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

To understand the statistic of child mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina is to measure the shifting fragility of human life across three centuries. Of every 1,000 children born, how many died before their fifth birthday is a fundamental question of survival, marking the invisible boundary between infancy and growing up. Every value recorded in this dataset represents a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there, tracking a profound transformation in human wellbeing through decades of quiet progress and historical change.

The trajectory reveals a steady descent from a precarious past. In the 1800s estimate, child mortality stood at 400 per 1,000 births, slowly improving through the 1810s estimate at 385, the 1820s estimate at 370, the 1830s estimate at 355, the 1840s estimate at 340, the 1850s estimate at 325, the 1860s estimate at 310, the 1870s estimate at 295, the 1880s estimate at 280, and the 1890s estimate at 265. By 1900 it was 250 per 1,000 births.

Today, the landscape of survival has fundamentally shifted. In the 2020s, child mortality (under 5) in Bosnia and Herzegovina stands at 4.5 per 1,000 births — ranking #29 of 157 countries. This progress suggests a future where the risk continues to diminish, reaching a 2100s projection at 1.5. For you, being born into this era means inheriting a world where the fragility of the first five years has been drastically reduced.

Explore how your own existence compares to these historical currents by computing your parallel lives on MYRIAD.