Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Burundi or Sierra Leone?

Sierra Leone, at 18,532 deaths against 16,295 deaths in Burundi as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Burundi and Sierra Leone?

2,237 deaths, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Sierra Leone?

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.

Burundi vs Sierra Leone: Number of infants who die before age 1

Burundi

16,295 deaths

in 2023

Sierra Leone

18,532 deaths

in 2023

Burundi rank

42nd

Sierra Leone rank

40th

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Burundi
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 18,532 deaths against 16,295 deaths in Burundi, a difference of 2,237 deaths.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Burundi's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Burundi ranks 42nd and Sierra Leone ranks 40th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1950s	18,759 deaths	21,462 deaths	2,703 deaths	Sierra Leone
1960s	21,095 deaths	22,945 deaths	1,850 deaths	Sierra Leone
1970s	26,240 deaths	24,574 deaths	1,666 deaths	Burundi
1980s	27,300 deaths	27,355 deaths	55.4 deaths	Sierra Leone
1990s	26,570 deaths	29,666 deaths	3,096 deaths	Sierra Leone
2000s	26,070 deaths	28,820 deaths	2,750 deaths	Sierra Leone
2010s	21,807 deaths	23,381 deaths	1,575 deaths	Sierra Leone
2020s	16,886 deaths	19,276 deaths	2,390 deaths	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Burundi or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 18,532 deaths against 16,295 deaths in Burundi as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Burundi and Sierra Leone?: 2,237 deaths, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Sierra Leone?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Burundi and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Burundi ranks 42nd and Sierra Leone ranks 40th 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.