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China vs Kenya: Number of under-five deaths

China
53,968
in 2024
Kenya
58,200
in 2024
China rank
23rd
Kenya rank
21st

Number of under-five deaths over time

  • China
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 58,200 against 53,968 in China, a difference of 4,232.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was China ahead.

Globally, China ranks 23rd and Kenya ranks 21st of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of under-five deaths
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,069 data points, 1960–2024
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Number of children dying before reaching age five.