Denmark vs France: Child mortality
Denmark
0.3955 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
France
0.4343 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Denmark rank
169th
France rank
167th
Child mortality over time
- Denmark
- France
How they compare
France currently reports 0.4343 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births in Denmark, a difference of 0.0388 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was France ahead.
Denmark ranks 169th and France ranks 167th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 5 and France in 18.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 37.46 deaths per 100 live births | 38.4 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9388 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1810s | 36.37 deaths per 100 live births | 30.05 deaths per 100 live births | 6.31 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 1820s | 34.79 deaths per 100 live births | 29.67 deaths per 100 live births | 5.11 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 1830s | 29.09 deaths per 100 live births | 28.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5545 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 1840s | 26.2 deaths per 100 live births | 26.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2658 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1850s | 23.91 deaths per 100 live births | 27.7 deaths per 100 live births | 3.79 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1860s | 22.13 deaths per 100 live births | 26.95 deaths per 100 live births | 4.81 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1870s | 20.43 deaths per 100 live births | 26.16 deaths per 100 live births | 5.73 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1880s | 20.01 deaths per 100 live births | 24.62 deaths per 100 live births | 4.61 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1890s | 19.13 deaths per 100 live births | 23.13 deaths per 100 live births | 4 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1900s | 14.67 deaths per 100 live births | 19.47 deaths per 100 live births | 4.79 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1910s | 11.79 deaths per 100 live births | 17.5 deaths per 100 live births | 5.71 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1920s | 9.96 deaths per 100 live births | 13.32 deaths per 100 live births | 3.35 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1930s | 8.1 deaths per 100 live births | 9.68 deaths per 100 live births | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1940s | 5.32 deaths per 100 live births | 9.55 deaths per 100 live births | 4.22 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1950s | 2.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.25 deaths per 100 live births | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1960s | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | 2.32 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1836 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1970s | 1.3 deaths per 100 live births | 1.53 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2293 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1980s | 0.9649 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1021 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1990s | 0.6991 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6983 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0009 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 2000s | 0.4929 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4765 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0164 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 2010s | 0.4002 deaths per 100 live births | 0.418 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0178 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 2020s | 0.381 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4292 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0482 deaths per 100 live births | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Denmark or France?
- France, at 0.4343 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births in Denmark as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Denmark and France?
- 0.0388 deaths per 100 live births, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and France?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and France rank globally for child mortality?
- Denmark ranks 169th and France ranks 167th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.