What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Democratic Republic of Congo and IDA total?

1.43 million, with IDA total ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and IDA total?

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.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs IDA total: Number of neonatal deaths

Democratic Republic of Congo

105,425

in 2024

IDA total

1.53 million

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

4th

IDA total rank

5th

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
IDA total

How they compare

IDA total currently reports 1.53 million against 105,425 in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 1.43 million.

That makes IDA total's figure about 14.5 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, IDA total has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 4th and IDA total ranks 5th of 197 countries.

IDA total has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	IDA total	Difference	Ahead
1990s	72,335	1.83 million	1.76 million	IDA total
2000s	77,675	1.72 million	1.64 million	IDA total
2010s	84,738	1.61 million	1.52 million	IDA total
2020s	101,873	1.55 million	1.44 million	IDA total

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Democratic Republic of Congo or IDA total?: IDA total, at 1.53 million against 105,425 in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Democratic Republic of Congo and IDA total?: 1.43 million, with IDA total ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and IDA total?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and IDA total rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 4th and IDA total ranks 5th 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: 29 October 2026

Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.