Pakistan vs Tanzania: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 5.6 per 100 live births in Pakistan and 3.7 per 100 live births in Tanzania, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 1.9 per 100 live births, or 1.51 times that in Tanzania.

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

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Tanzania.
In 2024, Pakistan ranked 24 and Tanzania ranked 47 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
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	Pakistan	Tanzania	World
2024	5.6	3.7	3.7
2023	5.8	3.9	3.8
2022	6	4	4
2021	6.2	4.2	4
2020	6.4	4.4	3.9
2019	6.6	4.6	4
2018	6.8	4.8	4
2017	7	5	4.1
2016	7.2	5.2	4.2
2015	7.5	5.4	4.3
2014	7.7	5.6	4.4
2013	8	5.9	4.5
2012	8.2	6.2	4.7
2011	8.4	6.5	5
2010	8.7	6.8	5.1
2009	8.9	7.2	5.3
2008	9.1	7.7	5.5
2007	9.2	8.1	5.7
2006	9.4	8.7	6
2005	9.6	9.2	6.2
2004	9.8	9.8	6.6
2003	10	10.5	6.8
2002	10.3	11.2	7.1
2001	10.5	12	7.4
2000	10.8	12.8	7.7
1999	11.1	13.6	7.9
1998	11.5	14.2	8.3
1997	11.8	14.8	8.4
1996	12.2	15.2	8.6
1995	12.5	15.6	8.8
1994	12.8	15.9	8.9
1993	13.2	16.1	9.1
1992	13.5	16.4	9.2
1991	13.8	16.6	9.3
1990	14	16.8	9.4
1989	14.3	17	9.5
1988	14.6	17.2	10
1987	14.9	17.5	9.9
1986	15.1	17.7	10.3
1985	15.4	17.8	10.6
1984	15.7	17.9	10.9
1983	15.9	17.9	11.1
1982	16.1	17.9	11.2
1981	16.4	17.9	11.6
1980	16.6	18	11.9
1979	16.8	18.2	11.9
1978	17	18.5	12.3
1977	17.2	18.8	12.6
1976	17.4	19.3	12.8
1975	17.6	19.7	13.1
1974	17.9	20.1	13.3
1973	18.2	20.5	13.5
1972	18.4	20.8	13.7
1971	18.8	21.2	13.9
1970	19.1	21.5	14.2
1969	19.4	21.8	14.6
1968	19.8	22.1	15
1967	20.2	22.4	15.3
1966	20.7	22.7	15.1
1965	21.3	23	15.1
1964	22	23.3	15.7
1963	22.7	23.5	16.2
1962	23.5	23.7	17
1961	24.4	23.9	18.8
1960	25.3	24.1	20.2
1959	26.3	24.3	19.9
1958	27.3	24.4	19.7
1957	28.4	24.6	20.5
1956	29.6	24.8	21.3
1955	30.8	25	22.3
1954	32.1	25.2	22.8
1953	33.5	25.3	23.3
1952	35	25.5	23.9
1951	36.5	25.7	24.3
1950	38.1	–	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

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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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