Syria
Infant mortality in Syria
Infant mortality in Syria: 150.9 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 16.7 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −134.2 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 78 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 3.4 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 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.2 per 1,000 live births and 16.9 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 150.9 per 1,000 live births in 1950, the lowest 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2009.
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.7 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 16.2 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 16.2 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 16.7 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 17.7 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 20.6 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 20.7 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 20.5 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 22.3 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 21.6 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 22 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 20.9 | 35 |
| 2011 | 16.2 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 15.1 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 15.1 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 15.2 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 15.3 | 42 |
| 2006 | 15.5 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 15.7 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 16.1 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 16.5 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 17 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 17.6 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 18.2 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 18.9 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 19.7 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 20.6 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 21.6 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 22.5 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 23.6 | 62 |
| 1993 | 24.6 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 25.7 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 26.8 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 28 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 29.2 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 30.4 | 68 |
| 1987 | 31.7 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 33.1 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 34.6 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 36.2 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 38 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 46.2 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 44.3 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 44.2 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 46.5 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 48.9 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 51.5 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 54.1 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 56.7 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 59.5 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 62.4 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 65.3 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 68.4 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 71.5 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 74.7 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 78 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 81.3 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 84.7 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 88.1 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 91.5 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 95.1 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 98.8 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 102.7 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 106.8 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 111.2 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 115.8 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 120.5 | 120 |
| 1956 | 125.3 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 130 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 134.6 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 138.9 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 143 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 147 | 136 |
| 1950 | 150.9 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.511.2–22.1 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 14.39.6–22 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 13.38.4–21.8 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 12.97.8–21.9 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 12.67.3–22.4 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 12.36.8–22.7 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 11.96.4–22.9 | 24 |
| 2031 | 11.66.1–23.5 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 11.35.6–23.9 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 115.3–24.3 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 10.75–24.8 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 10.54.7–25.7 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 10.24.6–25.6 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 104.4–23.9 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 9.74.2–24.6 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 9.44.1–24.6 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 9.24–24.3 | 20 |
| 2041 | 93.7–24.3 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 8.73.6–23.2 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 8.53.5–23.6 | 19 |
| 2044 | 8.33.3–23.5 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 8.13.3–23.1 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 7.93.2–23.8 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 7.73.1–23.3 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 7.52.9–22.9 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 7.32.9–23.2 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 7.12.8–22.9 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 72.7–22 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 6.82.6–21.8 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 6.72.6–21.6 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 6.52.5–21.2 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 6.42.4–21.6 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 6.32.4–21.8 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 6.22.3–21.4 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 6.12.3–22.4 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 62.3–22.7 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 5.92.3–22 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 5.82.3–22.9 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 5.72.2–21.9 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 5.62.1–21.4 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 5.52.1–21.5 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 5.42.1–21 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 5.32.1–21.2 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 5.32–21 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 5.21.9–20.4 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 5.11.9–20.1 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 51.9–20.7 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 4.91.8–20.8 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 4.91.7–19.9 | 13 |
| 2073 | 4.81.7–20.2 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 4.71.7–19.9 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 4.61.6–20.3 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 4.61.6–19.5 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 4.51.6–19.2 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 4.41.6–19.4 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 4.41.6–18 | 12 |
| 2080 | 4.31.6–19 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 4.21.5–18.1 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 4.21.6–18 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 4.11.5–18.2 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 4.11.5–18 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 41.5–17.4 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 41.5–17.4 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 3.91.5–17.7 | 11 |
| 2088 | 3.91.5–17.3 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 3.91.4–17.1 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 3.81.4–17.5 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 3.81.4–16.3 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 3.71.4–16.6 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 3.71.4–17.4 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 3.61.3–17 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 3.61.3–16.8 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 3.61.2–16.6 | 10 |
| 2097 | 3.51.2–16 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 3.51.2–16.2 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 3.51.2–16.5 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 3.41.2–16.9 | 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 spending4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per person$110 in 2011
- Military share of state spending13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnel269,000 people in 2020
- National power0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports30 million TIV in 2010
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