Kenya vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 45th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Kenya and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Kenya and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Kenya

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	United Kingdom
1960	$791,265,459	$73,233,967,692
1961	$792,959,473	$77,741,965,703
1962	$868,111,401	$81,247,564,157
1963	$926,589,349	$86,561,961,812
1964	$998,759,334	$94,407,558,351
1965	$997,919,321	$101,824,755,079
1966	$1,164,519,674	$108,572,752,102
1967	$1,232,559,507	$113,116,888,211
1968	$1,353,295,459	$107,759,910,068
1969	$1,458,379,417	$116,464,702,803
1970	$1,603,447,359	$130,671,946,244
1971	$1,778,391,289	$148,113,896,325
1972	$2,107,279,157	$169,965,034,965
1973	$2,509,001,324	$192,537,971,583
1974	$2,969,958,812	$206,131,369,799
1975	$3,259,345,083	$241,756,637,168
1976	$3,474,542,392	$232,614,555,256
1977	$4,494,378,764	$263,066,457,352
1978	$5,303,735,111	$335,883,029,722
1979	$6,234,391,113	$438,994,070,309
1980	$7,265,315,820	$564,947,710,899
1981	$6,854,491,706	$540,765,675,241
1982	$6,431,579,357	$515,048,916,841
1983	$5,979,198,314	$489,618,008,186
1984	$6,191,437,070	$461,487,097,632
1985	$6,135,034,214	$489,285,164,271
1986	$7,239,126,568	$601,452,653,181
1987	$7,970,820,369	$745,162,608,269
1988	$8,355,380,879	$910,122,732,124
1989	$8,283,114,514	$926,884,816,754
1990	$8,572,359,038	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$8,151,488,783	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$8,209,120,763	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$5,751,786,643	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$7,148,148,564	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$9,046,320,255	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$12,045,865,396	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$13,115,764,358	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$14,093,998,844	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$12,896,010,459	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$12,705,350,098	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$12,986,007,426	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$13,147,736,899	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$14,904,517,650	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$16,095,337,094	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$18,737,895,513	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$25,825,512,284	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$31,958,195,182	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$35,895,153,328	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$42,347,217,913	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$45,405,615,064	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$46,869,473,151	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$56,396,704,672	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$61,671,440,408	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$68,285,796,514	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$70,120,446,897	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$74,815,144,164	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$82,036,510,877	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$92,202,979,985	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$100,378,436,207	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$100,657,505,751	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$109,703,658,905	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$114,448,978,153	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$108,038,588,971	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$124,498,691,699	$3,643,834,188,783

Kenya and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	United Kingdom
1960	$102.8	$1,398
1961	$99.3	$1,472
1962	$104.6	$1,526
1963	$107.4	$1,613
1964	$111.3	$1,748
1965	$106.9	$1,874
1966	$119.8	$1,987
1967	$121.9	$2,059
1968	$128.7	$1,952
1969	$133.3	$2,101
1970	$141	$2,348
1971	$150.9	$2,650
1972	$172.6	$3,030
1973	$198.6	$3,426
1974	$227.2	$3,666
1975	$241.2	$4,300
1976	$248.9	$4,138
1977	$311	$4,681
1978	$355	$5,977
1979	$403	$7,805
1980	$454	$10,032
1981	$413	$9,599
1982	$374	$9,146
1983	$335	$8,692
1984	$334	$8,179
1985	$320	$8,652
1986	$364	$10,611
1987	$387	$13,119
1988	$391	$15,987
1989	$374	$16,239
1990	$374	$19,095
1991	$345	$19,901
1992	$337	$20,487
1993	$229	$18,389
1994	$276.4	$19,709
1995	$340	$23,169
1996	$441	$24,406
1997	$467	$26,766
1998	$488	$28,275
1999	$434	$28,762
2000	$415	$28,281
2001	$411	$27,907
2002	$403	$30,078
2003	$443	$34,443
2004	$464	$40,367
2005	$523	$42,105
2006	$700	$44,512
2007	$840	$50,398
2008	$916	$47,396
2009	$1,048	$38,744
2010	$1,092	$39,599
2011	$1,096	$42,110
2012	$1,285	$42,490
2013	$1,371	$43,419
2014	$1,483	$47,427
2015	$1,489	$44,984
2016	$1,554	$40,988
2017	$1,667	$40,629
2018	$1,836	$43,315
2019	$1,960	$42,794
2020	$1,928	$40,405
2021	$2,061	$46,926
2022	$2,110	$46,063
2023	$1,952	$49,201
2024	$2,206	$52,637

