Which has higher number of child deaths, Iraq or Zimbabwe?

Zimbabwe, at 31,802 deaths against 25,396 deaths in Iraq as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Iraq and Zimbabwe?

6,406 deaths, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Zimbabwe?

66 years are reported by both, from 1959 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.

Iraq vs Zimbabwe: Number of child deaths

Iraq

25,396 deaths

in 2024

Zimbabwe

31,802 deaths

in 2024

Iraq rank

38th

Zimbabwe rank

35th

Number of child deaths over time

Iraq
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 31,802 deaths against 25,396 deaths in Iraq, a difference of 6,406 deaths.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.3 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 38th and Zimbabwe ranks 35th of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 6 and Zimbabwe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	47,778 deaths	26,019 deaths	21,759 deaths	Iraq
1960s	49,810 deaths	26,632 deaths	23,178 deaths	Iraq
1970s	43,603 deaths	31,817 deaths	11,786 deaths	Iraq
1980s	39,777 deaths	33,014 deaths	6,763 deaths	Iraq
1990s	40,216 deaths	35,286 deaths	4,930 deaths	Iraq
2000s	37,258 deaths	40,439 deaths	3,182 deaths	Zimbabwe
2010s	33,950 deaths	31,471 deaths	2,480 deaths	Iraq
2020s	26,554 deaths	30,745 deaths	4,191 deaths	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Iraq or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 31,802 deaths against 25,396 deaths in Iraq as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Iraq and Zimbabwe?: 6,406 deaths, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Zimbabwe?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
How do Iraq and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of child deaths?: Iraq ranks 38th and Zimbabwe ranks 35th 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 .