Trinidad & Tobago
Infant mortality in Trinidad & Tobago
Infant mortality in Trinidad & Tobago: 79.1 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 13.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 13.5 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −65.6 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 96 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 3.5 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 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.1 per 1,000 live births and 20.4 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Trinidad & Tobago | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.5 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 13.9 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 14.2 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 14.6 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 15.1 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 15.6 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 15.9 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 16.4 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 16.9 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 17.4 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 17.9 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 18.4 | 35 |
| 2011 | 19 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 19.5 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 20.1 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 20.7 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 21.3 | 42 |
| 2006 | 21.8 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 22.3 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 22.8 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 23.2 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 23.6 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 23.8 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 24 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 24.2 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 24.3 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 24.5 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 24.6 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 24.8 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 25 | 62 |
| 1993 | 25.3 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 25.5 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 25.9 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 26.3 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 26.8 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 27.3 | 68 |
| 1987 | 27.9 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 28.6 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 29.3 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 30.1 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 31 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 31.9 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 32.9 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 33.9 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 35 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 36.1 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 37.1 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 38.2 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 39.3 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 40.3 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 41.3 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 42.2 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 43.1 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 44.1 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 45 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 46 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 47 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 48.1 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 49.3 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 50.6 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 52.2 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 53.6 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 55.3 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 57.1 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 59 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 61 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 63.1 | 120 |
| 1956 | 65.1 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 67.3 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 69.5 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 71.8 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 74.2 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 76.6 | 136 |
| 1950 | 79.1 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Trinidad & Tobago | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.710.9–17.5 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 13.49.6–18.8 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 13.18.8–20 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 12.88–21.1 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 12.57.4–21.8 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 12.26.9–23.3 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 11.96.4–23.5 | 24 |
| 2031 | 11.66.1–24 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 11.35.8–24.1 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 115.4–24.2 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 10.85.3–24.6 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 10.55–24.7 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 10.34.7–24.5 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 104.4–25.1 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 9.84.2–25.2 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 9.54–25.2 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 9.34–25.6 | 20 |
| 2041 | 9.13.9–26.5 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 8.83.8–26.2 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 8.63.6–25.5 | 19 |
| 2044 | 8.43.5–25 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 8.23.3–25.6 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 83.2–24.6 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 7.83–24.4 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 7.62.9–24 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 7.42.9–24.5 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 7.22.8–24.5 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 7.12.7–24.1 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 6.92.6–24.3 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 6.82.5–23.8 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 6.62.5–24 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 6.52.4–24 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 6.42.4–24.6 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 6.32.4–25.4 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 6.22.3–25.6 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 6.12.2–25.8 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 62.2–25.3 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 5.92.1–24.6 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 5.82.1–24.5 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 5.72–24.4 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 5.62.1–24.7 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 5.52–24.9 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 5.41.9–25.5 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 5.31.9–24.7 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 5.21.9–24.5 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 5.11.8–24.4 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 5.11.8–25.3 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 51.8–24.8 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 4.91.8–24.3 | 13 |
| 2073 | 4.81.8–23.6 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 4.81.7–23.9 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 4.71.7–24.6 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 4.61.7–24.5 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 4.61.6–24.6 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 4.51.7–23.9 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 4.41.6–24 | 12 |
| 2080 | 4.41.5–24.2 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 4.31.5–22.7 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 4.21.5–22.8 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 4.21.5–22.9 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 4.11.4–22.8 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 4.11.4–23.3 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 41.4–23.2 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 41.4–23.7 | 11 |
| 2088 | 3.91.3–22.6 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 3.91.3–22.9 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 3.81.3–22.9 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 3.81.2–22.5 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 3.81.2–23.1 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 3.71.2–22.1 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 3.71.2–21.5 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 3.61.1–20.8 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 3.61.2–20.4 | 10 |
| 2097 | 3.61.1–21.3 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 3.51.1–20.6 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 3.51.1–20.2 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 3.51.1–20.4 | 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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- Military spending0.94% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$228M in 2025
- Military spending per person$152 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel5,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.77% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports32 million TIV in 2021