Cameroon vs Sudan: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood

Cameroon
0.2723 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Sudan
0.2501 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Cameroon rank
18th
Sudan rank
20th

Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time

  • Cameroon
  • Sudan
00.511.52195319882024

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 0.2723 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2501 under-five deaths per woman in Sudan, a difference of 0.0222 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Sudan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1953 it was Cameroon ahead.

Globally, Cameroon ranks 18th and Sudan ranks 20th of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).