Denmark vs Taiwan: Child mortality
Denmark
0.3955 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Taiwan
0.392 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Denmark rank
169th
Taiwan rank
170th
Child mortality over time
- Denmark
- Taiwan
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births against 0.392 deaths per 100 live births in Taiwan, a difference of 0.0035 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Taiwan ahead.
Denmark ranks 169th and Taiwan ranks 170th of 203 countries.
Taiwan has averaged higher in every one of the 23 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 37.46 deaths per 100 live births | 46.72 deaths per 100 live births | 9.26 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1810s | 36.37 deaths per 100 live births | 46.72 deaths per 100 live births | 10.35 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1820s | 34.79 deaths per 100 live births | 46.72 deaths per 100 live births | 11.93 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1830s | 29.09 deaths per 100 live births | 46.72 deaths per 100 live births | 17.63 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1840s | 26.2 deaths per 100 live births | 46.72 deaths per 100 live births | 20.52 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1850s | 23.91 deaths per 100 live births | 46.72 deaths per 100 live births | 22.81 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1860s | 22.13 deaths per 100 live births | 46.72 deaths per 100 live births | 24.59 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1870s | 20.43 deaths per 100 live births | 46.72 deaths per 100 live births | 26.29 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1880s | 20.01 deaths per 100 live births | 46.72 deaths per 100 live births | 26.71 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1890s | 19.13 deaths per 100 live births | 46.7 deaths per 100 live births | 27.57 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1900s | 14.67 deaths per 100 live births | 45.37 deaths per 100 live births | 30.7 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1910s | 11.79 deaths per 100 live births | 41.37 deaths per 100 live births | 29.59 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1920s | 9.96 deaths per 100 live births | 35.29 deaths per 100 live births | 25.33 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1930s | 8.1 deaths per 100 live births | 27.53 deaths per 100 live births | 19.42 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1940s | 5.32 deaths per 100 live births | 21.23 deaths per 100 live births | 15.9 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1950s | 2.98 deaths per 100 live births | 11.71 deaths per 100 live births | 8.73 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1960s | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | 5.49 deaths per 100 live births | 3.35 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1970s | 1.3 deaths per 100 live births | 2.01 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7099 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1980s | 0.9649 deaths per 100 live births | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1524 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 1990s | 0.6991 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8634 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1643 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 2000s | 0.4929 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7094 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2165 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 2010s | 0.4002 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4995 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0993 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
| 2020s | 0.381 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4116 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0306 deaths per 100 live births | Taiwan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Denmark or Taiwan?
- Denmark, at 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births against 0.392 deaths per 100 live births in Taiwan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Denmark and Taiwan?
- 0.0035 deaths per 100 live births, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Taiwan?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and Taiwan rank globally for child mortality?
- Denmark ranks 169th and Taiwan ranks 170th 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
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.