Sri Lanka - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in Sri Lanka was 1,946 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,559 in 1960 and a minimum value of 1,946 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 | 24,559 |
| 1961 | 23,763 |
| 1962 | 23,249 |
| 1963 | 22,902 |
| 1964 | 22,607 |
| 1965 | 22,277 |
| 1966 | 21,812 |
| 1967 | 21,260 |
| 1968 | 20,750 |
| 1969 | 20,350 |
| 1970 | 20,043 |
| 1971 | 19,807 |
| 1972 | 19,612 |
| 1973 | 19,412 |
| 1974 | 19,159 |
| 1975 | 18,792 |
| 1976 | 18,253 |
| 1977 | 17,544 |
| 1978 | 16,692 |
| 1979 | 15,759 |
| 1980 | 14,816 |
| 1981 | 13,918 |
| 1982 | 13,013 |
| 1983 | 11,997 |
| 1984 | 10,874 |
| 1985 | 9,761 |
| 1986 | 8,765 |
| 1987 | 7,970 |
| 1988 | 7,425 |
| 1989 | 7,673 |
| 1990 | 6,932 |
| 1991 | 6,770 |
| 1992 | 6,585 |
| 1993 | 6,369 |
| 1994 | 6,126 |
| 1995 | 5,878 |
| 1996 | 5,645 |
| 1997 | 5,433 |
| 1998 | 5,237 |
| 1999 | 5,059 |
| 2000 | 4,905 |
| 2001 | 4,789 |
| 2002 | 4,702 |
| 2003 | 4,627 |
| 2004 | 6,337 |
| 2005 | 4,409 |
| 2006 | 4,227 |
| 2007 | 4,014 |
| 2008 | 3,826 |
| 2009 | 5,037 |
| 2010 | 3,535 |
| 2011 | 3,373 |
| 2012 | 3,185 |
| 2013 | 2,984 |
| 2014 | 2,786 |
| 2015 | 2,599 |
| 2016 | 2,434 |
| 2017 | 2,292 |
| 2018 | 2,167 |
| 2019 | 2,051 |
| 2020 | 1,946 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in Sri Lanka was 2,287 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33,615 in 1960 and a minimum value of 2,287 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 | 33,615 |
| 1961 | 32,397 |
| 1962 | 31,620 |
| 1963 | 31,080 |
| 1964 | 30,598 |
| 1965 | 30,043 |
| 1966 | 29,277 |
| 1967 | 28,394 |
| 1968 | 27,604 |
| 1969 | 27,011 |
| 1970 | 26,571 |
| 1971 | 26,233 |
| 1972 | 25,934 |
| 1973 | 25,595 |
| 1974 | 25,144 |
| 1975 | 24,498 |
| 1976 | 23,608 |
| 1977 | 22,491 |
| 1978 | 21,207 |
| 1979 | 19,841 |
| 1980 | 18,503 |
| 1981 | 17,266 |
| 1982 | 16,039 |
| 1983 | 14,688 |
| 1984 | 13,207 |
| 1985 | 11,769 |
| 1986 | 10,502 |
| 1987 | 9,498 |
| 1988 | 8,817 |
| 1989 | 9,891 |
| 1990 | 8,200 |
| 1991 | 7,993 |
| 1992 | 7,762 |
| 1993 | 7,496 |
| 1994 | 7,198 |
| 1995 | 6,894 |
| 1996 | 6,610 |
| 1997 | 6,350 |
| 1998 | 6,108 |
| 1999 | 5,886 |
| 2000 | 5,699 |
| 2001 | 5,558 |
| 2002 | 5,453 |
| 2003 | 5,361 |
| 2004 | 10,305 |
| 2005 | 5,107 |
| 2006 | 4,897 |
| 2007 | 4,655 |
| 2008 | 4,442 |
| 2009 | 7,743 |
| 2010 | 4,115 |
| 2011 | 3,933 |
| 2012 | 3,719 |
| 2013 | 3,490 |
| 2014 | 3,261 |
| 2015 | 3,044 |
| 2016 | 2,853 |
| 2017 | 2,688 |
| 2018 | 2,543 |
| 2019 | 2,409 |
| 2020 | 2,287 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Sri Lanka was 1,312 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,700 in 1960 and a minimum value of 1,312 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 |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 14,700 |
| 1961 | 14,510 |
| 1962 | 14,371 |
| 1963 | 14,249 |
| 1964 | 14,114 |
| 1965 | 13,909 |
| 1966 | 13,624 |
| 1967 | 13,261 |
| 1968 | 12,888 |
| 1969 | 12,526 |
| 1970 | 12,167 |
| 1971 | 11,799 |
| 1972 | 11,416 |
| 1973 | 11,036 |
| 1974 | 10,655 |
| 1975 | 10,299 |
| 1976 | 10,020 |
| 1977 | 9,851 |
| 1978 | 9,830 |
| 1979 | 9,828 |
| 1980 | 9,461 |
| 1981 | 8,508 |
| 1982 | 7,408 |
| 1983 | 6,769 |
| 1984 | 6,539 |
| 1985 | 6,499 |
| 1986 | 6,360 |
| 1987 | 6,083 |
| 1988 | 5,720 |
| 1989 | 5,343 |
| 1990 | 4,941 |
| 1991 | 4,651 |
| 1992 | 4,469 |
| 1993 | 4,384 |
| 1994 | 4,359 |
| 1995 | 4,324 |
| 1996 | 4,223 |
| 1997 | 4,059 |
| 1998 | 3,849 |
| 1999 | 3,616 |
| 2000 | 3,387 |
| 2001 | 3,185 |
| 2002 | 3,000 |
| 2003 | 2,819 |
| 2004 | 2,735 |
| 2005 | 2,534 |
| 2006 | 2,506 |
| 2007 | 2,520 |
| 2008 | 2,496 |
| 2009 | 2,472 |
| 2010 | 2,318 |
| 2011 | 2,250 |
| 2012 | 2,185 |
| 2013 | 2,083 |
| 2014 | 1,936 |
| 2015 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 1,656 |
| 2017 | 1,552 |
| 2018 | 1,464 |
| 2019 | 1,386 |
| 2020 | 1,312 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
