Which has higher number of infant deaths, Brazil or Cameroon?

Cameroon, at 38,551 deaths against 31,647 deaths in Brazil as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Brazil and Cameroon?

6,904 deaths, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cameroon?

70 years are reported by both, from 1955 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.

Brazil vs Cameroon: Number of infant deaths

Brazil

31,647 deaths

in 2024

Cameroon

38,551 deaths

in 2024

Brazil rank

27th

Cameroon rank

24th

Number of infant deaths over time

Brazil
Cameroon

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 38,551 deaths against 31,647 deaths in Brazil, a difference of 6,904 deaths.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 27th and Cameroon ranks 24th of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Cameroon in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Cameroon	Difference	Ahead
1950s	394,093 deaths	40,859 deaths	353,234 deaths	Brazil
1960s	369,484 deaths	37,265 deaths	332,220 deaths	Brazil
1970s	321,223 deaths	37,302 deaths	283,921 deaths	Brazil
1980s	249,859 deaths	39,014 deaths	210,845 deaths	Brazil
1990s	148,458 deaths	44,825 deaths	103,633 deaths	Brazil
2000s	71,779 deaths	49,962 deaths	21,817 deaths	Brazil
2010s	41,532 deaths	45,466 deaths	3,935 deaths	Cameroon
2020s	33,360 deaths	40,049 deaths	6,689 deaths	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Brazil or Cameroon?: Cameroon, at 38,551 deaths against 31,647 deaths in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Brazil and Cameroon?: 6,904 deaths, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cameroon?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Cameroon rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Brazil ranks 27th and Cameroon ranks 24th 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 .