Myanmar (Burma) vs Sudan
Myanmar (Burma) vs Sudan: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 3.7 per 100 live births in Myanmar (Burma) and 6.2 per 100 live births in Sudan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sudan, by 2.5 per 100 live births, or 1.67 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
- 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 | Myanmar (Burma) | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 5.1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4.7 | 6 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 7.1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 10.2 | 7.8 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 7.1 | 8 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 7.6 | 9.9 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 9.4 | 14.8 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 9.6 | 11.2 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 9.9 | 11.5 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 10.4 | 12.1 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 10.7 | 12.3 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 10.9 | 12.6 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 11.2 | 12.8 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 11.5 | 13.1 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 11.9 | 29.7 | 10 |
| 1987 | 12.2 | 13.8 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 12.4 | 13.9 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 12.6 | 17.8 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 12.8 | 18.1 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 13.1 | 18.3 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 13.9 | 14.8 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 14.5 | 15 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 16.6 | 15.7 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 17 | 15.8 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 17.3 | 15.9 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 17.6 | 16 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 18 | 16.1 | 15 |
| 1967 | – | 16.3 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | – | 16.5 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | – | 16.7 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | – | 16.9 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | – | 17.1 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | – | 17.4 | 17 |
| 1961 | – | 17.6 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 27.5 | 17.9 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | 18.2 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | – | 18.5 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | – | 18.8 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | – | 19.1 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | – | 19.4 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | 19.7 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | 20 | 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
Myanmar (Burma) vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyMyanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMyanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateMyanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMyanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthMyanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMyanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMyanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageMyanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMyanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateMyanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMyanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsMyanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personMyanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingMyanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelMyanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerMyanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMyanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMyanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025