Canada vs Japan: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.5 per 100 live births in Canada and 0.2 per 100 live births in Japan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Canada, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 2.25 times that in Japan.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Canada has been higher since 1964, when it overtook Japan.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Canada	Japan	World
2024	0.5	0.2	3.7
2023	0.5	0.2	3.8
2022	0.5	0.2	4
2021	0.5	0.2	4
2020	0.5	0.2	3.9
2019	0.5	0.3	4
2018	0.5	0.3	4
2017	0.5	0.3	4.1
2016	0.5	0.3	4.2
2015	0.5	0.3	4.3
2014	0.5	0.3	4.4
2013	0.6	0.3	4.5
2012	0.6	0.3	4.7
2011	0.6	0.3	5
2010	0.6	0.3	5.1
2009	0.6	0.3	5.3
2008	0.6	0.3	5.5
2007	0.6	0.4	5.7
2006	0.6	0.4	6
2005	0.6	0.4	6.2
2004	0.6	0.4	6.6
2003	0.6	0.4	6.8
2002	0.6	0.4	7.1
2001	0.6	0.4	7.4
2000	0.6	0.5	7.7
1999	0.6	0.5	7.9
1998	0.6	0.5	8.3
1997	0.7	0.5	8.4
1996	0.7	0.6	8.6
1995	0.7	0.6	8.8
1994	0.7	0.6	8.9
1993	0.7	0.6	9.1
1992	0.8	0.6	9.2
1991	0.8	0.6	9.3
1990	0.8	0.6	9.4
1989	0.9	0.6	9.5
1988	0.9	0.7	10
1987	0.9	0.7	9.9
1986	0.9	0.7	10.3
1985	1	0.8	10.6
1984	1	0.8	10.9
1983	1.1	0.8	11.1
1982	1.1	0.9	11.2
1981	1.2	0.9	11.6
1980	1.3	1	11.9
1979	1.3	1.1	11.9
1978	1.4	1.1	12.3
1977	1.5	1.2	12.6
1976	1.6	1.3	12.8
1975	1.7	1.3	13.1
1974	1.8	1.4	13.3
1973	1.9	1.5	13.5
1972	2	1.6	13.7
1971	2.1	1.7	13.9
1970	2.2	1.8	14.2
1969	2.3	1.9	14.6
1968	2.4	2	15
1967	2.5	2.1	15.3
1966	2.6	2.3	15.1
1965	2.7	2.5	15.1
1964	2.8	2.7	15.7
1963	2.9	3	16.2
1962	3.1	3.3	17
1961	3.2	3.6	18.8
1960	3.3	4	20.2
1959	3.4	4.3	19.9
1958	3.5	4.7	19.7
1957	3.6	5	20.5
1956	3.7	5.4	21.3
1955	3.8	5.8	22.3
1954	4	6.3	22.8
1953	4.2	6.8	23.3
1952	4.4	7.5	23.9
1951	4.6	8.3	24.3
1950	4.9	9.2	24.7
1949	5.1	10.1	24.9
1948	5.4	9.9	24.9
1947	6	14.8	25.5
1946	6.1	–	25.8
1945	6.1	–	26.7
1944	6.9	–	27.4
1943	7	12.6	27.7
1942	7.3	12.4	27.9
1941	8.1	12.1	27.8
1940	7.8	13.1	27.9
1939	8.1	16.2	28
1938	8.6	17.7	28.7
1937	10.3	16	28.8
1936	8.6	18.1	29.1
1935	9.2	16.2	29.5
1934	9.2	19.6	30.7
1933	9.3	19	30.5
1932	9.9	18.3	30.7
1931	11.6	20.9	31.4
1930	12.5	19.6	31.6
1929	12.8	22.8	32
1928	12.1	22	31.9
1927	12.5	22.8	31.9
1926	13.3	21.9	32.7
1925	12.2	22.8	32.4
1924	12.7	25.3	33.1
1923	14.1	26.5	33.1
1922	14.4	27	33.2
1921	14.4	28.6	34.2
1920	26.5	27	34.4
1919	22.8	–	35.7
1918	22	–	37.6
1917	21.7	–	35.3
1916	26.9	–	35.1
1915	24.8	–	35.3
1914	26.2	–	35.4
1913	27.3	–	35.1
1912	26.2	–	35.5
1911	30.1	–	36
1910	28.3	–	36.4
1909	22.2	–	36.6
1908	34	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	20.5	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	16.8	–	38.9
1903	21.3	–	39.5
1902	21.7	–	40.1
1901	27.2	–	40.8
1900	30.4	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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