Which has higher number of child deaths, Chad or Uganda?

Uganda, at 82,589 deaths against 78,958 deaths in Chad as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Chad and Uganda?

3,631 deaths, with Uganda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Uganda?

67 years are reported by both, from 1958 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.

Chad vs Uganda: Number of child deaths

Chad

78,958 deaths

in 2024

Uganda

82,589 deaths

in 2024

Chad rank

12th

Uganda rank

10th

Number of child deaths over time

Chad
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 82,589 deaths against 78,958 deaths in Chad, a difference of 3,631 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Uganda ahead.

Chad ranks 12th and Uganda ranks 10th of 199 countries.

Uganda has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1950s	35,202 deaths	78,330 deaths	43,128 deaths	Uganda
1960s	38,363 deaths	82,642 deaths	44,279 deaths	Uganda
1970s	46,990 deaths	110,116 deaths	63,126 deaths	Uganda
1980s	53,945 deaths	141,638 deaths	87,693 deaths	Uganda
1990s	68,291 deaths	158,699 deaths	90,408 deaths	Uganda
2000s	79,452 deaths	134,108 deaths	54,656 deaths	Uganda
2010s	82,945 deaths	86,893 deaths	3,947 deaths	Uganda
2020s	79,044 deaths	81,967 deaths	2,923 deaths	Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Chad or Uganda?: Uganda, at 82,589 deaths against 78,958 deaths in Chad as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Chad and Uganda?: 3,631 deaths, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Uganda?: 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
How do Chad and Uganda rank globally for number of child deaths?: Chad ranks 12th and Uganda ranks 10th 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 .