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

Numbers on a page can easily obscure what they measure, but behind every statistic lies a profound human reality. For Togo, the numbers tell a story of survival, mapping out the fragile beginnings of human life across generations. Every value recorded here represents lives actually lived, counting the infants who took their first breaths and the parents who held them. This data captures the quiet weight of history, measuring the heavy toll of loss and the gradual easing of that burden over time.

The historical arc of child mortality across three centuries reveals a slow, monumental shift. In the 1800s estimate, child mortality stood at 450 per 1,000 births, hovering near those heights through the 1810s estimate, the 1820s estimate, the 1830s estimate, the 1840s estimate, the 1850s estimate, the 1860s estimate, the 1870s estimate, the 1880s estimate, and the 1890s estimate. By 1900 it was 430 per 1,000 births, marking the beginning of a downward trend that continued through the 1910s estimate, the 1920s estimate, the 1930s estimate, the 1940s estimate, the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, and the 2010s.

For someone born in Togo today, the landscape of survival has changed significantly, though challenges remain. In the 2020s, child mortality (under 5) in Togo stands at 75 per 1,000 births, ranking #153 of 157 countries. Looking ahead, the 2030s projection anticipates 60, followed by the 2040s projection at 48, the 2050s projection at 38.4, the 2060s projection at 30.72, the 2070s projection at 24.58, the 2080s projection at 19.66, the 2090s projection at 15.73, and the 2100s projection at 12.58. Where do YOU rank among everyone ever born?