Azerbaijan vs Romania
Azerbaijan vs Romania: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 1.8 per 100 live births in Azerbaijan and 0.7 per 100 live births in Romania, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 1.1 per 100 live births, or 2.45 times that in Romania.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Azerbaijan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1982.
- In 2024, Azerbaijan ranked 81 and Romania ranked 143 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 | Azerbaijan | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 6.4 | 2 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 6.9 | 2.1 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 7.4 | 2.1 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 8.4 | 2.5 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 9.2 | 2.7 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 9.4 | 2.7 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 9.6 | 2.8 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 9.6 | 2.9 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 9.5 | 3 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 9.5 | 3.1 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 9.6 | 3.3 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 9.7 | 3.5 | 10 |
| 1987 | 9.9 | 3.5 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 10.3 | 3.2 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 10.5 | 3.1 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 10.8 | 3.1 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 11.1 | 3.3 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | – | 3.4 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | – | 3.6 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | – | 3.7 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | – | 3.7 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | – | 3.9 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | – | 4.1 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | – | 4.3 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | – | 4.4 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | – | 4.5 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | – | 4.7 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | – | 5 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | – | 5.5 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | – | 6.2 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | – | 6.7 | 15 |
| 1967 | – | 6.4 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | – | 5.7 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | – | 5.3 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | – | 5.5 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | – | 6.1 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | – | 7 | 17 |
| 1961 | – | 8 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | – | 8.8 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | 9.4 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | – | 9.7 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | – | 9.9 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | – | 10 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | – | 10.1 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | 12.9 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | 14.2 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | – | 15.9 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | – | 18.3 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | – | 18.1 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | – | 21.7 | 24.9 |
| 1948 | – | 23 | 24.9 |
| 1947 | – | 32.5 | 25.5 |
| 1946 | – | 26.7 | 25.8 |
| 1945 | – | 30.6 | 26.7 |
| 1944 | – | 26.4 | 27.4 |
| 1943 | – | 29.9 | 27.7 |
| 1942 | – | 28.9 | 27.9 |
| 1941 | – | 27 | 27.8 |
| 1940 | – | 30.6 | 27.9 |
| 1939 | – | 28.6 | 28 |
| 1938 | – | 29.8 | 28.7 |
| 1937 | – | 28.9 | 28.8 |
| 1936 | – | 28.4 | 29.1 |
| 1935 | – | 31.2 | 29.5 |
| 1934 | – | 29.6 | 30.7 |
| 1933 | – | 28.3 | 30.5 |
| 1932 | – | 30.1 | 30.7 |
| 1931 | – | 29.3 | 31.4 |
| 1930 | – | 28.6 | 31.6 |
| 1929 | – | 32 | 32 |
| 1928 | – | 29.9 | 31.9 |
| 1927 | – | 34 | 31.9 |
| 1926 | – | 31.6 | 32.7 |
| 1925 | – | 31.2 | 32.4 |
| 1924 | – | 32.7 | 33.1 |
| 1923 | – | 33.7 | 33.1 |
| 1922 | – | 33.7 | 33.2 |
| 1921 | – | 32.5 | 34.2 |
| 1920 | – | 35.9 | 34.4 |
| 1919 | – | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | – | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | – | 32.4 | 35.3 |
| 1914 | – | 35.3 | 35.4 |
| 1913 | – | 37.9 | 35.1 |
| 1912 | – | 35.1 | 35.5 |
| 1911 | – | – | 36 |
| 1910 | – | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | 47.8 | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | 34.5 | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | 32.9 | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | 32 | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | 32.2 | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | 36.1 | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | 35 | 41 |
| 1896 | – | 37.4 | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | 32.7 | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | 36.9 | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | 35.3 | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | 39.5 | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | 34 | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | 34.3 | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | 31.1 | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | 32.4 | 41 |
| 1887 | – | 31.4 | 41.1 |
| 1886 | – | 29.8 | 41.1 |
| 1885 | – | 27.6 | 41.2 |
| 1884 | – | 28.9 | 41.1 |
| 1883 | – | 28.4 | 41.4 |
| 1882 | – | 32.4 | 41.5 |
| 1881 | – | 28.8 | 41.1 |
| 1880 | – | 37.4 | 41.6 |
| 1879 | – | 30.1 | 41.1 |
| 1878 | – | 36.4 | 41.6 |
| 1877 | – | 30.9 | 41.2 |
| 1876 | – | 31.9 | 41.4 |
| 1875 | – | 33 | 41.5 |
| 1874 | – | 34.8 | 41.7 |
| 1873 | – | 31.1 | 41.8 |
| 1872 | – | 32.2 | 42.1 |
| 1871 | – | 23.2 | 42.2 |
| 1870 | – | 25.9 | 41.9 |
| 1869 | – | 31.4 | 42.1 |
| 1868 | – | 33 | 42.4 |
| 1867 | – | 31.6 | 42 |
| 1866 | – | 38.8 | 42.1 |
| 1865 | – | 35.6 | 42.3 |
| 1864 | – | 39.8 | 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
Azerbaijan vs Romania
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Romania: 75.9 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Romania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Romania: 82.1% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Romania: 2.36% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Romania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Romania: 19.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Romania: -0.53% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Romania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Romania: 52.2% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Romania: 42.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Romania: 19.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Romania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Romania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025Romania: $8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025Romania: $513 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025Romania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020Romania: 128,000 people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Romania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Romania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025Romania: 421 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Romania: 132 million TIV in 2025