Denmark vs Germany: Infant mortality

Infant mortality in 2023: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in Denmark and 3 per 1,000 live births in Germany, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Germany, by 0.1 per 1,000 live births, or 1.03 times that in Denmark.

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Denmark.
In 2023, Denmark ranked 205 and Germany ranked 203 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Denmark at 0.6 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	Denmark	Germany	World
2023	2.9	3	27.3
2022	3.1	3.1	28.2
2021	3.2	3	28.4
2020	3.1	3.1	28.7
2019	2.9	3.2	29.2
2018	3.6	3.2	29.7
2017	3.7	3.2	30.3
2016	3.2	3.5	31.1
2015	3.7	3.3	32.1
2014	4	3.3	32.9
2013	3.4	3.3	33.9
2012	3.4	3.3	35
2011	3.4	3.6	36.8
2010	3.4	3.5	37.7
2009	3	3.5	39.1
2008	4	3.5	40.4
2007	3.9	3.9	42
2006	3.9	3.8	43.7
2005	4.3	3.9	45.4
2004	4.3	4.1	47.2
2003	4.4	4.2	48.8
2002	4.4	4.2	50.6
2001	4.8	4.2	52.2
2000	5.4	4.4	53.7
1999	4.2	4.5	55.5
1998	4.6	4.6	57.1
1997	5.2	4.8	58.3
1996	5.5	5.1	59.6
1995	5	5.3	60.8
1994	5.6	5.5	62
1993	5.4	5.8	62.9
1992	6.7	6.1	64.1
1991	7.3	6.5	64.9
1990	7.5	7.1	64.9
1989	8.1	7.4	66.2
1988	7.8	7.7	68
1987	8.3	8.4	68.6
1986	8.2	8.9	70.8
1985	8	9.1	72.9
1984	7.7	9.7	74.6
1983	7.6	10.1	76.1
1982	8.1	11.1	76.6
1981	7.6	11.7	78.7
1980	8.2	12.8	80.6
1979	8.5	13.4	82.5
1978	8.7	14.2	84.7
1977	8.5	14.9	86.4
1976	9.6	16.8	88.1
1975	10.4	18.6	89.6
1974	10.8	19.8	90.9
1973	11.2	20.5	92.1
1972	12.1	20.1	93.6
1971	13.9	21.7	96.1
1970	14.2	21.7	96.9
1969	14.5	22	98.3
1968	15.7	21.7	100.2
1967	15	22.1	103.1
1966	17.2	23.3	104.9
1965	19	23.8	106.4
1964	18.8	25.9	106.1
1963	19.7	28.1	107.7
1962	20.1	29.7	110.2
1961	21.9	32.7	121.5
1960	22	35	131.8
1959	22.3	36.4	125.7
1958	22.3	37.9	117.7
1957	23.1	39	120
1956	24.9	41.1	121.9
1955	25.2	43.5	124.8
1954	26.5	46	127.7
1953	27.1	48.7	130.1
1952	29.1	51.5	132.7
1951	28.2	54.5	136
1950	30.4	57.6	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Denmark	Germany	World
2024	2.82.4–3.3	2.82.3–3.4	26.9
2025	2.72.2–3.5	2.72.1–3.6	26.4
2026	2.72–3.6	2.62–3.7	25.9
2027	2.61.9–3.7	2.61.8–3.8	25.4
2028	2.51.8–3.7	2.51.7–3.8	24.9
2029	2.51.7–3.8	2.41.6–3.9	24.5
2030	2.41.6–3.8	2.31.5–3.8	24
2031	2.31.5–3.8	2.21.5–3.9	23.6
2032	2.31.5–3.9	2.21.4–3.9	23.2
2033	2.21.4–3.9	2.11.3–3.9	22.8
2034	2.21.3–4	2.11.3–4	22.3
2035	2.11.3–3.9	21.2–4	21.9
2036	21.2–3.9	21.2–3.9	21.5
2037	21.2–3.8	1.91.1–3.9	21.1
2038	21.1–3.9	1.91.1–3.8	20.8
2039	1.91.1–3.8	1.81–3.8	20.4
2040	1.91–3.7	1.81–3.8	20
2041	1.81–3.7	1.71–3.8	19.7
2042	1.81–3.7	1.70.9–3.7	19.4
2043	1.80.9–3.6	1.60.9–3.7	19
2044	1.70.9–3.7	1.60.9–3.7	18.7
2045	1.70.9–3.7	1.60.8–3.5	18.4
2046	1.60.9–3.6	1.50.8–3.6	18.2
2047	1.60.8–3.7	1.50.8–3.5	17.9
2048	1.60.8–3.5	1.50.8–3.4	17.7
2049	1.50.8–3.5	1.40.7–3.3	17.5
2050	1.50.7–3.4	1.40.7–3.3	17.3
2051	1.50.7–3.4	1.40.7–3.3	17.1
2052	1.50.7–3.4	1.30.7–3.2	16.9
2053	1.40.6–3.2	1.30.6–3.2	16.7
2054	1.40.6–3.3	1.30.6–3.2	16.5
2055	1.40.6–3.2	1.30.6–3	16.3
2056	1.30.6–3.2	1.20.6–3.1	16.1
2057	1.30.6–3.2	1.20.6–3.1	15.9
2058	1.30.5–3.1	1.20.6–3	15.7
2059	1.30.5–3	1.20.6–3.2	15.5
2060	1.20.5–2.9	1.20.5–3.1	15.3
2061	1.20.5–2.9	1.10.5–3.1	15.1
2062	1.20.5–2.8	1.10.5–3	14.9
2063	1.20.5–2.8	1.10.5–2.9	14.7
2064	1.20.4–2.8	1.10.5–2.9	14.5
2065	1.10.4–2.7	1.10.5–2.8	14.3
2066	1.10.4–2.7	10.5–2.8	14.1
2067	1.10.4–2.7	10.5–2.8	13.9
2068	1.10.4–2.8	10.4–2.9	13.8
2069	1.10.4–2.7	10.4–2.7	13.6
2070	10.4–2.7	10.4–2.7	13.4
2071	10.3–2.5	10.4–2.7	13.2
2072	10.3–2.5	0.90.4–2.7	13
2073	10.3–2.5	0.90.4–2.7	12.9
2074	10.3–2.5	0.90.4–2.7	12.7
2075	10.3–2.4	0.90.3–2.6	12.6
2076	0.90.3–2.5	0.90.3–2.7	12.4
2077	0.90.3–2.5	0.90.3–2.5	12.3
2078	0.90.2–2.4	0.80.3–2.5	12.1
2079	0.90.2–2.4	0.80.3–2.4	12
2080	0.90.2–2.4	0.80.3–2.5	11.8
2081	0.90.2–2.4	0.80.3–2.5	11.7
2082	0.80.2–2.4	0.80.3–2.5	11.6
2083	0.80.2–2.2	0.80.3–2.5	11.5
2084	0.80.2–2.2	0.80.3–2.4	11.4
2085	0.80.2–2.4	0.80.2–2.3	11.3
2086	0.80.2–2.3	0.70.2–2.3	11.1
2087	0.80.2–2.3	0.70.2–2.2	11
2088	0.80.2–2.2	0.70.2–2.2	10.9
2089	0.70.1–2.2	0.70.2–2.1	10.8
2090	0.70.1–2.2	0.70.2–2.1	10.7
2091	0.70.1–2.1	0.70.2–2.1	10.6
2092	0.70.1–2.1	0.70.2–2	10.5
2093	0.70.1–2.1	0.70.2–2	10.4
2094	0.70.1–2	0.70.1–2	10.3
2095	0.70.1–2.1	0.70.1–1.9	10.1
2096	0.60.1–2	0.60.1–1.9	10
2097	0.60.1–2.1	0.60.1–1.9	9.9
2098	0.60.1–2.1	0.60.1–1.9	9.8
2099	0.60.1–2	0.60.1–1.9	9.7
2100	0.60.1–2	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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