What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Congo, Democratic Republic of the and India?

280,787 deaths, with India ahead.

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

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 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.

Congo, Democratic Republic of the vs India: Number of neonatal deaths

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

105,425 deaths

in 2024

India

386,212 deaths

in 2024

Congo, Democratic Republic of the rank

4th

India rank

1st

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
India

How they compare

India currently reports 386,212 deaths against 105,425 deaths in Congo, Democratic Republic of the, a difference of 280,787 deaths.

That makes India's figure about 3.7 times Congo, Democratic Republic of the's.

Across all 40 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

Congo, Democratic Republic of the ranks 4th and India ranks 1st of 199 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	India	Difference	Ahead
1980s	61,824 deaths	1.70 million deaths	1.64 million deaths	India
1990s	72,335 deaths	1.45 million deaths	1.38 million deaths	India
2000s	77,675 deaths	1.08 million deaths	1.00 million deaths	India
2010s	84,738 deaths	681,798 deaths	597,060 deaths	India
2020s	101,873 deaths	432,777 deaths	330,904 deaths	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Congo, Democratic Republic of the or India?: India, at 386,212 deaths against 105,425 deaths in Congo, Democratic Republic of the as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Congo, Democratic Republic of the and India?: 280,787 deaths, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo, Democratic Republic of the and India?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Congo, Democratic Republic of the and India rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Congo, Democratic Republic of the ranks 4th and India ranks 1st 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 .