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

Behind every statistic lies the quiet gravity of a family losing a child before they reach their fifth birthday. In Paraguay, the story across three centuries is measured in these profound losses and the gradual, hard-won preservation of young lives. Every single value represents a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there, tracking how human fragility has slowly met with changing times.

The historical arc of this struggle spans generations of steady, downward movement. In the 1800s estimate, child mortality sat at 420 per 1,000 births, falling slowly through the 1810s estimate of 413, the 1820s estimate of 406, the 1830s estimate of 399, the 1840s estimate of 392, the 1850s estimate of 385, the 1860s estimate of 378, the 1870s estimate of 371, the 1880s estimate of 364, and the 1890s estimate of 357. By the 1900s estimate it was 350 per 1,000 births, continuing down through the 1910s estimate of 316, the 1920s estimate of 282, the 1930s estimate of 248, the 1940s estimate of 214, the 1950s of 180, the 1960s of 146.67, the 1970s of 113.33, the 1980s of 80, the 1990s of 56, the 2000s of 32, and the 2010s of 24.

For anyone born in the 2020s, child mortality (under 5) in Paraguay stands at 16 per 1,000 births, placing the nation at rank #90 of 157 countries. Looking ahead, projections point to the 2030s projection of 12.8, the 2040s projection of 10.24, the 2050s projection of 8.19, the 2060s projection of 6.55, the 2070s projection of 5.24, the 2080s projection of 4.19, the 2090s projection of 3.36, and the 2100s projection of 2.68. Where do YOU rank among everyone ever born?