Child mortality rate: Denmark
0.4% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 190 years from 1835 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 · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4 |
| 2023 | 0.39 |
| 2022 | 0.38 |
| 2021 | 0.37 |
| 2020 | 0.37 |
| 2019 | 0.38 |
| 2018 | 0.39 |
| 2017 | 0.39 |
| 2016 | 0.4 |
| 2015 | 0.41 |
| 2014 | 0.41 |
| 2013 | 0.41 |
| 2012 | 0.41 |
| 2011 | 0.41 |
| 2010 | 0.41 |
| 2009 | 0.42 |
| 2008 | 0.43 |
| 2007 | 0.45 |
| 2006 | 0.46 |
| 2005 | 0.48 |
| 2004 | 0.5 |
| 2003 | 0.52 |
| 2002 | 0.54 |
| 2001 | 0.55 |
| 2000 | 0.56 |
| 1999 | 0.57 |
| 1998 | 0.59 |
| 1997 | 0.6 |
| 1996 | 0.62 |
| 1995 | 0.65 |
| 1994 | 0.69 |
| 1993 | 0.73 |
| 1992 | 0.79 |
| 1991 | 0.84 |
| 1990 | 0.89 |
| 1989 | 0.94 |
| 1988 | 0.96 |
| 1987 | 0.97 |
| 1986 | 0.97 |
| 1985 | 0.96 |
| 1984 | 0.96 |
| 1983 | 0.95 |
| 1982 | 0.96 |
| 1981 | 0.97 |
| 1980 | 1 |
| 1979 | 1.03 |
| 1978 | 1.06 |
| 1977 | 1.11 |
| 1976 | 1.16 |
| 1975 | 1.23 |
| 1974 | 1.31 |
| 1973 | 1.39 |
| 1972 | 1.49 |
| 1971 | 1.58 |
| 1970 | 1.66 |
| 1969 | 1.74 |
| 1968 | 1.81 |
| 1967 | 1.9 |
| 1966 | 2 |
| 1965 | 2.11 |
| 1964 | 2.21 |
| 1963 | 2.3 |
| 1962 | 2.38 |
| 1961 | 2.45 |
| 1960 | 2.5 |
| 1959 | 2.55 |
| 1958 | 2.62 |
| 1957 | 2.7 |
| 1956 | 2.81 |
| 1955 | 2.93 |
| 1954 | 3.05 |
| 1953 | 3.17 |
| 1952 | 3.26 |
| 1951 | 3.34 |
| 1950 | 3.4 |
| 1949 | 3.87 |
| 1948 | 4.05 |
| 1947 | 4.58 |
| 1946 | 5.4 |
| 1945 | 5.82 |
| 1944 | 5.89 |
| 1943 | 5.42 |
| 1942 | 5.74 |
| 1941 | 6.46 |
| 1940 | 5.88 |
| 1939 | 6.68 |
| 1938 | 7.05 |
| 1937 | 7.75 |
| 1936 | 8.09 |
| 1935 | 8.72 |
| 1934 | 7.56 |
| 1933 | 7.82 |
| 1932 | 8.5 |
| 1931 | 9.45 |
| 1930 | 9.38 |
| 1929 | 9.34 |
| 1928 | 9.71 |
| 1927 | 9.88 |
| 1926 | 9.86 |
| 1925 | 9.45 |
| 1924 | 10.31 |
| 1923 | 10.14 |
| 1922 | 9.82 |
| 1921 | 9.13 |
| 1920 | 11.99 |
| 1919 | 11.65 |
| 1918 | 9.91 |
| 1917 | 12.27 |
| 1916 | 12.88 |
| 1915 | 11.22 |
| 1914 | 11.77 |
| 1913 | 11.39 |
| 1912 | 11.6 |
| 1911 | 12.96 |
| 1910 | 12.22 |
| 1909 | 12.36 |
| 1908 | 15.25 |
| 1907 | 13.62 |
| 1906 | 13.55 |
| 1905 | 15.07 |
| 1904 | 13.95 |
| 1903 | 14.67 |
| 1902 | 14.88 |
| 1901 | 17.06 |
| 1900 | 16.34 |
| 1899 | 19.3 |
| 1898 | 16.48 |
| 1897 | 16.85 |
| 1896 | 16.62 |
| 1895 | 18.38 |
| 1894 | 19.62 |
| 1893 | 22.12 |
| 1892 | 20.7 |
| 1891 | 20.67 |
| 1890 | 20.57 |
| 1889 | 20.39 |
| 1888 | 21.19 |
| 1887 | 19.64 |
| 1886 | 18.76 |
| 1885 | 17.62 |
| 1884 | 19.5 |
| 1883 | 18.97 |
| 1882 | 22.17 |
| 1881 | 18.7 |
| 1880 | 23.14 |
| 1879 | 20.73 |
| 1878 | 20.29 |
| 1877 | 19.8 |
| 1876 | 21.17 |
| 1875 | 22.64 |
| 1874 | 20.53 |
| 1873 | 18.88 |
| 1872 | 19.06 |
| 1871 | 19.96 |
| 1870 | 21.26 |
| 1869 | 20.81 |
| 1868 | 22.09 |
| 1867 | 22.17 |
| 1866 | 23.95 |
| 1865 | 26.67 |
| 1864 | 26.01 |
| 1863 | 19.55 |
| 1862 | 19.5 |
| 1861 | 18.82 |
| 1860 | 21.75 |
| 1859 | 22.57 |
| 1858 | 27.18 |
| 1857 | 24.1 |
| 1856 | 19.98 |
| 1855 | 19.27 |
| 1854 | 23.65 |
| 1853 | 27.86 |
| 1852 | 26.18 |
| 1851 | 23.99 |
| 1850 | 24.28 |
| 1849 | 27.69 |
| 1848 | 28.03 |
| 1847 | 28.07 |
| 1846 | 28.53 |
| 1845 | 24.92 |
| 1844 | 23.6 |
| 1843 | 23.23 |
| 1842 | 25.42 |
| 1841 | 25.46 |
| 1840 | 27.06 |
| 1839 | 26.71 |
| 1838 | 24.03 |
| 1837 | 25.21 |
| 1836 | 27.96 |
| 1835 | 29.93 |