What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Central African Republic and Senegal?

1,276 deaths, with Senegal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Senegal?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

Central African Republic vs Senegal: Number of infant deaths

Central African Republic

14,130 deaths

in 2024

Senegal

15,406 deaths

in 2024

Central African Republic rank

43rd

Senegal rank

42nd

Number of infant deaths over time

Central African Republic
Senegal

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 15,406 deaths against 14,130 deaths in Central African Republic, a difference of 1,276 deaths.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Central African Republic's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Senegal ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 43rd and Senegal ranks 42nd of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Central African Republic averaged higher in 1 and Senegal in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	11,481 deaths	22,998 deaths	11,516 deaths	Senegal
1970s	11,626 deaths	27,378 deaths	15,752 deaths	Senegal
1980s	13,117 deaths	25,398 deaths	12,281 deaths	Senegal
1990s	14,956 deaths	25,640 deaths	10,684 deaths	Senegal
2000s	18,726 deaths	23,450 deaths	4,725 deaths	Senegal
2010s	17,646 deaths	18,630 deaths	983.7 deaths	Senegal
2020s	22,563 deaths	16,067 deaths	6,495 deaths	Central African Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Central African Republic or Senegal?: Senegal, at 15,406 deaths against 14,130 deaths in Central African Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Central African Republic and Senegal?: 1,276 deaths, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Senegal?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Central African Republic and Senegal rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Central African Republic ranks 43rd and Senegal ranks 42nd 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 .