Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Bangladesh or Niger?

Bangladesh, at 79,563 deaths against 70,278 deaths in Niger as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Bangladesh and Niger?

9,285 deaths, with Bangladesh ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Niger?

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 infants who die before age 1. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bangladesh vs Niger: Number of infants who die before age 1

Bangladesh

79,563 deaths

in 2023

Niger

70,278 deaths

in 2023

Bangladesh rank

6th

Niger rank

8th

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Bangladesh
Niger

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 79,563 deaths against 70,278 deaths in Niger, a difference of 9,285 deaths.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Bangladesh has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 6th and Niger ranks 8th of 236 countries.

Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Niger	Difference	Ahead
1950s	396,298 deaths	21,553 deaths	374,744 deaths	Bangladesh
1960s	445,947 deaths	28,136 deaths	417,811 deaths	Bangladesh
1970s	547,435 deaths	37,048 deaths	510,388 deaths	Bangladesh
1980s	499,605 deaths	49,759 deaths	449,846 deaths	Bangladesh
1990s	333,523 deaths	60,109 deaths	273,414 deaths	Bangladesh
2000s	202,908 deaths	61,064 deaths	141,844 deaths	Bangladesh
2010s	106,410 deaths	63,384 deaths	43,026 deaths	Bangladesh
2020s	83,066 deaths	68,402 deaths	14,664 deaths	Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Bangladesh or Niger?: Bangladesh, at 79,563 deaths against 70,278 deaths in Niger as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Bangladesh and Niger?: 9,285 deaths, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Niger?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bangladesh and Niger rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Bangladesh ranks 6th and Niger ranks 8th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infants who die before age 1. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infants who die before age 1
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 at birth.