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Nigeria: Number of under-five deaths

855count · 20240.0% since 2014

Number of under-five deaths. WHO Global Health Observatory indicator CM_01. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1969 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2024855
2023857
2022855
2021850
2020849
2019853
2018855
2017856
2016858
2015858
2014855
2013852
2012851
2011851
2010850
2009850
2008851
2007855
2006862
2005871
2004881
2003892
2002903
2001914
2000923
1999929
1998936
1997941
1996939
1995930
1994917
1993902
1992885
1991870
1990855
1989838
1988822
1987807
1986792
1985777
1984764
1983749
1982735
1981723
1980716
1979711
1978707
1977703
1976701
1975700
1974696
1973690
1972684
1971677
1970976
1969991

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Health Organization (2026). Number of under-five deaths. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-cm-01 (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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