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Japan: Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

2.40per 1,000 live births · 2024-17.2% since 2014

Probability of dying by age 5 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Japan from 1949 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
20242.4
20232.4
20222.4
20212.4
20202.4
20192.5
20182.5
20172.6
20162.7
20152.8
20142.9
20133
20123.1
20113.3
20103.3
20093.4
20083.4
20073.5
20063.6
20053.7
20043.9
20034
20024.1
20014.3
20004.5
19994.7
19985
19975.2
19965.5
19955.7
19945.9
19936
19926.1
19916.2
19906.3
19896.4
19886.6
19876.8
19867.1
19857.5
19847.9
19838.3
19828.8
19819.3
19809.9
197910.5
197811.1
197711.8
197612.5
197513.3
197414.1
197314.9
197215.7
197116.5
197017.5
196918.5
196819.6
196721
196622.6
196524.6
196427
196329.7
196232.9
196136.3
196039.8
195943.3
195846.8
195750.3
195654
195558
195462.7
195368.3
195274.9
195182.7
195091.5
1949101.4

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Health Organization (2026). Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-under5-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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