Which has higher births and deaths per year, Kenya or Spain?

Spain, at 447,467 deaths against 399,025 deaths in Kenya as of 2023.

What is the difference in births and deaths per year between Kenya and Spain?

48,442 deaths, with Spain ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Spain?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Spain: Births and deaths per year

Kenya

399,025 deaths

in 2023

Spain

447,467 deaths

in 2023

Kenya rank

29th

Spain rank

26th

Births and deaths per year over time

Kenya
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 447,467 deaths against 399,025 deaths in Kenya, a difference of 48,442 deaths.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 29th and Spain ranks 26th of 236 countries.

Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1950s	159,401 deaths	284,244 deaths	124,843 deaths	Spain
1960s	146,956 deaths	275,643 deaths	128,687 deaths	Spain
1970s	155,518 deaths	292,880 deaths	137,362 deaths	Spain
1980s	170,106 deaths	302,099 deaths	131,993 deaths	Spain
1990s	264,872 deaths	342,270 deaths	77,397 deaths	Spain
2000s	308,344 deaths	371,358 deaths	63,014 deaths	Spain
2010s	335,444 deaths	404,523 deaths	69,080 deaths	Spain
2020s	409,276 deaths	470,388 deaths	61,112 deaths	Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher births and deaths per year, Kenya or Spain?: Spain, at 447,467 deaths against 399,025 deaths in Kenya as of 2023.
What is the difference in births and deaths per year between Kenya and Spain?: 48,442 deaths, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Spain?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Spain rank globally for births and deaths per year?: Kenya ranks 29th and Spain ranks 26th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Births and deaths per year
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year.