What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Republic of Korea and Mongolia?

161 deaths, with Mongolia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Korea and Mongolia?

44 years are reported by both, from 1981 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.

Republic of Korea vs Mongolia: Number of infant deaths

Republic of Korea

556 deaths

in 2024

Mongolia

717 deaths

in 2024

Republic of Korea rank

118th

Mongolia rank

115th

Number of infant deaths over time

Republic of Korea
Mongolia

How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 717 deaths against 556 deaths in Republic of Korea, a difference of 161 deaths.

That makes Mongolia's figure about 1.3 times Republic of Korea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Republic of Korea ahead.

Republic of Korea ranks 118th and Mongolia ranks 115th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Republic of Korea averaged higher in 4 and Mongolia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Republic of Korea	Mongolia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	14,582 deaths	6,063 deaths	8,519 deaths	Republic of Korea
1990s	5,963 deaths	3,806 deaths	2,157 deaths	Republic of Korea
2000s	2,242 deaths	1,719 deaths	522.9 deaths	Republic of Korea
2010s	1,199 deaths	1,188 deaths	11.1 deaths	Republic of Korea
2020s	624.2 deaths	804.4 deaths	180.2 deaths	Mongolia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Republic of Korea or Mongolia?: Mongolia, at 717 deaths against 556 deaths in Republic of Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Republic of Korea and Mongolia?: 161 deaths, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Korea and Mongolia?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Republic of Korea and Mongolia rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Republic of Korea ranks 118th and Mongolia ranks 115th 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 .