Which has higher number of child deaths, Australia or Spain?

Australia, at 1,097 deaths against 1,073 deaths in Spain as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Australia and Spain?

24 deaths, with Australia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Spain?

70 years are reported by both, from 1955 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 child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Spain: Number of child deaths

Australia

1,097 deaths

in 2024

Spain

1,073 deaths

in 2024

Australia rank

108th

Spain rank

110th

Number of child deaths over time

Australia
Spain

How they compare

Australia currently reports 1,097 deaths against 1,073 deaths in Spain, a difference of 24 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Spain ahead.

Australia ranks 108th and Spain ranks 110th of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1950s	5,616 deaths	38,387 deaths	32,770 deaths	Spain
1960s	5,235 deaths	29,020 deaths	23,785 deaths	Spain
1970s	4,413 deaths	15,276 deaths	10,863 deaths	Spain
1980s	2,713 deaths	5,868 deaths	3,155 deaths	Spain
1990s	1,904 deaths	2,818 deaths	914.1 deaths	Spain
2000s	1,494 deaths	2,078 deaths	584.4 deaths	Spain
2010s	1,244 deaths	1,476 deaths	232.2 deaths	Spain
2020s	1,120 deaths	1,094 deaths	26.6 deaths	Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Australia or Spain?: Australia, at 1,097 deaths against 1,073 deaths in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Australia and Spain?: 24 deaths, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Spain?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Australia and Spain rank globally for number of child deaths?: Australia ranks 108th and Spain ranks 110th 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 child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of 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, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .