What is the difference in number of child deaths between Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Nigeria?

470,637 deaths, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Nigeria?

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.

Congo, Democratic Republic of the vs Nigeria: Number of child deaths

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

385,039 deaths

in 2024

Nigeria

855,676 deaths

in 2024

Congo, Democratic Republic of the rank

3rd

Nigeria rank

1st

Number of child deaths over time

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 855,676 deaths against 385,039 deaths in Congo, Democratic Republic of the, a difference of 470,637 deaths.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 2.2 times Congo, Democratic Republic of the's.

Across all 51 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Congo, Democratic Republic of the ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 199 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1970s	230,879 deaths	703,427 deaths	472,548 deaths	Nigeria
1980s	258,387 deaths	772,786 deaths	514,399 deaths	Nigeria
1990s	346,360 deaths	910,876 deaths	564,516 deaths	Nigeria
2000s	342,587 deaths	880,846 deaths	538,259 deaths	Nigeria
2010s	309,740 deaths	854,512 deaths	544,772 deaths	Nigeria
2020s	375,184 deaths	853,687 deaths	478,502 deaths	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Congo, Democratic Republic of the or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 855,676 deaths against 385,039 deaths in Congo, Democratic Republic of the as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Nigeria?: 470,637 deaths, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Nigeria?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
How do Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Nigeria rank globally for number of child deaths?: Congo, Democratic Republic of the ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 1st 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 .