Canada

Child mortality in Canada

Child mortality in Canada: 30.4 per 100 live births in 1900 and 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
0.5 per 100 live births
Since 1900
−29.9 per 100 live births
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in CanadaChild mortality in Canada: 30.4 per 100 live births in 1900 and 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 34 per 100 live births in 1908, the lowest 0.5 per 100 live births in 2017.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 34 per 100 live births in 1908, the lowest 0.5 per 100 live births in 2017.

Every year

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

YearCanadaWorld
20240.53.7
20230.53.8
20220.54
20210.54
20200.53.9
20190.54
20180.54
20170.54.1
20160.54.2
20150.54.3
20140.54.4
20130.64.5
20120.64.7
20110.65
20100.65.1
20090.65.3
20080.65.5
20070.65.7
20060.66
20050.66.2
20040.66.6
20030.66.8
20020.67.1
20010.67.4
20000.67.7
19990.67.9
19980.68.3
19970.78.4
19960.78.6
19950.78.8
19940.78.9
19930.79.1
19920.89.2
19910.89.3
19900.89.4
19890.99.5
19880.910
19870.99.9
19860.910.3
1985110.6
1984110.9
19831.111.1
19821.111.2
19811.211.6
19801.311.9
19791.311.9
19781.412.3
19771.512.6
19761.612.8
19751.713.1
19741.813.3
19731.913.5
1972213.7
19712.113.9
19702.214.2
19692.314.6
19682.415
19672.515.3
19662.615.1
19652.715.1
19642.815.7
19632.916.2
19623.117
19613.218.8
19603.320.2
19593.419.9
19583.519.7
19573.620.5
19563.721.3
19553.822.3
1954422.8
19534.223.3
19524.423.9
19514.624.3
19504.924.7
19495.124.9
19485.424.9
1947625.5
19466.125.8
19456.126.7
19446.927.4
1943727.7
19427.327.9
19418.127.8
19407.827.9
19398.128
19388.628.7
193710.328.8
19368.629.1
19359.229.5
19349.230.7
19339.330.5
19329.930.7
193111.631.4
193012.531.6
192912.832
192812.131.9
192712.531.9
192613.332.7
192512.232.4
192412.733.1
192314.133.1
192214.433.2
192114.434.2
192026.534.4
191922.835.7
19182237.6
191721.735.3
191626.935.1
191524.835.3
191426.235.4
191327.335.1
191226.235.5
191130.136
191028.336.4
190922.236.6
19083437.2
1907–37.4
190620.538.1
1905–38.8
190416.838.9
190321.339.5
190221.740.1
190127.240.8
190030.440.9
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

Good to know

  • 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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