Kenya vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 45th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Kenya and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Zimbabwe
1960	$791,265,459	$1,052,990,485
1961	$792,959,473	$1,096,646,688
1962	$868,111,401	$1,117,601,690
1963	$926,589,349	$1,159,511,793
1964	$998,759,334	$1,217,138,098
1965	$997,919,321	$1,311,435,906
1966	$1,164,519,674	$1,281,749,603
1967	$1,232,559,507	$1,397,002,112
1968	$1,353,295,459	$1,479,600,019
1969	$1,458,379,417	$1,747,998,941
1970	$1,603,447,359	$1,884,206,452
1971	$1,778,391,289	$2,178,716,475
1972	$2,107,279,157	$2,677,729,616
1973	$2,509,001,324	$3,309,353,866
1974	$2,969,958,812	$3,982,161,721
1975	$3,259,345,083	$4,371,301,052
1976	$3,474,542,392	$4,318,372,348
1977	$4,494,378,764	$4,364,382,451
1978	$5,303,735,111	$4,351,600,850
1979	$6,234,391,113	$5,177,459,817
1980	$7,265,315,820	$6,678,868,738
1981	$6,854,491,706	$8,011,374,445
1982	$6,431,579,357	$8,539,701,388
1983	$5,979,198,314	$7,764,067,625
1984	$6,191,437,070	$6,352,126,411
1985	$6,135,034,214	$5,637,259,754
1986	$7,239,126,568	$6,217,524,201
1987	$7,970,820,369	$6,741,215,643
1988	$8,355,380,879	$7,814,784,729
1989	$8,283,114,514	$8,286,323,367
1990	$8,572,359,038	$8,783,817,407
1991	$8,151,488,783	$8,641,482,396
1992	$8,209,120,763	$6,751,472,744
1993	$5,751,786,643	$6,563,813,829
1994	$7,148,148,564	$6,890,675,555
1995	$9,046,320,255	$7,111,271,273
1996	$12,045,865,396	$8,553,147,289
1997	$13,115,764,358	$8,529,572,287
1998	$14,093,998,844	$6,401,968,715
1999	$12,896,010,459	$6,858,013,652
2000	$12,705,350,098	$6,689,958,139
2001	$12,986,007,426	$6,777,385,246
2002	$13,147,736,899	$6,342,116,911
2003	$14,904,517,650	$5,727,592,261
2004	$16,095,337,094	$5,805,598,867
2005	$18,737,895,513	$5,755,215,663
2006	$25,825,512,284	$5,443,896,938
2007	$31,958,195,182	$5,291,950,526
2008	$35,895,153,328	$4,415,703,156
2009	$42,347,217,913	$9,665,815,601
2010	$45,405,615,064	$12,041,602,762
2011	$46,869,473,151	$14,101,801,031
2012	$56,396,704,672	$17,114,762,914
2013	$61,671,440,408	$19,091,004,042
2014	$68,285,796,514	$19,495,547,523
2015	$70,120,446,897	$19,963,058,858
2016	$74,815,144,164	$20,548,759,858
2017	$82,036,510,877	$51,074,726,484
2018	$92,202,979,985	$34,156,057,417
2019	$100,378,436,207	$25,715,657,177
2020	$100,657,505,751	$26,868,564,055
2021	$109,703,658,905	$27,240,507,842
2022	$114,448,978,153	$32,789,657,378
2023	$108,038,588,971	$35,231,369,343
2024	$124,498,691,699	$44,187,704,410

