Chad vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood

Chad

0.5028 under-five deaths per woman

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo

0.4771 under-five deaths per woman

in 2024

Chad rank

4th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

5th

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

Chad
Democratic Republic of Congo

How they compare

Chad currently reports 0.5028 under-five deaths per woman against 0.4771 under-five deaths per woman in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0257 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 57 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Globally, Chad ranks 4th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 5th 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: 06 August 2026

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