Burundi vs Sudan: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Burundi
0.2386 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Sudan
0.2501 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Burundi rank
22nd
Sudan rank
20th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Burundi
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 0.2501 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2386 under-five deaths per woman in Burundi, a difference of 0.0115 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Burundi ahead.
Burundi ranks 22nd and Sudan ranks 20th of 200 countries.
Burundi has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.75 under-five deaths per woman | 1.21 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5374 under-five deaths per woman | Burundi |
| 1960s | 1.75 under-five deaths per woman | 1.15 under-five deaths per woman | 0.601 under-five deaths per woman | Burundi |
| 1970s | 1.83 under-five deaths per woman | 1.07 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7623 under-five deaths per woman | Burundi |
| 1980s | 1.37 under-five deaths per woman | 1.09 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2772 under-five deaths per woman | Burundi |
| 1990s | 1.23 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7152 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5109 under-five deaths per woman | Burundi |
| 2000s | 0.8447 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4665 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3781 under-five deaths per woman | Burundi |
| 2010s | 0.4091 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3134 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0956 under-five deaths per woman | Burundi |
| 2020s | 0.2596 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2408 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0188 under-five deaths per woman | Burundi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Burundi or Sudan?
- Sudan, at 0.2501 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2386 under-five deaths per woman in Burundi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Burundi and Sudan?
- 0.0115 under-five deaths per woman, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Sudan?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
- How do Burundi and Sudan rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Burundi ranks 22nd and Sudan ranks 20th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).