Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Egypt or Guinea?

Egypt, at 34,963 deaths against 31,850 deaths in Guinea as of 2023.

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

3,113 deaths, with Egypt ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Guinea?

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.

Egypt vs Guinea: Number of infants who die before age 1

Egypt

34,963 deaths

in 2023

Guinea

31,850 deaths

in 2023

Egypt rank

26th

Guinea rank

28th

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Egypt
Guinea

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 34,963 deaths against 31,850 deaths in Guinea, a difference of 3,113 deaths.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.

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

Egypt ranks 26th and Guinea ranks 28th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	248,050 deaths	25,868 deaths	222,183 deaths	Egypt
1960s	223,076 deaths	29,835 deaths	193,241 deaths	Egypt
1970s	217,710 deaths	33,618 deaths	184,092 deaths	Egypt
1980s	168,651 deaths	36,884 deaths	131,767 deaths	Egypt
1990s	99,513 deaths	39,841 deaths	59,672 deaths	Egypt
2000s	64,399 deaths	34,504 deaths	29,894 deaths	Egypt
2010s	51,357 deaths	33,646 deaths	17,710 deaths	Egypt
2020s	36,163 deaths	32,455 deaths	3,708 deaths	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Egypt or Guinea?: Egypt, at 34,963 deaths against 31,850 deaths in Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Egypt and Guinea?: 3,113 deaths, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Guinea?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Egypt and Guinea rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Egypt ranks 26th and Guinea ranks 28th 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.