Number of Under 5 Deaths

This key economic indicator for the Child Health sector has been recently updated.

  1. In 2019, Number of Under 5 Deaths in Nigeria rose 0.1% from a year earlier.
  2. Since 2014 Nigeria Number of Under 5 Deaths jumped by 0.1% year on year totalising 866,878 Deaths.
  3. In 2019 Democratic Republic of the Congo was ranked number 4 in Number of Under 5 Deaths.
  4. In 2019 Greece was number 133 in Number of Under 5 Deaths totalising 360 Deaths, compared to 137 in 2018.

Top Countries in Number of Under 5 Deaths

Units (Deaths) - 1960 to 2019

# 193 Countries Units (Deaths) Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Nigeria
866,878 2019 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
2 #2
India
803,543 2019 -8.9 % -6.8 % View data
3 #3
Pakistan
404,193 2019 -1.1 % -1.6 % View data
4 #4
Democratic Republic of the Congo
295,589 2019 -0.3 % -1.0 % View data
5 #5
Ethiopia
182,646 2019 -4.4 % -3.5 % View data
6 #6
China
122,421 2019 -16.2 % -9.6 % View data
7 #7
Indonesia
114,925 2019 -5.2 % -4.5 % View data
8 #8
Tanzania
103,981 2019 -2.5 % -1.9 % View data
9 #9
Angola
91,137 2019 -2.9 % -2.6 % View data
10 #10
Niger
80,547 2019 -2.4 % -1.4 % View data
11 #11
Sudan
78,765 2019 -1.2 % -1.7 % View data
12 #12
Bangladesh
78,406 2019 -11.6 % -7.5 % View data
13 #13
Mozambique
76,437 2019 -3.1 % -2.3 % View data
14 #14
Chad
75,046 2019 +0.2 % -0.8 % View data
15 #15
Mali
74,416 2019 -1.1 % -1.8 % View data
16 #16
Somalia
73,023 2019 -0.1 % -0.8 % View data
17 #17
Afghanistan
71,965 2019 -3.1 % -3.6 % View data
18 #18
Uganda
70,329 2019 -5.0 % -4.4 % View data
19 #19
Ivory Coast
69,621 2019 -1.1 % -1.5 % View data
20 #20
Cameroon
65,383 2019 -1.5 % -2.5 % View data
21 #21
Philippines
61,749 2019 -1.4 % -2.7 % View data
22 #22
Kenya
57,905 2019 -4.0 % -3.9 % View data
23 #23
Burkina Faso
54,071 2019 -2.9 % -2.7 % View data
24 #24
Egypt
53,557 2019 -2.5 % -2.8 % View data
25 #25
Yemen
46,569 2019 -1.2 % +0.4 % View data
26 #26
Madagascar
43,902 2019 -1.9 % -1.0 % View data
27 #27
Guinea
43,827 2019 -1.1 % -0.6 % View data
28 #28
Myanmar
40,498 2019 -6.7 % -4.6 % View data
29 #29
Ghana
40,270 2019 -2.6 % -3.3 % View data
30 #30
Brazil
38,323 2019 -8.6 % -4.4 % View data
31 #31
South Africa
38,098 2019 -4.8 % -4.3 % View data
32 #32
Benin
37,611 2019 +0.1 % -0.5 % View data
33 #33
South Sudan
37,228 2019 -1.2 % +0.4 % View data
34 #34
Zambia
34,171 2019 -3.8 % -2.5 % View data
35 #35
Vietnam
32,477 2019 -1.7 % -1.3 % View data
36 #36
Iraq
29,279 2019 -0.7 % -2.1 % View data
37 #37
Malawi
28,058 2019 -7.2 % -5.4 % View data
38 #38
Mexico
26,842 2019 -5.4 % -5.2 % View data
39 #39
Sierra Leone
25,343 2019 -4.0 % -4.4 % View data
40 #40
United States
24,999 2019 -1.9 % -1.6 % View data
41 #41
Burundi
24,094 2019 -3.1 % -2.9 % View data
42 #42
Algeria
23,903 2019 -0.2 % -0.6 % View data
43 #43
Senegal
22,562 2019 -3.9 % -3.5 % View data
44 #44
Iran
20,831 2019 -5.3 % -2.8 % View data
45 #45
Zimbabwe
19,815 2019 -4.5 % -6.0 % View data
46 #46
Central African Republic
18,768 2019 -1.6 % -3.1 % View data
47 #47
Togo
17,682 2019 -1.0 % -1.8 % View data
48 #48
Haiti
16,725 2019 -4.3 % -3.3 % View data
49 #49
Nepal
16,129 2019 -11.0 % -6.1 % View data
50 #50
Morocco
14,515 2019 -5.5 % -5.0 % View data
51 #51
Uzbekistan
14,028 2019 -6.1 % -5.9 % View data
52 #52
Venezuela
13,289 2019 +2.0 % +5.9 % View data
53 #53
Russia
12,854 2019 -3.6 % -5.4 % View data
54 #54
Turkey
11,971 2019 -13.9 % -7.3 % View data
55 #55
Rwanda
11,913 2019 -11.7 % -5.5 % View data
56 #56
Mauritania
10,947 2019 +0.1 % -1.1 % View data
57 #57
Papua New Guinea
10,882 2019 -1.0 % -1.6 % View data
58 #58
Liberia
10,708 2019 -3.3 % -2.4 % View data
59 #59
Guatemala
10,549 2019 -4.2 % -3.1 % View data
60 #60
Colombia
9,910 2019 -5.3 % -3.9 % View data
61 #61
Tajikistan
9,460 2019 -1.7 % -1.3 % View data
62 #62
Cambodia
9,193 2019 -9.9 % -5.7 % View data
63 #63
Republic of the Congo
8,409 2019 -1.2 % -1.8 % View data
64 #64
Laos
7,364 2019 -6.1 % -4.6 % View data
65 #65
Peru
7,290 2019 -10.8 % -5.5 % View data
66 #66
Argentina
7,182 2019 -4.2 % -4.5 % View data
67 #67
Syria
7,113 2019 -2.4 % -4.2 % View data
68 #68
Turkmenistan
6,364 2019 -0.6 % -3.0 % View data
69 #69
Bolivia
6,016 2019 -8.9 % -5.7 % View data
70 #70
Dominican Republic
5,862 2019 -1.9 % -2.6 % View data
71 #71
Thailand
5,839 2019 -11.5 % -6.9 % View data
72 #72
North Korea
5,808 2019 -9.5 % -5.6 % View data
73 #73
Guinea-Bissau
5,115 2019 -2.7 % -2.6 % View data
74 #74
Gambia
4,939 2019 -0.8 % -1.1 % View data
75 #75
Ecuador
4,511 2019 -5.3 % -2.4 % View data
76 #76
Lesotho
4,459 2019 -2.1 % -3.4 % View data
77 #77
Eritrea
4,282 2019 -3.3 % -4.2 % View data
78 #78
Malaysia
4,042 2019 -0.9 % +0.0 % View data
79 #79
Saudi Arabia
3,798 2019 -10.5 % -7.6 % View data
80 #80
Equatorial Guinea
3,587 2019 +0.1 % -0.7 % View data
81 #81
Ukraine
3,580 2019 -5.3 % -5.4 % View data
82 #82
Jordan
3,480 2019 -0.5 % -2.6 % View data
83 #83
Kazakhstan
3,415 2019 -10.7 % -7.5 % View data
84 #84
Honduras
3,412 2019 -6.0 % -3.7 % View data
85 #85
Tunisia
3,375 2019 -2.9 % -1.1 % View data
86 #86
Azerbaijan
3,350 2019 -8.1 % -7.7 % View data
87 #87
United Kingdom
3,234 2019 -2.5 % -2.2 % View data
88 #88
France
2,920 2019 -2.0 % -1.9 % View data
89 #89
Gabon
2,909 2019 -0.6 % -1.8 % View data
90 #90
Kyrgyzstan
2,879 2019 -3.0 % -5.3 % View data
91 #91
Palestine
2,861 2019 -0.6 % -1.6 % View data
92 #92
Paraguay
