Ukraine
Infant mortality in Ukraine
Infant mortality in Ukraine: 79.5 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 5.9 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −73.6 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 156 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 1 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 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0.3 per 1,000 live births and 5 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 79.5 per 1,000 live births in 1950, the lowest 5.4 per 1,000 live births in 2021.
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.9 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 6.1 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 5.4 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 6.1 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 6.5 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 6.8 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 7.3 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 7.4 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 7.4 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 7.7 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 7.9 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 8.5 | 35 |
| 2011 | 8.9 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 9.1 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 9.6 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 10.2 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 10.5 | 42 |
| 2006 | 10.4 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 9.9 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 9.8 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 10.1 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 10.8 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 11.6 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 12.1 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 12.4 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 13 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 13.5 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 14.2 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 14.3 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 14.4 | 62 |
| 1993 | 14.1 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 13.9 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 13.3 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 12.9 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 13.2 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 13.7 | 68 |
| 1987 | 14.4 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 14.8 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 15.3 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 15.6 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 15.9 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 16 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 16.2 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 16.6 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 17.3 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 18 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 18.7 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 18.9 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 18.9 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 17.9 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 17.1 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 16.2 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 16.5 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 17.2 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 18.1 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 18.4 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 18.5 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 19 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 20.1 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 21.7 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 23.4 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 24.5 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 26.4 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 30.5 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 35.8 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 41.8 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 46.5 | 120 |
| 1956 | 52.6 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 59.8 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 64.8 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 70.7 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 74.8 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 78 | 136 |
| 1950 | 79.5 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.13.4–9.2 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 4.83–9 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 4.72.9–9.1 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 4.62.7–9.5 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 4.42.6–9.7 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 4.32.5–9.9 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 4.22.3–10 | 24 |
| 2031 | 4.12.2–10 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 42.1–10.6 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 3.91.9–10.2 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 3.81.8–10.4 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 3.71.8–10.7 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 3.61.7–10.6 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 3.51.6–10.5 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 3.41.5–10.2 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 3.31.5–10.4 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 3.21.5–10.2 | 20 |
| 2041 | 3.11.4–10.4 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 31.3–10 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 2.91.3–10.4 | 19 |
| 2044 | 2.91.3–9.9 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 2.81.2–9.9 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 2.71.2–9.9 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 2.61.2–9.9 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 2.61.1–10.1 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 2.51.1–10.1 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 2.41–10.2 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 2.41–9.8 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 2.31–9.3 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 2.30.9–9.2 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 2.20.9–9.1 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 2.20.9–9.3 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 2.20.9–9.3 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 2.10.9–9.2 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 2.10.8–9.6 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 20.8–9.1 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 20.8–8.8 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 20.8–8.9 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 1.90.8–8.5 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 1.90.7–8.3 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 1.80.7–8.4 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 1.80.7–7.9 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 1.80.7–8.2 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 1.70.7–8 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 1.70.6–7.8 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 1.70.6–7.8 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 1.60.6–7.5 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 1.60.6–7.7 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 1.60.6–7.6 | 13 |
| 2073 | 1.60.6–7.1 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 1.50.6–7.3 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 1.50.6–7.2 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 1.50.5–6.9 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 1.40.5–7 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 1.40.5–6.8 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 1.40.5–6.9 | 12 |
| 2080 | 1.40.5–6.7 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 1.40.5–6.7 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 1.30.4–6.6 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 1.30.4–6.6 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 1.30.4–6.3 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 1.30.4–6.2 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 1.30.4–5.9 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 1.20.4–6 | 11 |
| 2088 | 1.20.4–5.8 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 1.20.4–5.8 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 1.20.4–5.4 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 1.20.4–5.5 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 1.10.3–5.8 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 1.10.3–5.6 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 1.10.3–5.5 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 1.10.3–5.3 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 1.10.3–5.1 | 10 |
| 2097 | 1.10.3–5 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 1.10.3–4.9 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 10.3–4.9 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 10.3–5 | 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 spending39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per person$2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spending62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel298,000 people in 2020
- National power0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports120 million TIV in 2025