TABLE 2.

Under-5 Deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1976–2017⁸^a

	Year
EstimatedLevel	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	Total Deaths
Low	196,957	200,518	204,337	208,117	211,628	215,118	219,168	222,591	226,628	231,114	235,707	2,371,883
Medium	233,087	235,767	238,287	241,006	243,644	246,468	249,515	252,490	255,711	259,276	263,126	2,718,377
High	275,619	276,160	277,290	278,019	279,506	280,937	282,416	284,257	286,999	289,612	292,898	3,103,713

	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Total Deaths
Low	240,269	245,357	250,850	256,597	262,380	268,588	275,015	281,307	287,517	292,755	296,860	2,957,495
Medium	267,689	272,359	277,624	283,090	289,076	295,539	302,429	309,281	315,772	321,800	326,733	3,261,392
High	296,555	301,225	306,764	312,320	318,881	326,150	333,311	341,237	348,421	355,187	360,844	3,600,895

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Total Deaths
Low	299,906	301,930	302,590	302,362	301,596	300,522	298,587	295,532	291,987	287,351	281,512	3,263,875
Medium	330,528	332,688	333,792	333,850	333,311	332,597	331,277	329,811	328,038	326,465	324,650	3,637,007
High	365,124	368,169	369,844	370,391	370,239	369,727	368,988	368,562	369,274	371,071	373,064	4,064,453

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017			Total Deaths
Low	274,783	267,800	259,746	251,199	243,411	234,782	225,454	216,143	206,535			2,179,853
Medium	322,801	320,391	318,265	315,758	313,762	310,711	307,687	303,618	300,265			2,813,258
High	375,987	380,011	383,529	387,635	393,306	399,404	405,716	415,115	422,796			3,563,499

Totals 1976–2017												Total Deaths
Low												10,773,106
Medium												12,430,034
High												14,332,560

a As of December 19, 2019.