Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Iraq or South Africa?

South Africa, at 14,715 deaths against 14,670 deaths in Iraq as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Iraq and South Africa?

45 deaths, with South Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and South Africa?

41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iraq vs South Africa: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Iraq

14,670 deaths

in 2024

South Africa

14,715 deaths

in 2024

Iraq rank

35th

South Africa rank

34th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Iraq
South Africa

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 14,715 deaths against 14,670 deaths in Iraq, a difference of 45 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1984 it was South Africa ahead.

Iraq ranks 35th and South Africa ranks 34th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 3 and South Africa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1980s	17,980 deaths	27,068 deaths	9,088 deaths	South Africa
1990s	19,664 deaths	20,144 deaths	479.9 deaths	South Africa
2000s	21,050 deaths	14,364 deaths	6,686 deaths	Iraq
2010s	19,602 deaths	13,995 deaths	5,607 deaths	Iraq
2020s	15,297 deaths	14,211 deaths	1,086 deaths	Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Iraq or South Africa?: South Africa, at 14,715 deaths against 14,670 deaths in Iraq as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Iraq and South Africa?: 45 deaths, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and South Africa?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
How do Iraq and South Africa rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Iraq ranks 35th and South Africa ranks 34th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .