Kenya vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rates at age 65
Kenya
4.05 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
3.93 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Kenya rank
9th
Papua New Guinea rank
11th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Kenya
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 4.05 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.93 deaths per 1,000 people in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.12 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Kenya ranks 9th and Papua New Guinea ranks 11th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9455 deaths per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1960s | 3.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.17 deaths per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 3.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.72 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.08 deaths per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 3.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9786 deaths per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 4.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.3 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1731 deaths per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 4.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0285 deaths per 1,000 people | Kenya |
| 2010s | 4.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1218 deaths per 1,000 people | Kenya |
| 2020s | 4.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.29 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3466 deaths per 1,000 people | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Kenya or Papua New Guinea?
- Kenya, at 4.05 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.93 deaths per 1,000 people in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.12 deaths per 1,000 people, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Kenya ranks 9th and Papua New Guinea ranks 11th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 65. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.