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

4,275 deaths, with Uganda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Uganda?

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.

Madagascar vs Uganda: Number of infants who die before age 1

Madagascar

44,990 deaths

in 2023

Uganda

49,265 deaths

in 2023

Madagascar rank

21st

Uganda rank

18th

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Madagascar
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 49,265 deaths against 44,990 deaths in Madagascar, a difference of 4,275 deaths.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

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

Madagascar ranks 21st and Uganda ranks 18th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28,566 deaths	43,479 deaths	14,914 deaths	Uganda
1960s	30,442 deaths	48,878 deaths	18,436 deaths	Uganda
1970s	36,556 deaths	65,871 deaths	29,315 deaths	Uganda
1980s	47,590 deaths	85,505 deaths	37,916 deaths	Uganda
1990s	49,832 deaths	100,321 deaths	50,489 deaths	Uganda
2000s	42,079 deaths	90,549 deaths	48,470 deaths	Uganda
2010s	39,628 deaths	61,210 deaths	21,582 deaths	Uganda
2020s	44,276 deaths	51,121 deaths	6,845 deaths	Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Madagascar or Uganda?: Uganda, at 49,265 deaths against 44,990 deaths in Madagascar as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Madagascar and Uganda?: 4,275 deaths, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Uganda?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Madagascar and Uganda rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Madagascar ranks 21st and Uganda ranks 18th 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.