What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Malawi and Sierra Leone?

1,001 deaths, with Malawi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sierra Leone?

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.

Malawi vs Sierra Leone: Number of infants who die before age 1

Malawi

19,533 deaths

in 2023

Sierra Leone

18,532 deaths

in 2023

Malawi rank

38th

Sierra Leone rank

40th

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Malawi
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 19,533 deaths against 18,532 deaths in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1,001 deaths.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

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

Malawi ranks 38th and Sierra Leone ranks 40th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29,739 deaths	21,462 deaths	8,277 deaths	Malawi
1960s	38,041 deaths	22,945 deaths	15,096 deaths	Malawi
1970s	43,886 deaths	24,574 deaths	19,312 deaths	Malawi
1980s	53,168 deaths	27,355 deaths	25,813 deaths	Malawi
1990s	59,981 deaths	29,666 deaths	30,314 deaths	Malawi
2000s	44,211 deaths	28,820 deaths	15,391 deaths	Malawi
2010s	27,062 deaths	23,381 deaths	3,680 deaths	Malawi
2020s	20,151 deaths	19,276 deaths	875.5 deaths	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Malawi or Sierra Leone?: Malawi, at 19,533 deaths against 18,532 deaths in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Malawi and Sierra Leone?: 1,001 deaths, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sierra Leone?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Malawi and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Malawi ranks 38th and Sierra Leone ranks 40th 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.