What is the difference in number of child deaths between Russian Federation and Tajikistan?

831 deaths, with Tajikistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Russian Federation and Tajikistan?

48 years are reported by both, from 1977 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.

Russian Federation vs Tajikistan: Number of child deaths

Russian Federation

6,759 deaths

in 2024

Tajikistan

7,590 deaths

in 2024

Russian Federation rank

63rd

Tajikistan rank

60th

Number of child deaths over time

Russian Federation
Tajikistan

How they compare

Tajikistan currently reports 7,590 deaths against 6,759 deaths in Russian Federation, a difference of 831 deaths.

That makes Tajikistan's figure about 1.1 times Russian Federation's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Russian Federation ahead.

Russian Federation ranks 63rd and Tajikistan ranks 60th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Russian Federation averaged higher in 5 and Tajikistan in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Russian Federation	Tajikistan	Difference	Ahead
1970s	60,621 deaths	19,013 deaths	41,608 deaths	Russian Federation
1980s	59,871 deaths	20,703 deaths	39,167 deaths	Russian Federation
1990s	34,125 deaths	21,992 deaths	12,133 deaths	Russian Federation
2000s	21,118 deaths	10,867 deaths	10,251 deaths	Russian Federation
2010s	15,294 deaths	8,609 deaths	6,684 deaths	Russian Federation
2020s	7,680 deaths	7,999 deaths	318.4 deaths	Tajikistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Russian Federation or Tajikistan?: Tajikistan, at 7,590 deaths against 6,759 deaths in Russian Federation as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Russian Federation and Tajikistan?: 831 deaths, with Tajikistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Russian Federation and Tajikistan?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Russian Federation and Tajikistan rank globally for number of child deaths?: Russian Federation ranks 63rd and Tajikistan ranks 60th 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 .