Infant mortality in Sweden 1800-2020

The infant mortality rate in Sweden, for children under the age of one year old, was 240 deaths per thousand births in 1800. This meant that for all babies born in 1800, approximately one quarter did not survive past their first birthday. There were some brief periods in the early and mid nineteenth century where this rate increased, but overall, Sweden's infant mortality rate has decreased steadily throughout it's recorded history. Nowadays, the figure is at it's lowest point ever, with just two deaths per thousand births recorded, meaning that 99.8 percent of children would live past their first birthday.