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Number of youth deaths

The estimated number of children under the age of 15 who die each year.

Under-fifteen deaths number of deaths
Country/area
1990
2022
Absolute Change
Relative Change
Afghanistan103,66992,680-10,989-11%
Albania3,750331-3,419-91%
Algeria47,16822,893-24,275-51%
Andorra92-7-78%
Angola147,030103,633-43,397-30%
Anguilla31-2-67%
Antigua and Barbuda2214-8-36%
Argentina22,5867,159-15,427-68%
Armenia4,316421-3,895-90%
Australia2,8011,384-1,417-51%
Austria1,010337-673-67%
Azerbaijan21,1892,825-18,364-87%
Bahamas17272-100-58%
Bahrain361149-212-59%
Bangladesh619,84799,948-519,899-84%
Barbados8539-46-54%
Belarus3,017346-2,671-89%
Belgium1,461529-932-64%
Belize28195-186-66%
Benin44,26144,397+136+0%
Bhutan2,848319-2,529-89%
Bolivia32,4037,239-25,164-78%
Bosnia and Herzegovina1,433205-1,228-86%
Botswana3,0272,730-297-10%
Brazil251,98245,487-206,495-82%
British Virgin Islands53-2-40%
Brunei11873-45-38%
Bulgaria2,534457-2,077-82%
Burkina Faso91,47471,652-19,822-22%
Burundi52,18029,158-23,022-44%
Cambodia53,1258,953-44,172-83%
Cameroon76,64080,936+4,296+6%
Canada4,2122,208-2,004-48%
Cape Verde878140-738-84%
Central African Republic24,34126,107+1,766+7%
Chad68,13586,645+18,510+27%
Chile6,3961,758-4,638-73%
China1,614,488108,939-1,505,549-93%
Colombia35,02610,879-24,147-69%
Comoros2,4311,263-1,168-48%
Congo10,2128,429-1,783-17%
Cook Islands142-12-86%
Costa Rica1,632593-1,039-64%
Cote d'Ivoire90,91576,446-14,469-16%
Croatia933207-726-78%
Cuba3,0821,075-2,007-65%
Cyprus19060-130-68%
Czechia1,941375-1,566-81%
Democratic Republic of Congo328,078356,429+28,351+9%
Denmark656262-394-60%
Djibouti2,7001,531-1,169-43%
Dominica3533-2-6%
Dominican Republic14,1057,241-6,864-49%
East Timor5,9101,873-4,037-68%
Ecuador18,5394,514-14,025-76%
Egypt178,66353,243-125,420-70%
El Salvador11,5171,611-9,906-86%
Equatorial Guinea3,9954,239+244+6%
Eritrea16,1494,448-11,701-72%
Estonia52340-483-92%
Eswatini2,6101,735-875-34%
Ethiopia554,399198,723-355,676-64%
Fiji900593-307-34%
Finland549150-399-73%
France8,2983,319-4,979-60%
Gabon3,7763,095-681-18%
Gambia8,2444,684-3,560-43%
Georgia5,085556-4,529-89%
Germany9,1793,316-5,863-64%
Ghana89,69246,000-43,692-49%
Greece1,430380-1,050-73%
Grenada7638-38-50%
Guatemala31,2819,611-21,670-69%
Guinea71,66150,637-21,024-29%
Guinea-Bissau10,8635,276-5,587-51%
Guyana1,459484-975-67%
Haiti42,45217,495-24,957-59%
Honduras12,2294,469-7,760-63%
Hungary2,510453-2,057-82%
Iceland3614-22-61%
India3,895,647763,234-3,132,413-80%
Indonesia448,519117,135-331,384-74%
Iran126,12418,842-107,282-85%
Iraq41,80833,542-8,266-20%
Ireland616223-393-64%
Israel1,445724-721-50%
Italy6,6781,433-5,245-79%
Jamaica1,988764-1,224-62%
Japan10,6052,615-7,990-75%
Jordan4,9454,010-935-19%
Kazakhstan22,8174,918-17,899-78%
Kenya110,95766,784-44,173-40%
Kiribati274230-44-16%
Kosovo5,825232-5,593-96%
Kuwait1,342498-844-63%
Kyrgyzstan9,3833,111-6,272-67%
Laos31,8117,526-24,285-76%
Latvia88475-809-92%
Lebanon3,7181,869-1,849-50%
Lesotho6,0394,673-1,366-23%
Liberia31,00014,148-16,852-54%
Libya6,0861,557-4,529-74%
Lithuania1,124127-997-89%
Luxembourg4919-30-61%
Madagascar89,49772,184-17,313-19%
Malawi113,21832,650-80,568-71%
Malaysia9,9354,824-5,111-51%
Maldives85551-804-94%
Mali104,30797,927-6,380-6%
Malta7131-40-56%
Marshall Islands10729-78-73%
Mauritania10,2596,916-3,343-33%
Mauritius582223-359-62%
Mexico118,79729,646-89,151-75%
Micronesia (country)19268-124-65%
Moldova3,188628-2,560-80%
Monaco31-2-67%
Mongolia8,4431,170-7,273-86%
Montenegro18628-158-85%
Montserrat40-4-100%
Morocco64,49212,783-51,709-80%
Mozambique169,95588,594-81,361-48%
Myanmar154,10140,253-113,848-74%
Namibia4,1623,379-783-19%
Nauru2310-13-57%
Nepal113,56119,176-94,385-83%
Netherlands1,918844-1,074-56%
New Zealand780359-421-54%
Nicaragua11,0692,563-8,506-77%
Niger159,476155,569-3,907-2%
Nigeria938,045949,811+11,766+1%
Niue21-1-50%
North Korea20,4657,049-13,416-66%
North Macedonia1,387125-1,262-91%
Norway607159-448-74%
Oman2,9131,058-1,855-64%
Pakistan710,072428,973-281,099-40%
Palau146-8-57%
Palestine4,5292,514-2,015-44%
Panama2,2751,251-1,024-45%
Papua New Guinea13,22212,247-975-7%
Paraguay6,9642,727-4,237-61%
Peru59,84810,319-49,529-83%
Philippines125,33577,523-47,812-38%
Poland11,4912,031-9,460-82%
Portugal2,309335-1,974-85%
Qatar252175-77-31%
Romania12,4411,642-10,799-87%
Russia58,0009,708-48,292-83%
Rwanda62,93520,392-42,543-68%
Saint Kitts and Nevis3411-23-68%
Saint Lucia10041-59-59%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7722-55-71%
Samoa189108-81-43%
San Marino30-3-100%
Sao Tome and Principe581110-471-81%
Saudi Arabia27,1125,014-22,098-82%
Senegal49,58823,648-25,940-52%
Serbia3,044419-2,625-86%
Seychelles3228-4-13%
Sierra Leone53,09031,654-21,436-40%
Singapore500130-370-74%
Slovakia1,417390-1,027-72%
Slovenia30759-248-81%
Solomon Islands527458-69-13%
Somalia69,62489,700+20,076+29%
South Africa85,57146,845-38,726-45%
South Korea14,2641,137-13,127-92%
South Sudan72,54238,417-34,125-47%
Spain5,0161,414-3,602-72%
Sri Lanka10,2982,553-7,745-75%
Sudan135,62087,283-48,337-36%
Suriname614227-387-63%
Sweden959368-591-62%
Switzerland806408-398-49%
Syria19,83811,480-8,358-42%
Tajikistan23,5998,319-15,280-65%
Tanzania205,740115,549-90,191-44%
Thailand47,5668,492-39,074-82%
Togo26,76718,983-7,784-29%
Tonga7632-44-58%
Trinidad and Tobago939316-623-66%
Tunisia13,7822,893-10,889-79%
Turkey115,85714,641-101,216-87%
Turkmenistan10,9285,933-4,995-46%
Turks and Caicos Islands63-3-50%
Tuvalu185-13-72%
Uganda169,53884,629-84,909-50%
Ukraine16,5294,174-12,355-75%
United Arab Emirates821630-191-23%
United Kingdom8,5683,354-5,214-61%
United States53,73529,235-24,500-46%
Uruguay1,478311-1,167-79%
Uzbekistan51,60212,506-39,096-76%
Vanuatu235203-32-14%
Venezuela18,85112,777-6,074-32%
Vietnam115,01733,557-81,460-71%
Yemen88,57849,092-39,486-45%
Zambia69,87742,389-27,488-39%
Zimbabwe32,63927,999-4,640-14%
Other
Africa4,785,5233,422,186-1,363,337-28%
Asia8,705,5612,011,010-6,694,551-77%
Australia and New Zealand3,5811,743-1,838-51%
Central Asia (SDG)118,32934,787-83,542-71%
Central Asia and Southern Asia (SDG)5,701,2501,460,563-4,240,687-74%
Eastern Asia (SDG)1,668,265120,910-1,547,355-93%
Eastern Asia and South-Eastern Asia (SDG)2,660,202421,249-2,238,953-84%
Europe182,88539,010-143,875-79%
Europe (SDG)182,34238,895-143,447-79%
European Union (27)76,49418,876-57,618-75%
High-income countries218,18072,046-146,134-67%
Landlocked developing countries (SDG)2,034,8451,091,018-943,827-46%
Latin America and the Caribbean (SDG)708,412180,888-527,524-74%
Least developed countries (SDG)4,235,4722,347,687-1,887,785-45%
Low-income countries2,643,9821,775,553-868,429-33%
Lower-middle-income countries8,461,5673,327,807-5,133,760-61%
North America310,213108,450-201,763-65%
Northern Africa (SDG)445,811180,652-265,159-59%
Northern America (SDG)57,94731,443-26,504-46%
Northern America and Europe (SDG)240,28970,338-169,951-71%
Oceania19,37415,735-3,639-19%
Oceania (SDG)19,37415,735-3,639-19%
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand15,79313,992-1,801-11%
Small island developing States (SDG)103,95851,057-52,901-51%
South America456,146103,881-352,265-77%
South-Eastern Asia (SDG)991,937300,339-691,598-70%
Southern Asia (SDG)5,582,9211,425,776-4,157,145-74%
Sub-Saharan Africa (SDG)4,339,7123,241,534-1,098,178-25%
Upper-middle-income countries3,117,100512,085-2,605,015-84%
Western Asia (SDG)344,299129,258-215,041-62%
Western Asia and Northern Africa (SDG)790,110309,910-480,200-61%
World14,459,7085,700,274-8,759,434-61%
Data

