Which has higher number of child deaths, Japan or Tunisia?

Tunisia, at 2,027 deaths against 1,863 deaths in Japan as of 2024.

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

164 deaths, with Tunisia ahead.

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

58 years are reported by both, from 1967 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 Tunisia: Number of child deaths

Japan

1,863 deaths

in 2024

Tunisia

2,027 deaths

in 2024

Japan rank

97th

Tunisia rank

94th

Number of child deaths over time

Japan
Tunisia

How they compare

Tunisia currently reports 2,027 deaths against 1,863 deaths in Japan, a difference of 164 deaths.

That makes Tunisia's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Tunisia ahead.

Japan ranks 97th and Tunisia ranks 94th of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Tunisia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Tunisia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	36,003 deaths	42,147 deaths	6,144 deaths	Tunisia
1970s	27,173 deaths	30,210 deaths	3,037 deaths	Tunisia
1980s	11,632 deaths	16,940 deaths	5,308 deaths	Tunisia
1990s	6,741 deaths	8,729 deaths	1,988 deaths	Tunisia
2000s	4,382 deaths	3,822 deaths	560.2 deaths	Japan
2010s	2,877 deaths	3,782 deaths	904.4 deaths	Tunisia
2020s	1,963 deaths	2,508 deaths	545.4 deaths	Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Japan or Tunisia?: Tunisia, at 2,027 deaths against 1,863 deaths in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Japan and Tunisia?: 164 deaths, with Tunisia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Tunisia?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
How do Japan and Tunisia rank globally for number of child deaths?: Japan ranks 97th and Tunisia ranks 94th 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 .