What we count
The number of deaths from all causes between birth and age five during one year.
Deaths of children under five this year
How many children die before their fifth birthday according to the latest joint UN estimate.
Continuously calculated
WORLDRelated numbers in context
161,342maternal deaths this year
353,712aids-related deaths this year
378,534malaria deaths this year
What lies behind this number
The number of deaths from all causes between birth and age five during one year.
How the source derives it
The source combines national reporting, registries and surveys, using transparent statistical estimates where complete data are unavailable.
What one number cannot show
The global total does not show an individual child's risk and hides large differences between countries and income groups.
Source value
The calculation uses the latest published annual value from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation 2026 for 2024.
How the value is used: The running number shows the share corresponding to time since the start of the year.
Annual value4,900,000deaths
- Period
- 2024
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation 2026
How the number is calculated
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Formula used
V(t) = Vyear × elapsed share of the yearAnnual reference value4,900,0002024 · deaths
Average per day13,416even time-based calculation
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuously calculated
Source value
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation 2026 reports the latest published figure used on this page for 2024.
Calculation method
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Smooth display
The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation 2026 and refers to 2024. It is the latest figure published by this source. The source combines national reporting, registries and surveys, using transparent statistical estimates where complete data are unavailable.
Latest published and verified source value
Primary data source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation 2026
Source edition: 2026
Open source ↗- Publisher
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation 2026
- Data period
- 2024
- Verified
- 12 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Even time-based calculation