Iran vs Tunisia
Iran vs Tunisia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 1.1 per 100 live births in Iran and 1.2 per 100 live births in Tunisia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Tunisia, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.07 times that in Iran.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Tunisia has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Iran.
- 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 | Iran | Tunisia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1.9 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 2.3 | 2 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2.4 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3.4 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 5 | 4.7 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 5.3 | 5 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 6.5 | 6 | 10 |
| 1987 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 8.7 | 8 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 10.1 | 9 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 12.7 | 11 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 13.6 | 11.7 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 14.5 | 12.6 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 15.4 | 13.5 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 16.3 | 14.4 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 17.2 | 15.3 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 18 | 16.2 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 18.9 | 17.1 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 22.7 | 18.1 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 24.6 | 19.1 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 26.6 | 20.2 | 15 |
| 1967 | 28.8 | 21.3 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | – | 22.5 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | – | 23.6 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | – | 24.8 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | – | 26 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | – | 27.3 | 17 |
| 1961 | – | 28.3 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | – | – | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | – | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 33.9 | – | 19.7 |
| 1957 | – | – | 20.5 |
| 1956 | – | – | 21.3 |
| 1955 | – | – | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | – | 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
Iran vs Tunisia
Health
- Life expectancyIran: 77.7 years in 2023Tunisia: 76.5 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityIran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIran: 94.2% in 2022Tunisia: 74.3% in 2022
- DepressionIran: 5.12% in 2017Tunisia: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateIran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Tunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIran: 90.6 million people in 2023Tunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthIran: 1.12% a year in 2023Tunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023Tunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIran: 77.4% in 2025Tunisia: 70.7% in 2025
- Median ageIran: 32.9 years in 2023Tunisia: 32.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIran: 7.9% in 2023Tunisia: 9.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Tunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025Tunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIran: $7.45B in 2025Tunisia: $1.35B in 2025
- Military spending per personIran: $80 in 2025Tunisia: $121 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025Tunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIran: 650,000 people in 2020Tunisia: 48,000 people in 2020
- National powerIran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022Tunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020Tunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIran: 42 million TIV in 2024Tunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025