The child mortality rate in India, for children under the age of five, was 509 deaths per thousand births in 1880. This means that over half of all children born in 1880 did not survive past the age of five, and it remained this way until the twentieth century. From 1900 until today, the child mortality rate has fallen from over 53 percent in 1900, to under four percent in 2020. Since 1900, there were only two times where the child mortality rate increased in India, which were as a result of the Spanish Flu pandemic in the 1910s, and in the 1950s as India adjusted to its newfound independence.
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Child mortality rate (under five years old) in India from 1880 to 2020* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 25, 2026, from /statistics/1041861/india-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), und Gapminder. "Child mortality rate (under five years old) in India from 1880 to 2020*." Chart. June 17, 2019. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 25, 2026. /statistics/1041861/india-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
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Child mortality rate (under five years old) in India from 1880 to 2020* [Graph], United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), & Gapminder, June 17, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1041861/india-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
