Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Colombia or Morocco?

Morocco, at 10,726 deaths against 8,456 deaths in Colombia as of 2023.

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

2,270 deaths, with Morocco ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Morocco?

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.

Colombia vs Morocco: Number of children who die before age 5

Colombia

8,456 deaths

in 2023

Morocco

10,726 deaths

in 2023

Colombia rank

58th

Morocco rank

56th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Colombia
Morocco

How they compare

Morocco currently reports 10,726 deaths against 8,456 deaths in Colombia, a difference of 2,270 deaths.

That makes Morocco's figure about 1.3 times Colombia's.

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

Colombia ranks 58th and Morocco ranks 56th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Colombia	Morocco	Difference	Ahead
1950s	100,351 deaths	131,120 deaths	30,769 deaths	Morocco
1960s	87,386 deaths	136,155 deaths	48,769 deaths	Morocco
1970s	60,513 deaths	117,704 deaths	57,191 deaths	Morocco
1980s	38,925 deaths	81,833 deaths	42,907 deaths	Morocco
1990s	27,342 deaths	46,387 deaths	19,045 deaths	Morocco
2000s	18,556 deaths	27,718 deaths	9,163 deaths	Morocco
2010s	11,495 deaths	16,754 deaths	5,259 deaths	Morocco
2020s	8,958 deaths	11,365 deaths	2,407 deaths	Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Colombia or Morocco?: Morocco, at 10,726 deaths against 8,456 deaths in Colombia as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Colombia and Morocco?: 2,270 deaths, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Morocco?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Colombia and Morocco rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Colombia ranks 58th and Morocco ranks 56th 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.