What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Congo, Democratic Republic of the and IDA total?

2.28 million, with IDA total ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Congo, Democratic Republic of the and IDA total?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Congo, Democratic Republic of the vs IDA total: Number of infant deaths

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

247,025

in 2024

IDA total

2.52 million

in 2024

Congo, Democratic Republic of the rank

4th

IDA total rank

4th

Number of infant deaths over time

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
IDA total

How they compare

IDA total currently reports 2.52 million against 247,025 in Congo, Democratic Republic of the, a difference of 2.28 million.

That makes IDA total's figure about 10.2 times Congo, Democratic Republic of the's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, IDA total has been ahead every year.

Congo, Democratic Republic of the ranks 4th and IDA total ranks 4th of 197 countries.

IDA total has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	IDA total	Difference	Ahead
1990s	197,841	3.65 million	3.45 million	IDA total
2000s	202,928	3.20 million	2.99 million	IDA total
2010s	190,738	2.74 million	2.55 million	IDA total
2020s	238,557	2.58 million	2.34 million	IDA total

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Congo, Democratic Republic of the or IDA total?: IDA total, at 2.52 million against 247,025 in Congo, Democratic Republic of the as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Congo, Democratic Republic of the and IDA total?: 2.28 million, with IDA total ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo, Democratic Republic of the and IDA total?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Congo, Democratic Republic of the and IDA total rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Congo, Democratic Republic of the ranks 4th and IDA total ranks 4th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant deaths
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,444 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.