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

Chad, at 79,068 deaths against 65,931 deaths in Uganda as of 2023.

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

13,137 deaths, with Chad ahead.

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

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 Uganda: Number of children who die before age 5

Chad

79,068 deaths

in 2023

Uganda

65,931 deaths

in 2023

Chad rank

16th

Uganda rank

19th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Chad
Uganda

How they compare

Chad currently reports 79,068 deaths against 65,931 deaths in Uganda, a difference of 13,137 deaths.

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

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

Chad ranks 16th and Uganda ranks 19th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1950s	39,431 deaths	79,263 deaths	39,832 deaths	Uganda
1960s	42,556 deaths	84,209 deaths	41,653 deaths	Uganda
1970s	48,670 deaths	114,293 deaths	65,622 deaths	Uganda
1980s	55,571 deaths	145,924 deaths	90,353 deaths	Uganda
1990s	70,502 deaths	162,803 deaths	92,301 deaths	Uganda
2000s	81,935 deaths	136,336 deaths	54,401 deaths	Uganda
2010s	84,411 deaths	84,593 deaths	182.3 deaths	Uganda
2020s	79,760 deaths	68,487 deaths	11,274 deaths	Chad

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 Uganda?: Chad, at 79,068 deaths against 65,931 deaths in Uganda as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Chad and Uganda?: 13,137 deaths, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Uganda?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Chad and Uganda rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Chad ranks 16th and Uganda ranks 19th 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.