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India: Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

23.30per 1,000 live births · 2024-39.0% since 2014

Probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for India from 1953 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202423.3
202324.5
202225.7
202127
202028.3
201929.8
201831.3
201732.9
201634.6
201536.3
201438.2
201340.1
201242.2
201144.2
201046.3
200948.4
200850.5
200752.5
200654.5
200556.5
200458.5
200360.4
200262.4
200164.3
200066.3
199968.3
199870.2
199772.1
199673.9
199575.6
199477.3
199379
199280.7
199182.5
199084.4
198986.4
198888.6
198790.8
198693
198595.2
198497.5
198399.8
1982102.4
1981105.2
1980108.2
1979111.4
1978114.7
1977117.9
1976121.1
1975124
1974126.7
1973129
1972131.2
1971133.1
1970134.8
1969136.4
1968137.9
1967139.2
1966140.5
1965142
1964143.5
1963145
1962146.6
1961148.4
1960150.4
1959152.5
1958154.6
1957156.9
1956159.3
1955161.7
1954164.2
1953166.7

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Health Organization (2026). Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-infant-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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