Child Mortality (under 5) in Austria: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

Data tells a quiet, profound story about the boundaries of human life. At MYRIAD, we look at the statistics of human lives to understand what time and place mean for our most vulnerable. For Austria, every value below is a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there. Of every 1,000 children born, how many died before their fifth birthday reveals an extraordinary transformation across three centuries, charting the shifting fragile margins of existence from the cradle onward.

The historical arc stretches across generations of profound change. In the 1800s estimate, child mortality under 5 in Austria stood at 372 per 1,000 births. This figure declined steadily decade by decade through the 1810s estimate 357.4, the 1820s estimate 342.8, the 1830s estimate 328.2, the 1840s estimate 313.6, the 1850s estimate 299, the 1860s estimate 284.4, the 1870s estimate 269.8, the 1880s estimate 255.2, and the 1890s estimate 240.6. By the 1900s estimate it was 226 per 1,000 births. The downward trajectory continued through the 1910s estimate 193.09, 1920s estimate 160.18, 1930s estimate 127.28, 1940s estimate 94.37, the 1950s 61.46, 1960s 46.65, 1970s 31.85, 1980s 17.04, 1990s 12.65, 2000s 8.26, and 2010s 5.93.

Today, in the 2020s, child mortality under 5 in Austria stands at 3.6 per 1,000 births, ranking #13 of 157 countries. Looking ahead, the numbers continue downward into the 2030s projection 2.88, 2040s projection 2.3, 2050s projection 1.84, and the 2060s projection 1.5, 2070s projection 1.5, 2080s projection 1.5, 2090s projection 1.5, and 2100s projection 1.5. If you were born in Austria across these eras, your early survival odds changed entirely based on the decade you arrived. Where do YOU rank among everyone ever born? →