What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between North Korea and Tajikistan?

69 deaths, with North Korea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Tajikistan?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

North Korea vs Tajikistan: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

North Korea

3,048 deaths

in 2024

Tajikistan

2,979 deaths

in 2024

North Korea rank

66th

Tajikistan rank

67th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

North Korea
Tajikistan

How they compare

North Korea currently reports 3,048 deaths against 2,979 deaths in Tajikistan, a difference of 69 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was North Korea ahead.

North Korea ranks 66th and Tajikistan ranks 67th of 199 countries.

North Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	North Korea	Tajikistan	Difference	Ahead
1990s	10,394 deaths	6,239 deaths	4,156 deaths	North Korea
2000s	7,085 deaths	4,379 deaths	2,706 deaths	North Korea
2010s	4,112 deaths	3,725 deaths	387.3 deaths	North Korea
2020s	3,233 deaths	3,154 deaths	79.4 deaths	North Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, North Korea or Tajikistan?: North Korea, at 3,048 deaths against 2,979 deaths in Tajikistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between North Korea and Tajikistan?: 69 deaths, with North Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Tajikistan?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do North Korea and Tajikistan rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: North Korea ranks 66th and Tajikistan ranks 67th 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: 30 October 2026

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