Kenya vs Rwanda statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 45th vs. 146th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

Kenya and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Rwanda economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Rwanda
1960	$791,265,459	$119,000,024
1961	$792,959,473	$122,000,016
1962	$868,111,401	$125,000,008
1963	$926,589,349	$128,000,000
1964	$998,759,334	$129,999,994
1965	$997,919,321	$148,799,980
1966	$1,164,519,674	$124,525,703
1967	$1,232,559,507	$159,560,018
1968	$1,353,295,459	$172,200,018
1969	$1,458,379,417	$188,700,037
1970	$1,603,447,359	$219,900,006
1971	$1,778,391,289	$222,952,504
1972	$2,107,279,157	$246,457,838
1973	$2,509,001,324	$290,746,157
1974	$2,969,958,812	$308,458,423
1975	$3,259,345,083	$571,863,500
1976	$3,474,542,392	$637,753,853
1977	$4,494,378,764	$746,650,613
1978	$5,303,735,111	$905,709,076
1979	$6,234,391,113	$1,109,346,131
1980	$7,265,315,820	$1,254,765,642
1981	$6,854,491,706	$1,407,062,527
1982	$6,431,579,357	$1,407,243,139
1983	$5,979,198,314	$1,479,687,587
1984	$6,191,437,070	$1,587,413,084
1985	$6,135,034,214	$1,715,626,331
1986	$7,239,126,568	$1,944,710,684
1987	$7,970,820,369	$2,157,432,668
1988	$8,355,380,879	$2,395,492,687
1989	$8,283,114,514	$2,405,022,593
1990	$8,572,359,038	$2,550,185,679
1991	$8,151,488,783	$1,911,600,237
1992	$8,209,120,763	$2,029,026,962
1993	$5,751,786,643	$1,971,525,712
1994	$7,148,148,564	$753,636,370
1995	$9,046,320,255	$1,293,535,193
1996	$12,045,865,396	$1,382,334,879
1997	$13,115,764,358	$1,851,558,197
1998	$14,093,998,844	$1,989,343,546
1999	$12,896,010,459	$2,157,108,263
2000	$12,705,350,098	$2,068,836,754
2001	$12,986,007,426	$1,966,600,715
2002	$13,147,736,899	$1,966,003,468
2003	$14,904,517,650	$2,138,237,279
2004	$16,095,337,094	$2,376,496,067
2005	$18,737,895,513	$2,933,819,766
2006	$25,825,512,284	$3,319,784,539
2007	$31,958,195,182	$4,070,507,895
2008	$35,895,153,328	$5,179,854,065
2009	$42,347,217,913	$5,674,476,969
2010	$45,405,615,064	$6,124,756,654
2011	$46,869,473,151	$6,884,913,658
2012	$56,396,704,672	$7,654,761,045
2013	$61,671,440,408	$7,819,964,024
2014	$68,285,796,514	$8,238,966,120
2015	$70,120,446,897	$8,543,760,206
2016	$74,815,144,164	$8,695,272,061
2017	$82,036,510,877	$9,252,833,894
2018	$92,202,979,985	$9,637,904,519
2019	$100,378,436,207	$10,349,300,277
2020	$100,657,505,751	$10,174,386,855
2021	$109,703,658,905	$11,078,787,095
2022	$114,448,978,153	$13,316,161,006
2023	$108,038,588,971	$14,331,722,700
2024	$124,498,691,699	$14,251,642,231

Kenya and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Rwanda
1960	$102.8	$39.4
1961	$99.3	$39.3
1962	$104.6	$39.2
1963	$107.4	$39.3
1964	$111.3	$39
1965	$106.9	$43.5
1966	$119.8	$35.4
1967	$121.9	$44
1968	$128.7	$46
1969	$133.3	$48.9
1970	$141	$55.2
1971	$150.9	$54.4
1972	$172.6	$58.4
1973	$198.6	$66.9
1974	$227.2	$68.9
1975	$241.2	$124.1
1976	$248.9	$134.4
1977	$311	$152.7
1978	$355	$179.9
1979	$403	$213.8
1980	$454	$234.4
1981	$413	$254.6
1982	$374	$246.4
1983	$335	$250.6
1984	$334	$259.9
1985	$320	$271.6
1986	$364	$297.7
1987	$387	$320
1988	$391	$344
1989	$374	$335
1990	$374	$346
1991	$345	$254
1992	$337	$264.1
1993	$229	$247
1994	$276.4	$111
1995	$340	$228
1996	$441	$206
1997	$467	$238.7
1998	$488	$246.2
1999	$434	$264.7
2000	$415	$251.9
2001	$411	$237.3
2002	$403	$234
2003	$443	$249
2004	$464	$269.5
2005	$523	$324
2006	$700	$357
2007	$840	$426
2008	$916	$528
2009	$1,048	$564
2010	$1,092	$594
2011	$1,096	$651
2012	$1,285	$707
2013	$1,371	$705
2014	$1,483	$725
2015	$1,489	$734
2016	$1,554	$730
2017	$1,667	$758
2018	$1,836	$772
2019	$1,960	$810
2020	$1,928	$779
2021	$2,061	$830
2022	$2,110	$975
2023	$1,952	$1,027
2024	$2,206	$1,000

