Germany - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Germany was 2,442 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26,311 in 1969 and a minimum value of 2,316 in 2012.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1969 26,311
1970 24,103
1971 21,923
1972 19,846
1973 17,939
1974 16,229
1975 14,743
1976 13,496
1977 12,462
1978 11,579
1979 10,821
1980 10,160
1981 9,578
1982 9,060
1983 8,601
1984 8,192
1985 7,815
1986 7,445
1987 7,062
1988 6,660
1989 6,243
1990 5,817
1991 5,404
1992 5,019
1993 4,679
1994 4,388
1995 4,142
1996 3,934
1997 3,752
1998 3,589
1999 3,438
2000 3,300
2001 3,170
2002 3,046
2003 2,930
2004 2,818
2005 2,714
2006 2,617
2007 2,530
2008 2,454
2009 2,391
2010 2,345
2011 2,320
2012 2,316
2013 2,332
2014 2,365
2015 2,408
2016 2,449
2017 2,476
2018 2,485
2019 2,473
2020 2,442

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Germany was 2,864 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21,496 in 1973 and a minimum value of 2,765 in 2012.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1973 21,496
1974 19,466
1975 17,670
1976 16,145
1977 14,876
1978 13,803
1979 12,894
1980 12,115
1981 11,436
1982 10,836
1983 10,307
1984 9,838
1985 9,409
1986 8,991
1987 8,558
1988 8,103
1989 7,624
1990 7,130
1991 6,643
1992 6,184
1993 5,770
1994 5,410
1995 5,103
1996 4,842
1997 4,614
1998 4,410
1999 4,224
2000 4,053
2001 3,893
2002 3,738
2003 3,591
2004 3,449
2005 3,314
2006 3,187
2007 3,072
2008 2,971
2009 2,886
2010 2,822
2011 2,781
2012 2,765
2013 2,773
2014 2,801
2015 2,842
2016 2,883
2017 2,910
2018 2,917
2019 2,901
2020 2,864

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Germany was 1,776 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,085 in 1970 and a minimum value of 1,563 in 2011.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1970 15,085
1971 13,891
1972 12,545
1973 11,148
1974 9,817
1975 8,615
1976 7,549
1977 6,588
1978 5,740
1979 5,036
1980 4,480
1981 4,063
1982 3,766
1983 3,544
1984 3,346
1985 3,148
1986 2,961
1987 2,800
1988 2,703
1989 2,710
1990 2,800
1991 2,857
1992 2,788
1993 2,639
1994 2,503
1995 2,418
1996 2,352
1997 2,276
1998 2,194
1999 2,124
2000 2,073
2001 2,023
2002 1,964
2003 1,904
2004 1,852
2005 1,813
2006 1,770
2007 1,709
2008 1,642
2009 1,590
2010 1,564
2011 1,563
2012 1,580
2013 1,611
2014 1,649
2015 1,690
2016 1,727
2017 1,756
2018 1,775
2019 1,782
2020 1,776

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality