Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Nepal or Senegal?

Senegal, at 18,533 deaths against 15,081 deaths in Nepal as of 2023.

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

3,452 deaths, with Senegal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Senegal?

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.

Nepal vs Senegal: Number of children who die before age 5

Nepal

15,081 deaths

in 2023

Senegal

18,533 deaths

in 2023

Nepal rank

46th

Senegal rank

45th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Nepal
Senegal

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 18,533 deaths against 15,081 deaths in Nepal, a difference of 3,452 deaths.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.2 times Nepal's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nepal ahead.

Nepal ranks 46th and Senegal ranks 45th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 6 and Senegal in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nepal	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	138,806 deaths	44,776 deaths	94,030 deaths	Nepal
1960s	143,838 deaths	54,862 deaths	88,976 deaths	Nepal
1970s	134,787 deaths	61,281 deaths	73,506 deaths	Nepal
1980s	117,482 deaths	51,258 deaths	66,224 deaths	Nepal
1990s	84,795 deaths	46,903 deaths	37,892 deaths	Nepal
2000s	44,603 deaths	39,671 deaths	4,932 deaths	Nepal
2010s	24,336 deaths	25,966 deaths	1,630 deaths	Senegal
2020s	16,379 deaths	19,314 deaths	2,936 deaths	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Nepal or Senegal?: Senegal, at 18,533 deaths against 15,081 deaths in Nepal as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Nepal and Senegal?: 3,452 deaths, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Senegal?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Nepal and Senegal rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Nepal ranks 46th and Senegal ranks 45th 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.