Chart and table of the Germany infant mortality rate from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.

The infant mortality rate in Germany decreased by 0.1 deaths per 1,000 live births (-3.23 percent) in 2022 in comparison to the previous year. Therefore, the infant mortality rate in Germany saw its lowest number in that year with three deaths per 1,000 live births. The infant mortality rate refers to the number of newborns not expected to survive past the first year of life. This is generally expressed as a value per 1,000 live births, and infant mortality also includes neonatal mortality (deaths within the first 28 days of life).Find more statistics on other topics about Germany with key insights such as crude birth rate, total life expectancy at birth, and death rate.

UNICEF's country profile for Germany, including under-five mortality rates, child health, education and sanitation data.

The infant mortality rate in Germany, for children under the age of one (twelve months), was 295 deaths per thousand births in 1840. This translated into approximately three out of every ten children born in 1840 not surviving past their first birthday. The largest decrease in this 180 year period came in the late 1870s, as Germany introduced mandatory vaccination for children, which brought infant mortality down by almost sixty in this five year period. From the turn of the twentieth century onwards, the infant mortality rate in Germany dropped considerably (although data in and immediately after the Second World War is not available), and by 2020 the number is expected to be just three deaths per thousand births.

The child mortality rate in Germany, for children under the age of five, was 340 deaths per thousand births in 1800. This means that more than one in every three children born in 1800 did not make it to their fifth birthday. Child mortality increased to almost fifty percent in the mid-nineteenth century, as the country industrialized and urbanized rapidly, which allowed diseases to spread much faster. This changed however, with the introduction of mandatory vaccination in 1874, which kickstarted a gradual decline in child mortality in Germany. The decline was most rapid in the first half of the twentieth century, and by the year 2020 child mortality in Germany is expected to be as low as four deaths per thousand births.

The study’s theme: The development of infant mortality in Germany for the 19th century is only poorly documented. Especially for the period prior to 1871 only small area statistics are available. With the preparation of the information collected by the authorities of the former German States the author tries to create a new statistical basis. The reconstructed national series of birth and infant mortality (from 1826) documents relatively high infant mortality rates with little progress (i.e. improvement of the situation) until the beginning of the 20th Century. Considering the influence of urbanization the evaluation of the different regional patterns and trends leads to a new weighting of the problem. Thus the living and working conditions in the country were of considerable importance. Overall, the prevailing habits and attitudes are considered crucial to the survival of small children (Gehrmann 2011, S. 807)

Data and data preparation, source problems: The federal structure of the Empire leads to the problem that the printed statistics on infant mortality before 1901 remained incomplete. In some German states, information concerning infant mortality was not collected from the beginning of the registry offices. However, the ‘Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt’ (Imperial Statistical Office) was able to create despi9te the difficult situation a life table, which represented 97,3% of live birth for the period of 1872 to 1880. Hence, the annual infant mortality rate in 1872 is known. „Die föderale Struktur des Kaiserreichs hatte (…) zur Folge, dass die gedruckte Statistik zur Säuglingssterblichkeit vor 1901 lückenhaft blieb. Mehr noch: es wurden offensichtlich in einigen Staaten diesbezügliche Angaben gar nicht oder zumindest nicht von Anfang an bei den Standesämtern abgefragt. Als das Kaiserliche Statistische Amt in den 1880er Jahren die erste Sterbetafel für das Deutsche Reich erstellen wollte, musste es deshalb konstatieren, dass in den Einzelstaaten „fast alle in der Statistik überhaupt üblichen Arten und Grade der Spezialisierung vertreten“ (Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt 1887: 21) waren, aus manchen aber trotzdem keine geeigneten Unterlagen beschafft werden konnten. Immerhin repräsentierte die Sterbetafel am Ende doch 96,8% der Reichsbevölkerung im Jahre 1885 und 97,3% der Lebendgeborenen 1872 bis 1880. Damit ist auch die jährliche Säuglingssterblichkeitsrate ab 1872 bekannt. (…) Mit Hilfe des Sterbetafel-Materials kann die statistische Reihe aus „Bevölkerung und Wirtschaft“ also um fast 30 Jahre nach hinten verlängert werden. (…) Komplizierter stellt sich die Sachlage für weiter zurückliegende Zeitabschnitte dar. „ (S. 812-813) Although in most German states statistical collection on population movement has been carried out, the statistics vary considerably in quality. In the first step therefore, the author reject the procedure of simply extrapolating the birth rates because of the qualitative differences of the early statistics are too fundamental. Especially, in this approach of simply summing up, the values of the undocumented areas would equate with the values of the other well documented regions. Therefore, the author chose a complex way to estimate the lacking values: The missing values in small territories are estimated on the basis of the values of neighboring regions. Finally, it can be seen, that the data for the period from 1828 to 1871, calculated by the complex procedure of filling in missing data does not lead to significantly different results comparing to the data row calculated by the simple sum of the different sources. Per year, the difference between the two series (the series calculated in the complex way and the series calculated by summing up the values of the available statistics) is not more than 0,9 percent points, which can be seen as a slight difference between the two series in relation to the former level of infant mortality. The indeterminate values of those German states lacking a birth statistics may not being significantly different to those calculated on the basis of the complex procedure, because even unexpected, extreme runaway values in individual states can not realistically assumed to be so large that they could have a sufficient impact on the overall values. Thus, the presented row is a solid basis for the assessment of the overall development of the German Empire’s birth development. „Vielmehr empfiehlt es sich, zunächst in kleinen Schritten für die einzelnen Territorien fehlende Werte durch wahrscheinliche zu ersetzen. Diese ergeben sich in erster Linie aus dem Vergleich der Säuglingssterblichkeitswerte benachbarter Gebiete zu anderen Zeitpunkten. So können für Württemberg die vor 1859 zu längeren Zeiträumen zusammengefassten Informationen auf Einzeljahre herunter gerechnet werden, indem die Verteilung über die Jahre wie in Bayern angenommen wird. … Alle ermittelten Werte beziehen sich auf Lebendgeborene.“ (S. 814) „Die komplexe Prozedur der Ergänzung...

