Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Chad or China?

Chad, at 79,068 deaths against 70,824 deaths in China as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and China?

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.

Chad vs China: Number of children who die before age 5

Chad

79,068 deaths

in 2023

China

70,824 deaths

in 2023

Chad rank

16th

China rank

17th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Chad
China

How they compare

Chad currently reports 79,068 deaths against 70,824 deaths in China, a difference of 8,244 deaths.

That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times China's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was China ahead.

Chad ranks 16th and China ranks 17th of 236 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	China	Difference	Ahead
1950s	39,431 deaths	4.55 million deaths	4.51 million deaths	China
1960s	42,556 deaths	4.23 million deaths	4.19 million deaths	China
1970s	48,670 deaths	2.32 million deaths	2.28 million deaths	China
1980s	55,571 deaths	1.36 million deaths	1.31 million deaths	China
1990s	70,502 deaths	983,800 deaths	913,298 deaths	China
2000s	81,935 deaths	435,894 deaths	353,959 deaths	China
2010s	84,411 deaths	205,831 deaths	121,420 deaths	China
2020s	79,760 deaths	81,139 deaths	1,379 deaths	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Chad or China?: Chad, at 79,068 deaths against 70,824 deaths in China as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Chad and China?: 8,244 deaths, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and China?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Chad and China rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Chad ranks 16th and China ranks 17th 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.