Sudan
Infant mortality in Sudan
Infant mortality in Sudan: 124.6 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 36.2 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −88.4 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 32 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 7.7 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 7.7 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 2.2 per 1,000 live births and 42.7 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 36.2 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 37.1 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 38.1 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 39.1 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 40.2 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 41.3 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 42.4 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 43.5 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 44.6 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 45.7 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 46.8 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 47.8 | 35 |
| 2011 | 48.9 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 50.1 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 51.4 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 54 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 54.8 | 42 |
| 2006 | 57.1 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 62.1 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 63.6 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 62.8 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 62.9 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 64.4 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 66.3 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 68.4 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 70.1 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 71.9 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 73.6 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 75.1 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 76.6 | 62 |
| 1993 | 78.6 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 79.5 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 80.8 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 82.1 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 83.7 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 84.5 | 68 |
| 1987 | 85.4 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 86.3 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 106 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 107 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 108.1 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 89.4 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 90.1 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 90.7 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 91.4 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 92 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 92.6 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 93.1 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 93.7 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 94.2 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 94.7 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 95.2 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 95.8 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 96.3 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 97 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 97.7 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 98.5 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 99.5 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 100.6 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 101.8 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 103 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 104.3 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 105.7 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 107.1 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 108.6 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 110.3 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 112 | 120 |
| 1956 | 113.6 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 115.3 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 117 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 118.8 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 120.7 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 122.6 | 136 |
| 1950 | 124.6 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37.331.4–43.2 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 36.728.5–44.7 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 3626.4–46.3 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 35.324.2–48 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 34.722.4–48.6 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 3420.5–48.7 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 33.419.5–50.2 | 24 |
| 2031 | 32.818.3–50.2 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 32.217.5–51 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 31.716.4–51.5 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 3115.3–51.9 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 30.314.4–51 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 29.613.7–50.7 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 2913.1–51.7 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 28.312.3–52.5 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 27.711.6–51.7 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 2711.4–52.3 | 20 |
| 2041 | 26.510.9–52 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 25.810.5–51.3 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 25.310–52 | 19 |
| 2044 | 24.79.6–50 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 24.19–50.8 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 23.68.8–50.2 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 238.3–50.1 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 22.58–50.1 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 227.7–50.2 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 21.57.5–50 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 21.17.2–50.6 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 20.66.8–50.1 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 20.16.5–51.2 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 19.66.4–49.8 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 19.26.2–49.3 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 18.76–50.1 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 18.35.9–49.5 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 17.95.6–48.9 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 17.55.5–48.1 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 17.15.2–47.4 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 16.75–47.1 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 16.44.8–47.5 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 164.7–47.5 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 15.64.5–46.5 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 15.24.5–47.8 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 14.94.3–47.6 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 14.54.2–47 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 14.33.9–46.4 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 143.8–45.8 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 13.73.6–45.4 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 13.43.5–45 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 13.23.5–45.8 | 13 |
| 2073 | 12.93.5–45.9 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 12.63.4–45.3 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 12.43.3–45.9 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 12.13.3–45.7 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 11.93.2–45.2 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 11.73.1–46.8 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 11.43.1–46.8 | 12 |
| 2080 | 11.23–46.5 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 112.9–45.6 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 10.72.8–45.3 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 10.52.8–44.7 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 10.32.7–43.7 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 10.12.8–44.1 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 9.92.7–43 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 9.72.7–42.5 | 11 |
| 2088 | 9.62.7–43.7 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 9.42.6–44.1 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 9.22.4–43 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 92.5–43.8 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 8.92.4–43.6 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 8.72.5–44 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 8.52.4–44 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 8.42.4–43.2 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 8.22.3–41.9 | 10 |
| 2097 | 8.12.3–41.5 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 7.92.3–41.9 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 7.82.3–41.7 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 7.72.2–42.7 | 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 spending0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollars$2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per person$8 in 2021
- Military share of state spending9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnel144,000 people in 2020
- National power0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports11 million TIV in 2013