China vs Colombia
China vs Colombia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.6 per 100 live births in China and 1.2 per 100 live births in Colombia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Colombia, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 2.02 times that in China.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 2008.
- 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 | China | Colombia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 1.9 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 4.7 | 3 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 10 |
| 1987 | 5.4 | 4 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5.5 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 7 | 6.6 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 7.4 | 7 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 9 | 8.3 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 10.1 | 9 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 11.2 | 9.8 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 11.8 | 10.1 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 13.2 | 10.5 | 15 |
| 1967 | – | 10.8 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | – | 11.2 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | – | 11.9 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | – | 12.3 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 16.8 | 12.7 | 17 |
| 1961 | 26.2 | 13.1 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 30.9 | 13.6 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 26.9 | 14.1 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 23.3 | 14.5 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | – | 15.1 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | – | 15.6 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 29.1 | 16.1 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | 16.7 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | 17.2 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | – | 17.8 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | – | 18.7 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 31.7 | 19.4 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | – | 21.3 | 24.9 |
| 1948 | – | 21.7 | 24.9 |
| 1947 | – | 22.4 | 25.5 |
| 1946 | – | 24.3 | 25.8 |
| 1945 | – | 24.4 | 26.7 |
| 1944 | – | 25.2 | 27.4 |
| 1943 | – | 25.5 | 27.7 |
| 1942 | – | 25 | 27.9 |
| 1941 | – | 24.3 | 27.8 |
| 1940 | – | 22.8 | 27.9 |
| 1939 | – | 26.4 | 28 |
| 1938 | – | 25.3 | 28.7 |
| 1937 | – | 24.3 | 28.8 |
| 1936 | – | 24.8 | 29.1 |
| 1935 | – | 25.3 | 29.5 |
| 1934 | – | 18.1 | 30.7 |
| 1933 | – | 23 | 30.5 |
| 1932 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | – | 19.6 | 31.4 |
| 1930 | – | 16 | 31.6 |
| 1929 | – | 19.2 | 32 |
| 1928 | – | 20.4 | 31.9 |
| 1927 | – | 23.2 | 31.9 |
| 1926 | – | 23.9 | 32.7 |
| 1925 | – | 19 | 32.4 |
| 1924 | – | 22.8 | 33.1 |
| 1923 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | – | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | – | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | – | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | – | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | – | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | – | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | – | – | 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 | – | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | – | 40.9 |
| 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 |
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
China vs Colombia
Health
- Life expectancyChina: 78 years in 2023Colombia: 77.7 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityChina: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Colombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChina: 3.31% in 2017Colombia: 2.2% in 2017
- Suicide rateChina: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Colombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChina: 1.42 billion people in 2023Colombia: 52.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthChina: -0.24% a year in 2023Colombia: 1.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChina: 1 births per woman in 2023Colombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChina: 66.3% in 2025Colombia: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageChina: 39.1 years in 2023Colombia: 31.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChina: 14.3% in 2023Colombia: 9.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateChina: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Colombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChina: 1.73% of GDP in 2025Colombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChina: $335B in 2025Colombia: $13.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personChina: $237 in 2025Colombia: $273 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChina: 5.1% of government spending in 2025Colombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChina: 2.54 million people in 2020Colombia: 428,000 people in 2020
- National powerChina: 23.41% of world capability in 2022Colombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChina: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020Colombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChina: 207 million TIV in 2025Colombia: 22 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChina: 880 million TIV in 2025Colombia: 4 million TIV in 2020