Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Sudan or Uganda?

Sudan, at 39,470 deaths against 36,739 deaths in Uganda as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Sudan and Uganda?

2,731 deaths, with Sudan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Uganda?

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 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.

Sudan vs Uganda: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Sudan

39,470 deaths

in 2024

Uganda

36,739 deaths

in 2024

Sudan rank

10th

Uganda rank

11th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Sudan
Uganda

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 39,470 deaths against 36,739 deaths in Uganda, a difference of 2,731 deaths.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Uganda ahead.

Sudan ranks 10th and Uganda ranks 11th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Sudan averaged higher in 5 and Uganda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sudan	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1970s	29,490 deaths	29,868 deaths	377.5 deaths	Uganda
1980s	39,142 deaths	34,373 deaths	4,769 deaths	Sudan
1990s	41,439 deaths	36,036 deaths	5,403 deaths	Sudan
2000s	41,096 deaths	36,426 deaths	4,670 deaths	Sudan
2010s	40,523 deaths	34,815 deaths	5,708 deaths	Sudan
2020s	40,570 deaths	36,347 deaths	4,223 deaths	Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Sudan or Uganda?: Sudan, at 39,470 deaths against 36,739 deaths in Uganda as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Sudan and Uganda?: 2,731 deaths, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Uganda?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Sudan and Uganda rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Sudan ranks 10th and Uganda ranks 11th 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 .