Which has higher number of child deaths, Cameroon or China?

Cameroon, at 61,508 deaths against 53,968 deaths in China as of 2024.

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

7,540 deaths, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon 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.

Cameroon vs China: Number of child deaths

Cameroon

61,508 deaths

in 2024

China

53,968 deaths

in 2024

Cameroon rank

20th

China rank

23rd

Number of child deaths over time

Cameroon
China

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 61,508 deaths against 53,968 deaths in China, a difference of 7,540 deaths.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times China's.

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

Cameroon ranks 20th 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	Cameroon	China	Difference	Ahead
1970s	62,650 deaths	1.80 million deaths	1.74 million deaths	China
1980s	63,810 deaths	1.32 million deaths	1.26 million deaths	China
1990s	75,323 deaths	1.01 million deaths	931,173 deaths	China
2000s	84,463 deaths	435,239 deaths	350,776 deaths	China
2010s	74,620 deaths	204,823 deaths	130,202 deaths	China
2020s	64,491 deaths	76,248 deaths	11,757 deaths	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Cameroon or China?: Cameroon, at 61,508 deaths against 53,968 deaths in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Cameroon and China?: 7,540 deaths, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and China?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and China rank globally for number of child deaths?: Cameroon ranks 20th 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 .