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

Madagascar, at 61,923 deaths against 61,508 deaths in Cameroon as of 2024.

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

415 deaths, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Madagascar?

48 years are reported by both, from 1977 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 Madagascar: Number of child deaths

Cameroon

61,508 deaths

in 2024

Madagascar

61,923 deaths

in 2024

Cameroon rank

20th

Madagascar rank

19th

Number of child deaths over time

Cameroon
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 61,923 deaths against 61,508 deaths in Cameroon, a difference of 415 deaths.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 20th and Madagascar ranks 19th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 4 and Madagascar in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	64,540 deaths	63,560 deaths	980 deaths	Cameroon
1980s	63,810 deaths	90,432 deaths	26,622 deaths	Madagascar
1990s	75,323 deaths	75,883 deaths	560 deaths	Madagascar
2000s	84,463 deaths	61,976 deaths	22,486 deaths	Cameroon
2010s	74,620 deaths	55,766 deaths	18,854 deaths	Cameroon
2020s	64,491 deaths	61,840 deaths	2,651 deaths	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Cameroon or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 61,923 deaths against 61,508 deaths in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Cameroon and Madagascar?: 415 deaths, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Madagascar?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Madagascar rank globally for number of child deaths?: Cameroon ranks 20th and Madagascar ranks 19th 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 .