Japan

Child mortality in Japan

Child mortality in Japan: 27 per 100 live births in 1920 and 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
0.2 per 100 live births
Since 1920
−26.8 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 JapanChild mortality in Japan: 27 per 100 live births in 1920 and 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 28.6 per 100 live births in 1921, the lowest 0.2 per 100 live births in 2020.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 28.6 per 100 live births in 1921, the lowest 0.2 per 100 live births in 2020.

Every year

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

YearJapanWorld
20240.23.7
20230.23.8
20220.24
20210.24
20200.23.9
20190.34
20180.34
20170.34.1
20160.34.2
20150.34.3
20140.34.4
20130.34.5
20120.34.7
20110.35
20100.35.1
20090.35.3
20080.35.5
20070.45.7
20060.46
20050.46.2
20040.46.6
20030.46.8
20020.47.1
20010.47.4
20000.57.7
19990.57.9
19980.58.3
19970.58.4
19960.68.6
19950.68.8
19940.68.9
19930.69.1
19920.69.2
19910.69.3
19900.69.4
19890.69.5
19880.710
19870.79.9
19860.710.3
19850.810.6
19840.810.9
19830.811.1
19820.911.2
19810.911.6
1980111.9
19791.111.9
19781.112.3
19771.212.6
19761.312.8
19751.313.1
19741.413.3
19731.513.5
19721.613.7
19711.713.9
19701.814.2
19691.914.6
1968215
19672.115.3
19662.315.1
19652.515.1
19642.715.7
1963316.2
19623.317
19613.618.8
1960420.2
19594.319.9
19584.719.7
1957520.5
19565.421.3
19555.822.3
19546.322.8
19536.823.3
19527.523.9
19518.324.3
19509.224.7
194910.124.9
19489.924.9
194714.825.5
1946–25.8
1945–26.7
1944–27.4
194312.627.7
194212.427.9
194112.127.8
194013.127.9
193916.228
193817.728.7
19371628.8
193618.129.1
193516.229.5
193419.630.7
19331930.5
193218.330.7
193120.931.4
193019.631.6
192922.832
19282231.9
192722.831.9
192621.932.7
192522.832.4
192425.333.1
192326.533.1
19222733.2
192128.634.2
19202734.4
1919–35.7
1918–37.6
1917–35.3
1916–35.1
1915–35.3
1914–35.4
1913–35.1
1912–35.5
1911–36
1910–36.4
1909–36.6
1908–37.2
1907–37.4
1906–38.1
1905–38.8
1904–38.9
1903–39.5
1902–40.1
1901–40.8
1900–40.9
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

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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