Vietnam
Infant mortality in Vietnam
Infant mortality in Vietnam: 93.8 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 15.1 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −78.7 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 84 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 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 4 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.3 per 1,000 live births and 12.4 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.1 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 15.3 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 15.4 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 15.6 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 15.8 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 16 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 16.1 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 16.3 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 16.4 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 16.6 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 16.8 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 16.9 | 35 |
| 2011 | 17.1 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 17.3 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 17.5 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 17.8 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 18.1 | 42 |
| 2006 | 18.4 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 18.8 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 19.3 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 19.8 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 20.5 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 21.4 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 22.2 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 23.3 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 24.3 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 25.7 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 26.9 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 28.3 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 29.9 | 62 |
| 1993 | 31.4 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 33.1 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 34.7 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 36.2 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 37.8 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 39.2 | 68 |
| 1987 | 40.5 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 41.7 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 42.8 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 43.8 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 44.7 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 45.6 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 46.5 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 47.5 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 48.4 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 49.4 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 50.3 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 51.2 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 53.6 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 63.1 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 62.2 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 67.9 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 62.9 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 64.1 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 64.5 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 67.7 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 62.3 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 62.5 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 62.9 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 63.2 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 64.6 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 64.1 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 65.1 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 67.1 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 69.4 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 71.8 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 74.3 | 120 |
| 1956 | 76.8 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 79.4 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 85 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 85.9 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 88.4 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 91.1 | 136 |
| 1950 | 93.8 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.712.1–18 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 14.310.8–19.4 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 1410.1–20.1 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 13.69.4–20.9 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 13.28.8–21.4 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 12.98.3–21.6 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 12.67.8–22.1 | 24 |
| 2031 | 12.47.6–22.4 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 12.17.3–22.1 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 11.87–22.8 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 11.56.6–23.2 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 11.36.3–22.9 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 116.1–23.3 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 10.75.8–22.6 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 10.55.5–23 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 10.25.3–22.7 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 105.1–22.6 | 20 |
| 2041 | 9.74.9–22.5 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 9.54.8–22 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 9.34.6–22.1 | 19 |
| 2044 | 9.14.5–22.3 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 8.94.3–21.6 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 8.74.2–21.7 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 8.54.1–22.3 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 8.34–21.9 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 8.13.9–21.8 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 83.7–21.3 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 7.83.6–21.4 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 7.73.6–21.5 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 7.53.4–21 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 7.43.5–21.9 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 7.33.4–21.5 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 7.23.3–22 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 73.2–22 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 6.93.1–21.5 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 6.83.1–20.8 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 6.73–21 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 6.62.9–20.6 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 6.52.9–19.5 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 6.42.9–20.3 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 6.32.9–19.6 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 6.22.8–19.6 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 6.12.8–20.5 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 62.7–19.9 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 5.92.7–19.4 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 5.82.7–19.4 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 5.72.6–18.7 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 5.72.6–18.9 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 5.62.5–18.5 | 13 |
| 2073 | 5.52.4–18.1 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 5.42.3–18.1 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 5.42.3–17.8 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 5.32.2–17.7 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 5.22.2–17.7 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 5.22.1–17.7 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 5.12–17 | 12 |
| 2080 | 52–16.9 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 52–16.3 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 4.91.9–16 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 4.81.8–15.7 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 4.81.7–15.1 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 4.71.7–14.6 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 4.71.7–15.2 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 4.61.6–15 | 11 |
| 2088 | 4.61.7–14.8 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 4.51.6–14.5 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 4.51.6–14.3 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 4.41.6–14.2 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 4.41.6–14 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 4.31.5–14 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 4.31.5–13.4 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 4.21.5–13.5 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 4.21.4–13.2 | 10 |
| 2097 | 4.11.4–13 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 4.11.4–13 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 41.4–13 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 41.3–12.4 | 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 spending2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per person$104 in 2025
- Military share of state spending9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel522,000 people in 2020
- National power1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports10 million TIV in 2018