India vs Nigeria: Number of under-five deaths

India

615,030

in 2024

Nigeria

855,676

in 2024

India rank

2nd

Nigeria rank

1st

Number of under-five deaths over time

Nigeria currently reports 855,676 against 615,030 in India, a difference of 240,646.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.4 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was India ahead.

Globally, India ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 195 countries.

Indicator: Number of under-five deaths
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 13,069 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.