Western Sahara
Infant mortality in Western Sahara
Infant mortality in Western Sahara: 221.9 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 23.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 23.8 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −198.2 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 60 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 4.2 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 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.3 per 1,000 live births and 22.2 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Western Sahara | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23.8 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 24.5 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 25.3 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 26.2 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 27 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 27.8 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 28.8 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 29.8 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 31 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 32.2 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 33.5 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 35 | 35 |
| 2011 | 36.4 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 38 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 39.8 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 41.8 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 43.6 | 42 |
| 2006 | 45.5 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 47.4 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 49.4 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 51.6 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 53.7 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 56 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 58.1 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 60.4 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 62.8 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 65 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 67.3 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 69.5 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 71.8 | 62 |
| 1993 | 74.1 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 76.5 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 78.9 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 81.5 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 84.4 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 87.5 | 68 |
| 1987 | 91 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 94.6 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 98.7 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 102.9 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 107.2 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 111.8 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 116.5 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 121.1 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 126 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 130.7 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 135.5 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 140.4 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 145.2 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 149.9 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 154.2 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 158.1 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 162.2 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 165 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 168 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 171 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 173.7 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 176.4 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 179 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 181.6 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 184.3 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 187.1 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 190 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 192.8 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 195.6 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 198.5 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 201.3 | 120 |
| 1956 | 204.3 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 207.2 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 210.2 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 213.1 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 216 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 218.9 | 136 |
| 1950 | 221.9 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Western Sahara | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22.717.8–29.2 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 2215.4–30.9 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 21.213.8–33.3 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 20.513–34 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 19.911.9–34.6 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 19.210.9–34.7 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 18.69.9–35.1 | 24 |
| 2031 | 189.3–35.8 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 17.58.6–36.2 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 178.3–36.7 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 16.47.5–36.5 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 166.9–36.7 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 15.56.5–36.2 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 156.1–34.9 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 14.65.9–34.9 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 14.25.7–35.1 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 13.85.3–34.8 | 20 |
| 2041 | 13.45.1–34.2 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 134.9–35 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 12.64.6–34.6 | 19 |
| 2044 | 12.24.4–35.1 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 11.94.3–35.7 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 11.54–34.7 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 11.23.8–33.8 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 10.93.7–34 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 10.63.6–33.5 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 10.33.5–32.8 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 103.3–33.4 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 9.73.3–32.2 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 9.43.1–32.4 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 9.23–32.5 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 8.92.9–32.3 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 8.72.9–32.8 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 8.52.8–32.5 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 8.32.7–33.3 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 8.12.6–33.8 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 7.92.6–32.8 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 7.72.5–31.7 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 7.62.5–31.2 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 7.42.4–30.2 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 7.32.3–30.3 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 7.12.3–30.1 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 72.2–30.6 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 6.92.2–29.7 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 6.72.1–30.1 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 6.62.1–28.6 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 6.52–28.6 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 6.42–28.8 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 6.21.9–27.8 | 13 |
| 2073 | 6.11.9–28.1 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 61.9–28.3 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 5.91.9–27.8 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 5.81.9–27.6 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 5.71.8–27.5 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 5.61.8–27.6 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 5.61.8–26.2 | 12 |
| 2080 | 5.51.8–27.1 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 5.41.8–26.8 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 5.31.7–26.4 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 5.21.7–26.8 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 5.11.7–26.8 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 51.7–26.7 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 51.6–26.2 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 4.91.6–26.4 | 11 |
| 2088 | 4.81.6–25.9 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 4.81.5–25.1 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 4.71.5–25.7 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 4.61.5–25.6 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 4.61.5–25.8 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 4.51.5–25 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 4.51.5–24.8 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 4.41.4–24.6 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 4.41.5–23.7 | 10 |
| 2097 | 4.31.5–23.4 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 4.31.4–23.3 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 4.21.4–22.6 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 4.21.3–22.2 | 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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Western Sahara in numbers
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