Child mortality in Denmark

Child mortality in Denmark: 29.9 per 100 live births in 1835 and 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births
Since 1835: −29.5 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024: 168 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 29.9 per 100 live births in 1835, the lowest 0.4 per 100 live births in 2020.

Every year

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

Year	Denmark	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	0.4	5
2010	0.4	5.1
2009	0.4	5.3
2008	0.4	5.5
2007	0.5	5.7
2006	0.5	6
2005	0.5	6.2
2004	0.5	6.6
2003	0.5	6.8
2002	0.5	7.1
2001	0.6	7.4
2000	0.6	7.7
1999	0.6	7.9
1998	0.6	8.3
1997	0.6	8.4
1996	0.6	8.6
1995	0.7	8.8
1994	0.7	8.9
1993	0.7	9.1
1992	0.8	9.2
1991	0.8	9.3
1990	0.9	9.4
1989	0.9	9.5
1988	1	10
1987	1	9.9
1986	1	10.3
1985	1	10.6
1984	1	10.9
1983	1	11.1
1982	1	11.2
1981	1	11.6
1980	1	11.9
1979	1	11.9
1978	1.1	12.3
1977	1.1	12.6
1976	1.2	12.8
1975	1.2	13.1
1974	1.3	13.3
1973	1.4	13.5
1972	1.5	13.7
1971	1.6	13.9
1970	1.7	14.2
1969	1.7	14.6
1968	1.8	15
1967	1.9	15.3
1966	2	15.1
1965	2.1	15.1
1964	2.2	15.7
1963	2.3	16.2
1962	2.4	17
1961	2.5	18.8
1960	2.5	20.2
1959	2.6	19.9
1958	2.6	19.7
1957	2.7	20.5
1956	2.8	21.3
1955	2.9	22.3
1954	3.1	22.8
1953	3.2	23.3
1952	3.3	23.9
1951	3.3	24.3
1950	3.4	24.7
1949	3.9	24.9
1948	4.1	24.9
1947	4.6	25.5
1946	5.4	25.8
1945	5.8	26.7
1944	5.9	27.4
1943	5.4	27.7
1942	5.7	27.9
1941	6.5	27.8
1940	5.9	27.9
1939	6.7	28
1938	7.1	28.7
1937	7.8	28.8
1936	8.1	29.1
1935	8.7	29.5
1934	7.6	30.7
1933	7.8	30.5
1932	8.5	30.7
1931	9.5	31.4
1930	9.4	31.6
1929	9.3	32
1928	9.7	31.9
1927	9.9	31.9
1926	9.9	32.7
1925	9.5	32.4
1924	10.3	33.1
1923	10.1	33.1
1922	9.8	33.2
1921	9.1	34.2
1920	12	34.4
1919	11.7	35.7
1918	9.9	37.6
1917	12.3	35.3
1916	12.9	35.1
1915	11.2	35.3
1914	11.8	35.4
1913	11.4	35.1
1912	11.6	35.5
1911	13	36
1910	12.2	36.4
1909	12.4	36.6
1908	15.3	37.2
1907	13.6	37.4
1906	13.6	38.1
1905	15.1	38.8
1904	14	38.9
1903	14.7	39.5
1902	14.9	40.1
1901	17.1	40.8
1900	16.3	40.9
1899	19.3	40.8
1898	16.5	41.2
1897	16.9	41
1896	16.6	41.1
1895	18.4	41.3
1894	19.6	41.2
1893	22.1	41.2
1892	20.7	41.7
1891	20.7	41.3
1890	20.6	41.5
1889	20.4	41.2
1888	21.2	41
1887	19.6	41.1
1886	18.8	41.1
1885	17.6	41.2
1884	19.5	41.1
1883	19	41.4
1882	22.2	41.5
1881	18.7	41.1
1880	23.1	41.6
1879	20.7	41.1
1878	20.3	41.6
1877	19.8	41.2
1876	21.2	41.4
1875	22.6	41.5
1874	20.5	41.7
1873	18.9	41.8
1872	19.1	42.1
1871	20	42.2
1870	21.3	41.9
1869	20.8	42.1
1868	22.1	42.4
1867	22.2	42
1866	24	42.1
1865	26.7	42.3
1864	26	42.2
1863	19.6	42.5
1862	19.5	42.6
1861	18.8	42.9
1860	21.8	42.9
1859	22.6	43.7
1858	27.2	43.8
1857	24.1	44.2
1856	20	44.2
1855	19.3	44
1854	23.7	43.7
1853	27.9	43.2
1852	26.2	42.9
1851	24	42.4
1850	24.3	42
1849	27.7	42.3
1848	28	42.3
1847	28.1	42.2
1846	28.5	42.4
1845	24.9	42
1844	23.6	42.1
1843	23.2	42.1
1842	25.4	42.2
1841	25.5	42.1
1840	27.1	42.1
1839	26.7	42.1
1838	24	42.2
1837	25.2	42.2
1836	28	42.2
1835	29.9	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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