What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Bangladesh and China?

3,820 deaths, with China ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and China?

70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – 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.

Bangladesh vs China: Number of neonatal deaths

Bangladesh

52,625 deaths

in 2019

China

56,445 deaths

in 2019

Bangladesh rank

7th

China rank

6th

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Bangladesh
China

How they compare

China currently reports 56,445 deaths against 52,625 deaths in Bangladesh, a difference of 3,820 deaths.

That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.

Across all 70 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 7th and China ranks 6th of 204 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	China	Difference	Ahead
1950s	270,256 deaths	759,520 deaths	489,264 deaths	China
1960s	259,720 deaths	667,339 deaths	407,619 deaths	China
1970s	253,152 deaths	500,403 deaths	247,251 deaths	China
1980s	245,367 deaths	379,855 deaths	134,488 deaths	China
1990s	184,019 deaths	315,302 deaths	131,283 deaths	China
2000s	123,013 deaths	160,330 deaths	37,317 deaths	China
2010s	72,854 deaths	80,610 deaths	7,756 deaths	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Bangladesh or China?: China, at 56,445 deaths against 52,625 deaths in Bangladesh as of 2019.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Bangladesh and China?: 3,820 deaths, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and China?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.
How do Bangladesh and China rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Bangladesh ranks 7th and China ranks 6th of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – 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: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 204 places, 14,280 data points, 1950–2019
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Deaths in children aged 0-27 days.