Kenya vs New Zealand statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 5.34M in New Zealand (ranked 121/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 101,665 sq mi for New Zealand (ranked 45th vs. 74th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747).

Kenya and New Zealand: Comparison Charts

Kenya and New Zealand economies compared

GDP

Kenya

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	New Zealand
1960	$791,265,459	$5,536,098,360
1961	$792,959,473	$5,721,994,864
1962	$868,111,401	$6,133,158,532
1963	$926,589,349	$6,699,741,645
1964	$998,759,334	$7,340,766,415
1965	$997,919,321	$5,706,251,400
1966	$1,164,519,674	$5,917,437,693
1967	$1,232,559,507	$6,016,017,227
1968	$1,353,295,459	$5,228,045,415
1969	$1,458,379,417	$5,814,357,709
1970	$1,603,447,359	$6,495,605,331
1971	$1,778,391,289	$7,911,136,757
1972	$2,107,279,157	$9,567,331,065
1973	$2,509,001,324	$12,802,281,898
1974	$2,969,958,812	$13,940,981,798
1975	$3,259,345,083	$12,861,983,284
1976	$3,474,542,392	$13,604,832,424
1977	$4,494,378,764	$15,446,825,318
1978	$5,303,735,111	$18,530,518,395
1979	$6,234,391,113	$20,731,243,113
1980	$7,265,315,820	$23,244,547,385
1981	$6,854,491,706	$24,417,617,184
1982	$6,431,579,357	$24,164,603,059
1983	$5,979,198,314	$24,309,279,706
1984	$6,191,437,070	$21,665,975,319
1985	$6,135,034,214	$24,679,795,396
1986	$7,239,126,568	$30,604,668,357
1987	$7,970,820,369	$40,376,354,070
1988	$8,355,380,879	$45,176,811,594
1989	$8,283,114,514	$43,920,222,525
1990	$8,572,359,038	$45,495,129,385
1991	$8,151,488,783	$42,745,329,732
1992	$8,209,120,763	$41,649,829,860
1993	$5,751,786,643	$46,775,620,817
1994	$7,148,148,564	$55,314,732,279
1995	$9,046,320,255	$63,918,703,507
1996	$12,045,865,396	$70,140,835,299
1997	$13,115,764,358	$66,075,143,415
1998	$14,093,998,844	$56,227,169,851
1999	$12,896,010,459	$58,762,260,626
2000	$12,705,350,098	$52,623,281,957
2001	$12,986,007,426	$53,872,425,917
2002	$13,147,736,899	$66,627,729,311
2003	$14,904,517,650	$88,250,885,550
2004	$16,095,337,094	$103,905,210,084
2005	$18,737,895,513	$114,720,129,550
2006	$25,825,512,284	$111,538,810,713
2007	$31,958,195,182	$137,188,946,866
2008	$35,895,153,328	$133,437,126,590
2009	$42,347,217,913	$121,663,439,315
2010	$45,405,615,064	$146,887,902,524
2011	$46,869,473,151	$168,484,908,960
2012	$56,396,704,672	$176,560,711,239
2013	$61,671,440,408	$191,012,364,177
2014	$68,285,796,514	$201,518,402,787
2015	$70,120,446,897	$178,224,167,088
2016	$74,815,144,164	$189,100,085,275
2017	$82,036,510,877	$206,745,969,246
2018	$92,202,979,985	$211,985,631,173
2019	$100,378,436,207	$213,006,341,102
2020	$100,657,505,751	$213,029,554,654
2021	$109,703,658,905	$253,977,931,815
2022	$114,448,978,153	$249,509,991,440
2023	$108,038,588,971	$255,194,972,673
2024	$124,498,691,699	$260,235,932,559

