Türkiye
Infant mortality in Türkiye
Infant mortality in Türkiye: 193.4 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 9.2 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −184.2 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 131 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 1.9 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 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0.5 per 1,000 live births and 5.7 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 193.4 per 1,000 live births in 1950, the lowest 8.2 per 1,000 live births in 2022.
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.2 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 8.2 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 8.5 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 9 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 9.4 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 9.8 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 10.3 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 10.8 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 11.4 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 12 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 12.7 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 13.5 | 35 |
| 2011 | 14.3 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 15.3 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 16.3 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 17.5 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 18.8 | 42 |
| 2006 | 20.2 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 21.7 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 23.3 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 25.1 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 27 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 29 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 31.1 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 34.1 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 35.8 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 38.2 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 40.9 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 43.6 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 46.4 | 62 |
| 1993 | 49.4 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 52.5 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 55.5 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 58.7 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 62 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 65.3 | 68 |
| 1987 | 68.8 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 72.4 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 76.1 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 79.9 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 83.8 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 87.6 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 91.5 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 95.5 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 99.4 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 103.3 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 107.1 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 111.1 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 114.7 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 118.2 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 121.6 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 125 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 128.4 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 131.7 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 134.8 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 138.2 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 141.6 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 145.2 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 148.8 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 152.5 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 156.4 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 160.2 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 164 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 167.6 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 170.9 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 174.3 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 177.1 | 120 |
| 1956 | 179.6 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 182 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 184.4 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 186.8 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 188.9 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 191.1 | 136 |
| 1950 | 193.4 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.67.3–12.8 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 8.86.3–12.7 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 85.5–12.1 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 7.75.1–12.5 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 7.54.7–12.7 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 7.34.5–12.8 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 74.3–12.9 | 24 |
| 2031 | 6.84–13 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 6.63.7–13.2 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 6.43.5–13 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 6.23.3–13 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 63.2–12.6 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 5.93–12.6 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 5.72.9–12.8 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 5.52.9–12.5 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 5.42.7–12.6 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 5.22.6–12.7 | 20 |
| 2041 | 5.12.5–12.3 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 4.92.4–12.1 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 4.82.3–11.9 | 19 |
| 2044 | 4.72.2–11.8 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 4.62.1–11.4 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 4.42–11.1 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 4.31.9–10.9 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 4.21.9–11.2 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 4.11.8–10.9 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 41.8–10.9 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 3.91.7–10.7 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 3.81.7–10.5 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 3.81.6–10.7 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 3.71.6–10.4 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 3.61.5–10 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 3.51.5–10.1 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 3.51.5–9.9 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 3.41.4–9.7 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 3.31.4–9.4 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 3.31.3–9.3 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 3.21.3–9.6 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 3.21.3–9.2 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 3.11.3–9.5 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 3.11.2–9.3 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 31.2–8.9 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 31.2–9.1 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 2.91.2–8.8 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 2.91.1–8.8 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 2.81.1–8.5 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 2.81–8.4 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 2.71–8.3 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 2.71–8.4 | 13 |
| 2073 | 2.71–8.3 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 2.61–8.2 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 2.60.9–7.8 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 2.50.9–7.9 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 2.50.9–7.7 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 2.50.9–7.4 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 2.40.8–7.5 | 12 |
| 2080 | 2.40.8–7.4 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 2.40.8–7 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 2.40.8–6.8 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 2.30.8–7 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 2.30.8–7 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 2.30.8–6.9 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 2.20.7–6.7 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 2.20.7–6.5 | 11 |
| 2088 | 2.20.7–6.4 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 2.20.7–6.4 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 2.10.7–6.1 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 2.10.7–6.2 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 2.10.7–6.2 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 2.10.6–6.1 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 2.10.6–6.1 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 20.6–6.1 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 20.6–6.1 | 10 |
| 2097 | 20.6–5.9 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 20.6–5.8 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 1.90.5–5.9 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 1.90.5–5.7 | 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 spending1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per person$342 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel512,000 people in 2020
- National power1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports381 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports539 million TIV in 2025