Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Cameroon or Kenya?

Cameroon, at 64,104 deaths against 60,947 deaths in Kenya as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Cameroon and Kenya?

3,157 deaths, with Cameroon ahead.

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

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 Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs Kenya: Number of children who die before age 5

Cameroon

64,104 deaths

in 2023

Kenya

60,947 deaths

in 2023

Cameroon rank

21st

Kenya rank

22nd

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Cameroon
Kenya

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 64,104 deaths against 60,947 deaths in Kenya, a difference of 3,157 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.

Cameroon ranks 21st and Kenya ranks 22nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 2 and Kenya in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Kenya	Difference	Ahead
1950s	65,855 deaths	85,894 deaths	20,040 deaths	Kenya
1960s	60,574 deaths	82,063 deaths	21,489 deaths	Kenya
1970s	61,862 deaths	85,242 deaths	23,380 deaths	Kenya
1980s	64,860 deaths	86,215 deaths	21,355 deaths	Kenya
1990s	76,277 deaths	111,009 deaths	34,732 deaths	Kenya
2000s	86,205 deaths	98,782 deaths	12,578 deaths	Kenya
2010s	76,701 deaths	70,582 deaths	6,119 deaths	Cameroon
2020s	66,434 deaths	65,560 deaths	874.5 deaths	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Cameroon or Kenya?: Cameroon, at 64,104 deaths against 60,947 deaths in Kenya as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Cameroon and Kenya?: 3,157 deaths, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Kenya?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Kenya rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Cameroon ranks 21st and Kenya ranks 22nd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of children who die before age 5
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. This only includes people aged 0-4.