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

1,103 deaths, with Uganda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar 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.

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

Madagascar

64,828 deaths

in 2023

Uganda

65,931 deaths

in 2023

Madagascar rank

20th

Uganda rank

19th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Madagascar
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 65,931 deaths against 64,828 deaths in Madagascar, a difference of 1,103 deaths.

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

Madagascar ranks 20th and Uganda ranks 19th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1950s	46,668 deaths	79,263 deaths	32,596 deaths	Uganda
1960s	49,909 deaths	84,209 deaths	34,300 deaths	Uganda
1970s	58,506 deaths	114,293 deaths	55,787 deaths	Uganda
1980s	77,098 deaths	145,924 deaths	68,826 deaths	Uganda
1990s	77,512 deaths	162,803 deaths	85,292 deaths	Uganda
2000s	63,245 deaths	136,336 deaths	73,090 deaths	Uganda
2010s	57,263 deaths	84,593 deaths	27,330 deaths	Uganda
2020s	63,634 deaths	68,487 deaths	4,853 deaths	Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Madagascar or Uganda?: Uganda, at 65,931 deaths against 64,828 deaths in Madagascar as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Madagascar and Uganda?: 1,103 deaths, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Uganda?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Madagascar and Uganda rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Madagascar ranks 20th 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.