Of the 30,000-50,000 people who climb Kilimanjaro each year, an estimated 10 to 50 tourists die annually from altitude sickness and other causes. This represents a death rate of around 0.1% for tourists. However, it is likely that an equal if not much higher number of guides, porters and other crew members also loose their lives while working on the mountain. We estimate that the total number of deaths might well be in the range from 50 up to possibly 100 or more, but it is not possible to ascertain the real number with accurate data.
Mt Blanc at 4,810m in the European Alps, which is lower than Kilimanjaro by over 1,000 meters and attracts a similar number of people, claims the lives of ca. 100 people a year – making it significantly more deadly for tourists, but putting it perhaps on a similar bar to Mount Kilimanjaro when considering all deaths caused by activities on the mountain.
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