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

15,562 deaths, with Sudan ahead.

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

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

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

Sudan

101,879 deaths

in 2024

Tanzania, United Republic of

86,317 deaths

in 2024

Sudan rank

8th

Tanzania, United Republic of rank

9th

Number of child deaths over time

Sudan
Tanzania, United Republic of

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 101,879 deaths against 86,317 deaths in Tanzania, United Republic of, a difference of 15,562 deaths.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.2 times Tanzania, United Republic of's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tanzania, United Republic of ahead.

Sudan ranks 8th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 9th of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sudan averaged higher in 1 and Tanzania, United Republic of in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sudan	Tanzania, United Republic of	Difference	Ahead
1960s	74,195 deaths	121,698 deaths	47,503 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
1970s	94,370 deaths	147,203 deaths	52,833 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
1980s	143,079 deaths	172,383 deaths	29,304 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
1990s	123,152 deaths	184,794 deaths	61,641 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
2000s	107,234 deaths	146,210 deaths	38,976 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
2010s	89,507 deaths	104,485 deaths	14,977 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
2020s	91,498 deaths	90,298 deaths	1,200 deaths	Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Sudan or Tanzania, United Republic of?: Sudan, at 101,879 deaths against 86,317 deaths in Tanzania, United Republic of as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Sudan and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 15,562 deaths, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Sudan and Tanzania, United Republic of rank globally for number of child deaths?: Sudan ranks 8th 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 .