Tuvalu
Infant mortality in Tuvalu
Infant mortality in Tuvalu: 158.6 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 16.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 16.1 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −142.5 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 79 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 3 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 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0.8 per 1,000 live births and 20 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Tuvalu | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.1 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 16.7 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 17.2 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 17.8 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 18.4 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 19 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 19.7 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 20.4 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 21.1 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 21.8 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 22.6 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 23.5 | 35 |
| 2011 | 24.4 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 25.3 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 26.3 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 27.3 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 28.3 | 42 |
| 2006 | 29.2 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 30.1 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 30.9 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 31.7 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 32.4 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 33.2 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 34 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 34.8 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 35.8 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 36.7 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 37.6 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 38.5 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 39.4 | 62 |
| 1993 | 40.1 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 42.8 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 41.3 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 41.8 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 42.3 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 42.7 | 68 |
| 1987 | 43.1 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 43.6 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 44.3 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 45.1 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 46.1 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 47.3 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 48.7 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 50.3 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 52.3 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 54.5 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 56.9 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 59.6 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 62.6 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 66 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 69.4 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 76.4 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 76.5 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 80.2 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 84 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 87.7 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 91.4 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 95.2 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 99 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 102.8 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 106.6 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 110.5 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 114.3 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 118.1 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 122 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 126 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 130.1 | 120 |
| 1956 | 134.2 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 138.4 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 142.6 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 146.7 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 150.7 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 154.6 | 136 |
| 1950 | 158.6 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Tuvalu | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.812–19.3 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 15.510.6–20.6 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 15.19–21.6 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 14.88.3–22.3 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 14.57.3–23.3 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 14.26.6–23.8 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 146.3–24.2 | 24 |
| 2031 | 13.76.1–24.9 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 13.35.6–24.7 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 135.2–25.4 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 12.64.8–25.5 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 12.34.6–25.5 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 124.2–25.1 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 11.74.1–25.3 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 11.43.9–25.5 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 11.13.6–26.1 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 10.83.5–26 | 20 |
| 2041 | 10.63.4–25.8 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 10.33.2–25.6 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 103–24.9 | 19 |
| 2044 | 9.72.9–26 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 9.52.8–25.4 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 9.22.6–25.1 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 92.5–24.9 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 8.72.4–24.9 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 8.52.3–24.2 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 8.32.2–24.2 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 8.12.1–24.4 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 7.82.1–24 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 7.62–24.5 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 7.42–24.5 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 7.31.9–24.1 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 7.11.9–24.1 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 6.91.8–23.1 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 6.71.7–23.3 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 6.51.7–23 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 6.31.6–22.8 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 6.21.6–22.6 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 61.5–22.6 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 5.91.5–22.5 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 5.71.4–22.5 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 5.61.4–22.5 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 5.41.3–23.1 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 5.31.3–22.8 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 5.21.3–22.5 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 5.11.3–22.9 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 51.3–22.9 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 4.91.2–22.3 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 4.81.2–22.8 | 13 |
| 2073 | 4.71.2–22.9 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 4.61.2–22.7 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 4.51.2–23 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 4.41.1–22.6 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 4.41.1–22.4 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 4.31.1–22.2 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 4.21.1–22.2 | 12 |
| 2080 | 4.11–22.3 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 41–21.5 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 41–21.7 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 3.91–21.5 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 3.81–21.3 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 3.81–21.5 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 3.71–20.9 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 3.60.9–20.9 | 11 |
| 2088 | 3.60.9–21.3 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 3.50.9–20.9 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 3.50.9–20.9 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 3.40.9–20.6 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 3.30.9–20.7 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 3.30.9–20.6 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 3.20.9–20.5 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 3.20.9–20.4 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 3.20.9–20.4 | 10 |
| 2097 | 3.10.8–19.7 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 3.10.8–19.3 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 30.8–19.8 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 30.8–20 | 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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