What is the difference in number of youth deaths between Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Nigeria?

554,172 deaths, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Nigeria?

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

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Congo, Democratic Republic of the vs Nigeria: Number of youth deaths

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

440,235 deaths

in 2024

Nigeria

994,407 deaths

in 2024

Congo, Democratic Republic of the rank

3rd

Nigeria rank

1st

Number of youth deaths over time

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 994,407 deaths against 440,235 deaths in Congo, Democratic Republic of the, a difference of 554,172 deaths.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 2.3 times Congo, Democratic Republic of the's.

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

Congo, Democratic Republic of the ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1990s	394,019 deaths	1.02 million deaths	621,325 deaths	Nigeria
2000s	397,234 deaths	987,683 deaths	590,449 deaths	Nigeria
2010s	359,462 deaths	975,487 deaths	616,025 deaths	Nigeria
2020s	429,237 deaths	990,744 deaths	561,507 deaths	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of youth deaths, Congo, Democratic Republic of the or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 994,407 deaths against 440,235 deaths in Congo, Democratic Republic of the as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of youth deaths between Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Nigeria?: 554,172 deaths, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Nigeria?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Nigeria rank globally for number of youth deaths?: Congo, Democratic Republic of the ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of youth deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 6,965 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.