Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Brazil or Cameroon?

Cameroon, at 24,029 deaths against 18,331 deaths in Brazil as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Brazil and Cameroon?

5,698 deaths, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cameroon?

61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs Cameroon: Number of neonatal deaths

Brazil

18,331 deaths

in 2024

Cameroon

24,029 deaths

in 2024

Brazil rank

26th

Cameroon rank

23rd

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Brazil
Cameroon

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 24,029 deaths against 18,331 deaths in Brazil, a difference of 5,698 deaths.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.3 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 26th and Cameroon ranks 23rd of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Cameroon in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Cameroon	Difference	Ahead
1960s	160,750 deaths	16,889 deaths	143,861 deaths	Brazil
1970s	149,652 deaths	18,121 deaths	131,530 deaths	Brazil
1980s	119,167 deaths	19,896 deaths	99,271 deaths	Brazil
1990s	78,168 deaths	21,047 deaths	57,120 deaths	Brazil
2000s	46,531 deaths	22,992 deaths	23,539 deaths	Brazil
2010s	28,871 deaths	25,098 deaths	3,773 deaths	Brazil
2020s	21,724 deaths	24,402 deaths	2,678 deaths	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Brazil or Cameroon?: Cameroon, at 24,029 deaths against 18,331 deaths in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Brazil and Cameroon?: 5,698 deaths, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cameroon?: 61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Cameroon rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Brazil ranks 26th and Cameroon ranks 23rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .