Which has higher number of child deaths, Cameroon or Côte d'Ivoire?

Côte d'Ivoire, at 63,784 deaths against 61,508 deaths in Cameroon as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?

2,276 deaths, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 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 Côte d'Ivoire: Number of child deaths

Cameroon

61,508 deaths

in 2024

Côte d'Ivoire

63,784 deaths

in 2024

Cameroon rank

20th

Côte d'Ivoire rank

18th

Number of child deaths over time

Cameroon
Côte d'Ivoire

How they compare

Côte d'Ivoire currently reports 63,784 deaths against 61,508 deaths in Cameroon, a difference of 2,276 deaths.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 20th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 18th of 199 countries.

Côte d'Ivoire has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Côte d'Ivoire	Difference	Ahead
1960s	59,945 deaths	62,703 deaths	2,757 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire
1970s	60,843 deaths	65,970 deaths	5,127 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire
1980s	63,810 deaths	70,759 deaths	6,949 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire
1990s	75,323 deaths	93,371 deaths	18,048 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire
2000s	84,463 deaths	98,982 deaths	14,519 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire
2010s	74,620 deaths	82,553 deaths	7,933 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire
2020s	64,491 deaths	66,957 deaths	2,466 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Cameroon or Côte d'Ivoire?: Côte d'Ivoire, at 63,784 deaths against 61,508 deaths in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?: 2,276 deaths, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire rank globally for number of child deaths?: Cameroon ranks 20th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 18th 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 .