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

Madagascar, at 64,828 deaths against 60,947 deaths in Kenya as of 2023.

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

3,881 deaths, with Madagascar ahead.

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

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.

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

Kenya

60,947 deaths

in 2023

Madagascar

64,828 deaths

in 2023

Kenya rank

22nd

Madagascar rank

20th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Kenya
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 64,828 deaths against 60,947 deaths in Kenya, a difference of 3,881 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 22nd and Madagascar ranks 20th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1950s	85,894 deaths	46,668 deaths	39,227 deaths	Kenya
1960s	82,063 deaths	49,909 deaths	32,154 deaths	Kenya
1970s	85,242 deaths	58,506 deaths	26,737 deaths	Kenya
1980s	86,215 deaths	77,098 deaths	9,116 deaths	Kenya
1990s	111,009 deaths	77,512 deaths	33,498 deaths	Kenya
2000s	98,782 deaths	63,245 deaths	35,537 deaths	Kenya
2010s	70,582 deaths	57,263 deaths	13,318 deaths	Kenya
2020s	65,560 deaths	63,634 deaths	1,926 deaths	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Kenya or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 64,828 deaths against 60,947 deaths in Kenya as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Kenya and Madagascar?: 3,881 deaths, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Madagascar?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Madagascar rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Kenya ranks 22nd and Madagascar ranks 20th 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.