Kenya vs Namibia statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 3.03M in Namibia (ranked 136/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 317,874 sq mi for Namibia (ranked 45th vs. 33rd).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Namibia ranks 147/197 ($13.4B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Namibia ranks 126/197 ($4,413).

Kenya and Namibia: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Namibia economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Namibia

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Namibia
1960	$791,265,459	-
1961	$792,959,473	-
1962	$868,111,401	-
1963	$926,589,349	-
1964	$998,759,334	-
1965	$997,919,321	-
1966	$1,164,519,674	-
1967	$1,232,559,507	-
1968	$1,353,295,459	-
1969	$1,458,379,417	-
1970	$1,603,447,359	-
1971	$1,778,391,289	-
1972	$2,107,279,157	-
1973	$2,509,001,324	-
1974	$2,969,958,812	-
1975	$3,259,345,083	-
1976	$3,474,542,392	-
1977	$4,494,378,764	-
1978	$5,303,735,111	-
1979	$6,234,391,113	-
1980	$7,265,315,820	$2,421,990,338
1981	$6,854,491,706	$2,249,908,578
1982	$6,431,579,357	$2,118,710,248
1983	$5,979,198,314	$2,297,400,688
1984	$6,191,437,070	$1,951,260,038
1985	$6,135,034,214	$1,608,237,350
1986	$7,239,126,568	$1,809,048,527
1987	$7,970,820,369	$2,300,068,217
1988	$8,355,380,879	$2,495,094,746
1989	$8,283,114,514	$2,535,135,798
1990	$8,572,359,038	$2,789,921,854
1991	$8,151,488,783	$2,996,869,281
1992	$8,209,120,763	$3,429,521,699
1993	$5,751,786,643	$3,251,188,833
1994	$7,148,148,564	$3,666,503,530
1995	$9,046,320,255	$3,978,514,206
1996	$12,045,865,396	$3,989,163,197
1997	$13,115,764,358	$4,154,989,950
1998	$14,093,998,844	$3,873,109,866
1999	$12,896,010,459	$3,868,551,730
2000	$12,705,350,098	$3,922,232,165
2001	$12,986,007,426	$3,557,341,215
2002	$13,147,736,899	$3,349,169,826
2003	$14,904,517,650	$4,926,439,384
2004	$16,095,337,094	$6,609,205,995
2005	$18,737,895,513	$7,248,374,838
2006	$25,825,512,284	$8,001,779,551
2007	$31,958,195,182	$8,839,536,476
2008	$35,895,153,328	$8,607,431,497
2009	$42,347,217,913	$8,938,847,189
2010	$45,405,615,064	$11,431,412,421
2011	$46,869,473,151	$12,523,359,441
2012	$56,396,704,672	$13,042,053,592
2013	$61,671,440,408	$12,043,307,277
2014	$68,285,796,514	$12,435,430,970
2015	$70,120,446,897	$11,335,161,084
2016	$74,815,144,164	$10,722,018,732
2017	$82,036,510,877	$12,895,153,371
2018	$92,202,979,985	$13,682,019,076
2019	$100,378,436,207	$12,541,928,303
2020	$100,657,505,751	$10,583,748,542
2021	$109,703,658,905	$12,402,486,184
2022	$114,448,978,153	$12,569,449,123
2023	$108,038,588,971	$12,408,271,448
2024	$124,498,691,699	$13,372,354,269

Kenya and Namibia economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Namibia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Namibia
1960	$102.8	-
1961	$99.3	-
1962	$104.6	-
1963	$107.4	-
1964	$111.3	-
1965	$106.9	-
1966	$119.8	-
1967	$121.9	-
1968	$128.7	-
1969	$133.3	-
1970	$141	-
1971	$150.9	-
1972	$172.6	-
1973	$198.6	-
1974	$227.2	-
1975	$241.2	-
1976	$248.9	-
1977	$311	-
1978	$355	-
1979	$403	-
1980	$454	$2,468
1981	$413	$2,267
1982	$374	$2,097
1983	$335	$2,214
1984	$334	$1,830
1985	$320	$1,466
1986	$364	$1,599
1987	$387	$1,969
1988	$391	$2,063
1989	$374	$1,967
1990	$374	$2,037
1991	$345	$2,117
1992	$337	$2,347
1993	$229	$2,155
1994	$276.4	$2,356
1995	$340	$2,483
1996	$441	$2,423
1997	$467	$2,460
1998	$488	$2,235
1999	$434	$2,178
2000	$415	$2,157
2001	$411	$1,916
2002	$403	$1,772
2003	$443	$2,569
2004	$464	$3,403
2005	$523	$3,686
2006	$700	$4,017
2007	$840	$4,379
2008	$916	$4,205
2009	$1,048	$4,303
2010	$1,092	$5,418
2011	$1,096	$5,835
2012	$1,285	$5,943
2013	$1,371	$5,347
2014	$1,483	$5,378
2015	$1,489	$4,774
2016	$1,554	$4,396
2017	$1,667	$5,144
2018	$1,836	$5,309
2019	$1,960	$4,732
2020	$1,928	$3,879
2021	$2,061	$4,413
2022	$2,110	$4,350
2023	$1,952	$4,188
2024	$2,206	$4,413

