# Child mortality rate: France

0.43% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 209 years from 1816 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 | 0.43 |
| 2023 | 0.43 |
| 2022 | 0.43 |
| 2021 | 0.43 |
| 2020 | 0.42 |
| 2019 | 0.42 |
| 2018 | 0.42 |
| 2017 | 0.42 |
| 2016 | 0.42 |
| 2015 | 0.42 |
| 2014 | 0.41 |
| 2013 | 0.41 |
| 2012 | 0.41 |
| 2011 | 0.42 |
| 2010 | 0.42 |
| 2009 | 0.43 |
| 2008 | 0.44 |
| 2007 | 0.44 |
| 2006 | 0.45 |
| 2005 | 0.46 |
| 2004 | 0.48 |
| 2003 | 0.49 |
| 2002 | 0.51 |
| 2001 | 0.52 |
| 2000 | 0.54 |
| 1999 | 0.55 |
| 1998 | 0.57 |
| 1997 | 0.58 |
| 1996 | 0.61 |
| 1995 | 0.65 |
| 1994 | 0.7 |
| 1993 | 0.75 |
| 1992 | 0.81 |
| 1991 | 0.86 |
| 1990 | 0.9 |
| 1989 | 0.93 |
| 1988 | 0.96 |
| 1987 | 0.98 |
| 1986 | 1.01 |
| 1985 | 1.04 |
| 1984 | 1.07 |
| 1983 | 1.11 |
| 1982 | 1.15 |
| 1981 | 1.19 |
| 1980 | 1.24 |
| 1979 | 1.28 |
| 1978 | 1.34 |
| 1977 | 1.39 |
| 1976 | 1.44 |
| 1975 | 1.49 |
| 1974 | 1.54 |
| 1973 | 1.6 |
| 1972 | 1.66 |
| 1971 | 1.74 |
| 1970 | 1.82 |
| 1969 | 1.91 |
| 1968 | 1.99 |
| 1967 | 2.06 |
| 1966 | 2.14 |
| 1965 | 2.24 |
| 1964 | 2.34 |
| 1963 | 2.45 |
| 1962 | 2.57 |
| 1961 | 2.7 |
| 1960 | 2.85 |
| 1959 | 3.03 |
| 1958 | 3.24 |
| 1957 | 3.48 |
| 1956 | 3.74 |
| 1955 | 4.01 |
| 1954 | 4.31 |
| 1953 | 4.63 |
| 1952 | 4.97 |
| 1951 | 5.33 |
| 1950 | 5.71 |
| 1949 | 6.11 |
| 1948 | 6.51 |
| 1947 | 8.27 |
| 1946 | 9.73 |
| 1945 | 13.63 |
| 1944 | 10.5 |
| 1943 | 10.11 |
| 1942 | 9.66 |
| 1941 | 9.41 |
| 1940 | 11.53 |
| 1939 | 8.57 |
| 1938 | 8.95 |
| 1937 | 8.98 |
| 1936 | 9.24 |
| 1935 | 9.18 |
| 1934 | 9.77 |
| 1933 | 10.04 |
| 1932 | 10.62 |
| 1931 | 10.47 |
| 1930 | 10.94 |
| 1929 | 13.02 |
| 1928 | 12.66 |
| 1927 | 11.8 |
| 1926 | 13.42 |
| 1925 | 12.75 |
| 1924 | 11.89 |
| 1923 | 13.4 |
| 1922 | 11.91 |
| 1921 | 15.52 |
| 1920 | 16.78 |
| 1919 | 17.78 |
| 1918 | 22.16 |
| 1917 | 18.1 |
| 1916 | 16.42 |
| 1915 | 16.59 |
| 1914 | 15.51 |
| 1913 | 16.3 |
| 1912 | 15.7 |
| 1911 | 20.43 |
| 1910 | 16.01 |
| 1909 | 16.75 |
| 1908 | 18.16 |
| 1907 | 18.4 |
| 1906 | 20 |
| 1905 | 19.06 |
| 1904 | 20.17 |
| 1903 | 19.44 |
| 1902 | 19.66 |
| 1901 | 20.66 |
| 1900 | 22.4 |
| 1899 | 23.42 |
| 1898 | 22.85 |
| 1897 | 20.7 |
| 1896 | 20.32 |
| 1895 | 22.82 |
| 1894 | 22.63 |
| 1893 | 24.9 |
| 1892 | 25.02 |
| 1891 | 23.55 |
| 1890 | 25.06 |
| 1889 | 22.95 |
| 1888 | 24.18 |
| 1887 | 24.26 |
| 1886 | 25 |
| 1885 | 24.02 |
| 1884 | 26 |
| 1883 | 24.79 |
| 1882 | 24.84 |
| 1881 | 24.41 |
| 1880 | 25.7 |
| 1879 | 23.54 |
| 1878 | 24.95 |
| 1877 | 23.7 |
| 1876 | 24.04 |
| 1875 | 24.57 |
| 1874 | 24.17 |
| 1873 | 26.7 |
| 1872 | 25.49 |
| 1871 | 34.39 |
| 1870 | 30.03 |
| 1869 | 27.36 |
| 1868 | 28.84 |
| 1867 | 26.35 |
| 1866 | 25.33 |
| 1865 | 28.33 |
| 1864 | 26.49 |
| 1863 | 27.52 |
| 1862 | 25.83 |
| 1861 | 29.11 |
| 1860 | 24.33 |
| 1859 | 34.73 |
| 1858 | 28.25 |
| 1857 | 28.55 |
| 1856 | 26.86 |
| 1855 | 27.87 |
| 1854 | 29.8 |
| 1853 | 24.44 |
| 1852 | 26.51 |
| 1851 | 26.21 |
| 1850 | 23.81 |
| 1849 | 30.11 |
| 1848 | 26.48 |
| 1847 | 25.81 |
| 1846 | 27.16 |
| 1845 | 23.69 |
| 1844 | 25.19 |
| 1843 | 26.89 |
| 1842 | 27.01 |
| 1841 | 26.25 |
| 1840 | 26.07 |
| 1839 | 26.8 |
| 1838 | 28.65 |
| 1837 | 27.41 |
| 1836 | 25.91 |
| 1835 | 27.73 |
| 1834 | 33.8 |
| 1833 | 28.65 |
| 1832 | 29.8 |
| 1831 | 28.35 |
| 1830 | 28.29 |
| 1829 | 28.43 |
| 1828 | 31.28 |
| 1827 | 28.45 |
| 1826 | 30.37 |
| 1825 | 30.57 |
| 1824 | 30.56 |
| 1823 | 28.92 |
| 1822 | 30.94 |
| 1821 | 28.73 |
| 1820 | 28.48 |
| 1819 | 31.22 |
| 1818 | 29.37 |
| 1817 | 28.35 |
| 1816 | 27.32 |

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