Bangladesh vs Niger: Number of under-five deaths

Bangladesh
105,414
in 2024
Niger
118,445
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
7th
Niger rank
6th

Number of under-five deaths over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Niger
0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M196019922024

How they compare

Niger currently reports 118,445 against 105,414 in Bangladesh, a difference of 13,031.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 7th and Niger ranks 6th of 196 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 5 and Niger in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Niger Difference Ahead
1970s 852,222 97,394 754,827 Bangladesh
1980s 712,888 124,000 588,887 Bangladesh
1990s 448,425 137,903 310,522 Bangladesh
2000s 252,314 116,424 135,889 Bangladesh
2010s 130,171 110,368 19,803 Bangladesh
2020s 104,823 117,845 13,022 Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, Bangladesh or Niger?
Niger, at 118,445 against 105,414 in Bangladesh as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Bangladesh and Niger?
13,031, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Niger?
51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Niger rank globally for number of under-five deaths?
Bangladesh ranks 7th and Niger ranks 6th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bangladesh vs Niger: Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid, drawing on UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-under-five-deaths/bangladesh/niger/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-under-five-deaths/bangladesh/niger/">Bangladesh vs Niger: Number of under-five deaths</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of under-five 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
243 places, 13,069 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Number of children dying before reaching age five.