Infant mortality in Zimbabwe

Infant mortality in Zimbabwe: 103 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 33.2 per 1,000 live births
Since 1950: −69.8 per 1,000 live births
Rank, 2023: 34 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 27.3 per 1,000 live births
Projected, 2100: 8.9 per 1,000 live births; UN projection (medium variant)

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 8.9 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 3 per 1,000 live births and 33.5 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).

Every year

deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Year	Zimbabwe	World
2023	33.2	27.3
2022	34.1	28.2
2021	34.8	28.4
2020	35.7	28.7
2019	36.8	29.2
2018	37.7	29.7
2017	38.9	30.3
2016	40.2	31.1
2015	41.8	32.1
2014	43.8	32.9
2013	46.3	33.9
2012	49	35
2011	51.9	36.8
2010	54.6	37.7
2009	57.5	39.1
2008	59.2	40.4
2007	59.5	42
2006	59.8	43.7
2005	59.8	45.4
2004	59.7	47.2
2003	59.7	48.8
2002	60.1	50.6
2001	60.6	52.2
2000	61.4	53.7
1999	62.2	55.5
1998	62.7	57.1
1997	63	58.3
1996	63.1	59.6
1995	62.1	60.8
1994	60.9	62
1993	59.4	62.9
1992	57.5	64.1
1991	55.7	64.9
1990	54.2	64.9
1989	53.2	66.2
1988	52.8	68
1987	53.2	68.6
1986	54.3	70.8
1985	56.1	72.9
1984	58.4	74.6
1983	61.4	76.1
1982	63.7	76.6
1981	66.1	78.7
1980	68.1	80.6
1979	69.8	82.5
1978	70.5	84.7
1977	71.1	86.4
1976	71.4	88.1
1975	71.5	89.6
1974	71.6	90.9
1973	71.7	92.1
1972	72	93.6
1971	72.5	96.1
1970	73.1	96.9
1969	74	98.3
1968	75.2	100.2
1967	76.6	103.1
1966	78.1	104.9
1965	79.8	106.4
1964	81.6	106.1
1963	83.4	107.7
1962	85.2	110.2
1961	87	121.5
1960	88.7	131.8
1959	90.4	125.7
1958	92	117.7
1957	93.4	120
1956	94.8	121.9
1955	96.2	124.8
1954	97.5	127.7
1953	98.9	130.1
1952	100.2	132.7
1951	101.6	136
1950	103	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Zimbabwe	World
2024	32.227.2–37.3	26.9
2025	31.424.8–39.4	26.4
2026	30.522.5–40.2	25.9
2027	29.820.2–40.8	25.4
2028	29.118.7–41.1	24.9
2029	28.317–41.9	24.5
2030	27.615.7–41.9	24
2031	2714.4–42.9	23.6
2032	26.313.1–43.7	23.2
2033	25.711.8–42.9	22.8
2034	25.111.4–43	22.3
2035	24.510.6–43.3	21.9
2036	23.910.2–43.4	21.5
2037	23.49.7–43.9	21.1
2038	22.99.1–44.6	20.8
2039	22.48.6–44	20.4
2040	21.98.2–44.3	20
2041	21.47.8–43.8	19.7
2042	217.6–43.6	19.4
2043	20.57.2–43.4	19
2044	20.16.8–44.1	18.7
2045	19.66.7–43.9	18.4
2046	19.16.3–44.5	18.2
2047	18.76.5–44.5	17.9
2048	18.26.3–43.7	17.7
2049	17.86.1–43.7	17.5
2050	17.36–43.2	17.3
2051	16.95.8–42.9	17.1
2052	16.55.7–42.5	16.9
2053	16.15.7–42.2	16.7
2054	15.85.4–41.7	16.5
2055	15.45.2–41.1	16.3
2056	15.15.2–41.3	16.1
2057	14.85.1–40.9	15.9
2058	14.55.1–39.6	15.7
2059	14.24.9–40.6	15.5
2060	144.8–39.6	15.3
2061	13.74.7–39.7	15.1
2062	13.54.7–39	14.9
2063	13.24.5–39.5	14.7
2064	134.5–39.7	14.5
2065	12.84.2–39	14.3
2066	12.64.2–39	14.1
2067	12.44.2–39.6	13.9
2068	12.24.1–39.3	13.8
2069	124.1–38.8	13.6
2070	11.83.9–38.5	13.4
2071	11.73.9–38.2	13.2
2072	11.53.9–38.1	13
2073	11.43.7–37.4	12.9
2074	11.23.7–37.2	12.7
2075	11.13.7–36.6	12.6
2076	113.6–36.2	12.4
2077	10.93.6–36.6	12.3
2078	10.83.5–36.9	12.1
2079	10.73.4–36.2	12
2080	10.63.5–36.5	11.8
2081	10.53.5–36.2	11.7
2082	10.43.5–36.8	11.6
2083	10.33.4–36.5	11.5
2084	10.23.4–36.2	11.4
2085	10.13.4–35.4	11.3
2086	103.3–34.4	11.1
2087	9.93.2–34.9	11
2088	9.83.3–35.4	10.9
2089	9.83.2–35.2	10.8
2090	9.73.2–35.8	10.7
2091	9.63.3–35.2	10.6
2092	9.53.2–35.6	10.5
2093	9.43.1–35.3	10.4
2094	9.43–34.9	10.3
2095	9.33.1–34.4	10.1
2096	9.23.1–33.7	10
2097	9.13.1–32.7	9.9
2098	9.13–33.4	9.8
2099	93–32.9	9.7
2100	8.93–33.5	9.6

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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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