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

13,228 deaths, with Kenya ahead.

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

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 Tanzania: Number of deaths

Kenya

399,025 deaths

in 2023

Tanzania

385,797 deaths

in 2023

Kenya rank

29th

Tanzania rank

30th

Number of deaths over time

Kenya
Tanzania

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 399,025 deaths against 385,797 deaths in Tanzania, a difference of 13,228 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 29th and Tanzania ranks 30th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	159,401 deaths	183,478 deaths	24,077 deaths	Tanzania
1960s	146,956 deaths	228,046 deaths	81,090 deaths	Tanzania
1970s	155,518 deaths	273,651 deaths	118,133 deaths	Tanzania
1980s	170,106 deaths	327,400 deaths	157,294 deaths	Tanzania
1990s	264,872 deaths	417,988 deaths	153,115 deaths	Tanzania
2000s	308,344 deaths	405,190 deaths	96,846 deaths	Tanzania
2010s	335,444 deaths	366,685 deaths	31,241 deaths	Tanzania
2020s	409,276 deaths	376,738 deaths	32,538 deaths	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Kenya or Tanzania?: Kenya, at 399,025 deaths against 385,797 deaths in Tanzania as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Kenya and Tanzania?: 13,228 deaths, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Tanzania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Tanzania rank globally for number of deaths?: Kenya ranks 29th and Tanzania ranks 30th 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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