Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female by country
Number of deaths of female children ages 5-9 years
Countries reporting
191
Highest
39,521
Nigeria
Lowest
0
Tuvalu
Median
79
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
8,400
What the numbers show
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 39,521 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 79, and the mean is 1,098.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 144 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 1,331.6%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 39,521 | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 2 | India | 20,434 | 2024 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15,858 | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 4 | Tanzania | 7,755 | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 7,731 | 2024 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 7,087 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 5,968 | 2024 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 8 | Sudan | 5,599 | 2024 | up 90.3% | falling |
| 9 | China | 5,219 | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Indonesia | 4,655 | 2024 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 11 | Madagascar | 4,652 | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 12 | Uganda | 4,522 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 13 | Cameroon | 4,117 | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 14 | Somalia | 4,071 | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 15 | Mali | 3,585 | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3,497 | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 17 | Angola | 3,412 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 18 | Chad | 3,184 | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 19 | Afghanistan | 2,765 | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 2,761 | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Benin | 2,275 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 22 | Palestine | 2,219 | 2024 | up 1,331.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Philippines | 2,129 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 24 | Guinea | 2,105 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 25 | Yemen | 2,066 | 2024 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 26 | Mozambique | 2,060 | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 27 | Ghana | 2,049 | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 28 | Burundi | 1,946 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 29 | South Sudan | 1,891 | 2024 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Egypt | 1,781 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 31 | Malawi | 1,578 | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 1,525 | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 33 | Zambia | 1,514 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 34 | Brazil | 1,478 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 35 | Kenya | 1,386 | 2024 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 1,345 | 2024 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 37 | South Africa | 1,101 | 2024 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 38 | United States | 1,095 | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 39 | Mexico | 1,030 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 40 | Iraq | 1,022 | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 41 | Iran | 958 | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Central African Republic | 897 | 2024 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 858 | 2024 | up 97.7% | falling |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 773 | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 45 | Senegal | 736 | 2024 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 46 | Myanmar | 674 | 2024 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Togo | 656 | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 48 | Algeria | 640 | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 49 | Haiti | 590 | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Vietnam | 562 | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Liberia | 548 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 52 | Russia | 534 | 2024 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Nepal | 526 | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Turkey | 505 | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Thailand | 459 | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 431 | 2024 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 57 | Syria | 392 | 2024 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Rwanda | 338 | 2024 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Morocco | 337 | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Cambodia | 326 | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Colombia | 317 | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 62 | Peru | 307 | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Guatemala | 302 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 64 | Argentina | 282 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 65 | Venezuela | 267 | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 66 | North Korea | 264 | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Mauritania | 250 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 68 | Congo | 206 | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 69 | Malaysia | 199 | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 196 | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 71 | Ecuador | 191 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 181 | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 73 | Bolivia | 176 | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 74 | Equatorial Guinea | 175 | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 75 | Japan | 161 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 76 | Guinea-Bissau | 155 | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 77 | Germany | 151 | 2024 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 78 | Gambia | 149 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 78 | Honduras | 149 | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Lebanon | 148 | 2024 | up 155.2% | falling |
| 81 | Laos | 140 | 2024 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Ukraine | 128 | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Gabon | 122 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 84 | United Kingdom | 121 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 85 | Tunisia | 120 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 86 | France | 119 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 86 | Namibia | 119 | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 86 | Turkmenistan | 119 | 2024 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 113 | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 90 | Eritrea | 111 | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 97 | 2024 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 97 | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 96 | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 93 | Lesotho | 96 | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 95 | Canada | 84 | 2024 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 96 | Poland | 79 | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 97 | East Timor | 76 | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 75 | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 99 | Italy | 73 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 100 | Djibouti | 68 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 100 | Spain | 68 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 102 | Jordan | 67 | 2024 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 102 | El Salvador | 67 | 2024 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 104 | Chile | 64 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 105 | South Korea | 63 | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 62 | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Libya | 60 | 2024 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Botswana | 56 | 2024 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 108 | Romania | 56 | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Cuba | 53 | 2024 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 111 | Paraguay | 52 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 112 | Australia | 50 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 113 | Oman | 47 | 2024 | up 56.7% | falling |
| 113 | Panama | 47 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 115 | Eswatini | 42 | 2024 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 116 | Mongolia | 40 | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Comoros | 37 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 35 | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 119 | Netherlands | 31 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 120 | Israel | 28 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 24 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 122 | Czechia | 23 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 123 | Jamaica | 21 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 124 | Belarus | 20 | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Kuwait | 20 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 19 | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Solomon Islands | 19 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 128 | Belgium | 18 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 128 | Hungary | 18 | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 128 | Sweden | 18 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 131 | Croatia | 17 | 2024 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Fiji | 16 | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Georgia | 16 | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 132 | Moldova | 16 | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Portugal | 16 | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Armenia | 15 | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Serbia | 15 | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Austria | 14 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 138 | Switzerland | 14 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 138 | Slovakia | 14 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 141 | Uruguay | 13 | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 142 | Albania | 11 | 2024 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Greece | 11 | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 142 | Qatar | 11 | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Bhutan | 10 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 145 | New Zealand | 10 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 148 | Bahrain | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 148 | Finland | 9 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 148 | Guyana | 9 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 148 | Suriname | 9 | 2024 | up 28.6% | flat |
| 152 | Denmark | 8 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 152 | Ireland | 8 | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 152 | Kiribati | 8 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Norway | 8 | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 152 | Kosovo | 8 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 8 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Lithuania | 7 | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Singapore | 7 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 7 | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 162 | Latvia | 5 | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 162 | North Macedonia | 5 | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Belize | 4 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 4 | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Mauritius | 4 | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 167 | Brunei | 3 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 167 | Cyprus | 3 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 167 | Estonia | 3 | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Slovenia | 3 | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Samoa | 3 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 173 | Bahamas | 2 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Micronesia (country) | 2 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 175 | Barbados | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 175 | Grenada | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 1 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 175 | Luxembourg | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 175 | Maldives | 1 | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Marshall Islands | 1 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 175 | Malta | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Montenegro | 1 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 175 | Seychelles | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Tonga | 1 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 175 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 186 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 186 | Dominica | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Iceland | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Nauru | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 209,622
- European Union 793
- Low & middle income 206,178
- Euro area 591
- IDA & IBRD total 204,514
- Sub-Saharan Africa 139,081
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 139,081
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 139,080
- Middle income 133,622
- Pre-demographic dividend 132,268
- Lower middle income 112,573
- Least developed countries 95,924
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 94,129
- Africa Western and Central 74,188
- Low income 67,244
- Africa Eastern and Southern 64,893
- Early-demographic dividend 64,223
- South Asia 23,829
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 23,829
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20,706
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 20,374
- Upper middle income 20,126
- Arab World 19,180
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 18,155
- East Asia & Pacific 15,525
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 15,231
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 14,967
- Late-demographic dividend 10,668
- Latin America & Caribbean 5,641
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 5,586
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 5,473
- OECD members 4,271
- Europe & Central Asia 3,660
- High income 3,443
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 2,896
- Post-demographic dividend 2,450
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 2,191
- North America 1,179
- Small states 350
- Other small states 257
About this data
Number of deaths of female children ages 5-9 years