Denmark vs Poland: Child mortality
Denmark
0.3955 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Poland
0.4221 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Denmark rank
169th
Poland rank
168th
Child mortality over time
- Denmark
- Poland
How they compare
Poland currently reports 0.4221 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births in Denmark, a difference of 0.0266 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Poland's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 169th and Poland ranks 168th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 1 and Poland in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 37.46 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5393 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 1810s | 36.37 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5538 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1820s | 34.79 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 2.13 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1830s | 29.09 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 7.83 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1840s | 26.2 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 10.72 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1850s | 23.91 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 13.01 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1860s | 22.13 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 14.79 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1870s | 20.43 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 16.49 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1880s | 20.01 deaths per 100 live births | 36.57 deaths per 100 live births | 16.56 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1890s | 19.13 deaths per 100 live births | 33.63 deaths per 100 live births | 14.5 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1900s | 14.67 deaths per 100 live births | 30.11 deaths per 100 live births | 15.44 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1910s | 11.79 deaths per 100 live births | 28.66 deaths per 100 live births | 16.87 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1920s | 9.96 deaths per 100 live births | 26.26 deaths per 100 live births | 16.3 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1930s | 8.1 deaths per 100 live births | 22.01 deaths per 100 live births | 13.9 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1940s | 5.32 deaths per 100 live births | 18.73 deaths per 100 live births | 13.41 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1950s | 2.98 deaths per 100 live births | 10.09 deaths per 100 live births | 7.11 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1960s | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | 4.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2.74 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1970s | 1.3 deaths per 100 live births | 2.93 deaths per 100 live births | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1980s | 0.9649 deaths per 100 live births | 2.08 deaths per 100 live births | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1990s | 0.6991 deaths per 100 live births | 1.43 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7265 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 2000s | 0.4929 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7735 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2806 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 2010s | 0.4002 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5061 deaths per 100 live births | 0.106 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 2020s | 0.381 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4323 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0513 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Denmark or Poland?
- Poland, at 0.4221 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 Poland?
- 0.0266 deaths per 100 live births, with Poland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Poland?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and Poland rank globally for child mortality?
- Denmark ranks 169th and Poland ranks 168th 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.