The child mortality rate in Denmark, for children under the age of five, was 380 deaths per thousand births in 1800. This means that approximately 38 percent of all children born in 1800 did not make it to their fifth birthday. Over the course of the next 220 years, this number has dropped drastically, particularly from the nineteenth century onwards, and the rate has dropped to its lowest point ever in 2020 where it is just four deaths per thousand births.
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Denmark from 1800 to 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041824/denmark-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), und Gapminder. "Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Denmark from 1800 to 2020*." Chart. June 17, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041824/denmark-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Gapminder. (2019). Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Denmark from 1800 to 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041824/denmark-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) & Gapminder, Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Denmark from 1800 to 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041824/denmark-all-time-child-mortality-rate/ (last visited May 08, 2026)
Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Denmark from 1800 to 2020* [Graph], United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), & Gapminder, June 17, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041824/denmark-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
