Kenya - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in Kenya was 46,430 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 75,848 in 1998 and a minimum value of 46,430 in 2020.
Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 47,302 |
| 1961 | 46,941 |
| 1962 | 46,759 |
| 1963 | 46,774 |
| 1964 | 47,041 |
| 1965 | 47,571 |
| 1966 | 48,291 |
| 1967 | 49,135 |
| 1968 | 50,023 |
| 1969 | 50,930 |
| 1970 | 51,832 |
| 1971 | 52,660 |
| 1972 | 53,447 |
| 1973 | 54,134 |
| 1974 | 54,704 |
| 1975 | 55,129 |
| 1976 | 55,447 |
| 1977 | 55,666 |
| 1978 | 55,807 |
| 1979 | 55,931 |
| 1980 | 56,098 |
| 1981 | 56,272 |
| 1982 | 56,481 |
| 1983 | 56,769 |
| 1984 | 57,207 |
| 1985 | 57,809 |
| 1986 | 58,592 |
| 1987 | 59,628 |
| 1988 | 60,944 |
| 1989 | 62,548 |
| 1990 | 64,376 |
| 1991 | 66,413 |
| 1992 | 68,530 |
| 1993 | 70,470 |
| 1994 | 72,279 |
| 1995 | 73,708 |
| 1996 | 74,765 |
| 1997 | 75,509 |
| 1998 | 75,848 |
| 1999 | 75,717 |
| 2000 | 75,141 |
| 2001 | 74,108 |
| 2002 | 72,678 |
| 2003 | 71,079 |
| 2004 | 69,220 |
| 2005 | 66,635 |
| 2006 | 64,421 |
| 2007 | 62,438 |
| 2008 | 59,789 |
| 2009 | 58,882 |
| 2010 | 57,647 |
| 2011 | 56,569 |
| 2012 | 56,112 |
| 2013 | 54,893 |
| 2014 | 53,266 |
| 2015 | 51,403 |
| 2016 | 50,204 |
| 2017 | 49,302 |
| 2018 | 48,024 |
| 2019 | 47,199 |
| 2020 | 46,430 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in Kenya was 62,199 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 122,456 in 1998 and a minimum value of 62,199 in 2020.
Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 77,139 |
| 1961 | 76,287 |
| 1962 | 75,741 |
| 1963 | 75,512 |
| 1964 | 75,685 |
| 1965 | 76,319 |
| 1966 | 77,258 |
| 1967 | 78,380 |
| 1968 | 79,558 |
| 1969 | 80,740 |
| 1970 | 81,899 |
| 1971 | 82,925 |
| 1972 | 83,891 |
| 1973 | 84,698 |
| 1974 | 85,321 |
| 1975 | 85,710 |
| 1976 | 85,915 |
| 1977 | 85,937 |
| 1978 | 85,822 |
| 1979 | 85,686 |
| 1980 | 85,647 |
| 1981 | 85,645 |
| 1982 | 85,733 |
| 1983 | 85,988 |
| 1984 | 86,529 |
| 1985 | 87,436 |
| 1986 | 88,749 |
| 1987 | 90,646 |
| 1988 | 93,149 |
| 1989 | 96,307 |
| 1990 | 100,047 |
| 1991 | 104,194 |
| 1992 | 108,486 |
| 1993 | 112,473 |
| 1994 | 116,006 |
| 1995 | 118,731 |
| 1996 | 120,803 |
| 1997 | 122,048 |
| 1998 | 122,456 |
| 1999 | 121,985 |
| 2000 | 120,666 |
| 2001 | 118,227 |
| 2002 | 115,319 |
| 2003 | 112,071 |
| 2004 | 108,477 |
| 2005 | 104,029 |
| 2006 | 99,962 |
| 2007 | 95,871 |
| 2008 | 90,685 |
| 2009 | 86,519 |
| 2010 | 83,648 |
| 2011 | 81,310 |
| 2012 | 79,337 |
| 2013 | 76,771 |
| 2014 | 74,251 |
| 2015 | 71,596 |
| 2016 | 69,055 |
| 2017 | 67,158 |
| 2018 | 65,037 |
| 2019 | 63,400 |
| 2020 | 62,199 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Kenya was 30,835 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37,519 in 2005 and a minimum value of 20,033 in 1963.
Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 20,143 |
| 1961 | 20,081 |
| 1962 | 20,035 |
| 1963 | 20,033 |
| 1964 | 20,129 |
| 1965 | 20,348 |
| 1966 | 20,708 |
| 1967 | 21,197 |
| 1968 | 21,732 |
| 1969 | 22,217 |
| 1970 | 22,686 |
| 1971 | 23,118 |
| 1972 | 23,505 |
| 1973 | 23,847 |
| 1974 | 24,171 |
| 1975 | 24,548 |
| 1976 | 24,964 |
| 1977 | 25,435 |
| 1978 | 25,907 |
| 1979 | 26,359 |
| 1980 | 26,811 |
| 1981 | 27,215 |
| 1982 | 27,591 |
| 1983 | 27,926 |
| 1984 | 28,176 |
| 1985 | 28,309 |
| 1986 | 28,284 |
| 1987 | 28,155 |
| 1988 | 27,953 |
| 1989 | 27,764 |
| 1990 | 27,718 |
| 1991 | 27,917 |
| 1992 | 28,354 |
| 1993 | 29,042 |
| 1994 | 29,879 |
| 1995 | 30,931 |
| 1996 | 32,066 |
| 1997 | 33,267 |
| 1998 | 34,371 |
| 1999 | 35,348 |
| 2000 | 36,108 |
| 2001 | 36,655 |
| 2002 | 37,059 |
| 2003 | 37,351 |
| 2004 | 37,502 |
| 2005 | 37,519 |
| 2006 | 37,393 |
| 2007 | 37,098 |
| 2008 | 36,725 |
| 2009 | 36,260 |
| 2010 | 35,773 |
| 2011 | 35,321 |
| 2012 | 34,761 |
| 2013 | 34,217 |
| 2014 | 33,674 |
| 2015 | 33,162 |
| 2016 | 32,608 |
| 2017 | 32,137 |
| 2018 | 31,676 |
| 2019 | 31,250 |
| 2020 | 30,835 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
