What is the difference in number of child deaths between Dominican Republic and Turkmenistan?

27 deaths, with Turkmenistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Turkmenistan?

43 years are reported by both, from 1982 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.

Dominican Republic vs Turkmenistan: Number of child deaths

Dominican Republic

6,181 deaths

in 2024

Turkmenistan

6,208 deaths

in 2024

Dominican Republic rank

67th

Turkmenistan rank

66th

Number of child deaths over time

Dominican Republic
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 6,208 deaths against 6,181 deaths in Dominican Republic, a difference of 27 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 67th and Turkmenistan ranks 66th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 4 and Turkmenistan in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1980s	14,571 deaths	11,021 deaths	3,550 deaths	Dominican Republic
1990s	10,690 deaths	9,238 deaths	1,451 deaths	Dominican Republic
2000s	7,749 deaths	6,286 deaths	1,463 deaths	Dominican Republic
2010s	7,450 deaths	6,878 deaths	571.1 deaths	Dominican Republic
2020s	6,628 deaths	6,742 deaths	113.6 deaths	Turkmenistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Dominican Republic or Turkmenistan?: Turkmenistan, at 6,208 deaths against 6,181 deaths in Dominican Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Dominican Republic and Turkmenistan?: 27 deaths, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Turkmenistan?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Dominican Republic and Turkmenistan rank globally for number of child deaths?: Dominican Republic ranks 67th and Turkmenistan ranks 66th 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 .