Kenya vs Zambia statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 45th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Kenya and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Zambia
1960	$791,265,459	$698,739,721
1961	$792,959,473	$682,359,727
1962	$868,111,401	$679,279,729
1963	$926,589,349	$704,339,719
1964	$998,759,334	$822,639,671
1965	$997,919,321	$1,061,199,576
1966	$1,164,519,674	$1,238,999,505
1967	$1,232,559,507	$1,340,639,464
1968	$1,353,295,459	$1,573,739,371
1969	$1,458,379,417	$1,926,399,230
1970	$1,603,447,359	$1,788,779,285
1971	$1,778,391,289	$1,653,259,341
1972	$2,107,279,157	$1,872,416,680
1973	$2,509,001,324	$2,434,255,237
1974	$2,969,958,812	$2,910,981,262
1975	$3,259,345,083	$2,442,672,141
1976	$3,474,542,392	$2,742,859,263
1977	$4,494,378,764	$2,515,296,940
1978	$5,303,735,111	$2,811,032,473
1979	$6,234,391,113	$3,353,445,378
1980	$7,265,315,820	$3,884,530,854
1981	$6,854,491,706	$4,008,126,497
1982	$6,431,579,357	$3,871,117,093
1983	$5,979,198,314	$3,321,048,451
1984	$6,191,437,070	$2,719,518,933
1985	$6,135,034,214	$2,252,454,500
1986	$7,239,126,568	$1,664,413,508
1987	$7,970,820,369	$2,265,250,972
1988	$8,355,380,879	$3,728,878,149
1989	$8,283,114,514	$3,994,673,161
1990	$8,572,359,038	$3,288,381,797
1991	$8,151,488,783	$3,376,806,697
1992	$8,209,120,763	$3,182,810,841
1993	$5,751,786,643	$3,273,505,344
1994	$7,148,148,564	$3,656,806,166
1995	$9,046,320,255	$3,806,983,413
1996	$12,045,865,396	$3,597,220,962
1997	$13,115,764,358	$4,303,288,480
1998	$14,093,998,844	$3,537,741,942
1999	$12,896,010,459	$3,404,284,891
2000	$12,705,350,098	$3,600,632,111
2001	$12,986,007,426	$4,094,441,301
2002	$13,147,736,899	$4,193,850,445
2003	$14,904,517,650	$4,901,869,764
2004	$16,095,337,094	$6,221,110,219
2005	$18,737,895,513	$8,331,870,169
2006	$25,825,512,284	$12,756,858,899
2007	$31,958,195,182	$14,056,957,976
2008	$35,895,153,328	$17,910,858,638
2009	$42,347,217,913	$15,328,342,304
2010	$45,405,615,064	$20,265,559,484
2011	$46,869,473,151	$23,459,515,276
2012	$56,396,704,672	$25,503,060,420
2013	$61,671,440,408	$28,037,239,463
2014	$68,285,796,514	$27,141,023,558
2015	$70,120,446,897	$21,251,216,799
2016	$74,815,144,164	$20,958,412,538
2017	$82,036,510,877	$25,873,601,261
2018	$92,202,979,985	$26,311,507,274
2019	$100,378,436,207	$23,308,667,781
2020	$100,657,505,751	$18,137,764,931
2021	$109,703,658,905	$22,096,416,932
2022	$114,448,978,153	$29,163,782,140
2023	$108,038,588,971	$27,577,956,471
2024	$124,498,691,699	$26,325,775,287

Kenya and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Zambia
1960	$102.8	$221.6
1961	$99.3	$209.7
1962	$104.6	$202.3
1963	$107.4	$203.2
1964	$111.3	$230
1965	$106.9	$287.4
1966	$119.8	$325
1967	$121.9	$341
1968	$128.7	$387
1969	$133.3	$459
1970	$141	$414
1971	$150.9	$372
1972	$172.6	$410
1973	$198.6	$518
1974	$227.2	$601
1975	$241.2	$490
1976	$248.9	$533
1977	$311	$474
1978	$355	$514
1979	$403	$595
1980	$454	$669
1981	$413	$670
1982	$374	$627
1983	$335	$520
1984	$334	$413
1985	$320	$332
1986	$364	$238.2
1987	$387	$315
1988	$391	$504
1989	$374	$526
1990	$374	$422
1991	$345	$423
1992	$337	$389
1993	$229	$391
1994	$276.4	$426
1995	$340	$433
1996	$441	$400
1997	$467	$466
1998	$488	$373
1999	$434	$350
2000	$415	$359
2001	$411	$397
2002	$403	$394
2003	$443	$446
2004	$464	$549
2005	$523	$711
2006	$700	$1,052
2007	$840	$1,119
2008	$916	$1,376
2009	$1,048	$1,136
2010	$1,092	$1,451
2011	$1,096	$1,625
2012	$1,285	$1,710
2013	$1,371	$1,821
2014	$1,483	$1,707
2015	$1,489	$1,296
2016	$1,554	$1,239
2017	$1,667	$1,483
2018	$1,836	$1,464
2019	$1,960	$1,259
2020	$1,928	$952
2021	$2,061	$1,127
2022	$2,110	$1,447
2023	$1,952	$1,331
2024	$2,206	$1,235

