Which has higher number of child deaths, Egypt or Kenya?

Kenya, at 58,200 deaths against 53,943 deaths in Egypt as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Egypt and Kenya?

4,257 deaths, with Kenya ahead.

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

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs Kenya: Number of child deaths

Egypt

53,943 deaths

in 2024

Kenya

58,200 deaths

in 2024

Egypt rank

24th

Kenya rank

21st

Number of child deaths over time

Egypt
Kenya

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 58,200 deaths against 53,943 deaths in Egypt, a difference of 4,257 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 24th and Kenya ranks 21st of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 5 and Kenya in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Kenya	Difference	Ahead
1960s	365,357 deaths	80,037 deaths	285,320 deaths	Egypt
1970s	332,045 deaths	83,975 deaths	248,070 deaths	Egypt
1980s	230,746 deaths	84,084 deaths	146,663 deaths	Egypt
1990s	128,566 deaths	111,037 deaths	17,528 deaths	Egypt
2000s	81,066 deaths	97,176 deaths	16,110 deaths	Kenya
2010s	70,436 deaths	69,658 deaths	777.7 deaths	Egypt
2020s	55,971 deaths	59,371 deaths	3,400 deaths	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Egypt or Kenya?: Kenya, at 58,200 deaths against 53,943 deaths in Egypt as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Egypt and Kenya?: 4,257 deaths, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Kenya?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Egypt and Kenya rank globally for number of child deaths?: Egypt ranks 24th and Kenya ranks 21st of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .