Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Kenya

1952

Life expectancy: 38.6

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1952 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Kenya was 38.6 years in 1952: 40.4 for women and 37.1 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 167,275 people died; 16.8% of them were 65 or older and 52.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

38.6

Women

40.4

Men

37.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

146.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

293.3

Deaths

167,275

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.7

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

502

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

423

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	151.72	174.33	40.4	37.1
1-4	47.47	49.36	45.8	42.9
5-9	10.60	10.86	50.8	47.7
10-14	6.13	5.95	48.5	45.2
15-19	6.37	7.16	44.9	41.5
20-24	8.12	11.06	41.3	37.9
25-29	9.53	12.08	37.9	35.0
30-34	10.39	12.84	34.6	32.0
35-39	11.34	14.16	31.3	28.9
40-44	12.31	15.64	28.0	25.9
45-49	13.31	17.79	24.6	22.8
50-54	16.70	21.69	21.2	19.7
55-59	21.70	26.87	17.8	16.6
60-64	32.51	37.35	14.5	13.7
65-69	48.41	53.47	11.7	10.9
70-74	72.73	79.74	9.2	8.5
75-79	105.37	118.01	7.1	6.5
80-84	151.85	171.94	5.4	5.0
85-89	220.57	246.63	4.1	3.7
90-94	305.10	334.56	3.1	2.9
95-99	408.76	440.81	2.4	2.2
100+	526.56	554.94	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Kenya by year

Mortality in Kenya, 1952

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