Which has higher number of under-five deaths, female, Bangladesh or Niger?

Niger, at 55,771 against 47,719 in Bangladesh as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Niger?

51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of under-five deaths, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bangladesh vs Niger: Number of under-five deaths, female

Bangladesh

47,719

in 2024

Niger

55,771

in 2024

Bangladesh rank

7th

Niger rank

6th

Number of under-five deaths, female over time

Bangladesh
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 55,771 against 47,719 in Bangladesh, a difference of 8,052.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.2 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 197 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	413,120	47,148	365,972	Bangladesh
1980s	345,493	60,198	285,295	Bangladesh
1990s	213,458	66,615	146,843	Bangladesh
2000s	116,922	55,852	61,070	Bangladesh
2010s	59,507	52,425	7,082	Bangladesh
2020s	47,537	55,631	8,094	Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, female, Bangladesh or Niger?: Niger, at 55,771 against 47,719 in Bangladesh as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths, female between Bangladesh and Niger?: 8,052, 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, female?: Bangladesh ranks 7th and Niger ranks 6th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of under-five deaths, female. 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, female
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 12,963 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of female children dying before reaching age five.