Which has higher number of child deaths, Brazil or Guinea?

Guinea, at 44,394 deaths against 36,892 deaths in Brazil as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Brazil and Guinea?

7,502 deaths, with Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Guinea?

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.

Brazil vs Guinea: Number of child deaths

Brazil

36,892 deaths

in 2024

Guinea

44,394 deaths

in 2024

Brazil rank

29th

Guinea rank

27th

Number of child deaths over time

Brazil
Guinea

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 44,394 deaths against 36,892 deaths in Brazil, a difference of 7,502 deaths.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 29th and Guinea ranks 27th of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	524,475 deaths	51,823 deaths	472,652 deaths	Brazil
1960s	485,021 deaths	56,277 deaths	428,744 deaths	Brazil
1970s	406,794 deaths	61,186 deaths	345,608 deaths	Brazil
1980s	307,434 deaths	63,059 deaths	244,375 deaths	Brazil
1990s	178,534 deaths	63,425 deaths	115,109 deaths	Brazil
2000s	84,806 deaths	50,874 deaths	33,933 deaths	Brazil
2010s	48,372 deaths	48,583 deaths	211.5 deaths	Guinea
2020s	38,985 deaths	46,072 deaths	7,087 deaths	Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Brazil or Guinea?: Guinea, at 44,394 deaths against 36,892 deaths in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Brazil and Guinea?: 7,502 deaths, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Guinea?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Guinea rank globally for number of child deaths?: Brazil ranks 29th and Guinea ranks 27th 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 .