Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Kenya or Madagascar?

Madagascar, at 44,990 deaths against 44,423 deaths in Kenya as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Kenya and Madagascar?

567 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 infants who die before age 1. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Madagascar: Number of infants who die before age 1

Kenya

44,423 deaths

in 2023

Madagascar

44,990 deaths

in 2023

Kenya rank

23rd

Madagascar rank

21st

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Kenya
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 44,990 deaths against 44,423 deaths in Kenya, a difference of 567 deaths.

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

Kenya ranks 23rd and Madagascar ranks 21st 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	46,160 deaths	28,566 deaths	17,595 deaths	Kenya
1960s	50,415 deaths	30,442 deaths	19,973 deaths	Kenya
1970s	55,072 deaths	36,556 deaths	18,516 deaths	Kenya
1980s	58,560 deaths	47,590 deaths	10,970 deaths	Kenya
1990s	74,290 deaths	49,832 deaths	24,458 deaths	Kenya
2000s	69,653 deaths	42,079 deaths	27,574 deaths	Kenya
2010s	51,602 deaths	39,628 deaths	11,974 deaths	Kenya
2020s	45,046 deaths	44,276 deaths	769.75 deaths	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Kenya or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 44,990 deaths against 44,423 deaths in Kenya as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Kenya and Madagascar?: 567 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 infants who die before age 1?: Kenya ranks 23rd and Madagascar ranks 21st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infants who die before age 1. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infants who die before age 1
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 at birth.