Which has higher number of child deaths, Botswana or Canada?

Botswana, at 2,032 deaths against 1,949 deaths in Canada as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Botswana and Canada?

83 deaths, with Botswana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Canada?

66 years are reported by both, from 1959 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.

Botswana vs Canada: Number of child deaths

Botswana

2,032 deaths

in 2024

Canada

1,949 deaths

in 2024

Botswana rank

93rd

Canada rank

95th

Number of child deaths over time

Botswana
Canada

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 2,032 deaths against 1,949 deaths in Canada, a difference of 83 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Canada ahead.

Botswana ranks 93rd and Canada ranks 95th of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 4 and Canada in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Canada	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3,980 deaths	15,268 deaths	11,288 deaths	Canada
1960s	3,694 deaths	11,668 deaths	7,975 deaths	Canada
1970s	3,129 deaths	6,078 deaths	2,949 deaths	Canada
1980s	2,518 deaths	3,744 deaths	1,226 deaths	Canada
1990s	2,903 deaths	2,722 deaths	180.5 deaths	Botswana
2000s	3,514 deaths	2,097 deaths	1,416 deaths	Botswana
2010s	2,808 deaths	2,055 deaths	753.4 deaths	Botswana
2020s	2,175 deaths	1,925 deaths	250.6 deaths	Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Botswana or Canada?: Botswana, at 2,032 deaths against 1,949 deaths in Canada as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Botswana and Canada?: 83 deaths, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Canada?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Canada rank globally for number of child deaths?: Botswana ranks 93rd and Canada ranks 95th 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 .