France vs Poland: Child mortality
France
0.4343 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Poland
0.4221 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
France rank
167th
Poland rank
168th
Child mortality over time
- France
- Poland
How they compare
France currently reports 0.4343 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4221 deaths per 100 live births in Poland, a difference of 0.0122 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was France ahead.
France ranks 167th and Poland ranks 168th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, France averaged higher in 1 and Poland in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 38.4 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1810s | 30.05 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 6.87 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1820s | 29.67 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 7.25 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1830s | 28.54 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 8.38 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1840s | 26.47 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 10.45 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1850s | 27.7 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 9.22 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1860s | 26.95 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 9.97 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1870s | 26.16 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 10.76 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1880s | 24.62 deaths per 100 live births | 36.57 deaths per 100 live births | 11.95 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1890s | 23.13 deaths per 100 live births | 33.63 deaths per 100 live births | 10.5 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1900s | 19.47 deaths per 100 live births | 30.11 deaths per 100 live births | 10.64 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1910s | 17.5 deaths per 100 live births | 28.66 deaths per 100 live births | 11.16 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1920s | 13.32 deaths per 100 live births | 26.26 deaths per 100 live births | 12.94 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1930s | 9.68 deaths per 100 live births | 22.01 deaths per 100 live births | 12.33 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1940s | 9.55 deaths per 100 live births | 18.73 deaths per 100 live births | 9.19 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1950s | 4.25 deaths per 100 live births | 10.09 deaths per 100 live births | 5.85 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1960s | 2.32 deaths per 100 live births | 4.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2.55 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1970s | 1.53 deaths per 100 live births | 2.93 deaths per 100 live births | 1.4 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1980s | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 2.08 deaths per 100 live births | 1.01 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1990s | 0.6983 deaths per 100 live births | 1.43 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7274 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 2000s | 0.4765 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7735 deaths per 100 live births | 0.297 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 2010s | 0.418 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5061 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0881 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 2020s | 0.4292 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4323 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0031 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, France or Poland?
- France, at 0.4343 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4221 deaths per 100 live births in Poland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between France and Poland?
- 0.0122 deaths per 100 live births, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Poland?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do France and Poland rank globally for child mortality?
- France ranks 167th 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.