Under-fifteen deaths

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Child & Infant Mortality

About this data

Under-fifteen deaths
Estiamted number of children that die before reaching the age of fifteen.
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2018; 2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
September 11, 2024
Date range
1990–2022
Unit
number of deaths

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2018; 2024)

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United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2018; 2024)

The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) was formed in 2004 to share data on child mortality, improve methods for child mortality estimation, report on progress towards child survival goals, and enhance country capacity to produce timely and properly assessed estimates of child mortality. The UN IGME is led by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and includes the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs as full members.

UN IGME updates its child mortality estimates annually after reviewing newly available data and assessing data quality. The web portal contains the latest UN IGME estimates of child mortality at the country, regional and global levels, and the data used to derive them.

Retrieved on
September 11, 2024
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https://childmortality.org/all-cause-mortality/data
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United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2024).

The 2018 vintages of UN IGME's child mortality estimates. This has greater temporal coverage of many of the variables, including 5-14 years mortality rate which is necessary for calculating the under-fifteen mortality rate.

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June 30, 2022
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https://childmortality.org/
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United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), Levels & Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2018, Estimates developed by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, United Nations Children’s Fund, New York, 2018.

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This indicator is processed by OWID based on the original data source. It is a combination of the under-five mortality rate and the 5-14 mortality rate.

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