What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Cameroon and Madagascar?

724 deaths, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Madagascar?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs Madagascar: Number of children who die before age 5

Cameroon

64,104 deaths

in 2023

Madagascar

64,828 deaths

in 2023

Cameroon rank

21st

Madagascar rank

20th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Cameroon
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 64,828 deaths against 64,104 deaths in Cameroon, a difference of 724 deaths.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 21st and Madagascar ranks 20th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 6 and Madagascar in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1950s	65,855 deaths	46,668 deaths	19,187 deaths	Cameroon
1960s	60,574 deaths	49,909 deaths	10,665 deaths	Cameroon
1970s	61,862 deaths	58,506 deaths	3,356 deaths	Cameroon
1980s	64,860 deaths	77,098 deaths	12,238 deaths	Madagascar
1990s	76,277 deaths	77,512 deaths	1,235 deaths	Madagascar
2000s	86,205 deaths	63,245 deaths	22,960 deaths	Cameroon
2010s	76,701 deaths	57,263 deaths	19,437 deaths	Cameroon
2020s	66,434 deaths	63,634 deaths	2,800 deaths	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Cameroon or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 64,828 deaths against 64,104 deaths in Cameroon as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Cameroon and Madagascar?: 724 deaths, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Madagascar?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Madagascar rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Cameroon ranks 21st and Madagascar ranks 20th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of children who die before age 5
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people aged 0-4.