Which has higher number of infant deaths, Azerbaijan or Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka, at 1,663 deaths against 1,535 deaths in Azerbaijan as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka?

128 deaths, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka?

42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Azerbaijan vs Sri Lanka: Number of infant deaths

Azerbaijan

1,535 deaths

in 2024

Sri Lanka

1,663 deaths

in 2024

Azerbaijan rank

97th

Sri Lanka rank

94th

Number of infant deaths over time

Azerbaijan
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 1,663 deaths against 1,535 deaths in Azerbaijan, a difference of 128 deaths.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Azerbaijan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Azerbaijan ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 97th and Sri Lanka ranks 94th of 199 countries.

Azerbaijan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Azerbaijan	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1980s	15,860 deaths	7,497 deaths	8,363 deaths	Azerbaijan
1990s	12,318 deaths	5,480 deaths	6,838 deaths	Azerbaijan
2000s	6,176 deaths	4,549 deaths	1,627 deaths	Azerbaijan
2010s	3,918 deaths	2,690 deaths	1,228 deaths	Azerbaijan
2020s	1,877 deaths	1,822 deaths	55.6 deaths	Azerbaijan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Azerbaijan or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 1,663 deaths against 1,535 deaths in Azerbaijan as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka?: 128 deaths, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka?: 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
How do Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Azerbaijan ranks 97th and Sri Lanka ranks 94th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,788 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 1 .