Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Ghana or Iraq?

Ghana, at 27,253 deaths against 22,034 deaths in Iraq as of 2023.

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

5,219 deaths, with Ghana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Iraq?

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.

Ghana vs Iraq: Number of infants who die before age 1

Ghana

27,253 deaths

in 2023

Iraq

22,034 deaths

in 2023

Ghana rank

31st

Iraq rank

34th

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Ghana
Iraq

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 27,253 deaths against 22,034 deaths in Iraq, a difference of 5,219 deaths.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times Iraq's.

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

Ghana ranks 31st and Iraq ranks 34th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 7 and Iraq in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1950s	39,673 deaths	45,776 deaths	6,103 deaths	Iraq
1960s	46,728 deaths	38,541 deaths	8,187 deaths	Ghana
1970s	51,786 deaths	34,770 deaths	17,016 deaths	Ghana
1980s	53,831 deaths	31,314 deaths	22,518 deaths	Ghana
1990s	46,950 deaths	32,148 deaths	14,803 deaths	Ghana
2000s	42,376 deaths	31,109 deaths	11,267 deaths	Ghana
2010s	35,058 deaths	28,805 deaths	6,253 deaths	Ghana
2020s	28,237 deaths	22,880 deaths	5,357 deaths	Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Ghana or Iraq?: Ghana, at 27,253 deaths against 22,034 deaths in Iraq as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Ghana and Iraq?: 5,219 deaths, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Iraq?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Ghana and Iraq rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Ghana ranks 31st and Iraq ranks 34th 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.