Which has higher number of child deaths, Sudan or Uganda?

Sudan, at 101,879 deaths against 82,589 deaths in Uganda as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Sudan and Uganda?

19,290 deaths, with Sudan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Uganda?

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 Uganda: Number of child deaths

Sudan

101,879 deaths

in 2024

Uganda

82,589 deaths

in 2024

Sudan rank

8th

Uganda rank

10th

Number of child deaths over time

Sudan
Uganda

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 101,879 deaths against 82,589 deaths in Uganda, a difference of 19,290 deaths.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.2 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.

Sudan ranks 8th and Uganda ranks 10th of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sudan averaged higher in 3 and Uganda in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sudan	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	74,195 deaths	82,642 deaths	8,447 deaths	Uganda
1970s	94,370 deaths	110,116 deaths	15,746 deaths	Uganda
1980s	143,079 deaths	141,638 deaths	1,441 deaths	Sudan
1990s	123,152 deaths	158,699 deaths	35,546 deaths	Uganda
2000s	107,234 deaths	134,108 deaths	26,874 deaths	Uganda
2010s	89,507 deaths	86,893 deaths	2,615 deaths	Sudan
2020s	91,498 deaths	81,967 deaths	9,531 deaths	Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Sudan or Uganda?: Sudan, at 101,879 deaths against 82,589 deaths in Uganda as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Sudan and Uganda?: 19,290 deaths, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Uganda?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Sudan and Uganda rank globally for number of child deaths?: Sudan ranks 8th and Uganda ranks 10th 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 .