Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Chile or Romania?

Romania, at 1,093 deaths against 915 deaths in Chile as of 2023.

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

178 deaths, with Romania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Romania?

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.

Chile vs Romania: Number of children who die before age 5

Chile

915 deaths

in 2023

Romania

1,093 deaths

in 2023

Chile rank

113th

Romania rank

110th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Chile
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 1,093 deaths against 915 deaths in Chile, a difference of 178 deaths.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.2 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Romania ahead.

Chile ranks 113th and Romania ranks 110th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 1 and Romania in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chile	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	40,900 deaths	44,667 deaths	3,767 deaths	Romania
1960s	34,593 deaths	23,100 deaths	11,493 deaths	Chile
1970s	17,601 deaths	18,380 deaths	779.2 deaths	Romania
1980s	7,042 deaths	11,943 deaths	4,900 deaths	Romania
1990s	4,222 deaths	7,239 deaths	3,018 deaths	Romania
2000s	2,411 deaths	4,059 deaths	1,648 deaths	Romania
2010s	1,920 deaths	1,984 deaths	63.5 deaths	Romania
2020s	1,045 deaths	1,222 deaths	177 deaths	Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Chile or Romania?: Romania, at 1,093 deaths against 915 deaths in Chile as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Chile and Romania?: 178 deaths, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Romania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Chile and Romania rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Chile ranks 113th and Romania ranks 110th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Chile vs Romania: Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 06 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-child-deaths-unwpp/chile/romania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-child-deaths-unwpp/chile/romania/">Chile vs Romania: Number of children who die before age 5</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.