Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Somalia or Uganda?

Somalia, at 51,959 deaths against 49,265 deaths in Uganda as of 2023.

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

2,694 deaths, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia 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.

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

Somalia

51,959 deaths

in 2023

Uganda

49,265 deaths

in 2023

Somalia rank

16th

Uganda rank

18th

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Somalia
Uganda

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 51,959 deaths against 49,265 deaths in Uganda, a difference of 2,694 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uganda ahead.

Somalia ranks 16th and Uganda ranks 18th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 2 and Uganda in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1950s	17,599 deaths	43,479 deaths	25,880 deaths	Uganda
1960s	19,974 deaths	48,878 deaths	28,903 deaths	Uganda
1970s	24,786 deaths	65,871 deaths	41,085 deaths	Uganda
1980s	36,752 deaths	85,505 deaths	48,753 deaths	Uganda
1990s	48,972 deaths	100,321 deaths	51,350 deaths	Uganda
2000s	52,479 deaths	90,549 deaths	38,070 deaths	Uganda
2010s	64,206 deaths	61,210 deaths	2,996 deaths	Somalia
2020s	56,396 deaths	51,121 deaths	5,275 deaths	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Somalia or Uganda?: Somalia, at 51,959 deaths against 49,265 deaths in Uganda as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Somalia and Uganda?: 2,694 deaths, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Uganda?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Somalia and Uganda rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Somalia ranks 16th 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.