Iraq vs Namibia: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood

Iraq
0.0861 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Namibia
0.1188 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Iraq rank
53rd
Namibia rank
50th

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

  • Iraq
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 0.1188 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0861 under-five deaths per woman in Iraq, a difference of 0.0327 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.4 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iraq ahead.

Globally, Iraq ranks 53rd and Namibia ranks 50th 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).