Kenya vs. Namibia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Namibia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Namibia
1950	36.9	41.9
1951	38	42.5
1952	38.6	43.1
1953	39.8	43.8
1954	41	44.4
1955	42.3	45
1956	43.5	45.7
1957	45.3	46.4
1958	46.5	47.1
1959	47.5	47.8
1960	48.5	48.5
1961	49.3	49.2
1962	50.1	50
1963	50.8	50.6
1964	51.3	51.3
1965	51.9	52
1966	52.4	52.3
1967	52.8	52.9
1968	53.3	53.6
1969	53.7	54.1
1970	54.1	54.7
1971	54.5	55.3
1972	55	55.8
1973	55.5	56.4
1974	56	56.9
1975	56.6	57.6
1976	57.2	58
1977	57.7	58.6
1978	58.2	59.1
1979	58.7	59.5
1980	59.2	56.6
1981	59.6	56.9
1982	59.9	57.3
1983	60.3	57.6
1984	60.6	58.1
1985	60.9	58.5
1986	60.8	58.7
1987	60.7	59.1
1988	60.3	59
1989	60	60.8
1990	58.3	61.4
1991	57.8	60.8
1992	57.1	60.2
1993	56.7	59.3
1994	56.1	58.4
1995	55.9	57.5
1996	55.6	56.6
1997	55.5	55.8
1998	55.6	54.8
1999	55.9	54
2000	56.1	52.9
2001	56.5	52
2002	56.8	52
2003	57.4	51.9
2004	57.9	52.2
2005	58.5	52.6
2006	59.1	53.2
2007	59.4	54
2008	60	54.7
2009	60.5	55.3
2010	60.9	56.1
2011	61.3	56.6
2012	61.5	57.7
2013	61.7	58.5
2014	62	59.3
2015	62.3	60
2016	62.5	60.8
2017	62.7	61.7
2018	62.8	62.6
2019	62.9	63.5
2020	61.6	64.1
2021	61.2	60.8
2022	63.5	64.2
2023	63.6	67.4
2024	63.8	67.5
2025	64	67.7

Kenya and Namibia population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Namibia

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Namibia
1960	7,695,307	591,465
1961	7,987,770	603,067
1962	8,299,308	615,759
1963	8,627,971	629,589
1964	8,973,535	644,530
1965	9,338,078	660,558
1966	9,717,816	677,655
1967	10,111,057	696,045
1968	10,518,823	715,542
1969	10,939,695	736,120
1970	11,368,791	757,868
1971	11,788,904	780,584
1972	12,206,060	804,399
1973	12,634,835	828,928
1974	13,070,078	854,320
1975	13,511,671	881,032
1976	13,957,623	906,566
1977	14,428,819	931,104
1978	14,934,126	947,269
1979	15,460,666	962,825
1980	16,018,459	981,434
1981	16,601,507	992,500
1982	17,206,175	1,010,308
1983	17,846,374	1,037,511
1984	18,514,906	1,065,989
1985	19,201,768	1,096,890
1986	19,901,646	1,131,081
1987	20,616,096	1,167,889
1988	21,356,219	1,209,696
1989	22,118,434	1,288,947
1990	22,892,651	1,369,303
1991	23,646,514	1,415,684
1992	24,382,460	1,461,322
1993	25,117,188	1,508,697
1994	25,857,130	1,556,304
1995	26,601,751	1,602,170
1996	27,344,211	1,646,103
1997	28,101,768	1,689,264
1998	28,888,057	1,732,745
1999	29,733,408	1,776,368
2000	30,642,890	1,818,647
2001	31,619,170	1,857,048
2002	32,629,808	1,889,970
2003	33,652,223	1,917,464
2004	34,713,455	1,942,082
2005	35,796,484	1,966,582
2006	36,904,008	1,991,888
2007	38,036,349	2,018,600
2008	39,206,351	2,047,056
2009	40,408,891	2,077,394
2010	41,598,567	2,109,811
2011	42,758,461	2,146,325
2012	43,888,303	2,194,654
2013	44,986,791	2,252,508
2014	46,051,440	2,312,139
2015	47,088,526	2,374,300
2016	48,139,687	2,439,213
2017	49,197,766	2,506,853
2018	50,207,107	2,577,327
2019	51,202,827	2,650,494
2020	52,217,334	2,728,762
2021	53,219,166	2,810,548
2022	54,252,461	2,889,662
2023	55,339,003	2,963,095
2024	56,432,944	3,030,131

