Bangladesh vs Burkina Faso: Number of child deaths by age
Bangladesh
20,730 deaths
in 2024
Burkina Faso
22,247 deaths
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
15th
Burkina Faso rank
13th
Number of child deaths by age over time
- Bangladesh
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 22,247 deaths against 20,730 deaths in Bangladesh, a difference of 1,517 deaths.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 15th and Burkina Faso ranks 13th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 6 and Burkina Faso in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 191,580 deaths | 35,167 deaths | 156,413 deaths | Bangladesh |
| 1960s | 210,736 deaths | 36,592 deaths | 174,144 deaths | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 319,566 deaths | 36,956 deaths | 282,610 deaths | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 251,075 deaths | 36,151 deaths | 214,923 deaths | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 148,438 deaths | 40,286 deaths | 108,152 deaths | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 70,688 deaths | 39,500 deaths | 31,189 deaths | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 30,619 deaths | 32,212 deaths | 1,593 deaths | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 21,050 deaths | 24,404 deaths | 3,354 deaths | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths by age, Bangladesh or Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso, at 22,247 deaths against 20,730 deaths in Bangladesh as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths by age between Bangladesh and Burkina Faso?
- 1,517 deaths, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Burkina Faso?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Burkina Faso rank globally for number of child deaths by age?
- Bangladesh ranks 15th and Burkina Faso ranks 13th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths by age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged between 1 and 4 .