What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Niger and Tanzania, United Republic of?

2,560 deaths, with Niger ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Tanzania, United Republic of?

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.

Niger vs Tanzania, United Republic of: Number of infants who die before age 1

Niger

70,278 deaths

in 2023

Tanzania, United Republic of

67,718 deaths

in 2023

Niger rank

8th

Tanzania, United Republic of rank

9th

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Niger
Tanzania, United Republic of

How they compare

Niger currently reports 70,278 deaths against 67,718 deaths in Tanzania, United Republic of, a difference of 2,560 deaths.

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

Niger ranks 8th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 9th of 236 countries.

Tanzania, United Republic of has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Niger	Tanzania, United Republic of	Difference	Ahead
1950s	21,553 deaths	54,821 deaths	33,268 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
1960s	28,136 deaths	72,252 deaths	44,116 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
1970s	37,048 deaths	91,296 deaths	54,248 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
1980s	49,759 deaths	107,779 deaths	58,020 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
1990s	60,109 deaths	119,077 deaths	58,968 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
2000s	61,064 deaths	103,628 deaths	42,564 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
2010s	63,384 deaths	78,950 deaths	15,566 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
2020s	68,402 deaths	70,023 deaths	1,621 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Niger or Tanzania, United Republic of?: Niger, at 70,278 deaths against 67,718 deaths in Tanzania, United Republic of as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Niger and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 2,560 deaths, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Niger and Tanzania, United Republic of rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Niger ranks 8th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 9th 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.