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Ethiopia vs Kenya: Health & Population

This page compares Ethiopia and Kenya across 109 Health & Population indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator Ethiopia Kenya Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 5.60 4.93 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 67.60 63.83 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 242.79 353.35 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 23.62 31.89 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 49.90 50.28 Compare →
Population, male 66.17M 28.06M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 50.10 49.72 Compare →
Rural population 100.86M 38.43M Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 76.38 68.11 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 5.00 2.78 Compare →
Urban population 31.20M 18.00M Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 3.91 3.17 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 145.90 271.88 Compare →
Population, total 132.06M 56.43M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 3.23 2.97 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 39.06 36.84 Compare →
Net migration 24,054.00 -27,330.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 68.20 54.50 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 31.47 26.97 Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 5.88 7.18 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 71.02 66.12 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 64.36 61.64 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 76.07 61.92 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 63.47 51.99 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 25.30M 10.32M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 38.39 36.38 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 26.29M 10.47M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 39.73 37.30 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 51.58M 20.79M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 38.23M 17.11M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 58.02 60.28 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 37.98M 16.87M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 57.40 60.11 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 76.21M 33.97M Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 57.71 60.20 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 2.37M 948,603.00 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 3.59 3.34 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 1.90M 725,293.00 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 2.87 2.59 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 4.27M 1.67M Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.06 1.02 Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 73.28 66.12 Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 67.68 61.19 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 2.58 1.96 Compare →
Population, female 65.89M 28.38M Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 0.90 1.80 Compare →
International migrant stock, total 1.17M 992,536.00 Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 55.60 65.60 Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 10.36 40.88 Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population) 16.23 5.91 Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 4.40 3.10 Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %) 1.85 1.58 Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 158,142.00 19,107.00 Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 164,423.00 11,696.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 34.50 34.20 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 3.30 2.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 6.70 5.40 Compare →
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 7.80 9.10 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 38.50 34.70 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 50.20 42.70 Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 25.20 20.70 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 29.10 30.40 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 39.60 37.60 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 44.50 38.80 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 14,365.00 3,222.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 10,025.00 2,775.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 19,606.00 7,011.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 20,690.00 10,150.00 Compare →
Number of infant deaths 141,578.00 51,310.00 Compare →
Number of under-five deaths 181,228.00 58,200.00 Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths 104,789.00 31,481.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 4.20 2.40 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 0.79 0.48 Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 0.14 0.29 Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 195.00 149.00 Compare →
Number of maternal deaths 8,000.00 2,200.00 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 126.00 209.00 Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 2.80 4.35 Compare →
UHC service coverage index 33.00 57.00 Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 72.00 88.00 Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 41.91 23.39 Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 73.00 91.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 26.20 39.80 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 23.10 32.20 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 22.90 31.70 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 52.10 42.80 Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 28.20 28.30 Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 0.33 1.33 Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 73.00 91.00 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 5.20 4.14 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 0.94 0.86 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 3.06 2.47 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 16.80 18.00 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 1.16 1.49 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 1.08 1.05 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 1.24 1.95 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 9.06 6.69 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 6.07 4.58 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 3.06 2.49 Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 48.10 50.31 Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 11.49 9.93 Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 38.28 37.79 Compare →
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 2.13 1.97 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 17.20 17.80 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 16.40 18.30 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 160.10 154.90 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 142.50 131.90 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 126.90 114.20 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 40.70 29.00 Compare →
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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.