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

Cameroon, at 24,029 deaths against 23,361 deaths in Madagascar as of 2024.

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

668 deaths, with Cameroon ahead.

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

52 years are reported by both, from 1973 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.

Cameroon vs Madagascar: Number of neonatal deaths

Cameroon

24,029 deaths

in 2024

Madagascar

23,361 deaths

in 2024

Cameroon rank

23rd

Madagascar rank

24th

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Cameroon
Madagascar

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 24,029 deaths against 23,361 deaths in Madagascar, a difference of 668 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 23rd and Madagascar ranks 24th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 5 and Madagascar in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	18,543 deaths	13,943 deaths	4,600 deaths	Cameroon
1980s	19,896 deaths	18,632 deaths	1,265 deaths	Cameroon
1990s	21,047 deaths	21,499 deaths	452 deaths	Madagascar
2000s	22,992 deaths	20,564 deaths	2,428 deaths	Cameroon
2010s	25,098 deaths	20,681 deaths	4,418 deaths	Cameroon
2020s	24,402 deaths	23,175 deaths	1,227 deaths	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Cameroon or Madagascar?: Cameroon, at 24,029 deaths against 23,361 deaths in Madagascar as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Cameroon and Madagascar?: 668 deaths, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Madagascar?: 52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Madagascar rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Cameroon ranks 23rd and Madagascar ranks 24th 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 .