2,785 2019 -3.0 % -2.9 % View data
93 #93
Germany
2,735 2019 -2.6 % -0.2 % View data
94 #94
Namibia
2,721 2019 -1.2 % -2.3 % View data
95 #95
Nicaragua
2,319 2019 -5.3 % -2.2 % View data
96 #96
Sri Lanka
2,314 2019 -8.2 % -6.8 % View data
97 #97
Japan
2,272 2019 -6.3 % -5.4 % View data
98 #98
Botswana
1,970 2019 -3.5 % -3.6 % View data
99 #99
Canada
1,905 2019 -0.7 % -1.6 % View data
100 #100
Comoros
1,752 2019 -0.6 % -2.0 % View data
101 #101
Chile
1,619 2019 -3.8 % -4.0 % View data
102 #102
East Timor
1,583 2019 -5.5 % -2.4 % View data
103 #103
Swaziland
1,527 2019 -6.2 % -5.9 % View data
104 #104
Poland
1,515 2019 -8.8 % -4.7 % View data
105 #105
El Salvador
1,429 2019 -10.8 % -5.5 % View data
105 #105
Libya
1,429 2019 -6.3 % -5.2 % View data
107 #107
Italy
1,321 2019 -6.8 % -6.5 % View data
108 #108
Romania
1,202 2019 -13.5 % -9.7 % View data
109 #109
Panama
1,181 2019 -2.1 % -2.9 % View data
110 #110
Djibouti
1,176 2019 -3.5 % -3.6 % View data
111 #111
Mongolia
1,156 2019 -7.5 % -4.6 % View data
112 #112
Spain
1,150 2019 -5.7 % -5.2 % View data
113 #113
Australia
1,141 2019 -2.6 % -1.6 % View data
114 #114
South Korea
1,036 2019 -16.3 % -8.0 % View data
115 #115
Oman
1,022 2019 -0.7 % +2.5 % View data
116 #116
Lebanon
834 2019 -3.0 % -1.2 % View data
117 #117
United Arab Emirates
771 2019 +1.2 % -0.6 % View data
118 #118
Jamaica
654 2019 -4.3 % -3.8 % View data
119 #119
Netherlands
641 2019 -4.0 % -2.4 % View data
120 #120
Israel
621 2019 -1.7 % -1.2 % View data
121 #121
Moldova
618 2019 -5.5 % -3.1 % View data
122 #122
Costa Rica
599 2019 -2.9 % -2.0 % View data
123 #123
Cuba
551 2019 -6.0 % -4.4 % View data
124 #124
Fiji
484 2019 +0.0 % +0.8 % View data
125 #125
Armenia
467 2019 -9.5 % -6.7 % View data
126 #126
Georgia
463 2019 -13.6 % -5.8 % View data
127 #127
Guyana
451 2019 -3.8 % -3.5 % View data
127 #127
Kuwait
451 2019 -1.3 % -3.4 % View data
129 #129
Belgium
444 2019 -2.6 % -3.0 % View data
130 #130
Solomon Islands
416 2019 -0.2 % -1.2 % View data
131 #131
Bulgaria
408 2019 -9.1 % -7.3 % View data
131 #131
Serbia
408 2019 -12.3 % -6.6 % View data
133 #133
Greece
360 2019 -3.2 % -3.0 % View data
134 #134
Czech Republic
358 2019 -4.0 % +0.7 % View data
134 #134
Hungary
358 2019 -8.2 % -6.0 % View data
136 #136
Switzerland
357 2019 -0.8 % -0.5 % View data
137 #137
Belarus
349 2019 -9.3 % -6.3 % View data
138 #138
Bhutan
341 2019 -11.4 % -5.3 % View data
139 #139
Uruguay
338 2019 -6.9 % -5.4 % View data
140 #140
New Zealand
337 2019 -1.2 % -1.7 % View data
141 #141
Trinidad and Tobago
323 2019 -3.0 % -4.6 % View data
142 #142
Sweden
315 2019 -1.6 % -1.2 % View data
143 #143
Slovakia
305 2019 -4.1 % -3.0 % View data
144 #144
Austria
295 2019 -3.6 % -1.1 % View data
145 #145
Portugal
269 2019 -11.5 % -3.6 % View data
146 #146
Denmark
251 2019 -2.3 % +0.4 % View data
147 #147
Albania
246 2019 -18.5 % -7.2 % View data
148 #148
Vanuatu
229 2019 +1.3 % -0.5 % View data
149 #149
Ireland
226 2019 -2.6 % -3.4 % View data
150 #150
Macedonia
220 2019 -1.8 % -4.6 % View data
151 #151
Cape Verde
197 2019 -5.3 % -4.1 % View data
152 #152
Sao Tome and Principe
196 2019 -4.8 % -3.9 % View data
153 #153
Suriname
193 2019 -4.0 % -3.7 % View data
154 #154
Mauritius
188 2019 -6.5 % -1.1 % View data
155 #155
Qatar
182 2019 +1.7 % -1.3 % View data
156 #156
Kiribati
169 2019 +0.0 % -1.8 % View data
157 #157
Croatia
165 2019 -5.7 % -3.9 % View data
158 #158
Bahrain
152 2019 -1.3 % -1.1 % View data
159 #159
Bosnia and Herzegovina
146 2019 -9.9 % -5.9 % View data
160 #160
Norway
143 2019 -4.7 % -2.9 % View data
161 #161
Singapore
138 2019 -2.8 % +0.1 % View data
162 #162
Lithuania
107 2019 -10.1 % -7.3 % View data
163 #163
Belize
100 2019 -2.9 % -4.4 % View data
164 #164
Finland
80 2019 -10.1 % -10.2 % View data
165 #165
Brunei
75 2019 +0.0 % +0.8 % View data
166 #166
Federated States of Micronesia
74 2019 -5.1 % -3.2 % View data
166 #166
Samoa
74 2019 -2.6 % -3.4 % View data
168 #168
Latvia
68 2019 -15.0 % -10.1 % View data
169 #169
Bahamas
53 2019 -3.6 % -2.8 % View data
170 #170
Maldives
51 2019 -17.7 % -8.4 % View data
171 #171
Marshall Islands
45 2019 -2.2 % -4.3 % View data
172 #172
Slovenia
41 2019 -6.8 % -6.0 % View data
173 #173
Tonga
39 2019 -2.5 % -3.3 % View data
174 #174
Barbados
36 2019 -2.7 % -3.5 % View data
175 #175
Dominica
35 2019 +2.9 % +5.3 % View data
175 #175
Saint Lucia
35 2019 -2.8 % -2.6 % View data
177 #177
Estonia
30 2019 -16.7 % -9.3 % View data
177 #177
Malta
30 2019 +0.0 % +1.4 % View data
179 #179
Grenada
28 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
180 #180
Cyprus
27 2019 -10.0 % -6.1 % View data
181 #181
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
25 2019 -3.9 % -4.2 % View data
182 #182
Seychelles
23 2019 +0.0 % -0.8 % View data
183 #183
Montenegro
19 2018 -5.0 % -11.0 % View data
184 #184
Luxembourg
15 2019 +0.0 % -1.3 % View data
185 #185
Nauru
10 2019 +0.0 % -1.9 % View data
186 #186
Antigua and Barbuda
9 2019 -10.0 % -3.9 % View data
187 #187
Iceland
8 2019 +0.0 % -4.4 % View data
187 #187
Saint Kitts and Nevis
8 2019 +0.0 % -4.4 % View data
189 #189
Tuvalu
7 2019 +0.0 % -2.6 % View data
190 #190
Palau
4 2019 +0.0 % -4.4 % View data
191 #191
Andorra
2 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
191 #191
Monaco
2 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
193 #193
San Marino
0 2018 -100.0 % -100.0 % View data

Source: World Bank

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