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
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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

Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.