Which has higher number of under-five deaths, female, India or Pakistan?

India, at 297,646 against 168,765 in Pakistan as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for India and Pakistan?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

India vs Pakistan: Number of under-five deaths, female

India

297,646

in 2024

Pakistan

168,765

in 2024

India rank

2nd

Pakistan rank

4th

Number of under-five deaths, female over time

India
Pakistan

How they compare

India currently reports 297,646 against 168,765 in Pakistan, a difference of 128,881.

That makes India's figure about 1.8 times Pakistan's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

India ranks 2nd and Pakistan ranks 4th of 197 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	India	Pakistan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	2.21 million	238,455	1.97 million	India
1970s	2.21 million	246,253	1.96 million	India
1980s	1.95 million	296,746	1.66 million	India
1990s	1.58 million	301,239	1.28 million	India
2000s	1.08 million	254,450	828,592	India
2010s	582,315	224,132	358,183	India
2020s	336,986	178,608	158,378	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, female, India or Pakistan?: India, at 297,646 against 168,765 in Pakistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths, female between India and Pakistan?: 128,881, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Pakistan?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do India and Pakistan rank globally for number of under-five deaths, female?: India ranks 2nd and Pakistan ranks 4th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

India vs Pakistan: Number of under-five deaths, female. Statizoid, drawing on Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org. Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-under-five-deaths-female/india/pakistan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-under-five-deaths-female/india/pakistan/">India vs Pakistan: Number of under-five deaths, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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: 20 August 2026

Number of female children dying before reaching age five.