Kenya vs Somalia statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 45th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Kenya and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Somalia
1960	$791,265,459	$180,459,937
1961	$792,959,473	$191,659,914
1962	$868,111,401	$203,531,928
1963	$926,589,349	$216,145,936
1964	$998,759,334	$229,529,913
1965	$997,919,321	$243,725,898
1966	$1,164,519,674	$257,375,897
1967	$1,232,559,507	$271,781,887
1968	$1,353,295,459	$286,719,885
1969	$1,458,379,417	$306,357,285
1970	$1,603,447,359	$347,985,394
1971	$1,778,391,289	$347,039,446
1972	$2,107,279,157	$447,883,941
1973	$2,509,001,324	$483,699,611
1974	$2,969,958,812	$572,504,036
1975	$3,259,345,083	$757,015,879
1976	$3,474,542,392	$871,344,245
1977	$4,494,378,764	$498,550,725
1978	$5,303,735,111	$564,571,823
1979	$6,234,391,113	$589,566,929
1980	$7,265,315,820	$602,515,548
1981	$6,854,491,706	$699,302,473
1982	$6,431,579,357	$774,578,932
1983	$5,979,198,314	$735,408,642
1984	$6,191,437,070	$787,434,542
1985	$6,135,034,214	$875,702,247
1986	$7,239,126,568	$916,590,786
1987	$7,970,820,369	$1,018,972,664
1988	$8,355,380,879	$1,051,596,967
1989	$8,283,114,514	$1,181,360,844
1990	$8,572,359,038	$1,031,282,081
1991	$8,151,488,783	$717,974,930
1992	$8,209,120,763	$709,297,579
1993	$5,751,786,643	$1,260,132,956
1994	$7,148,148,564	$1,481,205,098
1995	$9,046,320,255	$1,534,756,135
1996	$12,045,865,396	$1,792,234,297
1997	$13,115,764,358	$2,191,749,014
1998	$14,093,998,844	$2,962,047,564
1999	$12,896,010,459	$3,045,751,528
2000	$12,705,350,098	$3,412,797,450
2001	$12,986,007,426	$2,252,847,465
2002	$13,147,736,899	$2,192,684,135
2003	$14,904,517,650	$2,836,724,352
2004	$16,095,337,094	$3,859,592,813
2005	$18,737,895,513	$4,683,246,454
2006	$25,825,512,284	$5,026,743,282
2007	$31,958,195,182	$5,430,713,729
2008	$35,895,153,328	$5,913,620,293
2009	$42,347,217,913	$2,948,594,552
2010	$45,405,615,064	$2,687,807,004
2011	$46,869,473,151	$2,906,000,097
2012	$56,396,704,672	$4,364,670,160
2013	$61,671,440,408	$5,062,881,600
2014	$68,285,796,514	$5,728,399,720
2015	$70,120,446,897	$6,152,149,100
2016	$74,815,144,164	$6,613,743,070
2017	$82,036,510,877	$7,621,501,710
2018	$92,202,979,985	$7,873,440,830
2019	$100,378,436,207	$8,655,023,960
2020	$100,657,505,751	$8,628,393,720
2021	$109,703,658,905	$9,483,997,390
2022	$114,448,978,153	$10,202,767,270
2023	$108,038,588,971	$10,968,517,090
2024	$124,498,691,699	$12,108,515,110

Kenya and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Somalia
1960	$102.8	$62.7
1961	$99.3	$64.9
1962	$104.6	$67.2
1963	$107.4	$69.5
1964	$111.3	$71.9
1965	$106.9	$74.4
1966	$119.8	$76.5
1967	$121.9	$78.7
1968	$128.7	$80.8
1969	$133.3	$84.1
1970	$141	$93.1
1971	$150.9	$90.4
1972	$172.6	$113.7
1973	$198.6	$119.6
1974	$227.2	$137.9
1975	$241.2	$177.8
1976	$248.9	$199.6
1977	$311	$111.2
1978	$355	$117.3
1979	$403	$108.2
1980	$454	$101.5
1981	$413	$116.9
1982	$374	$129
1983	$335	$118.6
1984	$334	$122.5
1985	$320	$130.8
1986	$364	$131.4
1987	$387	$141
1988	$391	$145.3
1989	$374	$166
1990	$374	$145.6
1991	$345	$105.4
1992	$337	$109.2
1993	$229	$188.6
1994	$276.4	$210.8
1995	$340	$210.7
1996	$441	$237.2
1997	$467	$280.1
1998	$488	$363
1999	$434	$359
2000	$415	$386
2001	$411	$244.9
2002	$403	$229.6
2003	$443	$286.3
2004	$464	$375
2005	$523	$440
2006	$700	$458
2007	$840	$480
2008	$916	$507
2009	$1,048	$246.5
2010	$1,092	$219.2
2011	$1,096	$235.3
2012	$1,285	$350
2013	$1,371	$393
2014	$1,483	$429
2015	$1,489	$446
2016	$1,554	$461
2017	$1,667	$511
2018	$1,836	$510
2019	$1,960	$540
2020	$1,928	$518
2021	$2,061	$549
2022	$2,110	$573
2023	$1,952	$597
2024	$2,206	$637

