What is the difference in number of child deaths between Burundi and Central African Republic?

1,018 deaths, with Burundi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Central African Republic?

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 child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs Central African Republic: Number of child deaths

Burundi

21,573 deaths

in 2024

Central African Republic

20,555 deaths

in 2024

Burundi rank

42nd

Central African Republic rank

43rd

Number of child deaths over time

Burundi
Central African Republic

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 21,573 deaths against 20,555 deaths in Central African Republic, a difference of 1,018 deaths.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 42nd and Central African Republic ranks 43rd of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 5 and Central African Republic in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Central African Republic	Difference	Ahead
1970s	43,962 deaths	19,489 deaths	24,474 deaths	Burundi
1980s	42,699 deaths	21,264 deaths	21,435 deaths	Burundi
1990s	44,014 deaths	24,468 deaths	19,546 deaths	Burundi
2000s	39,229 deaths	33,547 deaths	5,682 deaths	Burundi
2010s	30,977 deaths	30,221 deaths	756.4 deaths	Burundi
2020s	22,817 deaths	42,327 deaths	19,510 deaths	Central African Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Burundi or Central African Republic?: Burundi, at 21,573 deaths against 20,555 deaths in Central African Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Burundi and Central African Republic?: 1,018 deaths, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Central African Republic?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Central African Republic rank globally for number of child deaths?: Burundi ranks 42nd and Central African Republic ranks 43rd 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 .