Kenya vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Rwanda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Rwanda
1950	36.9	43.2
1951	38	43.5
1952	38.6	43.8
1953	39.8	44.1
1954	41	44.4
1955	42.3	44.8
1956	43.5	45.2
1957	45.3	45.6
1958	46.5	46.1
1959	47.5	46.5
1960	48.5	47
1961	49.3	47.5
1962	50.1	47.8
1963	50.8	44
1964	51.3	48.1
1965	51.9	48.2
1966	52.4	48.1
1967	52.8	48
1968	53.3	47.7
1969	53.7	47.4
1970	54.1	47.1
1971	54.5	46.8
1972	55	46.3
1973	55.5	45.9
1974	56	45.6
1975	56.6	45.3
1976	57.2	45.3
1977	57.7	45.6
1978	58.2	46.2
1979	58.7	47.1
1980	59.2	48.1
1981	59.6	49.2
1982	59.9	50.2
1983	60.3	50.9
1984	60.6	51.4
1985	60.9	51.7
1986	60.8	51.7
1987	60.7	51.5
1988	60.3	50.9
1989	60	49.5
1990	58.3	47.8
1991	57.8	46.2
1992	57.1	44.4
1993	56.7	42.9
1994	56.1	12.2
1995	55.9	41.5
1996	55.6	42.5
1997	55.5	42
1998	55.6	43.1
1999	55.9	45.7
2000	56.1	47.8
2001	56.5	49.5
2002	56.8	51.3
2003	57.4	53.5
2004	57.9	55.5
2005	58.5	57
2006	59.1	58.3
2007	59.4	59.5
2008	60	60.6
2009	60.5	61.8
2010	60.9	62.8
2011	61.3	63.5
2012	61.5	64.2
2013	61.7	64.7
2014	62	65.1
2015	62.3	65.4
2016	62.5	65.7
2017	62.7	66.1
2018	62.8	66.4
2019	62.9	66.7
2020	61.6	67
2021	61.2	66.8
2022	63.5	67.5
2023	63.6	67.8
2024	63.8	68
2025	64	68.2

Kenya and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Rwanda

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Rwanda
1960	7,695,307	3,022,294
1961	7,987,770	3,106,779
1962	8,299,308	3,186,025
1963	8,627,971	3,258,890
1964	8,973,535	3,334,834
1965	9,338,078	3,423,210
1966	9,717,816	3,521,626
1967	10,111,057	3,629,577
1968	10,518,823	3,744,010
1969	10,939,695	3,861,271
1970	11,368,791	3,980,669
1971	11,788,904	4,100,044
1972	12,206,060	4,220,335
1973	12,634,835	4,345,047
1974	13,070,078	4,474,228
1975	13,511,671	4,607,728
1976	13,957,623	4,745,954
1977	14,428,819	4,888,240
1978	14,934,126	5,035,171
1979	15,460,666	5,189,541
1980	16,018,459	5,353,259
1981	16,601,507	5,527,230
1982	17,206,175	5,711,549
1983	17,846,374	5,905,311
1984	18,514,906	6,107,627
1985	19,201,768	6,317,228
1986	19,901,646	6,531,881
1987	20,616,096	6,749,493
1988	21,356,219	6,968,071
1989	22,118,434	7,184,706
1990	22,892,651	7,375,307
1991	23,646,514	7,526,966
1992	24,382,460	7,683,266
1993	25,117,188	7,981,132
1994	25,857,130	6,792,352
1995	26,601,751	5,674,118
1996	27,344,211	6,708,764
1997	28,101,768	7,755,238
1998	28,888,057	8,081,681
1999	29,733,408	8,147,912
2000	30,642,890	8,213,931
2001	31,619,170	8,287,094
2002	32,629,808	8,400,180
2003	33,652,223	8,586,875
2004	34,713,455	8,816,844
2005	35,796,484	9,054,528
2006	36,904,008	9,299,246
2007	38,036,349	9,549,933
2008	39,206,351	9,804,269
2009	40,408,891	10,060,432
2010	41,598,567	10,317,553
2011	42,758,461	10,573,733
2012	43,888,303	10,829,901
2013	44,986,791	11,093,340
2014	46,051,440	11,364,757
2015	47,088,526	11,640,022
2016	48,139,687	11,919,183
2017	49,197,766	12,202,060
2018	50,207,107	12,487,996
2019	51,202,827	12,776,103
2020	52,217,334	13,065,837
2021	53,219,166	13,355,260
2022	54,252,461	13,651,030
2023	55,339,003	13,954,471
2024	56,432,944	14,256,567

