# Child mortality rate: Australia

0.36% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 155 years from 1870 to 2024 are below.

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/child-mortality) · [All countries and regions](/child-mortality).

## Every year

| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 0.36 |
| 2023 | 0.37 |
| 2022 | 0.37 |
| 2021 | 0.37 |
| 2020 | 0.38 |
| 2019 | 0.38 |
| 2018 | 0.38 |
| 2017 | 0.38 |
| 2016 | 0.38 |
| 2015 | 0.39 |
| 2014 | 0.4 |
| 2013 | 0.41 |
| 2012 | 0.43 |
| 2011 | 0.45 |
| 2010 | 0.48 |
| 2009 | 0.5 |
| 2008 | 0.52 |
| 2007 | 0.54 |
| 2006 | 0.56 |
| 2005 | 0.57 |
| 2004 | 0.58 |
| 2003 | 0.59 |
| 2002 | 0.6 |
| 2001 | 0.61 |
| 2000 | 0.62 |
| 1999 | 0.63 |
| 1998 | 0.64 |
| 1997 | 0.66 |
| 1996 | 0.68 |
| 1995 | 0.7 |
| 1994 | 0.73 |
| 1993 | 0.77 |
| 1992 | 0.82 |
| 1991 | 0.87 |
| 1990 | 0.92 |
| 1989 | 0.97 |
| 1988 | 1.02 |
| 1987 | 1.06 |
| 1986 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 1.13 |
| 1984 | 1.16 |
| 1983 | 1.19 |
| 1982 | 1.22 |
| 1981 | 1.25 |
| 1980 | 1.3 |
| 1979 | 1.36 |
| 1978 | 1.44 |
| 1977 | 1.52 |
| 1976 | 1.62 |
| 1975 | 1.73 |
| 1974 | 1.84 |
| 1973 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 2.03 |
| 1971 | 2.1 |
| 1970 | 2.15 |
| 1969 | 2.17 |
| 1968 | 2.19 |
| 1967 | 2.2 |
| 1966 | 2.21 |
| 1965 | 2.23 |
| 1964 | 2.27 |
| 1963 | 2.32 |
| 1962 | 2.37 |
| 1961 | 2.43 |
| 1960 | 2.49 |
| 1959 | 2.54 |
| 1958 | 2.6 |
| 1957 | 2.66 |
| 1956 | 2.73 |
| 1955 | 2.8 |
| 1954 | 2.87 |
| 1953 | 2.95 |
| 1952 | 3.03 |
| 1951 | 3.1 |
| 1950 | 3.16 |
| 1949 | 3.22 |
| 1948 | 3.39 |
| 1947 | 3.58 |
| 1946 | 3.85 |
| 1945 | 3.79 |
| 1944 | 4.14 |
| 1943 | 5.03 |
| 1942 | 5.15 |
| 1941 | 5.25 |
| 1940 | 5.02 |
| 1939 | 5.05 |
| 1938 | 5.05 |
| 1937 | 5.07 |
| 1936 | 5.58 |
| 1935 | 5.36 |
| 1934 | 5.8 |
| 1933 | 5.33 |
| 1932 | 5.36 |
| 1931 | 5.43 |
| 1930 | 6.38 |
| 1929 | 6.81 |
| 1928 | 7.16 |
| 1927 | 7.23 |
| 1926 | 7.02 |
| 1925 | 6.98 |
| 1924 | 7.61 |
| 1923 | 7.95 |
| 1922 | 7.1 |
| 1921 | 8.91 |
| 1920 | 9.52 |
| 1919 | 9.52 |
| 1918 | 7.97 |
| 1917 | 7.5 |
| 1916 | 9.69 |
| 1915 | 9.36 |
| 1914 | 9.85 |
| 1913 | 10.02 |
| 1912 | 10.02 |
| 1911 | 9.36 |
| 1910 | 10.52 |
| 1909 | 10.02 |
| 1908 | 11.03 |
| 1907 | 11.54 |
| 1906 | 11.89 |
| 1905 | 11.72 |
| 1904 | 11.72 |
| 1903 | 16.97 |
| 1902 | 16.22 |
| 1901 | 15.66 |
| 1900 | 14.93 |
| 1899 | 17.91 |
| 1898 | 20.16 |
| 1897 | 15.85 |
| 1896 | 17.53 |
| 1895 | 15.11 |
| 1894 | 15.66 |
| 1893 | 17.91 |
| 1892 | 16.04 |
| 1891 | 17.72 |
| 1890 | 16.22 |
| 1889 | 20.91 |
| 1888 | 17.91 |
| 1887 | 17.91 |
| 1886 | 19.78 |
| 1885 | 20.16 |
| 1884 | 19.6 |
| 1883 | 18.84 |
| 1882 | 21.47 |
| 1881 | 17.91 |
| 1880 | 18.09 |
| 1879 | 17.72 |
| 1878 | 20.72 |
| 1877 | 19.97 |
| 1876 | 18.47 |
| 1875 | 22.22 |
| 1874 | 19.6 |
| 1873 | 17.53 |
| 1872 | 18.28 |
| 1871 | 15.66 |
| 1870 | 16.97 |

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