The infant mortality rate in France, for children under the age of one year old, was 182 deaths per thousand births in 1830. This means that for all babies born in 1830, over eighteen percent did not survive past their first birthday. Over the course of the next two centuries, this number has dropped significantly, reaching its lowest point ever in the 2015 to 2020 period, at three deaths per thousand births.
Since the turn of the twentieth century, infant mortality in France has increased just two times, once in the 1910s as a result of the First World War and Spanish Flu pandemic, and then again in the 1940s due to the Second World War.
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in France from 1830 to 2020* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from /statistics/1042424/france-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), und Gapminder. "Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in France from 1830 to 2020*." Chart. June 17, 2019. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 27, 2026. /statistics/1042424/france-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
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Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in France from 1830 to 2020* [Graph], United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), & Gapminder, June 17, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1042424/france-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
