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

384,913 deaths, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Nigeria?

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.

Ethiopia vs Nigeria: Number of infants who die before age 1

Ethiopia

135,147 deaths

in 2023

Nigeria

520,060 deaths

in 2023

Ethiopia rank

5th

Nigeria rank

2nd

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Ethiopia
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 520,060 deaths against 135,147 deaths in Ethiopia, a difference of 384,913 deaths.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 3.8 times Ethiopia's.

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

Ethiopia ranks 5th and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1950s	171,532 deaths	296,733 deaths	125,202 deaths	Nigeria
1960s	180,740 deaths	351,049 deaths	170,308 deaths	Nigeria
1970s	235,245 deaths	405,960 deaths	170,715 deaths	Nigeria
1980s	297,633 deaths	461,060 deaths	163,428 deaths	Nigeria
1990s	289,088 deaths	553,919 deaths	264,830 deaths	Nigeria
2000s	231,405 deaths	597,599 deaths	366,194 deaths	Nigeria
2010s	156,868 deaths	593,922 deaths	437,054 deaths	Nigeria
2020s	139,290 deaths	530,028 deaths	390,738 deaths	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Ethiopia or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 520,060 deaths against 135,147 deaths in Ethiopia as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Ethiopia and Nigeria?: 384,913 deaths, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Nigeria?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Ethiopia and Nigeria rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Ethiopia ranks 5th and Nigeria ranks 2nd 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.