Kenya and New Zealand economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	New Zealand
1960	$102.8	$2,334
1961	$99.3	$2,365
1962	$104.6	$2,471
1963	$107.4	$2,646
1964	$111.3	$2,839
1965	$106.9	$2,171
1966	$119.8	$2,211
1967	$121.9	$2,208
1968	$128.7	$1,902
1969	$133.3	$2,097
1970	$141	$2,311
1971	$150.9	$2,773
1972	$172.6	$3,295
1973	$198.6	$4,323
1974	$227.2	$4,611
1975	$241.2	$4,172
1976	$248.9	$4,374
1977	$311	$4,951
1978	$355	$5,937
1979	$403	$6,668
1980	$454	$7,467
1981	$413	$7,814
1982	$374	$7,656
1983	$335	$7,598
1984	$334	$6,714
1985	$320	$7,601
1986	$364	$9,428
1987	$387	$12,331
1988	$391	$13,759
1989	$374	$13,312
1990	$374	$13,663
1991	$345	$12,230
1992	$337	$11,793
1993	$229	$13,094
1994	$276.4	$15,280
1995	$340	$17,400
1996	$441	$18,794
1997	$467	$17,474
1998	$488	$14,738
1999	$434	$15,322
2000	$415	$13,641
2001	$411	$13,883
2002	$403	$16,874
2003	$443	$21,914
2004	$464	$25,420
2005	$523	$27,751
2006	$700	$26,655
2007	$840	$32,480
2008	$916	$31,325
2009	$1,048	$28,277
2010	$1,092	$33,762
2011	$1,096	$38,432
2012	$1,285	$40,054
2013	$1,371	$43,000
2014	$1,483	$44,618
2015	$1,489	$38,665
2016	$1,554	$40,114
2017	$1,667	$42,950
2018	$1,836	$43,257
2019	$1,960	$42,779
2020	$1,928	$41,851
2021	$2,061	$49,689
2022	$2,110	$48,760
2023	$1,952	$48,655
2024	$2,206	$48,747

Kenya vs. New Zealand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

New Zealand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	New Zealand
1950	36.9	69.3
1951	38	69.1
1952	38.6	69.4
1953	39.8	70.2
1954	41	70.3
1955	42.3	70.5
1956	43.5	70.7
1957	45.3	70.3
1958	46.5	70.9
1959	47.5	70.8
1960	48.5	71.2
1961	49.3	70.9
1962	50.1	71.2
1963	50.8	71.3
1964	51.3	71.3
1965	51.9	71.2
1966	52.4	71.1
1967	52.8	71.4
1968	53.3	71.1
1969	53.7	71.5
1970	54.1	71.2
1971	54.5	71.7
1972	55	71.8
1973	55.5	71.7
1974	56	71.9
1975	56.6	72.2
1976	57.2	72.4
1977	57.7	72.1
1978	58.2	73
1979	58.7	73.1
1980	59.2	72.9
1981	59.6	73.6
1982	59.9	73.7
1983	60.3	73.8
1984	60.6	74.4
1985	60.9	73.9
1986	60.8	74.1
1987	60.7	74.2
1988	60.3	74.5
1989	60	74.9
1990	58.3	75.4
1991	57.8	76.1
1992	57.1	76.2
1993	56.7	76.5
1994	56.1	76.9
1995	55.9	76.8
1996	55.6	76.8
1997	55.5	77.3
1998	55.6	78.2
1999	55.9	77.9
2000	56.1	78.7
2001	56.5	78.7
2002	56.8	78.9
2003	57.4	79.1
2004	57.9	79.4
2005	58.5	80
2006	59.1	80
2007	59.4	80.1
2008	60	80.2
2009	60.5	80.5
2010	60.9	81.1
2011	61.3	80.8
2012	61.5	81.2
2013	61.7	81.6
2014	62	81.4
2015	62.3	81.6
2016	62.5	82
2017	62.7	81.6
2018	62.8	81.9
2019	62.9	81.8
2020	61.6	82.7
2021	61.2	82.3
2022	63.5	81
2023	63.6	82.1
2024	63.8	82.2
2025	64	82.4

Kenya and New Zealand population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

New Zealand

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	New Zealand
1960	7,695,307	2,371,800
1961	7,987,770	2,419,700
1962	8,299,308	2,482,000
1963	8,627,971	2,531,800
1964	8,973,535	2,585,400
1965	9,338,078	2,628,400
1966	9,717,816	2,675,900
1967	10,111,057	2,724,100
1968	10,518,823	2,748,100
1969	10,939,695	2,772,800
1970	11,368,791	2,810,700
1971	11,788,904	2,853,000
1972	12,206,060	2,903,900
1973	12,634,835	2,961,300
1974	13,070,078	3,023,700
1975	13,511,671	3,083,100
1976	13,957,623	3,110,500
1977	14,428,819	3,120,200
1978	14,934,126	3,121,200
1979	15,460,666	3,109,000
1980	16,018,459	3,112,900
1981	16,601,507	3,124,900
1982	17,206,175	3,156,100
1983	17,846,374	3,199,300
1984	18,514,906	3,227,100
1985	19,201,768	3,247,100
1986	19,901,646	3,246,300
1987	20,616,096	3,274,400
1988	21,356,219	3,283,400
1989	22,118,434	3,299,200
1990	22,892,651	3,329,800
1991	23,646,514	3,495,100
1992	24,382,460	3,531,700
1993	25,117,188	3,572,200
1994	25,857,130	3,620,000
1995	26,601,751	3,673,400
1996	27,344,211	3,732,000
1997	28,101,768	3,781,300
1998	28,888,057	3,815,000
1999	29,733,408	3,835,100
2000	30,642,890	3,857,700
2001	31,619,170	3,880,500
2002	32,629,808	3,948,500
2003	33,652,223	4,027,200
2004	34,713,455	4,087,500
2005	35,796,484	4,133,900
2006	36,904,008	4,184,600
2007	38,036,349	4,223,800
2008	39,206,351	4,259,800
2009	40,408,891	4,302,600
2010	41,598,567	4,350,700
2011	42,758,461	4,384,000
2012	43,888,303	4,408,100
2013	44,986,791	4,442,100
2014	46,051,440	4,516,500
2015	47,088,526	4,609,400
2016	48,139,687	4,714,100
2017	49,197,766	4,813,600
2018	50,207,107	4,900,600
2019	51,202,827	4,979,200
2020	52,217,334	5,090,200
2021	53,219,166	5,111,300
2022	54,252,461	5,117,100
2023	55,339,003	5,245,000
2024	56,432,944	5,338,500