Kenya vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Somalia
1950	36.9	41.5
1951	38	41.7
1952	38.6	41.9
1953	39.8	42.1
1954	41	42.3
1955	42.3	42.5
1956	43.5	42.7
1957	45.3	42.9
1958	46.5	43.1
1959	47.5	43.3
1960	48.5	43.5
1961	49.3	43.7
1962	50.1	44
1963	50.8	44.2
1964	51.3	44.4
1965	51.9	44.6
1966	52.4	44.8
1967	52.8	45.1
1968	53.3	45.3
1969	53.7	45.5
1970	54.1	45.6
1971	54.5	45.8
1972	55	46
1973	55.5	46.2
1974	56	44.3
1975	56.6	44.5
1976	57.2	44.7
1977	57.7	47
1978	58.2	47
1979	58.7	47.4
1980	59.2	47.6
1981	59.6	47.8
1982	59.9	48
1983	60.3	48.2
1984	60.6	48.4
1985	60.9	48.3
1986	60.8	48.4
1987	60.7	49
1988	60.3	43.9
1989	60	46.6
1990	58.3	46.9
1991	57.8	25.4
1992	57.1	25
1993	56.7	50.6
1994	56.1	50.3
1995	55.9	50.6
1996	55.6	50.5
1997	55.5	50.3
1998	55.6	50.8
1999	55.9	50.6
2000	56.1	50.7
2001	56.5	50.8
2002	56.8	50.8
2003	57.4	50.7
2004	57.9	50.7
2005	58.5	50.9
2006	59.1	50.9
2007	59.4	50.9
2008	60	51.5
2009	60.5	52.1
2010	60.9	48.9
2011	61.3	32.5
2012	61.5	49.1
2013	61.7	54
2014	62	54.4
2015	62.3	55.1
2016	62.5	55.3
2017	62.7	52.2
2018	62.8	54.8
2019	62.9	57.2
2020	61.6	57.1
2021	61.2	55.7
2022	63.5	53.9
2023	63.6	58.8
2024	63.8	59
2025	64	59.1

Kenya and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Somalia
1960	7,695,307	2,876,331
1961	7,987,770	2,952,054
1962	8,299,308	3,030,091
1963	8,627,971	3,110,361
1964	8,973,535	3,192,796
1965	9,338,078	3,277,874
1966	9,717,816	3,365,106
1967	10,111,057	3,454,537
1968	10,518,823	3,546,590
1969	10,939,695	3,641,015
1970	11,368,791	3,738,448
1971	11,788,904	3,837,691
1972	12,206,060	3,939,436
1973	12,634,835	4,045,592
1974	13,070,078	4,151,842
1975	13,511,671	4,257,535
1976	13,957,623	4,365,812
1977	14,428,819	4,484,050
1978	14,934,126	4,814,892
1979	15,460,666	5,449,117
1980	16,018,459	5,936,154
1981	16,601,507	5,982,849
1982	17,206,175	6,003,840
1983	17,846,374	6,198,430
1984	18,514,906	6,428,389
1985	19,201,768	6,693,289
1986	19,901,646	6,974,788
1987	20,616,096	7,228,302
1988	21,356,219	7,235,360
1989	22,118,434	7,114,817
1990	22,892,651	7,082,811
1991	23,646,514	6,813,760
1992	24,382,460	6,495,107
1993	25,117,188	6,681,399
1994	25,857,130	7,026,797
1995	26,601,751	7,285,007
1996	27,344,211	7,554,474
1997	28,101,768	7,824,525
1998	28,888,057	8,155,417
1999	29,733,408	8,492,059
2000	30,642,890	8,838,713
2001	31,619,170	9,198,493
2002	32,629,808	9,550,063
2003	33,652,223	9,909,157
2004	34,713,455	10,280,998
2005	35,796,484	10,644,228
2006	36,904,008	10,975,502
2007	38,036,349	11,322,582
2008	39,206,351	11,663,084
2009	40,408,891	11,961,201
2010	41,598,567	12,261,756
2011	42,758,461	12,348,830
2012	43,888,303	12,461,160
2013	44,986,791	12,869,594
2014	46,051,440	13,339,491
2015	47,088,526	13,806,963
2016	48,139,687	14,348,740
2017	49,197,766	14,916,629
2018	50,207,107	15,452,487
2019	51,202,827	16,030,971
2020	52,217,334	16,651,191
2021	53,219,166	17,271,431
2022	54,252,461	17,801,897
2023	55,339,003	18,358,615
2024	56,432,944	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Kenya and Somalia

