Egypt vs Türkiye
Egypt vs Türkiye: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Egypt and 1 per 100 live births in Türkiye, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 1.3 per 100 live births, or 2.33 times that in Türkiye.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1955.
- 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 | Egypt | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.2 | 1 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 2.4 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1.7 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 3.3 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 5 | 4 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 6.1 | 5 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 9.1 | 7.8 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 10 |
| 1987 | 10.3 | 8.8 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 12 | 9.8 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 13 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 14 | 11 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 15 | 11.6 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 16 | 12.2 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 17 | 12.8 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 18 | 13.4 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 19 | 14 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 20 | 14.6 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 21 | 15.2 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 21.9 | 15.8 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 22.8 | 16.4 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 23.6 | 17 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 24.2 | 17.5 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 24.6 | 18 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 25 | 18.6 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 25.4 | 19.1 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 25.8 | 19.7 | 15 |
| 1967 | 26.3 | 20.2 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 26.8 | 20.9 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 27.6 | 21.5 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 28.4 | 22.3 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 29.3 | 23.1 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 30.3 | 23.9 | 17 |
| 1961 | 31.4 | 24.7 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 32.4 | 25.5 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 33.5 | 26.2 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 34.4 | 26.8 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 35.4 | 27.3 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 36.4 | 27.8 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 37.4 | 28.2 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | 28.6 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | 29 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | – | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | – | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | – | – | 24.7 |
| 1949 | – | – | 24.9 |
| 1948 | – | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | – | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | – | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | – | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | – | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | – | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | – | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | – | – | 28 |
| 1938 | – | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | – | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | – | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | – | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | – | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | – | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | – | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | – | – | 32 |
| 1928 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | – | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | – | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | – | – | 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
Egypt vs Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Türkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025