What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Sudan?

1.89 million, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Sudan?

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.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs Sudan: Number of infant deaths

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

1.96 million

in 2024

Sudan

71,271

in 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank

9th

Sudan rank

8th

Number of infant deaths over time

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sudan

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 1.96 million against 71,271 in Sudan, a difference of 1.89 million.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 27.6 times Sudan's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 9th and Sudan ranks 8th of 47 groups.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2.44 million	82,693	2.36 million	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s	2.29 million	76,199	2.21 million	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s	2.03 million	68,515	1.96 million	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2020s	1.99 million	68,463	1.92 million	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Sudan?: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 1.96 million against 71,271 in Sudan as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Sudan?: 1.89 million, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Sudan?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Sudan rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 9th and Sudan ranks 8th of 47 groups.
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.