Which has higher number of child deaths, Japan or Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka, at 1,898 deaths against 1,863 deaths in Japan as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Japan and Sri Lanka?

35 deaths, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sri Lanka?

69 years are reported by both, from 1956 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.

Japan vs Sri Lanka: Number of child deaths

Japan

1,863 deaths

in 2024

Sri Lanka

1,898 deaths

in 2024

Japan rank

97th

Sri Lanka rank

96th

Number of child deaths over time

Japan
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 1,898 deaths against 1,863 deaths in Japan, a difference of 35 deaths.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 97th and Sri Lanka ranks 96th of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1950s	84,992 deaths	34,619 deaths	50,372 deaths	Japan
1960s	46,696 deaths	29,217 deaths	17,479 deaths	Japan
1970s	27,173 deaths	24,013 deaths	3,160 deaths	Japan
1980s	11,632 deaths	12,728 deaths	1,096 deaths	Sri Lanka
1990s	6,741 deaths	6,938 deaths	196.5 deaths	Sri Lanka
2000s	4,382 deaths	6,132 deaths	1,750 deaths	Sri Lanka
2010s	2,877 deaths	3,225 deaths	347.2 deaths	Sri Lanka
2020s	1,963 deaths	2,092 deaths	129.4 deaths	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Japan or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 1,898 deaths against 1,863 deaths in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Japan and Sri Lanka?: 35 deaths, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sri Lanka?: 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
How do Japan and Sri Lanka rank globally for number of child deaths?: Japan ranks 97th and Sri Lanka ranks 96th 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 .