Fertility rates in Kenya and Namibia

Fertility rate

Kenya

Namibia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Namibia
1960	7.65	6.24
1961	7.72	6.29
1962	7.77	6.35
1963	7.82	6.41
1964	7.87	6.43
1965	7.92	6.45
1966	7.96	6.47
1967	7.95	6.49
1968	7.95	6.5
1969	7.95	6.51
1970	7.94	6.52
1971	7.92	6.52
1972	7.89	6.53
1973	7.86	6.54
1974	7.82	6.55
1975	7.8	6.53
1976	7.77	6.49
1977	7.73	6.44
1978	7.67	6.38
1979	7.6	6.31
1980	7.53	6.24
1981	7.45	6.16
1982	7.35	6.08
1983	7.22	6
1984	7.08	5.94
1985	6.96	5.88
1986	6.84	5.79
1987	6.69	5.7
1988	6.52	5.61
1989	6.33	5.52
1990	6.14	5.4
1991	5.94	5.29
1992	5.74	5.11
1993	5.57	4.91
1994	5.44	4.68
1995	5.37	4.42
1996	5.31	4.2
1997	5.27	4.17
1998	5.24	4.18
1999	5.18	4.14
2000	5.14	3.99
2001	5.09	3.83
2002	5.03	3.69
2003	4.94	3.58
2004	4.86	3.55
2005	4.8	3.57
2006	4.75	3.6
2007	4.72	3.61
2008	4.66	3.62
2009	4.57	3.63
2010	4.45	3.66
2011	4.28	3.66
2012	4.12	3.68
2013	3.96	3.65
2014	3.84	3.64
2015	3.77	3.6
2016	3.69	3.57
2017	3.61	3.51
2018	3.54	3.46
2019	3.43	3.4
2020	3.36	3.35
2021	3.31	3.3
2022	3.26	3.25
2023	3.21	3.21

Kenya and Namibia demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Namibia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Namibia
1960	15.7	18.9
1961	15.5	18.7
1962	15.3	18.6
1963	15.2	18.5
1964	15.1	18.4
1965	14.9	18.4
1966	14.8	18.3
1967	14.6	18.3
1968	14.5	18.2
1969	14.5	18.1
1970	14.4	18.1
1971	14.4	18
1972	14.3	17.9
1973	14.3	17.8
1974	14.3	17.7
1975	14.3	17.6
1976	14.3	17.5
1977	14.3	17.3
1978	14.3	17
1979	14.4	16.8
1980	14.5	16.6
1981	14.5	16.4
1982	14.6	16.3
1983	14.7	16.4
1984	14.8	16.5
1985	14.9	16.7
1986	15	16.9
1987	15	17
1988	15.1	17.3
1989	15.2	17.8
1990	15.3	18.3
1991	15.5	18.4
1992	15.6	18.4
1993	15.7	18.5
1994	15.9	18.5
1995	16	18.6
1996	16.1	18.7
1997	16.2	18.8
1998	16.4	18.9
1999	16.5	18.9
2000	16.7	19
2001	16.8	19.1
2002	17	19.2
2003	17.1	19.3
2004	17.3	19.4
2005	17.4	19.6
2006	17.5	19.7
2007	17.6	19.9
2008	17.7	20
2009	17.8	20.3
2010	17.9	20.5
2011	18.1	20.7
2012	18.2	20.9
2013	18.4	21.1
2014	18.5	21.3
2015	18.7	21.4
2016	18.9	21.5
2017	19.1	21.6
2018	19.3	21.7
2019	19.6	21.8
2020	19.8	21.8
2021	20	21.8
2022	20.3	21.8
2023	20.6	21.9
2024	20.8	22.1

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