Austria vs Germany: Infant mortality

Infant mortality in 2023: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in Austria and 3 per 1,000 live births in Germany, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Germany, by 0.2 per 1,000 live births, or 1.08 times that in Austria.

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Austria.
In 2023, Austria ranked 209 and Germany ranked 203 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Austria at 0.5 per 1,000 live births and Germany at 0.6 per 1,000 live births in 2100.
The world as a whole: 27.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023.

Every year

deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Year	Austria	Germany	World
2023	2.8	3	27.3
2022	2.9	3.1	28.2
2021	2.8	3	28.4
2020	3.2	3.1	28.7
2019	3	3.2	29.2
2018	2.7	3.2	29.7
2017	2.9	3.2	30.3
2016	3.2	3.5	31.1
2015	3.1	3.3	32.1
2014	3.1	3.3	32.9
2013	3.1	3.3	33.9
2012	3.2	3.3	35
2011	3.6	3.6	36.8
2010	4	3.5	37.7
2009	3.8	3.5	39.1
2008	3.7	3.5	40.4
2007	3.6	3.9	42
2006	3.6	3.8	43.7
2005	4.1	3.9	45.4
2004	4.5	4.1	47.2
2003	4.4	4.2	48.8
2002	4.2	4.2	50.6
2001	4.8	4.2	52.2
2000	4.8	4.4	53.7
1999	4.2	4.5	55.5
1998	4.8	4.6	57.1
1997	4.5	4.8	58.3
1996	5.1	5.1	59.6
1995	5.3	5.3	60.8
1994	6.2	5.5	62
1993	6.5	5.8	62.9
1992	7.5	6.1	64.1
1991	7.6	6.5	64.9
1990	7.9	7.1	64.9
1989	8.3	7.4	66.2
1988	8.1	7.7	68
1987	9.8	8.4	68.6
1986	10.2	8.9	70.8
1985	11	9.1	72.9
1984	11.3	9.7	74.6
1983	11.5	10.1	76.1
1982	12.8	11.1	76.6
1981	12.6	11.7	78.7
1980	14.6	12.8	80.6
1979	14.8	13.4	82.5
1978	15	14.2	84.7
1977	16.7	14.9	86.4
1976	17.7	16.8	88.1
1975	20.1	18.6	89.6
1974	23.4	19.8	90.9
1973	23	20.5	92.1
1972	24.6	20.1	93.6
1971	25.6	21.7	96.1
1970	24.9	21.7	96.9
1969	24.8	22	98.3
1968	25.2	21.7	100.2
1967	26.2	22.1	103.1
1966	28	23.3	104.9
1965	27.6	23.8	106.4
1964	29.1	25.9	106.1
1963	31.1	28.1	107.7
1962	32.9	29.7	110.2
1961	33.4	32.7	121.5
1960	37.5	35	131.8
1959	40.3	36.4	125.7
1958	40.7	37.9	117.7
1957	44.4	39	120
1956	44.4	41.1	121.9
1955	46.5	43.5	124.8
1954	48.4	46	127.7
1953	49.7	48.7	130.1
1952	52.2	51.5	132.7
1951	60	54.5	136
1950	65.3	57.6	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Austria	Germany	World
2024	2.62.2–3.2	2.82.3–3.4	26.9
2025	2.51.9–3.3	2.72.1–3.6	26.4
2026	2.51.8–3.5	2.62–3.7	25.9
2027	2.41.6–3.5	2.61.8–3.8	25.4
2028	2.31.6–3.6	2.51.7–3.8	24.9
2029	2.21.5–3.6	2.41.6–3.9	24.5
