Iran - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in Iran was 16,828 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 147,280 in 1972 and a minimum value of 16,828 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.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1972 | 147,280 |
| 1973 | 144,463 |
| 1974 | 142,027 |
| 1975 | 139,944 |
| 1976 | 138,038 |
| 1977 | 136,006 |
| 1978 | 133,868 |
| 1979 | 131,586 |
| 1980 | 128,859 |
| 1981 | 125,869 |
| 1982 | 122,802 |
| 1983 | 119,650 |
| 1984 | 116,170 |
| 1985 | 112,114 |
| 1986 | 107,277 |
| 1987 | 101,613 |
| 1988 | 95,042 |
| 1989 | 88,002 |
| 1990 | 80,882 |
| 1991 | 73,792 |
| 1992 | 67,098 |
| 1993 | 60,925 |
| 1994 | 55,362 |
| 1995 | 50,490 |
| 1996 | 46,256 |
| 1997 | 42,630 |
| 1998 | 39,495 |
| 1999 | 36,814 |
| 2000 | 34,510 |
| 2001 | 32,564 |
| 2002 | 30,840 |
| 2003 | 29,308 |
| 2004 | 27,900 |
| 2005 | 26,668 |
| 2006 | 25,515 |
| 2007 | 24,468 |
| 2008 | 23,480 |
| 2009 | 22,596 |
| 2010 | 21,890 |
| 2011 | 21,250 |
| 2012 | 20,784 |
| 2013 | 20,427 |
| 2014 | 20,064 |
| 2015 | 19,717 |
| 2016 | 19,324 |
| 2017 | 18,877 |
| 2018 | 18,275 |
| 2019 | 17,608 |
| 2020 | 16,828 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in Iran was 19,577 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 194,350 in 1976 and a minimum value of 19,577 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.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1976 | 194,350 |
| 1977 | 189,651 |
| 1978 | 184,809 |
| 1979 | 179,979 |
| 1980 | 174,732 |
| 1981 | 169,422 |
| 1982 | 164,213 |
| 1983 | 159,161 |
| 1984 | 153,909 |
| 1985 | 148,020 |
| 1986 | 141,242 |
| 1987 | 133,522 |
| 1988 | 124,653 |
| 1989 | 115,300 |
| 1990 | 105,884 |
| 1991 | 96,527 |
| 1992 | 87,666 |
| 1993 | 79,442 |
| 1994 | 71,966 |
| 1995 | 65,304 |
| 1996 | 59,418 |
| 1997 | 54,301 |
| 1998 | 49,813 |
| 1999 | 45,965 |
| 2000 | 42,629 |
| 2001 | 39,791 |
| 2002 | 37,334 |
| 2003 | 35,154 |
| 2004 | 33,214 |
| 2005 | 31,528 |
| 2006 | 29,998 |
| 2007 | 28,626 |
| 2008 | 27,366 |
| 2009 | 26,272 |
| 2010 | 25,398 |
| 2011 | 24,608 |
| 2012 | 24,024 |
| 2013 | 23,580 |
| 2014 | 23,148 |
| 2015 | 22,744 |
| 2016 | 22,301 |
| 2017 | 21,814 |
| 2018 | 21,157 |
| 2019 | 20,430 |
| 2020 | 19,577 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Iran was 12,419 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 44,487 in 1990 and a minimum value of 12,419 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 |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 44,487 |
| 1991 | 40,936 |
| 1992 | 37,626 |
| 1993 | 34,588 |
| 1994 | 31,867 |
| 1995 | 29,491 |
| 1996 | 27,519 |
| 1997 | 25,838 |
| 1998 | 24,493 |
| 1999 | 23,429 |
| 2000 | 22,662 |
| 2001 | 21,797 |
| 2002 | 21,072 |
| 2003 | 20,468 |
| 2004 | 19,945 |
| 2005 | 19,450 |
| 2006 | 19,006 |
| 2007 | 18,533 |
| 2008 | 18,018 |
| 2009 | 17,399 |
| 2010 | 16,831 |
| 2011 | 16,337 |
| 2012 | 15,877 |
| 2013 | 15,552 |
| 2014 | 15,233 |
| 2015 | 14,978 |
| 2016 | 14,630 |
| 2017 | 14,175 |
| 2018 | 13,637 |
| 2019 | 13,064 |
| 2020 | 12,419 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
