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Countries by Number of under-five deaths (2024)

Number of under-five deaths in 2024: highest in Nigeria (855,676), lowest in San Marino (0), median 1,656 across the 196 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Number of under-five deaths across 240 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

240 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1960–2024

Highest Number of under-five deaths, 2024

  1. 1.Nigeria855,676
  2. 2.India615,030
  3. 3.DR Congo385,039
  4. 4.Pakistan381,586
  5. 5.Ethiopia181,228
  6. 6.Niger118,445
  7. 7.Bangladesh105,414
  8. 8.Sudan101,879
  9. 9.Tanzania86,317
  10. 10.Uganda82,589

Lowest Number of under-five deaths, 2024

  1. 187.Antigua and Barbuda10
  2. 188.St. Kitts and Nevis9
  3. 189.Palau4
  4. 190.Tuvalu4
  5. 191.British Virgin Islands4
  6. 192.Nauru2
  7. 193.Turks and Caicos Islands2
  8. 194.Andorra1
  9. 195.Monaco1
  10. 196.San Marino0

All 196 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Number of under-five deaths trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

NigeriaRank 1 of 196IndiaRank 2 of 196DR CongoRank 3 of 196PakistanRank 4 of 196EthiopiaRank 5 of 196NigerRank 6 of 196BangladeshRank 7 of 196SudanRank 8 of 196TanzaniaRank 9 of 196UgandaRank 10 of 196IndonesiaRank 11 of 196ChadRank 12 of 196SomaliaRank 13 of 196AfghanistanRank 14 of 196MozambiqueRank 15 of 196MaliRank 16 of 196AngolaRank 17 of 196Cote d'IvoireRank 18 of 196MadagascarRank 19 of 196CameroonRank 20 of 196KenyaRank 21 of 196Burkina FasoRank 22 of 196ChinaRank 23 of 196EgyptRank 24 of 196YemenRank 25 of 196PhilippinesRank 26 of 196GuineaRank 27 of 196South AfricaRank 28 of 196BrazilRank 29 of 196BeninRank 30 of 196MyanmarRank 31 of 196ZambiaRank 32 of 196MalawiRank 33 of 196South SudanRank 34 of 196ZimbabweRank 35 of 196GhanaRank 36 of 196MexicoRank 37 of 196IraqRank 38 of 196VietnamRank 39 of 196United StatesRank 40 of 196Sierra LeoneRank 41 of 196BurundiRank 42 of 196Central African RepublicRank 43 of 196AlgeriaRank 44 of 196SenegalRank 45 of 196TogoRank 46 of 196RwandaRank 47 of 196LiberiaRank 48 of 196NepalRank 49 of 196HaitiRank 50 of 196IranRank 51 of 196UzbekistanRank 52 of 196VenezuelaRank 53 of 196TurkeyRank 54 of 196Papua New GuineaRank 55 of 196Syrian Arab RepublicRank 56 of 196MoroccoRank 57 of 196ColombiaRank 58 of 196GuatemalaRank 59 of 196TajikistanRank 60 of 196Republic of the CongoRank 61 of 196PeruRank 62 of 196RussiaRank 63 of 196CambodiaRank 64 of 196MauritaniaRank 65 of 196TurkmenistanRank 66 of 196Dominican RepublicRank 67 of 196North KoreaRank 68 of 196West Bank and GazaRank 69 of 196ThailandRank 70 of 196ArgentinaRank 71 of 196Lao PDRRank 72 of 196Guinea-BissauRank 73 of 196BoliviaRank 74 of 196KazakhstanRank 75 of 196Equatorial GuineaRank 76 of 196MalaysiaRank 77 of 196EcuadorRank 78 of 196HondurasRank 79 of 196The GambiaRank 80 of 196EritreaRank 81 of 196LesothoRank 82 of 196Saudi ArabiaRank 83 of 196United KingdomRank 84 of 196JordanRank 85 of 196NamibiaRank 86 of 196FranceRank 87 of 196GermanyRank 88 of 196Kyrgyz RepublicRank 89 of 196AzerbaijanRank 90 of 196GabonRank 91 of 196ParaguayRank 92 of 196BotswanaRank 93 of 196TunisiaRank 94 of 196CanadaRank 95 of 196Sri LankaRank 96 of 196JapanRank 97 of 196UkraineRank 98 of 196LebanonRank 99 of 196NicaraguaRank 100 of 196Timor-LesteRank 101 of 196RomaniaRank 102 of 196PolandRank 103 of 196EswatiniRank 104 of 196LibyaRank 105 of 196ChileRank 106 of 196DjiboutiRank 107 of 196AustraliaRank 108 of 196PanamaRank 109 of 196SpainRank 110 of 196ItalyRank 111 of 196El SalvadorRank 112 of 196ComorosRank 113 of 196OmanRank 114 of 196MongoliaRank 115 of 196CubaRank 116 of 196South KoreaRank 117 of 196NetherlandsRank 118 of 196JamaicaRank 119 of 196IsraelRank 120 of 196Costa RicaRank 121 of 196MoldovaRank 122 of 196United Arab EmiratesRank 123 of 196FijiRank 124 of 196Solomon IslandsRank 125 of 196GuyanaRank 126 of 196KuwaitRank 127 of 196BelgiumRank 128 of 196GeorgiaRank 129 of 196BulgariaRank 130 of 196ArmeniaRank 131 of 196SlovakiaRank 132 of 196SwitzerlandRank 133 of 196SerbiaRank 134 of 196HungaryRank 135 of 196Trinidad and TobagoRank 136 of 196GreeceRank 137 of 196New ZealandRank 138 of 196PortugalRank 139 of 196AlbaniaRank 140 of 196AustriaRank 141 of 196UruguayRank 142 of 196Czech RepublicRank 143 of 196SwedenRank 144 of 196DenmarkRank 145 of 196IrelandRank 146 of 196CroatiaRank 147 of 196KiribatiRank 148 of 196MauritiusRank 149 of 196KosovoRank 150 of 196Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 151 of 196BahrainRank 152 of 196QatarRank 153 of 196SurinameRank 154 of 196BhutanRank 155 of 196BelarusRank 156 of 196VanuatuRank 157 of 196NorwayRank 158 of 196SingaporeRank 159 of 196FinlandRank 160 of 196BelizeRank 161 of 196Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 162 of 196SamoaRank 163 of 196LithuaniaRank 164 of 196Cabo VerdeRank 165 of 196CyprusRank 166 of 196Brunei DarussalamRank 167 of 196MicronesiaRank 168 of 196The BahamasRank 169 of 196North MacedoniaRank 170 of 196SloveniaRank 171 of 196LatviaRank 172 of 196St. LuciaRank 173 of 196BarbadosRank 174 of 196MaldivesRank 175 of 196DominicaRank 176 of 196GrenadaRank 177 of 196SeychellesRank 178 of 196EstoniaRank 179 of 196MaltaRank 180 of 196TongaRank 181 of 196Marshall IslandsRank 182 of 196MontenegroRank 183 of 196LuxembourgRank 184 of 196St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 185 of 196IcelandRank 186 of 196Antigua and BarbudaRank 187 of 196St. Kitts and NevisRank 188 of 196PalauRank 189 of 196TuvaluRank 190 of 196British Virgin IslandsRank 191 of 196NauruRank 192 of 196Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 193 of 196AndorraRank 194 of 196MonacoRank 195 of 196San MarinoRank 196 of 196

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Number of under-five deaths Data Coverage

This page lists 240 countries with available Number of under-five deaths data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.