Which has higher number of child deaths, Central African Republic or Senegal?

Central African Republic, at 20,555 deaths against 19,308 deaths in Senegal as of 2024.

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

1,247 deaths, with Central African Republic ahead.

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

61 years are reported by both, from 1964 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.

Central African Republic vs Senegal: Number of child deaths

Central African Republic

20,555 deaths

in 2024

Senegal

19,308 deaths

in 2024

Central African Republic rank

43rd

Senegal rank

45th

Number of child deaths over time

Central African Republic
Senegal

How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports 20,555 deaths against 19,308 deaths in Senegal, a difference of 1,247 deaths.

That makes Central African Republic's figure about 1.1 times Senegal's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Senegal ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 43rd and Senegal ranks 45th of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Central African Republic averaged higher in 2 and Senegal in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	19,826 deaths	55,840 deaths	36,014 deaths	Senegal
1970s	19,489 deaths	59,539 deaths	40,050 deaths	Senegal
1980s	21,264 deaths	49,945 deaths	28,681 deaths	Senegal
1990s	24,468 deaths	45,827 deaths	21,359 deaths	Senegal
2000s	33,547 deaths	38,045 deaths	4,498 deaths	Senegal
2010s	30,221 deaths	26,130 deaths	4,091 deaths	Central African Republic
2020s	42,327 deaths	20,585 deaths	21,741 deaths	Central African Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Central African Republic or Senegal?: Central African Republic, at 20,555 deaths against 19,308 deaths in Senegal as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Central African Republic and Senegal?: 1,247 deaths, with Central African Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Senegal?: 61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
How do Central African Republic and Senegal rank globally for number of child deaths?: Central African Republic ranks 43rd and Senegal ranks 45th 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 .