Kenya vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Zambia
1950	36.9	46.8
1951	38	47.2
1952	38.6	47.6
1953	39.8	48
1954	41	48.4
1955	42.3	48.8
1956	43.5	49.1
1957	45.3	49.5
1958	46.5	49.9
1959	47.5	50.3
1960	48.5	50.6
1961	49.3	51
1962	50.1	51.3
1963	50.8	51.6
1964	51.3	51.2
1965	51.9	52.1
1966	52.4	52.3
1967	52.8	52.5
1968	53.3	52.7
1969	53.7	53
1970	54.1	53.4
1971	54.5	53.9
1972	55	54.4
1973	55.5	54.9
1974	56	55.4
1975	56.6	55.7
1976	57.2	56.1
1977	57.7	56.3
1978	58.2	56.3
1979	58.7	56
1980	59.2	55.5
1981	59.6	55
1982	59.9	54.4
1983	60.3	53.7
1984	60.6	52.9
1985	60.9	52
1986	60.8	51.1
1987	60.7	50.4
1988	60.3	49.7
1989	60	48.9
1990	58.3	48.2
1991	57.8	47.4
1992	57.1	47
1993	56.7	46.7
1994	56.1	46.3
1995	55.9	46.1
1996	55.6	45.8
1997	55.5	45.7
1998	55.6	45.7
1999	55.9	45.9
2000	56.1	46.6
2001	56.5	47.4
2002	56.8	48.5
2003	57.4	49.6
2004	57.9	50.5
2005	58.5	51.6
2006	59.1	52.7
2007	59.4	53.7
2008	60	54.8
2009	60.5	55.9
2010	60.9	56.9
2011	61.3	57.8
2012	61.5	58.7
2013	61.7	59.4
2014	62	60.1
2015	62.3	60.7
2016	62.5	61.1
2017	62.7	61.6
2018	62.8	62.1
2019	62.9	62.9
2020	61.6	63.4
2021	61.2	62.4
2022	63.5	65.3
2023	63.6	66.3
2024	63.8	66.5
2025	64	66.7

Kenya and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Zambia
1960	7,695,307	3,153,729
1961	7,987,770	3,254,086
1962	8,299,308	3,358,099
1963	8,627,971	3,465,907
1964	8,973,535	3,577,017
1965	9,338,078	3,692,086
1966	9,717,816	3,812,003
1967	10,111,057	3,936,343
1968	10,518,823	4,065,593
1969	10,939,695	4,197,116
1970	11,368,791	4,321,718
1971	11,788,904	4,442,525
1972	12,206,060	4,569,309
1973	12,634,835	4,702,693
1974	13,070,078	4,842,746
1975	13,511,671	4,990,086
1976	13,957,623	5,143,842
1977	14,428,819	5,302,480
1978	14,934,126	5,465,374
1979	15,460,666	5,631,728
1980	16,018,459	5,802,833
1981	16,601,507	5,983,289
1982	17,206,175	6,178,637
1983	17,846,374	6,381,038
1984	18,514,906	6,580,490
1985	19,201,768	6,780,953
1986	19,901,646	6,986,471
1987	20,616,096	7,191,282
1988	21,356,219	7,391,440
1989	22,118,434	7,589,216
1990	22,892,651	7,786,169
1991	23,646,514	7,981,650
1992	24,382,460	8,176,680
1993	25,117,188	8,373,921
1994	25,857,130	8,576,269
1995	26,601,751	8,785,763
1996	27,344,211	9,004,053
1997	28,101,768	9,237,063
1998	28,888,057	9,482,408
1999	29,733,408	9,740,005
2000	30,642,890	10,017,631
2001	31,619,170	10,325,185
2002	32,629,808	10,647,949
2003	33,652,223	10,983,595
2004	34,713,455	11,338,198
2005	35,796,484	11,718,819
2006	36,904,008	12,129,553
2007	38,036,349	12,565,085
2008	39,206,351	13,021,324
2009	40,408,891	13,490,389
2010	41,598,567	13,965,594
2011	42,758,461	14,437,796
2012	43,888,303	14,913,629
2013	44,986,791	15,398,997
2014	46,051,440	15,895,315
2015	47,088,526	16,399,089
2016	48,139,687	16,914,423
2017	49,197,766	17,441,320
2018	50,207,107	17,973,569
2019	51,202,827	18,513,839
2020	52,217,334	19,059,395
2021	53,219,166	19,603,607
2022	54,252,461	20,152,938
2023	55,339,003	20,723,965
2024	56,432,944	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Kenya and Zambia

