Australia vs Nigeria
Australia vs Nigeria: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Australia and 11.6 per 100 live births in Nigeria, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 11.2 per 100 live births, or 32 times that in Australia.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1962.
- In 2024, Australia ranked 176 and Nigeria ranked 1 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.
Every year
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
| Year | Australia | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4 | 11.6 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 11.7 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.4 | 11.8 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | 11.8 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 11.7 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 11.7 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | 11.7 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 11.7 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.4 | 11.7 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.4 | 11.8 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | 11.9 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.4 | 12 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.4 | 12.2 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.5 | 12.4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.5 | 12.6 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.5 | 12.9 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.5 | 13.3 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.5 | 13.7 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.6 | 14.1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.6 | 14.6 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.6 | 15.1 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 0.6 | 15.7 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 0.6 | 16.4 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 0.6 | 17.1 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 0.6 | 17.7 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 0.6 | 18.4 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 0.6 | 18.9 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 0.7 | 19.4 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 0.7 | 19.8 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 0.7 | 20.1 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 0.7 | 20.3 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 0.8 | 20.5 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 0.8 | 20.6 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 0.9 | 20.7 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 0.9 | 20.8 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 1 | 20.8 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 1 | 20.8 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1.1 | 20.8 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 1.1 | 20.8 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 1.1 | 20.7 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 1.2 | 20.7 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 1.2 | 20.7 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 1.2 | 20.8 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 1.3 | 21 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 1.3 | 21.3 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 1.4 | 21.7 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 1.4 | 22.3 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 1.5 | 22.9 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 1.6 | 23.6 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 1.7 | 24.3 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 1.8 | 25.2 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 1.9 | 26 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 2 | 26.8 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 2.1 | 27.6 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 2.2 | 38.7 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 2.2 | 39.7 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 2.2 | 40.7 | 15 |
| 1967 | 2.2 | 30.5 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 2.2 | 31.2 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 2.2 | 31.9 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 2.3 | 32.6 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 2.3 | 31.1 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 2.4 | 31.3 | 17 |
| 1961 | 2.4 | – | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 2.5 | – | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 2.5 | – | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 2.6 | – | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 2.7 | – | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 2.7 | – | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 2.8 | – | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 2.9 | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 3 | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 3 | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 3.1 | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 3.2 | – | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 3.2 | – | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 3.4 | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | 3.6 | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | 3.9 | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | 3.8 | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | 4.1 | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | 5 | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | 5.2 | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | 5.3 | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | 5 | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | 5.1 | – | 28 |
| 1938 | 5.1 | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | 5.1 | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | 5.6 | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | 5.4 | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | 5.8 | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | 5.3 | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | 5.4 | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | 5.4 | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | 6.4 | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | 6.8 | – | 32 |
| 1928 | 7.2 | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | 7.2 | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | 7 | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | 7 | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | 7.6 | – | 33.1 |
| 1923 | 8 | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | 7.1 | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | 8.9 | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | 9.5 | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | 9.5 | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | 8 | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | 7.5 | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | 9.7 | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | 9.4 | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | 9.9 | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | 10 | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 10 | – | 35.5 |
| 1911 | 9.4 | – | 36 |
| 1910 | 10.5 | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | 10 | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | 11 | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | 11.5 | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | 11.9 | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | 11.7 | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | 11.7 | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | 17 | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | 16.2 | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | 15.7 | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | 14.9 | – | 40.9 |
| 1899 | 17.9 | – | 40.8 |
| 1898 | 20.2 | – | 41.2 |
| 1897 | 15.9 | – | 41 |
| 1896 | 17.5 | – | 41.1 |
| 1895 | 15.1 | – | 41.3 |
| 1894 | 15.7 | – | 41.2 |
| 1893 | 17.9 | – | 41.2 |
| 1892 | 16 | – | 41.7 |
| 1891 | 17.7 | – | 41.3 |
| 1890 | 16.2 | – | 41.5 |
| 1889 | 20.9 | – | 41.2 |
| 1888 | 17.9 | – | 41 |
| 1887 | 17.9 | – | 41.1 |
| 1886 | 19.8 | – | 41.1 |
| 1885 | 20.2 | – | 41.2 |
| 1884 | 19.6 | – | 41.1 |
| 1883 | 18.8 | – | 41.4 |
| 1882 | 21.5 | – | 41.5 |
| 1881 | 17.9 | – | 41.1 |
| 1880 | 18.1 | – | 41.6 |
| 1879 | 17.7 | – | 41.1 |
| 1878 | 20.7 | – | 41.6 |
| 1877 | 20 | – | 41.2 |
| 1876 | 18.5 | – | 41.4 |
| 1875 | 22.2 | – | 41.5 |
| 1874 | 19.6 | – | 41.7 |
| 1873 | 17.5 | – | 41.8 |
| 1872 | 18.3 | – | 42.1 |
| 1871 | 15.7 | – | 42.2 |
| 1870 | 17 | – | 41.9 |
| 1869 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1868 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1867 | – | – | 42 |
| 1866 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1865 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1864 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1863 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1862 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1861 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1860 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1859 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1858 | – | – | 43.8 |
| 1857 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1856 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1855 | – | – | 44 |
| 1854 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1853 | – | – | 43.2 |
| 1852 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1851 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1850 | – | – | 42 |
| 1849 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1848 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1847 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1846 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1845 | – | – | 42 |
| 1844 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1843 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1842 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1841 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1840 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1839 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1838 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1837 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1836 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1835 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1834 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1833 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1832 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1831 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1830 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1829 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1828 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1827 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1826 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1825 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1824 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1823 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1822 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1821 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1820 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1819 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1818 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1817 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1816 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1815 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1814 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1813 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1812 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1811 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1810 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1809 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1808 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1807 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1806 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1805 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1804 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1803 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1802 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1801 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1800 | – | – | 42.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
- Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Australia vs Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022