2030	2.11.4–3.5	2.31.5–3.8	24
2031	2.11.3–3.5	2.21.5–3.9	23.6
2032	21.2–3.6	2.21.4–3.9	23.2
2033	1.91.1–3.6	2.11.3–3.9	22.8
2034	1.91.1–3.6	2.11.3–4	22.3
2035	1.81–3.5	21.2–4	21.9
2036	1.81–3.5	21.2–3.9	21.5
2037	1.70.9–3.5	1.91.1–3.9	21.1
2038	1.70.9–3.4	1.91.1–3.8	20.8
2039	1.60.9–3.4	1.81–3.8	20.4
2040	1.60.8–3.5	1.81–3.8	20
2041	1.50.8–3.5	1.71–3.8	19.7
2042	1.50.8–3.4	1.70.9–3.7	19.4
2043	1.50.7–3.4	1.60.9–3.7	19
2044	1.40.7–3.2	1.60.9–3.7	18.7
2045	1.40.7–3.1	1.60.8–3.5	18.4
2046	1.40.6–3.2	1.50.8–3.6	18.2
2047	1.30.6–3.2	1.50.8–3.5	17.9
2048	1.30.6–3.1	1.50.8–3.4	17.7
2049	1.30.6–3.2	1.40.7–3.3	17.5
2050	1.20.6–3.1	1.40.7–3.3	17.3
2051	1.20.5–3.1	1.40.7–3.3	17.1
2052	1.20.5–3.1	1.30.7–3.2	16.9
2053	1.20.5–3.1	1.30.6–3.2	16.7
2054	1.10.5–3.1	1.30.6–3.2	16.5
2055	1.10.5–3	1.30.6–3	16.3
2056	1.10.5–3	1.20.6–3.1	16.1
2057	1.10.4–2.9	1.20.6–3.1	15.9
2058	10.4–2.9	1.20.6–3	15.7
2059	10.4–2.8	1.20.6–3.2	15.5
2060	10.4–2.8	1.20.5–3.1	15.3
2061	10.4–2.8	1.10.5–3.1	15.1
2062	10.4–2.7	1.10.5–3	14.9
2063	0.90.4–2.6	1.10.5–2.9	14.7
2064	0.90.3–2.6	1.10.5–2.9	14.5
2065	0.90.3–2.6	1.10.5–2.8	14.3
2066	0.90.3–2.5	10.5–2.8	14.1
2067	0.90.3–2.5	10.5–2.8	13.9
2068	0.80.3–2.4	10.4–2.9	13.8
2069	0.80.3–2.3	10.4–2.7	13.6
2070	0.80.3–2.3	10.4–2.7	13.4
2071	0.80.3–2.3	10.4–2.7	13.2
2072	0.80.3–2.3	0.90.4–2.7	13
2073	0.80.2–2.3	0.90.4–2.7	12.9
2074	0.80.2–2.3	0.90.4–2.7	12.7
2075	0.70.2–2.2	0.90.3–2.6	12.6
2076	0.70.2–2.2	0.90.3–2.7	12.4
2077	0.70.2–2.3	0.90.3–2.5	12.3
2078	0.70.2–2.3	0.80.3–2.5	12.1
2079	0.70.2–2.2	0.80.3–2.4	12
2080	0.70.2–2.2	0.80.3–2.5	11.8
2081	0.70.2–2.1	0.80.3–2.5	11.7
2082	0.60.2–2.1	0.80.3–2.5	11.6
2083	0.60.1–2	0.80.3–2.5	11.5
2084	0.60.1–2.1	0.80.3–2.4	11.4
2085	0.60.1–2	0.80.2–2.3	11.3
2086	0.60.1–2	0.70.2–2.3	11.1
2087	0.60.1–2	0.70.2–2.2	11
2088	0.60.1–1.9	0.70.2–2.2	10.9
2089	0.60.1–1.9	0.70.2–2.1	10.8
2090	0.60.1–1.9	0.70.2–2.1	10.7
2091	0.50.1–1.8	0.70.2–2.1	10.6
2092	0.50.1–1.8	0.70.2–2	10.5
2093	0.50.1–1.8	0.70.2–2	10.4
2094	0.50.1–1.8	0.70.1–2	10.3
2095	0.50.1–1.8	0.70.1–1.9	10.1
2096	0.50.1–1.8	0.60.1–1.9	10
2097	0.50.1–1.8	0.60.1–1.9	9.9
2098	0.50–1.7	0.60.1–1.9	9.8
2099	0.50–1.7	0.60.1–1.9	9.7
2100	0.50–1.7	0.60.1–1.8	9.6

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Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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