Kenya vs Yemen statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 40.6M in Yemen (ranked 38/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 203,850 sq mi for Yemen (ranked 45th vs. 49th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Yemen ranks 124/197 ($21.6B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Yemen ranks 192/197 ($634).

Kenya and Yemen: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Yemen economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Yemen

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Yemen
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	$12,643,821,569
1991	$8,151,488,783	$14,665,445,462
1992	$8,209,120,763	$17,959,367,194
1993	$5,751,786,643	$21,736,802,664
1994	$7,148,148,564	$28,019,483,764
1995	$9,046,320,255	$12,796,345,679
1996	$12,045,865,396	$6,496,163,616
1997	$13,115,764,358	$6,838,298,531
1998	$14,093,998,844	$6,322,175,566
1999	$12,896,010,459	$7,639,325,296
2000	$12,705,350,098	$9,679,316,770
2001	$12,986,007,426	$9,852,990,693
2002	$13,147,736,899	$10,693,430,511
2003	$14,904,517,650	$11,777,532,662
2004	$16,095,337,094	$13,867,634,371
2005	$18,737,895,513	$16,731,566,717
2006	$25,825,512,284	$19,063,143,370
2007	$31,958,195,182	$21,650,528,674
2008	$35,895,153,328	$26,910,855,807
2009	$42,347,217,913	$25,130,278,213
2010	$45,405,615,064	$30,906,749,533
2011	$46,869,473,151	$32,726,417,878
2012	$56,396,704,672	$35,401,331,609
2013	$61,671,440,408	$40,415,233,436
2014	$68,285,796,514	$43,228,585,321
2015	$70,120,446,897	$42,444,490,074
2016	$74,815,144,164	$31,317,825,274
2017	$82,036,510,877	$26,842,229,045
2018	$92,202,979,985	$21,606,160,663
2019	$100,378,436,207	-
2020	$100,657,505,751	-
2021	$109,703,658,905	-
2022	$114,448,978,153	-
2023	$108,038,588,971	-
2024	$124,498,691,699	-

Kenya and Yemen economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Yemen

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Yemen
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	$910
1991	$345	$1,016
1992	$337	$1,198
1993	$229	$1,397
1994	$276.4	$1,735
1995	$340	$764
1996	$441	$375
1997	$467	$383
1998	$488	$343
1999	$434	$401
2000	$415	$493
2001	$411	$487
2002	$403	$513
2003	$443	$549
2004	$464	$628
2005	$523	$734
2006	$700	$810
2007	$840	$890
2008	$916	$1,072
2009	$1,048	$969
2010	$1,092	$1,155
2011	$1,096	$1,186
2012	$1,285	$1,245
2013	$1,371	$1,379
2014	$1,483	$1,430
2015	$1,489	$1,362
2016	$1,554	$975
2017	$1,667	$811
2018	$1,836	$634
2019	$1,960	-
2020	$1,928	-
2021	$2,061	-
2022	$2,110	-
2023	$1,952	-
2024	$2,206	-

Kenya vs. Yemen life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Yemen

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Yemen
1950	36.9	28.9
1951	38	29.3
1952	38.6	29.6
1953	39.8	30
1954	41	30.4
1955	42.3	30.8
1956	43.5	31.3
1957	45.3	31.8
1958	46.5	32.4
1959	47.5	32.9
1960	48.5	33.5
1961	49.3	34.1
1962	50.1	33.7
1963	50.8	33.4
1964	51.3	34.9
1965	51.9	35.6
1966	52.4	36.3
1967	52.8	37.1
1968	53.3	38
1969	53.7	39.6
1970	54.1	40.6
1971	54.5	41.8
1972	55	42.7
1973	55.5	43.6
1974	56	44.5
1975	56.6	45.5
1976	57.2	46.4
1977	57.7	47.4
1978	58.2	48.5
1979	58.7	49.5
1980	59.2	50.6
1981	59.6	51.7
1982	59.9	52.4
1983	60.3	53.6
1984	60.6	54.6
1985	60.9	55.4
1986	60.8	54
1987	60.7	56.8
1988	60.3	57.4
1989	60	58
1990	58.3	58.5
1991	57.8	58.8
1992	57.1	59.3
1993	56.7	59.7
1994	56.1	59.8
1995	55.9	60.5
1996	55.6	60.9
1997	55.5	61.3
1998	55.6	61.8
1999	55.9	62.3
2000	56.1	62.8
2001	56.5	63.3
2002	56.8	63.8
2003	57.4	64.4
2004	57.9	64.9
2005	58.5	65.4
2006	59.1	65.8
2007	59.4	66.2
2008	60	66.6
2009	60.5	66.9
2010	60.9	67.2
2011	61.3	67.4
2012	61.5	67.6
2013	61.7	68
2014	62	68
2015	62.3	66.8
2016	62.5	67.1
2017	62.7	67.1
2018	62.8	65.9
2019	62.9	66.6
2020	61.6	66.4
2021	61.2	66
2022	63.5	68
2023	63.6	69.3
2024	63.8	69.4
2025	64	69.6

Kenya and Yemen population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Yemen

