Suriname
Infant mortality in Suriname
Infant mortality in Suriname: 97.9 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 14.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 14.1 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −83.8 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 94 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 3.2 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 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1 per 1,000 live births and 16.4 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Suriname | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.1 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 14.6 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 15 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 15.5 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 16 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 16.4 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 16.9 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 17.4 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 17.8 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 18.3 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 18.8 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 19.2 | 35 |
| 2011 | 19.7 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 20.2 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 20.7 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 21.3 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 21.8 | 42 |
| 2006 | 22.5 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 23.1 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 23.7 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 24.5 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 25.3 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 26.1 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 27 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 27.9 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 28.9 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 30 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 31.1 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 32.3 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 33.4 | 62 |
| 1993 | 34.6 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 35.9 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 37.1 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 38.4 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 39.7 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 41.1 | 68 |
| 1987 | 42.4 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 43.8 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 45.1 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 46.4 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 47.6 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 48.8 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 49.9 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 51.1 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 52.2 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 53.3 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 54.4 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 55.5 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 56.6 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 57.6 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 58.6 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 59.7 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 60.7 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 61.7 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 62.6 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 63.6 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 64.7 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 65.8 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 67 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 68.4 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 69.8 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 71.4 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 73.3 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 75.3 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 77.5 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 79.8 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 82.1 | 120 |
| 1956 | 84.4 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 86.7 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 89 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 91.2 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 93.4 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 95.6 | 136 |
| 1950 | 97.9 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Suriname | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.88.9–13.5 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 10.57.9–14.9 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 10.37.1–15.9 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 10.16.6–16.5 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 9.86.2–17.2 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 9.65.8–17.7 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 9.45.5–18 | 24 |
| 2031 | 9.25.2–18.3 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 94.9–18.6 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 8.84.7–18.7 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 8.64.6–19.2 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 8.44.3–19.4 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 8.24.1–19.1 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 83.9–19.6 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 7.83.8–19.9 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 7.63.7–19.8 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 7.43.5–19.9 | 20 |
| 2041 | 7.33.4–20.4 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 7.13.3–20.1 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 73.1–20.5 | 19 |
| 2044 | 6.83–20.8 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 6.62.9–20.5 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 6.52.8–20.7 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 6.42.8–21.7 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 6.32.7–20.9 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 6.12.7–21.2 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 62.5–21.7 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 5.92.5–20.7 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 5.82.4–20 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 5.72.4–20.6 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 5.62.4–20.1 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 5.52.3–19.7 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 5.52.3–19.3 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 5.42.2–20 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 5.32.2–20.2 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 5.22.1–20.1 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 5.12.1–20.3 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 5.12–20.2 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 52–21.2 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 4.91.9–20.4 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 4.81.9–20.1 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 4.81.8–20.4 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 4.71.8–20.5 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 4.61.8–20.2 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 4.61.7–20 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 4.51.7–20.2 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 4.51.6–20.3 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 4.41.7–20.3 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 4.31.6–21.5 | 13 |
| 2073 | 4.31.5–20.2 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 4.21.5–19.9 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 4.21.5–20.1 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 4.11.5–20 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 4.11.4–19.8 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 41.4–19.7 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 41.4–19.5 | 12 |
| 2080 | 3.91.4–19.6 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 3.91.4–19.5 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 3.81.4–19.6 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 3.81.3–19 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 3.81.3–19.1 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 3.71.3–18.9 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 3.71.2–18.9 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 3.71.3–19.5 | 11 |
| 2088 | 3.61.2–18.6 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 3.61.2–18.4 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 3.51.2–17.9 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 3.51.2–18.1 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 3.51.2–18.1 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 3.41.1–17.8 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 3.41.1–17.3 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 3.41.1–16.6 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 3.31.1–16.9 | 10 |
| 2097 | 3.31.1–17.2 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 3.31–16.4 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 3.31–16.2 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 3.21–16.4 | 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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