Kenya vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	United Kingdom
1950	36.9	68.6
1951	38	68.2
1952	38.6	69.5
1953	39.8	69.8
1954	41	70.2
1955	42.3	70.1
1956	43.5	70.4
1957	45.3	70.5
1958	46.5	70.7
1959	47.5	70.8
1960	48.5	71
1961	49.3	70.8
1962	50.1	70.9
1963	50.8	70.8
1964	51.3	71.5
1965	51.9	71.5
1966	52.4	71.4
1967	52.8	72.1
1968	53.3	71.7
1969	53.7	71.7
1970	54.1	71.9
1971	54.5	72.2
1972	55	72
1973	55.5	72.2
1974	56	72.4
1975	56.6	72.7
1976	57.2	72.6
1977	57.7	73.1
1978	58.2	73
1979	58.7	73.2
1980	59.2	73.6
1981	59.6	73.9
1982	59.9	74
1983	60.3	74.3
1984	60.6	74.7
1985	60.9	74.5
1986	60.8	74.8
1987	60.7	75.1
1988	60.3	75.3
1989	60	75.4
1990	58.3	75.7
1991	57.8	75.9
1992	57.1	76.3
1993	56.7	76.2
1994	56.1	76.7
1995	55.9	76.6
1996	55.6	76.9
1997	55.5	77.1
1998	55.6	77.3
1999	55.9	77.4
2000	56.1	77.8
2001	56.5	78.1
2002	56.8	78.2
2003	57.4	78.3
2004	57.9	78.9
2005	58.5	79.1
2006	59.1	79.3
2007	59.4	79.5
2008	60	79.7
2009	60.5	80.2
2010	60.9	80.4
2011	61.3	80.8
2012	61.5	80.9
2013	61.7	80.9
2014	62	81.2
2015	62.3	80.9
2016	62.5	81.1
2017	62.7	81.2
2018	62.8	81.1
2019	62.9	81.4
2020	61.6	80.4
2021	61.2	80.7
2022	63.5	81.1
2023	63.6	81.3
2024	63.8	81.4
2025	64	81.6

Kenya and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	United Kingdom
1960	7,695,307	52,400,000
1961	7,987,770	52,800,000
1962	8,299,308	53,250,000
1963	8,627,971	53,650,000
1964	8,973,535	54,000,000
1965	9,338,078	54,348,050
1966	9,717,816	54,648,500
1967	10,111,057	54,943,600
1968	10,518,823	55,211,700
1969	10,939,695	55,441,750
1970	11,368,791	55,663,250
1971	11,788,904	55,896,223
1972	12,206,060	56,086,065
1973	12,634,835	56,194,527
1974	13,070,078	56,229,974
1975	13,511,671	56,225,800
1976	13,957,623	56,211,968
1977	14,428,819	56,193,492
1978	14,934,126	56,196,504
1979	15,460,666	56,246,951
1980	16,018,459	56,314,216
1981	16,601,507	56,333,829
1982	17,206,175	56,313,641
1983	17,846,374	56,332,848
1984	18,514,906	56,422,072
1985	19,201,768	56,550,268
1986	19,901,646	56,681,396
1987	20,616,096	56,802,050
1988	21,356,219	56,928,327
1989	22,118,434	57,076,711
1990	22,892,651	57,247,586
1991	23,646,514	57,424,897
1992	24,382,460	57,580,402
1993	25,117,188	57,718,614
1994	25,857,130	57,865,745
1995	26,601,751	58,019,030
1996	27,344,211	58,166,950
1997	28,101,768	58,316,954
1998	28,888,057	58,487,141
1999	29,733,408	58,682,466
2000	30,642,890	58,892,514
2001	31,619,170	59,119,673
2002	32,629,808	59,370,479
2003	33,652,223	59,647,577
2004	34,713,455	59,987,905
2005	35,796,484	60,401,206
2006	36,904,008	60,846,820
2007	38,036,349	61,322,463
2008	39,206,351	61,806,995
2009	40,408,891	62,276,270
2010	41,598,567	62,766,365
2011	42,758,461	63,258,810
2012	43,888,303	63,711,000
2013	44,986,791	64,139,000
2014	46,051,440	64,620,000
2015	47,088,526	65,088,000
2016	48,139,687	65,607,000
2017	49,197,766	65,966,000
2018	50,207,107	66,289,000
2019	51,202,827	66,631,000
2020	52,217,334	66,744,000
2021	53,219,166	66,984,000
2022	54,252,461	67,604,000
2023	55,339,003	68,492,000
2024	56,432,944	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Kenya and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Kenya