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Infant deaths have decreased annually in Germany during the timeline presented, with 2,189 recorded in 2023. There were 3.1 deaths per 1,000 live births that year.

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Germany DE: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Female: per 1000 Live Births data was reported at 3.300 Ratio in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.400 Ratio for 2021. Germany DE: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Female: per 1000 Live Births data is updated yearly, averaging 5.700 Ratio from Dec 1968 (Median) to 2022, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 23.500 Ratio in 1968 and a record low of 3.300 Ratio in 2022. Germany DE: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Female: per 1000 Live Births data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.;Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.;Weighted average;Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Under-five mortality rates are higher for boys than for girls in countries in which parental gender preferences are insignificant. Under-five mortality captures the effect of gender discrimination better than infant mortality does, as malnutrition and medical interventions have more significant impacts to this age group. Where female under-five mortality is higher, girls are likely to have less access to resources than boys. Aggregate data for LIC, UMC, LMC, HIC are computed based on the groupings for the World Bank fiscal year in which the data was released by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. This is a sex-disaggregated indicator for Sustainable Development Goal 3.2.1 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

3.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births) in 2022. Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

3.0 (deaths per thousand live births) in 2022. Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Around 2,189 infants aged younger than one year old died in Germany in 2023. Six of these died due to diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs, as well as certain disorders connected to the immune system (D50-D90).

Germany DE: Completeness of Infant Death Reporting data was reported at 96.541 % in 2010. This records a decrease from the previous number of 100.000 % for 2007. Germany DE: Completeness of Infant Death Reporting data is updated yearly, averaging 96.991 % from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 % in 2007 and a record low of 96.541 % in 2010. Germany DE: Completeness of Infant Death Reporting data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Completeness of infant death reporting is the number of infant deaths reported by national statistics authorities to the United Nations Statistics Division's Demography Yearbook divided by the number of infant deaths estimated by the United Nations Population Division.; ; The United Nations Statistics Division's Population and Vital Statistics Report and the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.; ;

In 2022, 91 infants died in Germany as a result of sudden infant death syndrome. The syndrome refers to the unexpected death of an infant, which usually happens during a sleep phase. Figures have been decreasing significantly compared to earlier years.

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Germany DE: Number of Death: Infant data was reported at 2,310.000 Person in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,339.000 Person for 2021. Germany DE: Number of Death: Infant data is updated yearly, averaging 3,953.000 Person from Dec 1969 (Median) to 2022, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26,529.000 Person in 1969 and a record low of 2,289.000 Person in 2012. Germany DE: Number of Death: Infant data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.;Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.;Sum;Aggregate data for LIC, UMC, LMC, HIC are computed based on the groupings for the World Bank fiscal year in which the data was released by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation.

4.4 (deaths per 1000 live births) in 2016. Ratio of the total number of deaths of children under one year of age during the year to the number of live births in that year. The value is expressed per 1000 live births.

In 2020, infant mortality in Germany was around three deaths per 1,000 live births. Since 1990, infant mortality in Germany has nearly decreased every year. The infant mortality rate is an indicator used for several reasons, one of them is health assessment, providing an insight into the overall healthcare system. Other reasons include public health policy, quality of life, and global comparisons.