India - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in India was 647,688 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,019,879 in 1971 and a minimum value of 647,688 in 2020.
Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,962,681 |
| 1961 | 2,963,986 |
| 1962 | 2,965,690 |
| 1963 | 2,968,264 |
| 1964 | 2,972,129 |
| 1965 | 2,976,408 |
| 1966 | 2,980,979 |
| 1967 | 2,989,616 |
| 1968 | 2,999,177 |
| 1969 | 3,008,303 |
| 1970 | 3,016,435 |
| 1971 | 3,019,879 |
| 1972 | 3,019,489 |
| 1973 | 3,013,015 |
| 1974 | 2,999,445 |
| 1975 | 2,978,438 |
| 1976 | 2,952,164 |
| 1977 | 2,921,369 |
| 1978 | 2,888,293 |
| 1979 | 2,856,867 |
| 1980 | 2,826,053 |
| 1981 | 2,795,979 |
| 1982 | 2,766,069 |
| 1983 | 2,736,107 |
| 1984 | 2,703,530 |
| 1985 | 2,665,466 |
| 1986 | 2,621,066 |
| 1987 | 2,570,490 |
| 1988 | 2,514,913 |
| 1989 | 2,457,226 |
| 1990 | 2,399,572 |
| 1991 | 2,344,122 |
| 1992 | 2,290,011 |
| 1993 | 2,237,079 |
| 1994 | 2,185,026 |
| 1995 | 2,131,411 |
| 1996 | 2,076,374 |
| 1997 | 2,019,561 |
| 1998 | 1,960,417 |
| 1999 | 1,900,003 |
| 2000 | 1,838,847 |
| 2001 | 1,776,759 |
| 2002 | 1,714,298 |
| 2003 | 1,653,179 |
| 2004 | 1,591,489 |
| 2005 | 1,528,934 |
| 2006 | 1,463,875 |
| 2007 | 1,395,098 |
| 2008 | 1,323,292 |
| 2009 | 1,248,851 |
| 2010 | 1,173,533 |
| 2011 | 1,100,313 |
| 2012 | 1,029,855 |
| 2013 | 964,793 |
| 2014 | 905,320 |
| 2015 | 851,108 |
| 2016 | 802,055 |
| 2017 | 757,238 |
| 2018 | 716,249 |
| 2019 | 680,527 |
| 2020 | 647,688 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in India was 783,314 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,482,479 in 1970 and a minimum value of 783,314 in 2020.
Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 4,421,984 |
| 1961 | 4,423,671 |
| 1962 | 4,426,296 |
| 1963 | 4,430,493 |
| 1964 | 4,436,738 |
| 1965 | 4,443,357 |
| 1966 | 4,449,787 |
| 1967 | 4,458,961 |
| 1968 | 4,468,498 |
| 1969 | 4,476,462 |
| 1970 | 4,482,479 |
| 1971 | 4,481,044 |
| 1972 | 4,474,139 |
| 1973 | 4,458,334 |
| 1974 | 4,431,721 |
| 1975 | 4,393,096 |
| 1976 | 4,345,320 |
| 1977 | 4,289,129 |
| 1978 | 4,228,515 |
| 1979 | 4,165,858 |
| 1980 | 4,104,186 |
| 1981 | 4,046,077 |
| 1982 | 3,991,127 |
| 1983 | 3,939,449 |
| 1984 | 3,886,229 |
| 1985 | 3,826,388 |
| 1986 | 3,758,271 |
| 1987 | 3,681,880 |
| 1988 | 3,596,990 |
| 1989 | 3,507,760 |
| 1990 | 3,418,076 |
| 1991 | 3,331,575 |
| 1992 | 3,246,480 |
| 1993 | 3,162,651 |
| 1994 | 3,079,675 |
| 1995 | 2,993,896 |
| 1996 | 2,905,674 |
| 1997 | 2,815,167 |
| 1998 | 2,721,709 |
| 1999 | 2,626,113 |
| 2000 | 2,529,252 |
| 2001 | 2,431,923 |
| 2002 | 2,334,769 |
| 2003 | 2,239,666 |
| 2004 | 2,143,841 |
| 2005 | 2,047,439 |
| 2006 | 1,948,338 |
| 2007 | 1,845,726 |
| 2008 | 1,740,382 |
| 2009 | 1,633,079 |
| 2010 | 1,525,847 |
| 2011 | 1,421,875 |
| 2012 | 1,321,592 |
| 2013 | 1,228,875 |
| 2014 | 1,143,835 |
| 2015 | 1,066,397 |
| 2016 | 996,481 |
| 2017 | 933,146 |
| 2018 | 876,076 |
| 2019 | 826,837 |
| 2020 | 783,314 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in India was 489,655 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,866,020 in 1974 and a minimum value of 489,655 in 2020.
Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,833,662 |
| 1971 | 1,845,930 |
| 1972 | 1,855,710 |
| 1973 | 1,862,688 |
| 1974 | 1,866,020 |
| 1975 | 1,865,214 |
| 1976 | 1,859,104 |
| 1977 | 1,851,238 |
| 1978 | 1,841,463 |
| 1979 | 1,831,968 |
| 1980 | 1,822,515 |
| 1981 | 1,812,162 |
| 1982 | 1,799,175 |
| 1983 | 1,781,291 |
| 1984 | 1,760,932 |
| 1985 | 1,735,666 |
| 1986 | 1,707,003 |
| 1987 | 1,674,706 |
| 1988 | 1,640,744 |
| 1989 | 1,607,028 |
| 1990 | 1,572,816 |
| 1991 | 1,539,808 |
| 1992 | 1,507,839 |
| 1993 | 1,477,542 |
| 1994 | 1,447,883 |
| 1995 | 1,418,587 |
| 1996 | 1,388,037 |
| 1997 | 1,355,420 |
| 1998 | 1,320,703 |
| 1999 | 1,284,138 |
| 2000 | 1,246,298 |
| 2001 | 1,206,847 |
| 2002 | 1,167,052 |
| 2003 | 1,126,262 |
| 2004 | 1,085,712 |
| 2005 | 1,046,497 |
| 2006 | 1,005,784 |
| 2007 | 963,751 |
| 2008 | 920,055 |
| 2009 | 874,752 |
| 2010 | 828,676 |
| 2011 | 783,547 |
| 2012 | 740,746 |
| 2013 | 701,299 |
| 2014 | 664,937 |
| 2015 | 632,184 |
| 2016 | 602,468 |
| 2017 | 574,746 |
| 2018 | 547,611 |
| 2019 | 516,892 |
| 2020 | 489,655 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
