Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Afghanistan or Early-demographic dividend?

Early-demographic dividend, at 1.13 million against 49,429 in Afghanistan as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Afghanistan and Early-demographic dividend?

1.08 million, with Early-demographic dividend ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Early-demographic dividend?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs Early-demographic dividend: Number of neonatal deaths

Afghanistan

49,429

in 2024

Early-demographic dividend

1.13 million

in 2024

Afghanistan rank

7th

Early-demographic dividend rank

7th

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Afghanistan
Early-demographic dividend

How they compare

Early-demographic dividend currently reports 1.13 million against 49,429 in Afghanistan, a difference of 1.08 million.

That makes Early-demographic dividend's figure about 22.9 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Early-demographic dividend has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 7th and Early-demographic dividend ranks 7th of 197 countries.

Early-demographic dividend has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Early-demographic dividend	Difference	Ahead
1990s	57,216	2.85 million	2.79 million	Early-demographic dividend
2000s	60,548	2.20 million	2.14 million	Early-demographic dividend
2010s	54,874	1.60 million	1.55 million	Early-demographic dividend
2020s	50,760	1.21 million	1.16 million	Early-demographic dividend

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Afghanistan or Early-demographic dividend?: Early-demographic dividend, at 1.13 million against 49,429 in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Afghanistan and Early-demographic dividend?: 1.08 million, with Early-demographic dividend ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Early-demographic dividend?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Early-demographic dividend rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Afghanistan ranks 7th and Early-demographic dividend ranks 7th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), 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
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 11,580 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.