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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2016 Jun;53(3):805–834. doi: 10.1007/s13524-016-0475-9

List of Countries, Year of DHS Survey, and Corresponding Sample Size of Children Younger than Five Years Old

Total # Children Younger than Five Years Old Subsample of Youngest Child Per Mother Final Sample for Child Mortality Analysis Final Subsample for Child Health Analysis (only living children)
Benin (2011) 13,386 8,938 8,880 5,104
Burkina Faso (2010) 15,091 10,190 10,144 4,578
Burundi (2010) 7,736 4,815 4,797 2,192
Cameroon (2011) 11,799 7,598 7,519 3,373
Chad (2004) 5,666 3,472 3,441 2,834
Congo (Brazzaville) (2011) 9,296 6,339 6,310 3,100
Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007) 9,118 5,495 5,416 2,010
Ethiopia (2003) 11,852 7,808 7,751 6,584
Gabon (2012) 6,108 4,114 4,067 2,306
Ghana (2008) 3,026 2,151 2,132 1,740
Guinea (2012) 7,074 4,935 4,894 2,234
Kenya (2008) 6,138 4,090 4,067 3,454
Ivory Coast (2011) 7,875 5,406 5,349 2,277
Lesotho (2009) 4,037 3,154 3,130 1,274
Liberia (2006) 5,869 4,020 3,965 3,118
Madagascar (2008) 12,610 8,583 8,494 3,386
Malawi (2010) 20,015 13,534 13,451 3,103
Mali (2006) 14,266 8,870 8,808 7,106
Mozambique (2011) 11,133 7,534 7,500 6,351
Namibia (2006) 5,211 4,017 3,978 2,909
Niger (2012) 12,634 7,565 7,514 2,890
Nigeria (2008) 28,803 17,811 17,599 12,030
Rwanda (2010) 9,007 6,229 6,188 2,905
Sao Tome Principe (2008) 1,953 1,446 1,429 1,076
Senegal (2010) 12,390 8,080 8,039 2,399
Sierra Leone (2008) 5,700 3,988 3,918 1,463
Swaziland (2006) 2,840 2,136 2,120 1,560
Tanzania (2009) 8,102 5,353 5,318 4,667
Uganda (2011) 8,002 4,908 4,871 1,322
Zambia (2007) 6,470 4,154 4,139 3,373
Zimbabwe (2010) 5,581 4,368 4,343 3,475
Total 288,788 191,101 189,571 106,193

Source: Demographic and Health Survey