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

1.80per 1,000 live births · 2024-14.3% since 2014

Probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Japan from 1949 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
20241.8
20231.8
20221.8
20211.8
20201.8
20191.8
20181.9
20171.9
20162
20152
20142.1
20132.2
20122.2
20112.3
20102.4
20092.5
20082.5
20072.6
20062.7
20052.7
20042.8
20032.9
20023
20013.1
20003.3
19993.4
19983.6
19973.8
19964
19954.1
19944.3
19934.4
19924.4
19914.5
19904.6
19894.7
19884.8
19875
19865.2
19855.5
19845.8
19836.2
19826.5
19817
19807.4
19797.8
19788.3
19778.8
19769.4
197510
197410.6
197311.3
197211.9
197112.6
197013.4
196914.2
196815.1
196716.2
196617.5
196519.1
196421
196323.1
196225.4
196127.9
196030.4
195932.8
195835.1
195737.1
195639.2
195541.3
195443.8
195346.6
195249.9
195153.7
195057.9
194962.4

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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