Fertility rates in Kenya and New Zealand

Fertility rate

Kenya

New Zealand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	New Zealand
1960	7.65	4.24
1961	7.72	4.31
1962	7.77	4.19
1963	7.82	4.05
1964	7.87	3.8
1965	7.92	3.54
1966	7.96	3.41
1967	7.95	3.35
1968	7.95	3.34
1969	7.95	3.28
1970	7.94	3.17
1971	7.92	3.18
1972	7.89	3
1973	7.86	2.76
1974	7.82	2.58
1975	7.8	2.37
1976	7.77	2.27
1977	7.73	2.21
1978	7.67	2.07
1979	7.6	2.12
1980	7.53	2.03
1981	7.45	2.01
1982	7.35	1.95
1983	7.22	1.92
1984	7.08	1.93
1985	6.96	1.93
1986	6.84	1.96
1987	6.69	2.03
1988	6.52	2.1
1989	6.33	2.12
1990	6.14	2.18
1991	5.94	2.09
1992	5.74	2.06
1993	5.57	2.04
1994	5.44	1.98
1995	5.37	1.98
1996	5.31	1.96
1997	5.27	1.96
1998	5.24	1.89
1999	5.18	1.97
2000	5.14	1.98
2001	5.09	1.97
2002	5.03	1.89
2003	4.94	1.93
2004	4.86	1.98
2005	4.8	1.97
2006	4.75	2.01
2007	4.72	2.18
2008	4.66	2.19
2009	4.57	2.13
2010	4.45	2.17
2011	4.28	2.09
2012	4.12	2.1
2013	3.96	2.01
2014	3.84	1.92
2015	3.77	1.99
2016	3.69	1.87
2017	3.61	1.81
2018	3.54	1.71
2019	3.43	1.72
2020	3.36	1.61
2021	3.31	1.64
2022	3.26	1.66
2023	3.21	1.56

Kenya and New Zealand demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

New Zealand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	New Zealand
1960	15.7	27.5
1961	15.5	27.1
1962	15.3	26.8
1963	15.2	26.4
1964	15.1	26.2
1965	14.9	26
1966	14.8	25.9
1967	14.6	25.8
1968	14.5	25.7
1969	14.5	25.7
1970	14.4	25.6
1971	14.4	25.7
1972	14.3	25.9
1973	14.3	26
1974	14.3	26.2
1975	14.3	26.3
1976	14.3	26.5
1977	14.3	26.8
1978	14.3	27.1
1979	14.4	27.5
1980	14.5	27.9
1981	14.5	28.2
1982	14.6	28.5
1983	14.7	28.8
1984	14.8	29.1
1985	14.9	29.4
1986	15	29.8
1987	15	30.1
1988	15.1	30.4
1989	15.2	30.8
1990	15.3	31.1
1991	15.5	31.4
1992	15.6	31.7
1993	15.7	32
1994	15.9	32.3
1995	16	32.6
1996	16.1	32.8
1997	16.2	33.2
1998	16.4	33.6
1999	16.5	34
2000	16.7	34.3
2001	16.8	34.6
2002	17	34.8
2003	17.1	35
2004	17.3	35.2
2005	17.4	35.5
2006	17.5	35.8
2007	17.6	36.1
2008	17.7	36.4
2009	17.8	36.6
2010	17.9	36.8
2011	18.1	37
2012	18.2	37.2
2013	18.4	37.4
2014	18.5	37.5
2015	18.7	37.4
2016	18.9	37.3
2017	19.1	37.2
2018	19.3	37.3
2019	19.6	37.3
2020	19.8	37.5
2021	20	37.8
2022	20.3	38.1
2023	20.6	38.3
2024	20.8	38.6

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