Korea - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Korea was 940.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 83,304.00 in 1960 and a minimum value of 940.00 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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1960
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1975
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Year Value
1960 83,304.00
1961 79,823.00
1962 76,207.00
1963 72,382.00
1964 68,381.00
1965 64,251.00
1966 60,060.00
1967 55,972.00
1968 52,115.00
1969 48,477.00
1970 45,143.00
1971 42,123.00
1972 39,443.00
1973 37,025.00
1974 34,807.00
1975 32,774.00
1976 30,865.00
1977 29,084.00
1978 27,429.00
1979 25,818.00
1980 24,206.00
1981 22,529.00
1982 20,717.00
1983 18,799.00
1984 16,840.00
1985 14,918.00
1986 13,182.00
1987 11,676.00
1988 10,478.00
1989 9,560.00
1990 8,846.00
1991 8,273.00
1992 7,765.00
1993 7,262.00
1994 6,745.00
1995 6,205.00
1996 5,653.00
1997 5,117.00
1998 4,616.00
1999 4,162.00
2000 3,757.00
2001 3,395.00
2002 3,072.00
2003 2,780.00
2004 2,513.00
2005 2,272.00
2006 2,068.00
2007 1,905.00
2008 1,778.00
2009 1,680.00
2010 1,605.00
2011 1,540.00
2012 1,475.00
2013 1,408.00
2014 1,339.00
2015 1,267.00
2016 1,195.00
2017 1,125.00
2018 1,059.00
2019 997.00
2020 940.00

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Korea was 1,112 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 115,768 in 1960 and a minimum value of 1,112 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
1960 115,768
1961 111,024
1962 105,998
1963 100,552
1964 94,658
1965 88,475
1966 82,081
1967 75,721
1968 69,664
1969 64,001
1970 58,917
1971 54,448
1972 50,607
1973 47,220
1974 44,209
1975 41,477
1976 38,916
1977 36,507
1978 34,225
1979 31,989
1980 29,759
1981 27,489
1982 25,135
1983 22,693
1984 20,242
1985 17,859
1986 15,700
1987 13,850
1988 12,356
1989 11,193
1990 10,302
1991 9,592
1992 8,981
1993 8,397
1994 7,818
1995 7,220
1996 6,611
1997 6,012
1998 5,447
1999 4,929
2000 4,461
2001 4,039
2002 3,657
2003 3,308
2004 2,986
2005 2,694
2006 2,445
2007 2,246
2008 2,090
2009 1,972
2010 1,881
2011 1,804
2012 1,730
2013 1,654
2014 1,575
2015 1,494
2016 1,412
2017 1,331
2018 1,254
2019 1,180
2020 1,112

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Korea was 522.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30,327.00 in 1960 and a minimum value of 522.00 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.

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1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
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1990
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5,000.00
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35,000.00
Year Value
1960 30,327.00
1961 30,018.00
1962 29,565.00
1963 28,955.00
1964 28,185.00
1965 27,296.00
1966 26,409.00
1967 25,471.00
1968 24,537.00
1969 23,592.00
1970 22,643.00
1971 21,721.00
1972 20,736.00
1973 19,756.00
1974 18,802.00
1975 17,853.00
1976 17,009.00
1977 16,241.00
1978 15,495.00
1979 14,772.00
1980 13,983.00
1981 12,886.00
1982 11,729.00
1983 10,535.00
1984 9,324.00
1985 8,192.00
1986 7,185.00
1987 6,354.00
1988 5,704.00
1989 5,212.00
1990 4,823.00
1991 4,514.00
1992 4,222.00
1993 3,928.00
1994 3,623.00
1995 3,311.00
1996 2,996.00
1997 2,693.00
1998 2,411.00
1999 2,157.00
2000 1,934.00
2001 1,738.00
2002 1,565.00
2003 1,407.00
2004 1,261.00
2005 1,127.00
2006 1,012.00
2007 922.00
2008 859.00
2009 820.00
2010 797.00
2011 781.00
2012 765.00
2013 741.00
2014 711.00
2015 678.00
2016 645.00
2017 613.00
2018 582.00
2019 551.00
2020 522.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality