Which has higher number of neonatal deaths by region, Papua New Guinea or Türkiye?

Papua New Guinea, at 5,153 against 4,912 in Türkiye as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths by region between Papua New Guinea and Türkiye?

241, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Türkiye?

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, UN Population Division), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal deaths by region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Papua New Guinea vs Türkiye: Number of neonatal deaths by region

Papua New Guinea

5,153

in 2024

Türkiye

4,912

in 2024

Papua New Guinea rank

56th

Türkiye rank

57th

Number of neonatal deaths by region over time

Papua New Guinea
Türkiye

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 5,153 against 4,912 in Türkiye, a difference of 241.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Türkiye ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 56th and Türkiye ranks 57th of 195 countries.

Türkiye has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Papua New Guinea	Türkiye	Difference	Ahead
1970s	4,689	72,683	67,994	Türkiye
1980s	4,352	58,956	54,603	Türkiye
1990s	5,161	36,390	31,229	Türkiye
2000s	6,018	17,569	11,551	Türkiye
2010s	5,992	9,030	3,039	Türkiye
2020s	5,362	5,676	314.2	Türkiye

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths by region, Papua New Guinea or Türkiye?: Papua New Guinea, at 5,153 against 4,912 in Türkiye as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths by region between Papua New Guinea and Türkiye?: 241, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Türkiye?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and Türkiye rank globally for number of neonatal deaths by region?: Papua New Guinea ranks 56th and Türkiye ranks 57th of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, UN Population Division), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal deaths by region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal deaths by region
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, UN Population Division), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 195 places, 9,865 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

The estimated number of neonates – babies under 28 days old – who die each year.