Denmark vs Ireland: Number of child deaths per woman

Denmark
0.0071 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Ireland
0.0076 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Denmark rank
167th
Ireland rank
166th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Denmark
  • Ireland
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How they compare

Ireland currently reports 0.0076 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0071 under-five deaths per woman in Denmark, a difference of 0.0005 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 160 shared years of data; in 1864 it was Denmark ahead.

Globally, Denmark ranks 167th and Ireland ranks 166th of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
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
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).