Kenya vs North Korea statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 45th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Kenya and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Kenya and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Kenya

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	North Korea
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	-
1981	$6,854,491,706	-
1982	$6,431,579,357	-
1983	$5,979,198,314	-
1984	$6,191,437,070	-
1985	$6,135,034,214	-
1986	$7,239,126,568	-
1987	$7,970,820,369	-
1988	$8,355,380,879	-
1989	$8,283,114,514	-
1990	$8,572,359,038	-
1991	$8,151,488,783	-
1992	$8,209,120,763	-
1993	$5,751,786,643	-
1994	$7,148,148,564	-
1995	$9,046,320,255	-
1996	$12,045,865,396	-
1997	$13,115,764,358	-
1998	$14,093,998,844	-
1999	$12,896,010,459	-
2000	$12,705,350,098	-
2001	$12,986,007,426	-
2002	$13,147,736,899	-
2003	$14,904,517,650	-
2004	$16,095,337,094	-
2005	$18,737,895,513	-
2006	$25,825,512,284	-
2007	$31,958,195,182	-
2008	$35,895,153,328	-
2009	$42,347,217,913	$23,356,470,000
2010	$45,405,615,064	$25,995,513,000
2011	$46,869,473,151	$29,005,020,000
2012	$56,396,704,672	$29,890,710,000
2013	$61,671,440,408	$30,588,922,000
2014	$68,285,796,514	$30,554,460,000
2015	$70,120,446,897	$30,723,030,000
2016	$74,815,144,164	$28,882,640,000
2017	$82,036,510,877	$29,105,440,000
2018	$92,202,979,985	$28,536,400,000
2019	$100,378,436,207	$28,222,880,000
2020	$100,657,505,751	$27,728,240,000
2021	$109,703,658,905	$32,301,720,000
2022	$114,448,978,153	$28,971,360,000
2023	$108,038,588,971	$32,155,360,000
2024	$124,498,691,699	$34,943,120,000

Kenya and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	North Korea
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	-
1981	$413	-
1982	$374	-
1983	$335	-
1984	$334	-
1985	$320	-
1986	$364	-
1987	$387	-
1988	$391	-
1989	$374	-
1990	$374	-
1991	$345	-
1992	$337	-
1993	$229	-
1994	$276.4	-
1995	$340	-
1996	$441	-
1997	$467	-
1998	$488	-
1999	$434	-
2000	$415	-
2001	$411	-
2002	$403	-
2003	$443	-
2004	$464	-
2005	$523	-
2006	$700	-
2007	$840	-
2008	$916	-
2009	$1,048	$939
2010	$1,092	$1,040
2011	$1,096	$1,156
2012	$1,285	$1,186
2013	$1,371	$1,208
2014	$1,483	$1,201
2015	$1,489	$1,201
2016	$1,554	$1,124
2017	$1,667	$1,127
2018	$1,836	$1,100
2019	$1,960	$1,084
2020	$1,928	$1,061
2021	$2,061	$1,231
2022	$2,110	$1,100
2023	$1,952	$1,217
2024	$2,206	$1,319

Kenya vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	North Korea
1950	36.9	14.2
1951	38	17.7
1952	38.6	32.8
1953	39.8	40.3
1954	41	50.6
1955	42.3	51.8
1956	43.5	52.8
1957	45.3	53.7
1958	46.5	54.5
1959	47.5	55.2
1960	48.5	55.8
1961	49.3	56.4
1962	50.1	57
1963	50.8	57.6
1964	51.3	58.2
1965	51.9	58.8
1966	52.4	59.4
1967	52.8	60.1
1968	53.3	60.8
1969	53.7	61.4
1970	54.1	62
1971	54.5	62.7
1972	55	63.3
1973	55.5	63.8
1974	56	64.3
1975	56.6	64.8
1976	57.2	65.3
1977	57.7	65.8
1978	58.2	66.3
1979	58.7	66.7
1980	59.2	67.2
1981	59.6	67.7
1982	59.9	68.1
1983	60.3	68.5
1984	60.6	68.9
1985	60.9	69.2
1986	60.8	69.5
1987	60.7	69.8
1988	60.3	70.1
1989	60	70.3
1990	58.3	70.5
1991	57.8	70.7
1992	57.1	71
1993	56.7	70.8
1994	56.1	70.5
1995	55.9	60.8
1996	55.6	60.8
1997	55.5	60.9
1998	55.6	60.9
1999	55.9	60.9
2000	56.1	60.9
2001	56.5	60.9
2002	56.8	60.9
2003	57.4	69.4
2004	57.9	69.3
2005	58.5	69.2
2006	59.1	69.1
2007	59.4	69
2008	60	69.3
2009	60.5	69.7
2010	60.9	70.2
2011	61.3	70.8
2012	61.5	71.3
2013	61.7	71.9
2014	62	72.5
2015	62.3	72.8
2016	62.5	73
2017	62.7	73
2018	62.8	73
2019	62.9	72.9
2020	61.6	72.8
2021	61.2	73.4
2022	63.5	73.6
2023	63.6	73.6
2024	63.8	73.7
2025	64	73.9

Kenya and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	North Korea
1960	7,695,307	11,722,953
1961	7,987,770	11,990,713
1962	8,299,308	12,262,882
1963	8,627,971	12,567,057
1964	8,973,535	12,889,770
1965	9,338,078	13,219,369
1966	9,717,816	13,569,094
1967	10,111,057	13,958,350
1968	10,518,823	14,365,596
1969	10,939,695	14,767,615
1970	11,368,791	15,172,775
1971	11,788,904	15,572,457
1972	12,206,060	15,975,069
1973	12,634,835	16,350,367
1974	13,070,078	16,673,121
1975	13,511,671	16,971,055
1976	13,957,623	17,243,450
1977	14,428,819	17,492,798
1978	14,934,126	17,735,995
1979	15,460,666	17,983,470
1980	16,018,459	18,236,786
1981	16,601,507	18,501,295
1982	17,206,175	18,776,357
1983	17,846,374	19,054,034
1984	18,514,906	19,335,043
1985	19,201,768	19,620,388
1986	19,901,646	19,910,855
1987	20,616,096	20,205,483
1988	21,356,219	20,503,161
1989	22,118,434	20,804,367
1990	22,892,651	21,112,137
1991	23,646,514	21,428,638
1992	24,382,460	21,750,911
1993	25,117,188	22,073,352
1994	25,857,130	22,393,975
1995	26,601,751	22,669,304
1996	27,344,211	22,895,746
1997	28,101,768	23,110,830
1998	28,888,057	23,311,564
1999	29,733,408	23,497,599
2000	30,642,890	23,665,910
2001	31,619,170	23,815,358
2002	32,629,808	23,943,973
2003	33,652,223	24,090,380
2004	34,713,455	24,254,943
2005	35,796,484	24,396,433
2006	36,904,008	24,524,507
2007	38,036,349	24,646,383
2008	39,206,351	24,764,618
2009	40,408,891	24,878,332
2010	41,598,567	24,987,258
2011	42,758,461	25,097,874
2012	43,888,303	25,211,728
2013	44,986,791	25,329,451
2014	46,051,440	25,451,262
2015	47,088,526	25,575,350
2016	48,139,687	25,698,326
2017	49,197,766	25,817,709
2018	50,207,107	25,931,147
2019	51,202,827	26,037,632
2020	52,217,334	26,136,312
2021	53,219,166	26,232,534
2022	54,252,461	26,328,845
2023	55,339,003	26,418,204
2024	56,432,944	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Kenya and North Korea

Fertility rate

Kenya

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	North Korea
1960	7.65	3.57
1961	7.72	3.26
1962	7.77	3.41
1963	7.82	3.63
1964	7.87	3.55
1965	7.92	3.56
1966	7.96	3.71
1967	7.95	4.05
1968	7.95	3.87
1969	7.95	3.86
1970	7.94	3.85
1971	7.92	3.74
1972	7.89	3.89
1973	7.86	3.35
1974	7.82	3.14
1975	7.8	3.05
1976	7.77	2.84
1977	7.73	2.77
1978	7.67	2.79
1979	7.6	2.85
1980	7.53	2.84
1981	7.45	2.92
1982	7.35	2.85
1983	7.22	2.78
1984	7.08	2.71
1985	6.96	2.65
1986	6.84	2.59
1987	6.69	2.53
1988	6.52	2.47
1989	6.33	2.41
1990	6.14	2.39
1991	5.94	2.35
1992	5.74	2.29
1993	5.57	2.22
1994	5.44	2.18
1995	5.37	2.15
1996	5.31	2.09
1997	5.27	2.03
1998	5.24	1.99
1999	5.18	1.97
2000	5.14	1.94
2001	5.09	1.94
2002	5.03	1.92
2003	4.94	1.91
2004	4.86	1.9
2005	4.8	1.87
2006	4.75	1.94
2007	4.72	1.94
2008	4.66	1.97
2009	4.57	1.91
2010	4.45	1.89
2011	4.28	1.88
2012	4.12	1.88
2013	3.96	1.88
2014	3.84	1.87
2015	3.77	1.86
2016	3.69	1.86
2017	3.61	1.85
2018	3.54	1.83
2019	3.43	1.83
2020	3.36	1.82
2021	3.31	1.81
2022	3.26	1.8
2023	3.21	1.78

Kenya and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	North Korea
1960	15.7	19.9
1961	15.5	20.2
1962	15.3	20.6
1963	15.2	20.8
1964	15.1	21
1965	14.9	21.2
1966	14.8	21.3
1967	14.6	21.4
1968	14.5	21.4
1969	14.5	21.4
1970	14.4	21.4
1971	14.4	21.2
1972	14.3	20.9
1973	14.3	20.7
1974	14.3	20.7
1975	14.3	20.9
1976	14.3	21.1
1977	14.3	21.4
1978	14.3	21.8
1979	14.4	22.2
1980	14.5	22.5
1981	14.5	22.8
1982	14.6	23.1
1983	14.7	23.5
1984	14.8	23.9
1985	14.9	24.2
1986	15	24.5
1987	15	24.8
1988	15.1	25.1
1989	15.2	25.6
1990	15.3	26
1991	15.5	26.4
1992	15.6	26.8
1993	15.7	27.2
1994	15.9	27.6
1995	16	28
1996	16.1	28.3
1997	16.2	28.8
1998	16.4	29.2
1999	16.5	29.6
2000	16.7	30.1
2001	16.8	30.5
2002	17	31
2003	17.1	31.4
2004	17.3	31.8
2005	17.4	32.1
2006	17.5	32.5
2007	17.6	32.9
2008	17.7	33.3
2009	17.8	33.7
2010	17.9	34
2011	18.1	34.3
2012	18.2	34.5
2013	18.4	34.7
2014	18.5	35
2015	18.7	35.2
2016	18.9	35.4
2017	19.1	35.7
2018	19.3	35.9
2019	19.6	36.2
2020	19.8	36.4
2021	20	36.6
2022	20.3	36.8
2023	20.6	37.1
2024	20.8	37.3

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