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

Uganda, at 65,931 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 Uganda?

4,984 deaths, with Uganda ahead.

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

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 Uganda: Number of children who die before age 5

Kenya

60,947 deaths

in 2023

Uganda

65,931 deaths

in 2023

Kenya rank

22nd

Uganda rank

19th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Kenya
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 65,931 deaths against 60,947 deaths in Kenya, a difference of 4,984 deaths.

That makes Uganda'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.

Kenya ranks 22nd and Uganda ranks 19th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1950s	85,894 deaths	79,263 deaths	6,631 deaths	Kenya
1960s	82,063 deaths	84,209 deaths	2,146 deaths	Uganda
1970s	85,242 deaths	114,293 deaths	29,051 deaths	Uganda
1980s	86,215 deaths	145,924 deaths	59,710 deaths	Uganda
1990s	111,009 deaths	162,803 deaths	51,794 deaths	Uganda
2000s	98,782 deaths	136,336 deaths	37,553 deaths	Uganda
2010s	70,582 deaths	84,593 deaths	14,012 deaths	Uganda
2020s	65,560 deaths	68,487 deaths	2,927 deaths	Uganda

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 Uganda?: Uganda, at 65,931 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 Uganda?: 4,984 deaths, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Uganda?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Uganda rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Kenya ranks 22nd and Uganda ranks 19th 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.