Child mortality in Australia

Child mortality in Australia: 17 per 100 live births in 1870 and 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births
Since 1870: −16.6 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024: 176 of 200; counting from the highest
World, 2024: 3.7 per 100 live births

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

Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 22.2 per 100 live births in 1875, the lowest 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

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

Year	Australia	World
2024	0.4	3.7
2023	0.4	3.8
2022	0.4	4
2021	0.4	4
2020	0.4	3.9
2019	0.4	4
2018	0.4	4
2017	0.4	4.1
2016	0.4	4.2
2015	0.4	4.3
2014	0.4	4.4
2013	0.4	4.5
2012	0.4	4.7
2011	0.5	5
2010	0.5	5.1
2009	0.5	5.3
2008	0.5	5.5
2007	0.5	5.7
2006	0.6	6
2005	0.6	6.2
2004	0.6	6.6
2003	0.6	6.8
2002	0.6	7.1
2001	0.6	7.4
2000	0.6	7.7
1999	0.6	7.9
1998	0.6	8.3
1997	0.7	8.4
1996	0.7	8.6
1995	0.7	8.8
1994	0.7	8.9
1993	0.8	9.1
1992	0.8	9.2
1991	0.9	9.3
1990	0.9	9.4
1989	1	9.5
1988	1	10
1987	1.1	9.9
1986	1.1	10.3
1985	1.1	10.6
1984	1.2	10.9
1983	1.2	11.1
1982	1.2	11.2
1981	1.3	11.6
1980	1.3	11.9
1979	1.4	11.9
1978	1.4	12.3
1977	1.5	12.6
1976	1.6	12.8
1975	1.7	13.1
1974	1.8	13.3
1973	1.9	13.5
1972	2	13.7
1971	2.1	13.9
1970	2.2	14.2
1969	2.2	14.6
1968	2.2	15
1967	2.2	15.3
1966	2.2	15.1
1965	2.2	15.1
1964	2.3	15.7
1963	2.3	16.2
1962	2.4	17
1961	2.4	18.8
1960	2.5	20.2
1959	2.5	19.9
1958	2.6	19.7
1957	2.7	20.5
1956	2.7	21.3
1955	2.8	22.3
1954	2.9	22.8
1953	3	23.3
1952	3	23.9
1951	3.1	24.3
1950	3.2	24.7
1949	3.2	24.9
1948	3.4	24.9
1947	3.6	25.5
1946	3.9	25.8
1945	3.8	26.7
1944	4.1	27.4
1943	5	27.7
1942	5.2	27.9
1941	5.3	27.8
1940	5	27.9
1939	5.1	28
1938	5.1	28.7
1937	5.1	28.8
1936	5.6	29.1
1935	5.4	29.5
1934	5.8	30.7
1933	5.3	30.5
1932	5.4	30.7
1931	5.4	31.4
1930	6.4	31.6
1929	6.8	32
1928	7.2	31.9
1927	7.2	31.9
1926	7	32.7
1925	7	32.4
1924	7.6	33.1
1923	8	33.1
1922	7.1	33.2
1921	8.9	34.2
1920	9.5	34.4
1919	9.5	35.7
1918	8	37.6
1917	7.5	35.3
1916	9.7	35.1
1915	9.4	35.3
1914	9.9	35.4
1913	10	35.1
1912	10	35.5
1911	9.4	36
1910	10.5	36.4
1909	10	36.6
1908	11	37.2
1907	11.5	37.4
1906	11.9	38.1
1905	11.7	38.8
1904	11.7	38.9
1903	17	39.5
1902	16.2	40.1
1901	15.7	40.8
1900	14.9	40.9
1899	17.9	40.8
1898	20.2	41.2
1897	15.9	41
1896	17.5	41.1
1895	15.1	41.3
1894	15.7	41.2
1893	17.9	41.2
1892	16	41.7
1891	17.7	41.3
1890	16.2	41.5
1889	20.9	41.2
1888	17.9	41
1887	17.9	41.1
1886	19.8	41.1
1885	20.2	41.2
1884	19.6	41.1
1883	18.8	41.4
1882	21.5	41.5
1881	17.9	41.1
1880	18.1	41.6
1879	17.7	41.1
1878	20.7	41.6
1877	20	41.2
1876	18.5	41.4
1875	22.2	41.5
1874	19.6	41.7
1873	17.5	41.8
1872	18.3	42.1
1871	15.7	42.2
1870	17	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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