Fertility rate

Kenya

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Somalia
1960	7.65	7.25
1961	7.72	7.25
1962	7.77	7.26
1963	7.82	7.26
1964	7.87	7.26
1965	7.92	7.26
1966	7.96	7.26
1967	7.95	7.25
1968	7.95	7.23
1969	7.95	7.21
1970	7.94	7.18
1971	7.92	7.15
1972	7.89	7.12
1973	7.86	7.09
1974	7.82	7.06
1975	7.8	7.03
1976	7.77	7.02
1977	7.73	7
1978	7.67	7.13
1979	7.6	7.16
1980	7.53	7.18
1981	7.45	7.23
1982	7.35	7.25
1983	7.22	7.28
1984	7.08	7.3
1985	6.96	7.33
1986	6.84	7.35
1987	6.69	7.37
1988	6.52	7.4
1989	6.33	7.42
1990	6.14	7.44
1991	5.94	7.47
1992	5.74	7.5
1993	5.57	7.53
1994	5.44	7.54
1995	5.37	7.58
1996	5.31	7.62
1997	5.27	7.66
1998	5.24	7.66
1999	5.18	7.66
2000	5.14	7.65
2001	5.09	7.64
2002	5.03	7.63
2003	4.94	7.6
2004	4.86	7.57
2005	4.8	7.53
2006	4.75	7.49
2007	4.72	7.46
2008	4.66	7.42
2009	4.57	7.38
2010	4.45	7.32
2011	4.28	7.27
2012	4.12	7.21
2013	3.96	7.14
2014	3.84	7.06
2015	3.77	6.98
2016	3.69	6.88
2017	3.61	6.77
2018	3.54	6.66
2019	3.43	6.56
2020	3.36	6.45
2021	3.31	6.35
2022	3.26	6.26
2023	3.21	6.13

Kenya and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Somalia
1960	15.7	18.1
1961	15.5	17.9
1962	15.3	17.8
1963	15.2	17.7
1964	15.1	17.6
1965	14.9	17.5
1966	14.8	17.5
1967	14.6	17.5
1968	14.5	17.5
1969	14.5	17.5
1970	14.4	17.5
1971	14.4	17.6
1972	14.3	17.6
1973	14.3	17.6
1974	14.3	17.7
1975	14.3	17.7
1976	14.3	17.7
1977	14.3	17.7
1978	14.3	17.7
1979	14.4	17.6
1980	14.5	17.6
1981	14.5	17.5
1982	14.6	17.4
1983	14.7	17.4
1984	14.8	17.3
1985	14.9	17.2
1986	15	17.1
1987	15	17
1988	15.1	16.8
1989	15.2	16.7
1990	15.3	16.5
1991	15.5	16.5
1992	15.6	16.7
1993	15.7	16.8
1994	15.9	16.7
1995	16	16.6
1996	16.1	16.5
1997	16.2	16.4
1998	16.4	16.4
1999	16.5	16.3
2000	16.7	16.3
2001	16.8	16.2
2002	17	16.2
2003	17.1	16.1
2004	17.3	16
2005	17.4	15.9
2006	17.5	15.7
2007	17.6	15.6
2008	17.7	15.6
2009	17.8	15.6
2010	17.9	15.7
2011	18.1	15.8
2012	18.2	16
2013	18.4	16
2014	18.5	16
2015	18.7	16.1
2016	18.9	16.1
2017	19.1	16.2
2018	19.3	16.2
2019	19.6	16.3
2020	19.8	16.3
2021	20	16.4
2022	20.3	16.5
2023	20.6	16.5
2024	20.8	16.6

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