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

China, at 70,824 deaths against 65,931 deaths in Uganda as of 2023.

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

4,893 deaths, with China ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China 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.

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

China

70,824 deaths

in 2023

Uganda

65,931 deaths

in 2023

China rank

17th

Uganda rank

19th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

China
Uganda

How they compare

China currently reports 70,824 deaths against 65,931 deaths in Uganda, a difference of 4,893 deaths.

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

Across all 74 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 17th and Uganda ranks 19th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	China	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.55 million deaths	79,263 deaths	4.47 million deaths	China
1960s	4.23 million deaths	84,209 deaths	4.15 million deaths	China
1970s	2.32 million deaths	114,293 deaths	2.21 million deaths	China
1980s	1.36 million deaths	145,924 deaths	1.22 million deaths	China
1990s	983,800 deaths	162,803 deaths	820,996 deaths	China
2000s	435,894 deaths	136,336 deaths	299,558 deaths	China
2010s	205,831 deaths	84,593 deaths	121,238 deaths	China
2020s	81,139 deaths	68,487 deaths	12,652 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, China or Uganda?: China, at 70,824 deaths against 65,931 deaths in Uganda as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between China and Uganda?: 4,893 deaths, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Uganda?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do China and Uganda rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: China ranks 17th 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.