Fertility rate

Kenya

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Zambia
1960	7.65	6.95
1961	7.72	6.98
1962	7.77	7.01
1963	7.82	7.06
1964	7.87	7.09
1965	7.92	7.12
1966	7.96	7.14
1967	7.95	7.15
1968	7.95	7.18
1969	7.95	7.18
1970	7.94	7.22
1971	7.92	7.26
1972	7.89	7.3
1973	7.86	7.34
1974	7.82	7.36
1975	7.8	7.42
1976	7.77	7.39
1977	7.73	7.35
1978	7.67	7.29
1979	7.6	7.22
1980	7.53	7.14
1981	7.45	7.07
1982	7.35	7.04
1983	7.22	7.01
1984	7.08	6.97
1985	6.96	6.93
1986	6.84	6.87
1987	6.69	6.8
1988	6.52	6.7
1989	6.33	6.64
1990	6.14	6.57
1991	5.94	6.46
1992	5.74	6.35
1993	5.57	6.3
1994	5.44	6.26
1995	5.37	6.23
1996	5.31	6.18
1997	5.27	6.12
1998	5.24	6.07
1999	5.18	6
2000	5.14	5.92
2001	5.09	5.85
2002	5.03	5.77
2003	4.94	5.71
2004	4.86	5.7
2005	4.8	5.7
2006	4.75	5.68
2007	4.72	5.61
2008	4.66	5.53
2009	4.57	5.45
2010	4.45	5.36
2011	4.28	5.26
2012	4.12	5.14
2013	3.96	5.01
2014	3.84	4.89
2015	3.77	4.78
2016	3.69	4.67
2017	3.61	4.57
2018	3.54	4.49
2019	3.43	4.42
2020	3.36	4.32
2021	3.31	4.25
2022	3.26	4.18
2023	3.21	4.1

Kenya and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Zambia
1960	15.7	17
1961	15.5	16.9
1962	15.3	16.8
1963	15.2	16.7
1964	15.1	16.6
1965	14.9	16.6
1966	14.8	16.5
1967	14.6	16.5
1968	14.5	16.4
1969	14.5	16.4
1970	14.4	16.2
1971	14.4	16.1
1972	14.3	15.9
1973	14.3	15.8
1974	14.3	15.7
1975	14.3	15.5
1976	14.3	15.4
1977	14.3	15.4
1978	14.3	15.3
1979	14.4	15.3
1980	14.5	15.2
1981	14.5	15.3
1982	14.6	15.3
1983	14.7	15.4
1984	14.8	15.4
1985	14.9	15.5
1986	15	15.5
1987	15	15.6
1988	15.1	15.6
1989	15.2	15.7
1990	15.3	15.7
1991	15.5	15.7
1992	15.6	15.8
1993	15.7	15.8
1994	15.9	15.8
1995	16	15.8
1996	16.1	15.8
1997	16.2	15.8
1998	16.4	15.8
1999	16.5	15.8
2000	16.7	15.9
2001	16.8	15.9
2002	17	16
2003	17.1	16.1
2004	17.3	16.2
2005	17.4	16.3
2006	17.5	16.3
2007	17.6	16.4
2008	17.7	16.5
2009	17.8	16.6
2010	17.9	16.7
2011	18.1	16.8
2012	18.2	16.9
2013	18.4	17
2014	18.5	17.1
2015	18.7	17.2
2016	18.9	17.4
2017	19.1	17.5
2018	19.3	17.7
2019	19.6	17.9
2020	19.8	18
2021	20	18.2
2022	20.3	18.4
2023	20.6	18.6
2024	20.8	18.8

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