Colombia CO: Mortality Rate: Under-5: per 1000 Live Births data was reported at 12.000 Ratio in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 12.400 Ratio for 2022. Colombia CO: Mortality Rate: Under-5: per 1000 Live Births data is updated yearly, averaging 33.900 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 134.300 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 12.000 Ratio in 2023. Colombia CO: Mortality Rate: Under-5: per 1000 Live Births data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.;Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.;Weighted average;Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Under-five mortality rates are higher for boys than for girls in countries in which parental gender preferences are insignificant. Under-five mortality captures the effect of gender discrimination better than infant mortality does, as malnutrition and medical interventions have more significant impacts to this age group. Where female under-five mortality is higher, girls are likely to have less access to resources than boys. Aggregate data for LIC, UMC, LMC, HIC are computed based on the groupings for the World Bank fiscal year in which the data was released by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. This is the Sustainable Development Goal indicator 3.2.1[https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

Historical dataset showing Colombia infant mortality rate by year from 1950 to 2025.

10.9 (deaths per thousand live births) in 2023. Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

In 2023, the infant mortality rate in deaths per 1,000 live births in Colombia amounted to 10.9. Between 1960 and 2023, the figure dropped by 84.5, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in Colombia was reported at 9.7 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Colombia - Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

Colombia Infant Mortality fell by 2.5% in 2019, compared to a year earlier.

Abstract: Avoidable mortality is a key indicator for decision-making in public health, considering deaths that could be avoided by disease prevention and healthcare services. Colombia lacks a specific inventory that allows estimating the magnitude, distribution, and evolution of avoidable childhood mortality. The study thus aimed to propose a list of potentially avoidable causes of death in children under five years of age in Colombia. Based on three lists of avoidable childhood mortality, the authors evaluated 6,800 causes of death according to their potential avoidability in Colombia. After analyzing the etiological plausibility and according to the natural history of the diseases, 595 events were ruled out. Later, causes that appeared in at least two reference inventories were added to the list. For those contained in just one inventory, (1,751) the conventional Delphi method with two stages was applied to assess consensus among experts. All the resulting causes were assigned to an avoidability group and validated twice. In each round, the percentage of overall agreement and Fleiss kappa were calculated for multiple evaluators. In all, 6,168 potentially avoidable causes of death were evaluated in children under five years of age, categorized as treatable (39.5%), preventable (47.4%), or mixed (13.1%). A consensus was found among pediatric experts as to potential avoidability. The final set is satisfactory, and its use is recommended in the Colombian context.

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Colombia was reported at 10.9 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Colombia - Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in Colombia was reported at 12.1 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Colombia - Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Child mortality rate of Colombia slipped by 3.23% from 12.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022 to 12.0 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023. Since the 3.49% downward trend in 2013, child mortality rate sank by 27.71% in 2023. Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates.

Colombia: The number of crude births per 1000 people, per year: The latest value from 2023 is 13.48 births per 1000 people, a decline from 13.73 births per 1000 people in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 17.86 births per 1000 people, based on data from 196 countries. Historically, the average for Colombia from 1960 to 2023 is 26.66 births per 1000 people. The minimum value, 13.48 births per 1000 people, was reached in 2023 while the maximum of 45.88 births per 1000 people was recorded in 1960.

Number of infant deaths in Colombia was reported at 7724 deaths in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Colombia - Number of infant deaths - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

Colombia CO: Completeness of Infant Death Reporting data was reported at 55.069 % in 2009. This records an increase from the previous number of 51.958 % for 2008. Colombia CO: Completeness of Infant Death Reporting data is updated yearly, averaging 55.069 % from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2009, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 60.294 % in 2006 and a record low of 51.958 % in 2008. Colombia CO: Completeness of Infant Death Reporting data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Completeness of infant death reporting is the number of infant deaths reported by national statistics authorities to the United Nations Statistics Division's Demography Yearbook divided by the number of infant deaths estimated by the United Nations Population Division.; ; The United Nations Statistics Division's Population and Vital Statistics Report and the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.; ;

The Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates, Version 2.01 consist of Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) estimates for 234 countries and territories, 143 of which include subnational units. The data are benchmarked to the year 2015 (Version 1 was benchmarked to the year 2000), and are drawn from national offices, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), and other sources from 2006 to 2014. In addition to Infant Mortality Rates, Version 2.01 includes crude estimates of births and infant deaths, which could be aggregated or disaggregated to different geographies to calculate infant mortality rates at different scales or resolutions, where births are the rate denominator and infant deaths are the rate numerator. Boundary inputs are derived primarily from the Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4) data collection. National and subnational data are mapped to grid cells at a spatial resolution of 30 arc-seconds (~1 km) (Version 1 has a spatial resolution of 1/4 degree, ~28 km at the equator), allowing for easy integration with demographic, environmental, and other spatial data. To provide a global subnational map of infant mortality rate estimates for the year 2015, to be used by a wide user community in interdisciplinary studies of health, poverty, and the environment.

Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) in Colombia was reported at 13.48 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Colombia - Birth rate, crude - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

Colombia CO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Female data was reported at 80.452 Year in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 79.471 Year for 2022. Colombia CO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 73.432 Year from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 80.452 Year in 2023 and a record low of 58.459 Year in 1960. Colombia CO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.;(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision; (2) Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices; (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics.;Weighted average;

Enclosed are data from CIESIN's Global subnational infant mortality rates database. Further documentation for these data is available in the enclosed catalog and on the CIESIN Poverty Mapping web site at: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/povmap Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University; 2005 Global subnational infant mortality rates [dataset]. CIESIN, Palisades, NY, USA. Available at: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/povmap/ds_global.html

The total life expectancy at birth in Colombia was 77.73 years in 2023. Between 1960 and 2023, the life expectancy at birth rose by 21.12 years, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Historical dataset showing Colombia birth rate by year from 1950 to 2025.

This dataset contains data for multidimensional poverty, infant mortality rate (IMR) and academic performance at municipality level for Colombia. It was developed with the purpose of assessing regional inequality in Colombia in the decade between 2005 - 2015 and its effect over academic performance at the end of high school. This dataset includes 1106 municipalities describing: average IMRs during a decade (2005-2015), fifteen variables describing poverty in 2005 (extracted from census data) and normalized scores for the cognitive skills test for college admissions (CSTCA). Poverty and IMR can be used as proxy of economic development and population health and scores on standardized tests as proxy of academic achievement. This dataset was generated to provide better understanding of the inequality in Colombia at regional level. Colombia is a middle income country, and one of the most unequal economies in the world. Regional disparities of economic growth and development in Colombia are visible in terms of poverty, population health and education. The reported data cover 3 categories of indicators that can be used to proxy poverty, population health and education achievement. IMR, health access and academic performance information at municipality level were obtained from data repositories of the Colombian government agencies.