What is the difference in number of child deaths between Niger and Tanzania, United Republic of?

32,128 deaths, with Niger ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Tanzania, United Republic of?

51 years are reported by both, from 1974 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.

Niger vs Tanzania, United Republic of: Number of child deaths

Niger

118,445 deaths

in 2024

Tanzania, United Republic of

86,317 deaths

in 2024

Niger rank

6th

Tanzania, United Republic of rank

9th

Number of child deaths over time

Niger
Tanzania, United Republic of

How they compare

Niger currently reports 118,445 deaths against 86,317 deaths in Tanzania, United Republic of, a difference of 32,128 deaths.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.4 times Tanzania, United Republic of's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Tanzania, United Republic of ahead.

Niger ranks 6th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 9th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 2 and Tanzania, United Republic of in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Niger	Tanzania, United Republic of	Difference	Ahead
1970s	97,394 deaths	151,652 deaths	54,257 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
1980s	124,000 deaths	172,383 deaths	48,382 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
1990s	137,903 deaths	184,794 deaths	46,890 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
2000s	116,424 deaths	146,210 deaths	29,786 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
2010s	110,368 deaths	104,485 deaths	5,884 deaths	Niger
2020s	117,845 deaths	90,298 deaths	27,547 deaths	Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Niger or Tanzania, United Republic of?: Niger, at 118,445 deaths against 86,317 deaths in Tanzania, United Republic of as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Niger and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 32,128 deaths, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
How do Niger and Tanzania, United Republic of rank globally for number of child deaths?: Niger ranks 6th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 9th 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 .