Which has higher number of child deaths, Burkina Faso or China?

Burkina Faso, at 54,009 deaths against 53,968 deaths in China as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Burkina Faso and China?

41 deaths, with Burkina Faso ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and China?

51 years are reported by both, from 1974 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.

Burkina Faso vs China: Number of child deaths

Burkina Faso

54,009 deaths

in 2024

China

53,968 deaths

in 2024

Burkina Faso rank

22nd

China rank

23rd

Number of child deaths over time

Burkina Faso
China

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 54,009 deaths against 53,968 deaths in China, a difference of 41 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was China ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 22nd and China ranks 23rd of 199 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	China	Difference	Ahead
1970s	77,194 deaths	1.80 million deaths	1.73 million deaths	China
1980s	77,954 deaths	1.32 million deaths	1.25 million deaths	China
1990s	86,339 deaths	1.01 million deaths	920,158 deaths	China
2000s	87,254 deaths	435,239 deaths	347,986 deaths	China
2010s	73,804 deaths	204,823 deaths	131,018 deaths	China
2020s	57,305 deaths	76,248 deaths	18,943 deaths	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Burkina Faso or China?: Burkina Faso, at 54,009 deaths against 53,968 deaths in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Burkina Faso and China?: 41 deaths, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and China?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and China rank globally for number of child deaths?: Burkina Faso ranks 22nd and China ranks 23rd 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 .