Bangladesh vs Canada

Bangladesh vs Canada: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.1 per 100 live births in Bangladesh and 0.5 per 100 live births in Canada, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 2.5 per 100 live births, or 5.65 times that in Canada.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Bangladesh vs Canada: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 3.1 per 100 live births in Bangladesh and 0.5 per 100 live births in Canada, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 2.5 per 100 live births, or 5.65 times that in Canada.
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What the numbers say

  • Bangladesh has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • 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

YearBangladeshCanadaWorld
20243.10.53.7
20233.10.53.8
20223.10.54
20213.10.54
20203.10.53.9
20193.20.54
20183.40.54
20173.50.54.1
20163.70.54.2
20153.90.54.3
20144.10.54.4
20134.20.64.5
20124.40.64.7
20114.70.65
20104.90.65.1
20095.10.65.3
20085.40.65.5
20075.70.65.7
200660.66
20056.30.66.2
20046.70.66.6
20037.10.66.8
20027.50.67.1
200180.67.4
20008.60.67.7
19999.10.67.9
19989.70.68.3
199710.30.78.4
199610.90.78.6
199511.60.78.8
199412.20.78.9
199312.80.79.1
199213.40.89.2
1991140.89.3
199014.70.89.4
198915.30.99.5
198815.90.910
198716.60.99.9
198617.20.910.3
198517.9110.6
198418.5110.9
198319.11.111.1
198219.61.111.2
198120.21.211.6
198020.71.311.9
197921.21.311.9
197821.71.412.3
197722.21.512.6
197622.51.612.8
197527.31.713.1
197427.61.813.3
197322.91.913.5
197222.9213.7
197136.72.113.9
197027.12.214.2
196922.72.314.6
196822.72.415
196722.92.515.3
196623.12.615.1
196523.42.715.1
196423.92.815.7
196324.42.916.2
1962253.117
196125.73.218.8
196026.43.320.2
195927.13.419.9
195827.83.519.7
195728.63.620.5
195629.53.721.3
195530.43.822.3
195431.3422.8
195332.34.223.3
195233.34.423.9
195134.44.624.3
195035.54.924.7
1949–5.124.9
1948–5.424.9
1947–625.5
1946–6.125.8
1945–6.126.7
1944–6.927.4
1943–727.7
1942–7.327.9
1941–8.127.8
1940–7.827.9
1939–8.128
1938–8.628.7
1937–10.328.8
1936–8.629.1
1935–9.229.5
1934–9.230.7
1933–9.330.5
1932–9.930.7
1931–11.631.4
1930–12.531.6
1929–12.832
1928–12.131.9
1927–12.531.9
1926–13.332.7
1925–12.232.4
1924–12.733.1
1923–14.133.1
1922–14.433.2
1921–14.434.2
1920–26.534.4
1919–22.835.7
1918–2237.6
1917–21.735.3
1916–26.935.1
1915–24.835.3
1914–26.235.4
1913–27.335.1
1912–26.235.5
1911–30.136
1910–28.336.4
1909–22.236.6
1908–3437.2
1907––37.4
1906–20.538.1
1905––38.8
1904–16.838.9
1903–21.339.5
1902–21.740.1
1901–27.240.8
1900–30.440.9
1899––40.8
1898––41.2
1897––41
1896––41.1
1895––41.3
1894––41.2
1893––41.2
1892––41.7
1891––41.3
1890––41.5
1889––41.2
1888––41
1887––41.1
1886––41.1
1885––41.2
1884––41.1
1883––41.4
1882––41.5
1881––41.1
1880––41.6
1879––41.1
1878––41.6
1877––41.2
1876––41.4
1875––41.5
1874––41.7
1873––41.8
1872––42.1
1871––42.2
1870––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

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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.

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