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Yemen
1960	7,695,307	5,532,301
1961	7,987,770	5,655,232
1962	8,299,308	5,782,221
1963	8,627,971	5,911,135
1964	8,973,535	6,048,006
1965	9,338,078	6,195,593
1966	9,717,816	6,351,494
1967	10,111,057	6,516,444
1968	10,518,823	6,690,524
1969	10,939,695	6,875,859
1970	11,368,791	7,065,279
1971	11,788,904	7,257,462
1972	12,206,060	7,460,068
1973	12,634,835	7,672,796
1974	13,070,078	7,896,783
1975	13,511,671	8,133,598
1976	13,957,623	8,384,113
1977	14,428,819	8,648,222
1978	14,934,126	8,926,586
1979	15,460,666	9,224,194
1980	16,018,459	9,543,358
1981	16,601,507	9,882,362
1982	17,206,175	10,241,006
1983	17,846,374	10,621,499
1984	18,514,906	11,025,597
1985	19,201,768	11,453,825
1986	19,901,646	11,901,040
1987	20,616,096	12,369,912
1988	21,356,219	12,859,708
1989	22,118,434	13,364,174
1990	22,892,651	13,887,862
1991	23,646,514	14,430,201
1992	24,382,460	14,989,494
1993	25,117,188	15,563,914
1994	25,857,130	16,149,147
1995	26,601,751	16,740,058
1996	27,344,211	17,313,177
1997	28,101,768	17,873,936
1998	28,888,057	18,446,013
1999	29,733,408	19,029,420
2000	30,642,890	19,624,141
2001	31,619,170	20,226,147
2002	32,629,808	20,835,086
2003	33,652,223	21,456,379
2004	34,713,455	22,095,167
2005	35,796,484	22,790,085
2006	36,904,008	23,543,083
2007	38,036,349	24,318,082
2008	39,206,351	25,111,941
2009	40,408,891	25,927,724
2010	41,598,567	26,754,387
2011	42,758,461	27,582,897
2012	43,888,303	28,433,647
2013	44,986,791	29,312,952
2014	46,051,440	30,226,309
2015	47,088,526	31,159,379
2016	48,139,687	32,109,010
2017	49,197,766	33,090,921
2018	50,207,107	34,085,182
2019	51,202,827	35,111,408
2020	52,217,334	36,134,863
2021	53,219,166	37,140,230
2022	54,252,461	38,222,876
2023	55,339,003	39,390,799
2024	56,432,944	40,583,164

Fertility rates in Kenya and Yemen

Fertility rate

Kenya

Yemen

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Yemen
1960	7.65	7.99
1961	7.72	8
1962	7.77	8.01
1963	7.82	8.03
1964	7.87	8.07
1965	7.92	8.1
1966	7.96	8.14
1967	7.95	8.17
1968	7.95	8.19
1969	7.95	8.22
1970	7.94	8.23
1971	7.92	8.26
1972	7.89	8.27
1973	7.86	8.29
1974	7.82	8.33
1975	7.8	8.37
1976	7.77	8.42
1977	7.73	8.47
1978	7.67	8.5
1979	7.6	8.67
1980	7.53	8.71
1981	7.45	8.75
1982	7.35	8.79
1983	7.22	8.83
1984	7.08	8.85
1985	6.96	8.86
1986	6.84	8.86
1987	6.69	8.83
1988	6.52	8.79
1989	6.33	8.71
1990	6.14	8.61
1991	5.94	8.46
1992	5.74	8.27
1993	5.57	8.05
1994	5.44	7.8
1995	5.37	7.53
1996	5.31	7
1997	5.27	6.82
1998	5.24	6.64
1999	5.18	6.49
2000	5.14	6.32
2001	5.09	6.14
2002	5.03	5.97
2003	4.94	5.84
2004	4.86	5.71
2005	4.8	5.56
2006	4.75	5.41
2007	4.72	5.26
2008	4.66	5.11
2009	4.57	5
2010	4.45	4.81
2011	4.28	4.63
2012	4.12	4.63
2013	3.96	4.62
2014	3.84	4.62
2015	3.77	4.62
2016	3.69	4.61
2017	3.61	4.61
2018	3.54	4.61
2019	3.43	4.6
2020	3.36	4.6
2021	3.31	4.6
2022	3.26	4.59
2023	3.21	4.59

Kenya and Yemen demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Yemen

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Yemen
1960	15.7	19.7
1961	15.5	19.6
1962	15.3	19.6
1963	15.2	19.5
1964	15.1	19.4
1965	14.9	19.3
1966	14.8	19.2
1967	14.6	19.1
1968	14.5	18.9
1969	14.5	18.7
1970	14.4	18.4
1971	14.4	18.1
1972	14.3	17.8
1973	14.3	17.6
1974	14.3	17.3
1975	14.3	17
1976	14.3	16.8
1977	14.3	16.6
1978	14.3	16.3
1979	14.4	16.1
1980	14.5	15.9
1981	14.5	15.7
1982	14.6	15.5
1983	14.7	15.3
1984	14.8	15.1
1985	14.9	15
1986	15	14.9
1987	15	14.8
1988	15.1	14.7
1989	15.2	14.6
1990	15.3	14.6
1991	15.5	14.6
1992	15.6	14.6
1993	15.7	14.6
1994	15.9	14.6
1995	16	14.7
1996	16.1	14.8
1997	16.2	14.9
1998	16.4	15
1999	16.5	15.2
2000	16.7	15.4
2001	16.8	15.6
2002	17	15.8
2003	17.1	16
2004	17.3	16.2
2005	17.4	16.4
2006	17.5	16.7
2007	17.6	16.9
2008	17.7	17.2
2009	17.8	17.4
2010	17.9	17.7
2011	18.1	17.9
2012	18.2	18.1
2013	18.4	18.3
2014	18.5	18.5
2015	18.7	18.7
2016	18.9	18.8
2017	19.1	18.9
2018	19.3	19
2019	19.6	19.1
2020	19.8	19.1
2021	20	19.1
2022	20.3	19.2
2023	20.6	19.2
2024	20.8	19.3

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