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

Behind every statistic in Honduras is a human life, measured in the fragile window before a fifth birthday. In the 2020s, child mortality (under 5) in Honduras stands at 16 per 1,000 births — ranking #86 of 157 countries. This metric traces the profound weight of infant and child survival across generations, capturing the stark reality of how many children lived to see childhood's end and how many were lost to history.

The historical arc spans three centuries of steady transformation, moving from the earliest recorded estimates downward through time. In the 1800s estimate it was 420, falling steadily decade by decade through the 1810s estimate 413, the 1820s estimate 406, the 1830s estimate 399, the 1840s estimate 392, the 1850s estimate 385, the 1860s estimate 378, the 1870s estimate 371, the 1880s estimate 364, and the 1890s estimate 357. By 1900 it was 350 per 1,000 births, continuing through the 1900s estimate 350, the 1910s estimate 316, the 1920s estimate 282, the 1930s estimate 248, the 1940s estimate 214, the 1950s 180, the 1960s 146.67, the 1970s 113.33, the 1980s 80, the 1990s 56, the 2000s 32, and the 2010s 24. Looking forward, the trajectory points toward the 2030s projection 12.8, the 2040s projection 10.24, the 2050s projection 8.19, the 2060s projection 6.55, the 2070s projection 5.24, the 2080s projection 4.19, the 2090s projection 3.36, and the 2100s projection 2.68.

For anyone born in Honduras across these eras, the statistical landscape dictates the very texture of family and survival. Where do YOU rank among everyone ever born? →