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	United Kingdom
1960	7.65	2.69
1961	7.72	2.78
1962	7.77	2.86
1963	7.82	2.88
1964	7.87	2.93
1965	7.92	2.86
1966	7.96	2.78
1967	7.95	2.68
1968	7.95	2.6
1969	7.95	2.51
1970	7.94	2.44
1971	7.92	2.41
1972	7.89	2.2
1973	7.86	2.04
1974	7.82	1.92
1975	7.8	1.81
1976	7.77	1.74
1977	7.73	1.69
1978	7.67	1.75
1979	7.6	1.86
1980	7.53	1.9
1981	7.45	1.82
1982	7.35	1.78
1983	7.22	1.77
1984	7.08	1.77
1985	6.96	1.79
1986	6.84	1.78
1987	6.69	1.81
1988	6.52	1.82
1989	6.33	1.79
1990	6.14	1.83
1991	5.94	1.82
1992	5.74	1.79
1993	5.57	1.76
1994	5.44	1.74
1995	5.37	1.71
1996	5.31	1.73
1997	5.27	1.72
1998	5.24	1.71
1999	5.18	1.68
2000	5.14	1.64
2001	5.09	1.63
2002	5.03	1.63
2003	4.94	1.7
2004	4.86	1.75
2005	4.8	1.76
2006	4.75	1.82
2007	4.72	1.86
2008	4.66	1.91
2009	4.57	1.89
2010	4.45	1.92
2011	4.28	1.91
2012	4.12	1.92
2013	3.96	1.83
2014	3.84	1.81
2015	3.77	1.8
2016	3.69	1.79
2017	3.61	1.74
2018	3.54	1.68
2019	3.43	1.63
2020	3.36	1.57
2021	3.31	1.58
2022	3.26	1.56
2023	3.21	1.56

Kenya and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	United Kingdom
1960	15.7	35.5
1961	15.5	35.4
1962	15.3	35.3
1963	15.2	35.3
1964	15.1	35.2
1965	14.9	35.1
1966	14.8	34.9
1967	14.6	34.8
1968	14.5	34.6
1969	14.5	34.4
1970	14.4	34.2
1971	14.4	34.1
1972	14.3	34
1973	14.3	34
1974	14.3	34
1975	14.3	34
1976	14.3	34
1977	14.3	34.1
1978	14.3	34.2
1979	14.4	34.3
1980	14.5	34.4
1981	14.5	34.5
1982	14.6	34.8
1983	14.7	35
1984	14.8	35.2
1985	14.9	35.3
1986	15	35.4
1987	15	35.4
1988	15.1	35.7
1989	15.2	35.9
1990	15.3	36
1991	15.5	36.1
1992	15.6	36.2
1993	15.7	36.3
1994	15.9	36.5
1995	16	36.6
1996	16.1	36.8
1997	16.2	37
1998	16.4	37.2
1999	16.5	37.4
2000	16.7	37.7
2001	16.8	37.9
2002	17	38.1
2003	17.1	38.2
2004	17.3	38.4
2005	17.4	38.5
2006	17.5	38.6
2007	17.6	38.8
2008	17.7	38.9
2009	17.8	39
2010	17.9	39.2
2011	18.1	39.3
2012	18.2	39.5
2013	18.4	39.6
2014	18.5	39.7
2015	18.7	39.8
2016	18.9	39.8
2017	19.1	39.9
2018	19.3	40
2019	19.6	40.1
2020	19.8	40.2
2021	20	40.3
2022	20.3	40.5
2023	20.6	40.8
2024	20.8	41

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