What is the difference in number of deaths between Kenya and Republic of Korea?

53,522 deaths, with Kenya ahead.

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

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 deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Republic of Korea: Number of deaths

Kenya

399,025 deaths

in 2023

Republic of Korea

345,503 deaths

in 2023

Kenya rank

29th

Republic of Korea rank

32nd

Number of deaths over time

Kenya
Republic of Korea

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 399,025 deaths against 345,503 deaths in Republic of Korea, a difference of 53,522 deaths.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times Republic of Korea's.

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

Kenya ranks 29th and Republic of Korea ranks 32nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Republic of Korea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Republic of Korea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	159,401 deaths	478,513 deaths	319,112 deaths	Republic of Korea
1960s	146,956 deaths	315,683 deaths	168,727 deaths	Republic of Korea
1970s	155,518 deaths	256,623 deaths	101,105 deaths	Republic of Korea
1980s	170,106 deaths	254,698 deaths	84,592 deaths	Republic of Korea
1990s	264,872 deaths	248,972 deaths	15,900 deaths	Kenya
2000s	308,344 deaths	242,310 deaths	66,034 deaths	Kenya
2010s	335,444 deaths	277,561 deaths	57,882 deaths	Kenya
2020s	409,276 deaths	345,369 deaths	63,907 deaths	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Kenya or Republic of Korea?: Kenya, at 399,025 deaths against 345,503 deaths in Republic of Korea as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Kenya and Republic of Korea?: 53,522 deaths, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Republic of Korea?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Republic of Korea rank globally for number of deaths?: Kenya ranks 29th and Republic of Korea ranks 32nd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of deaths
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

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