India vs Nigeria: Number of child deaths by region

India

615,030

in 2024

Nigeria

855,676

in 2024

India rank

2nd

Nigeria rank

1st

Number of child deaths by region over time

Nigeria currently reports 855,676 against 615,030 in India, a difference of 240,646.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.4 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was India ahead.

India ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 195 countries.

Indicator: Number of child deaths by region
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, UN Population Division), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 195 places, 11,389 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of children under five years old who die each year.