Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Cameroon or Côte d'Ivoire?

Côte d'Ivoire, at 51,447 deaths against 45,308 deaths in Cameroon as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?

6,139 deaths, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?

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.

Cameroon vs Côte d'Ivoire: Number of infants who die before age 1

Cameroon

45,308 deaths

in 2023

Côte d'Ivoire

51,447 deaths

in 2023

Cameroon rank

20th

Côte d'Ivoire rank

17th

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Cameroon
Côte d'Ivoire

How they compare

Côte d'Ivoire currently reports 51,447 deaths against 45,308 deaths in Cameroon, a difference of 6,139 deaths.

That makes Côte d'Ivoire's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 20th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 17th of 236 countries.

Côte d'Ivoire has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Côte d'Ivoire	Difference	Ahead
1950s	31,970 deaths	32,773 deaths	802.2 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire
1960s	32,808 deaths	38,929 deaths	6,121 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire
1970s	36,527 deaths	44,708 deaths	8,181 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire
1980s	40,475 deaths	50,850 deaths	10,375 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire
1990s	48,046 deaths	67,113 deaths	19,067 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire
2000s	55,903 deaths	73,043 deaths	17,139 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire
2010s	52,338 deaths	63,107 deaths	10,769 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire
2020s	46,631 deaths	53,031 deaths	6,400 deaths	Côte d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Cameroon or Côte d'Ivoire?: Côte d'Ivoire, at 51,447 deaths against 45,308 deaths in Cameroon as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?: 6,139 deaths, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Cameroon ranks 20th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 17th 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.