What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Central African Republic and North America?

5,079, with North America ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and North America?

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 under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central African Republic vs North America: Number of under-five deaths

Central African Republic

20,555

in 2024

North America

25,634

in 2024

Central African Republic rank

43rd

North America rank

40th

Number of under-five deaths over time

Central African Republic
North America

How they compare

North America currently reports 25,634 against 20,555 in Central African Republic, a difference of 5,079.

That makes North America's figure about 1.2 times Central African Republic's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was North America ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 43rd and North America ranks 40th of 197 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Central African Republic averaged higher in 2 and North America in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	North America	Difference	Ahead
1990s	24,468	41,323	16,855	North America
2000s	33,547	34,214	667.1	North America
2010s	30,221	29,009	1,212	Central African Republic
2020s	42,327	25,863	16,464	Central African Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, Central African Republic or North America?: North America, at 25,634 against 20,555 in Central African Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Central African Republic and North America?: 5,079, with North America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and North America?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Central African Republic and North America rank globally for number of under-five deaths?: Central African Republic ranks 43rd and North America ranks 40th 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 under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 244 places, 13,104 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.