Fertility rates in Kenya and Rwanda

Fertility rate

Kenya

Rwanda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Rwanda
1960	7.65	8.28
1961	7.72	8.28
1962	7.77	8.27
1963	7.82	8.27
1964	7.87	8.27
1965	7.92	8.25
1966	7.96	8.23
1967	7.95	8.21
1968	7.95	8.19
1969	7.95	8.18
1970	7.94	8.15
1971	7.92	8.09
1972	7.89	8.09
1973	7.86	8.09
1974	7.82	8.1
1975	7.8	8.1
1976	7.77	8.12
1977	7.73	8.14
1978	7.67	8.16
1979	7.6	8.13
1980	7.53	8.12
1981	7.45	8.1
1982	7.35	8.06
1983	7.22	8
1984	7.08	7.91
1985	6.96	7.79
1986	6.84	7.61
1987	6.69	7.43
1988	6.52	7.23
1989	6.33	7.03
1990	6.14	6.8
1991	5.94	6.62
1992	5.74	6.54
1993	5.57	6.48
1994	5.44	6.42
1995	5.37	6.35
1996	5.31	6.29
1997	5.27	6.24
1998	5.24	6.17
1999	5.18	6.06
2000	5.14	5.97
2001	5.09	5.89
2002	5.03	5.82
2003	4.94	5.74
2004	4.86	5.64
2005	4.8	5.5
2006	4.75	5.34
2007	4.72	5.14
2008	4.66	4.92
2009	4.57	4.71
2010	4.45	4.52
2011	4.28	4.33
2012	4.12	4.2
2013	3.96	4.14
2014	3.84	4.12
2015	3.77	4.11
2016	3.69	4.11
2017	3.61	4.08
2018	3.54	4.05
2019	3.43	3.99
2020	3.36	3.91
2021	3.31	3.84
2022	3.26	3.78
2023	3.21	3.7

Kenya and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Rwanda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Rwanda
1960	15.7	15.5
1961	15.5	15.1
1962	15.3	14.9
1963	15.2	14.8
1964	15.1	14.7
1965	14.9	14.8
1966	14.8	14.9
1967	14.6	15.1
1968	14.5	15.3
1969	14.5	15.5
1970	14.4	15.7
1971	14.4	15.9
1972	14.3	16
1973	14.3	16.2
1974	14.3	16.3
1975	14.3	16.4
1976	14.3	16.5
1977	14.3	16.6
1978	14.3	16.6
1979	14.4	16.5
1980	14.5	16.5
1981	14.5	16.4
1982	14.6	16.2
1983	14.7	16.1
1984	14.8	16
1985	14.9	15.8
1986	15	15.7
1987	15	15.6
1988	15.1	15.6
1989	15.2	15.5
1990	15.3	15.5
1991	15.5	15.5
1992	15.6	15.6
1993	15.7	15.7
1994	15.9	15
1995	16	14.3
1996	16.1	14.6
1997	16.2	14.8
1998	16.4	15.3
1999	16.5	15.8
2000	16.7	16.3
2001	16.8	16.8
2002	17	17.1
2003	17.1	17.4
2004	17.3	17.6
2005	17.4	17.8
2006	17.5	18
2007	17.6	18.1
2008	17.7	18.3
2009	17.8	18.4
2010	17.9	18.5
2011	18.1	18.7
2012	18.2	18.8
2013	18.4	19
2014	18.5	19.1
2015	18.7	19.3
2016	18.9	19.4
2017	19.1	19.6
2018	19.3	19.7
2019	19.6	19.8
2020	19.8	19.9
2021	20	20
2022	20.3	20.3
2023	20.6	20.5
2024	20.8	20.8

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