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2024-09-01 · people

One in twenty-five children still die before age five

Global child mortality has plunged — but the remaining burden is not evenly spread.

Global child mortality has plunged — but the remaining burden is not evenly spread. This grid divides world population (2024 snapshot) into colored bands — Survive past age 5 and Die before age 5 — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.

1 cell = 8.2 million people (0.1% of world population) · 1,000 cells

One in twenty-five children still die before age five. Global child mortality has plunged — but the remaining burden is not evenly spread.

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The 2024 figures from UN IGME put Survive past age 5 at 96% of world population and Die before age 5 at 4% — roughly 8.2 billion people in this edition's rounding.

UN IGME 2024: ~4% under-five mortality globally, rounded.

  • UN IGME

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