Which has higher number of child deaths, Liberia or Nepal?

Liberia, at 14,534 deaths against 14,257 deaths in Nepal as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Liberia and Nepal?

277 deaths, with Liberia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Nepal?

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.

Liberia vs Nepal: Number of child deaths

Liberia

14,534 deaths

in 2024

Nepal

14,257 deaths

in 2024

Liberia rank

48th

Nepal rank

49th

Number of child deaths over time

Liberia
Nepal

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 14,534 deaths against 14,257 deaths in Nepal, a difference of 277 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Nepal ahead.

Liberia ranks 48th and Nepal ranks 49th of 199 countries.

Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Liberia	Nepal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	15,522 deaths	141,997 deaths	126,475 deaths	Nepal
1960s	17,914 deaths	141,076 deaths	123,162 deaths	Nepal
1970s	20,019 deaths	132,262 deaths	112,243 deaths	Nepal
1980s	24,832 deaths	115,678 deaths	90,846 deaths	Nepal
1990s	25,176 deaths	83,483 deaths	58,307 deaths	Nepal
2000s	18,649 deaths	44,115 deaths	25,466 deaths	Nepal
2010s	15,025 deaths	23,973 deaths	8,949 deaths	Nepal
2020s	14,439 deaths	15,764 deaths	1,325 deaths	Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Liberia or Nepal?: Liberia, at 14,534 deaths against 14,257 deaths in Nepal as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Liberia and Nepal?: 277 deaths, with Liberia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Nepal?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
How do Liberia and Nepal rank globally for number of child deaths?: Liberia ranks 48th and Nepal ranks 49th 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 .