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Number of infants who die before age 1 in Togo

Togo: Number of infants who die before age 1 was 10,851 deaths in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
10,851 deaths
Change on year
down 2.6%
World rank
50th
of 236 countries
All-time high
14,810 deaths
in 2010
All-time low
9,274 deaths
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Number of infants who die before age 1 in Togo, 1950–2023

05.0k10.0k15.0k195019862023

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.

Analysis

The most recent figure for number of infants who die before age 1 in Togo is 10,851 deaths, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of infants who die before age 1 in Togo peaked at 14,810 deaths in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9,274 deaths, in 1950.

Togo ranks 50th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Number of infants who die before age 1 in Togo, year by year

Year deaths Change
1950 9,274 deaths —
1951 9,513 deaths +2.6%
1952 9,649 deaths +1.4%
1953 9,776 deaths +1.3%
1954 9,895 deaths +1.2%
1955 10,009 deaths +1.2%
1956 10,142 deaths +1.3%
1957 10,279 deaths +1.4%
1958 10,408 deaths +1.3%
1959 10,545 deaths +1.3%
1960 10,685 deaths +1.3%
1961 10,822 deaths +1.3%
1962 10,974 deaths +1.4%
1963 11,135 deaths +1.5%
1964 11,283 deaths +1.3%
1965 11,421 deaths +1.2%
1966 11,561 deaths +1.2%
1967 11,663 deaths +0.9%
1968 11,752 deaths +0.8%
1969 11,878 deaths +1.1%
1970 12,558 deaths +5.7%
1971 12,840 deaths +2.2%
1972 13,032 deaths +1.5%
1973 13,169 deaths +1.1%
1974 13,279 deaths +0.8%
1975 13,356 deaths +0.6%
1976 13,410 deaths +0.4%
1977 13,413 deaths +0.0%
1978 13,383 deaths -0.2%
1979 13,352 deaths -0.2%
1980 13,336 deaths -0.1%
1981 13,374 deaths +0.3%
1982 13,443 deaths +0.5%
1983 13,381 deaths -0.5%
1984 13,290 deaths -0.7%
1985 13,217 deaths -0.5%
1986 13,335 deaths +0.9%
1987 13,491 deaths +1.2%
1988 13,626 deaths +1.0%
1989 13,732 deaths +0.8%
1990 13,860 deaths +0.9%
1991 13,987 deaths +0.9%
1992 14,089 deaths +0.7%
1993 14,164 deaths +0.5%
1994 13,065 deaths -7.8%
1995 13,197 deaths +1.0%
1996 13,590 deaths +3.0%
1997 13,888 deaths +2.2%
1998 13,736 deaths -1.1%
1999 13,583 deaths -1.1%
2000 13,595 deaths +0.1%
2001 13,671 deaths +0.6%
2002 13,721 deaths +0.4%
2003 13,754 deaths +0.2%
2004 13,737 deaths -0.1%
2005 13,879 deaths +1.0%
2006 14,136 deaths +1.9%
2007 14,507 deaths +2.6%
2008 14,649 deaths +1.0%
2009 14,779 deaths +0.9%
2010 14,810 deaths +0.2%
2011 14,506 deaths -2.1%
2012 14,147 deaths -2.5%
2013 13,727 deaths -3.0%
2014 13,427 deaths -2.2%
2015 13,176 deaths -1.9%
2016 12,967 deaths -1.6%
2017 12,696 deaths -2.1%
2018 12,399 deaths -2.3%
2019 12,246 deaths -1.2%
2020 12,014 deaths -1.9%
2021 11,607 deaths -3.4%
2022 11,143 deaths -4.0%
2023 10,851 deaths -2.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 9,949 deaths 9,274 deaths 10,545 deaths 10
1960s 11,317 deaths 10,685 deaths 11,878 deaths 10
1970s 13,179 deaths 12,558 deaths 13,413 deaths 10
1980s 13,422 deaths 13,217 deaths 13,732 deaths 10
1990s 13,716 deaths 13,065 deaths 14,164 deaths 10
2000s 14,043 deaths 13,595 deaths 14,779 deaths 10
2010s 13,410 deaths 12,246 deaths 14,810 deaths 10
2020s 11,404 deaths 10,851 deaths 12,014 deaths 4

Countries ranked near Togo

  1. 47 Iran, Islamic Republic of 11,611 deaths compare
  2. 48 Haiti 11,211 deaths compare
  3. 49 Rwanda 10,879 deaths compare
  4. 51 Uzbekistan 10,484 deaths compare
  5. 52 Türkiye 9,827 deaths compare
  6. 53 Liberia 9,488 deaths compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of infants who die before age 1 in Togo?
Number of infants who die before age 1 in Togo was 10,851 deaths in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest number of infants who die before age 1 recorded in Togo?
The highest recorded value was 14,810 deaths in 2010.
What is the lowest number of infants who die before age 1 recorded in Togo?
The lowest recorded value was 9,274 deaths in 1950.
How does Togo rank for number of infants who die before age 1?
Togo ranks 50th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is number of infants who die before age 1 rising or falling in Togo?
Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Togo data come from?
The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of infants who die before age 1. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of infants who die before age 1
Unit
deaths
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people at birth.