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

Behind every statistic is a human life, measured in the fragile margin between a birth and a fifth birthday. In Spain, the story across three centuries is grounded in the reality that every value 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 in the basic safety of human existence.

In the 1800s estimate, the toll was 356.44 per 1,000 births, a devastating loss that gradually receded decade by decade. By 1900 it was 212.67 per 1,000 births. This steady downward trend continued through the 1910s estimate, 1920s estimate, 1930s estimate, 1940s estimate, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, before arriving at the 2000s, 2010s, and the 2020s.

In the 2020s, child mortality (under 5) in Spain stands at 3.1 per 1,000 births — ranking #10 of 157 countries. Looking forward, projections point toward the 2030s projection, 2040s projection, 2050s projection, 2060s projection, 2070s projection, 2080s projection, 2090s projection, and 2100s projection. You can keep exploring life expectancy at birth in Spain, income per person (GDP per capita, PPP) in Spain, years of schooling in Spain, children per woman in Spain, and living in cities in Spain.

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