Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Israel or Mongolia?

Mongolia, at 850 deaths against 685 deaths in Israel as of 2023.

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

165 deaths, with Mongolia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Mongolia?

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.

Israel vs Mongolia: Number of children who die before age 5

Israel

685 deaths

in 2023

Mongolia

850 deaths

in 2023

Israel rank

116th

Mongolia rank

115th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Israel
Mongolia

How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 850 deaths against 685 deaths in Israel, a difference of 165 deaths.

That makes Mongolia's figure about 1.2 times Israel's.

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

Israel ranks 116th and Mongolia ranks 115th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Mongolia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2,795 deaths	9,674 deaths	6,879 deaths	Mongolia
1960s	2,239 deaths	9,770 deaths	7,531 deaths	Mongolia
1970s	2,122 deaths	9,263 deaths	7,142 deaths	Mongolia
1980s	1,387 deaths	9,368 deaths	7,981 deaths	Mongolia
1990s	993.7 deaths	5,472 deaths	4,478 deaths	Mongolia
2000s	813.2 deaths	2,281 deaths	1,468 deaths	Mongolia
2010s	665.8 deaths	1,492 deaths	826.3 deaths	Mongolia
2020s	598.5 deaths	976.75 deaths	378.25 deaths	Mongolia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Israel or Mongolia?: Mongolia, at 850 deaths against 685 deaths in Israel as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Israel and Mongolia?: 165 deaths, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Mongolia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Israel and Mongolia rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Israel ranks 116th and Mongolia ranks 115th 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.