4
2094	1.80.6–4.5	10.3
2095	1.80.6–4.5	10.1
2096	1.80.5–4.5	10
2097	1.70.5–4.5	9.9
2098	1.70.5–4.4	9.8
2099	1.70.5–4.3	9.7
2100	1.70.5–4.3	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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