Kenya and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Zimbabwe
1960	$102.8	$276.4
1961	$99.3	$279
1962	$104.6	$275.5
1963	$107.4	$277
1964	$111.3	$281.7
1965	$106.9	$294.1
1966	$119.8	$278.6
1967	$121.9	$294.2
1968	$128.7	$302
1969	$133.3	$346
1970	$141	$361
1971	$150.9	$405
1972	$172.6	$483
1973	$198.6	$579
1974	$227.2	$674
1975	$241.2	$717
1976	$248.9	$687
1977	$311	$677
1978	$355	$665
1979	$403	$779
1980	$454	$949
1981	$413	$1,068
1982	$374	$1,095
1983	$335	$959
1984	$334	$757
1985	$320	$649
1986	$364	$692
1987	$387	$726
1988	$391	$815
1989	$374	$840
1990	$374	$866
1991	$345	$831
1992	$337	$631
1993	$229	$604
1994	$276.4	$634
1995	$340	$648
1996	$441	$767
1997	$467	$750
1998	$488	$552
1999	$434	$582
2000	$415	$563
2001	$411	$566
2002	$403	$525
2003	$443	$468
2004	$464	$469
2005	$523	$461
2006	$700	$431
2007	$840	$413
2008	$916	$341
2009	$1,048	$735
2010	$1,092	$902
2011	$1,096	$1,037
2012	$1,285	$1,239
2013	$1,371	$1,362
2014	$1,483	$1,372
2015	$1,489	$1,386
2016	$1,554	$1,407
2017	$1,667	$3,448
2018	$1,836	$2,272
2019	$1,960	$1,684
2020	$1,928	$1,730
2021	$2,061	$1,724
2022	$2,110	$2,041
2023	$1,952	$2,156
2024	$2,206	$2,656

Kenya vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Zimbabwe
1950	36.9	49.4
1951	38	49.8
1952	38.6	50.2
1953	39.8	50.6
1954	41	51
1955	42.3	51.4
1956	43.5	51.8
1957	45.3	52.2
1958	46.5	52.6
1959	47.5	53
1960	48.5	53.5
1961	49.3	54
1962	50.1	54.5
1963	50.8	54.9
1964	51.3	55.4
1965	51.9	55.9
1966	52.4	56.4
1967	52.8	56.8
1968	53.3	57.1
1969	53.7	57.5
1970	54.1	57.8
1971	54.5	58
1972	55	58.2
1973	55.5	58.1
1974	56	58.2
1975	56.6	58.2
1976	57.2	57.6
1977	57.7	57
1978	58.2	54.7
1979	58.7	54.9
1980	59.2	59.1
1981	59.6	59.4
1982	59.9	59.9
1983	60.3	60
1984	60.6	60.6
1985	60.9	60.9
1986	60.8	61
1987	60.7	60.7
1988	60.3	60.2
1989	60	59.4
1990	58.3	58.3
1991	57.8	57
1992	57.1	55.6
1993	56.7	54
1994	56.1	52.5
1995	55.9	51.1
1996	55.6	49
1997	55.5	48.5
1998	55.6	47.6
1999	55.9	46.4
2000	56.1	46
2001	56.5	44.5
2002	56.8	45.9
2003	57.4	45.4
2004	57.9	46
2005	58.5	46.6
2006	59.1	47.1
2007	59.4	47.6
2008	60	48.5
2009	60.5	49.7
2010	60.9	51.9
2011	61.3	53.9
2012	61.5	55.4
2013	61.7	56.8
2014	62	58.1
2015	62.3	59
2016	62.5	59.8
2017	62.7	60.3
2018	62.8	60.9
2019	62.9	61.1
2020	61.6	61.5
2021	61.2	60.1
2022	63.5	62.4
2023	63.6	62.8
2024	63.8	63.1
2025	64	63.3

Kenya and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Zimbabwe
1960	7,695,307	3,809,389
1961	7,987,770	3,930,401
1962	8,299,308	4,055,959
1963	8,627,971	4,185,877
1964	8,973,535	4,320,006
1965	9,338,078	4,458,462
1966	9,717,816	4,601,217
1967	10,111,057	4,748,307
1968	10,518,823	4,900,440
1969	10,939,695	5,058,181
1970	11,368,791	5,215,918
1971	11,788,904	5,374,712
1972	12,206,060	5,542,445
1973	12,634,835	5,720,404
1974	13,070,078	5,908,328
1975	13,511,671	6,098,658
1976	13,957,623	6,287,105
1977	14,428,819	6,449,512
1978	14,934,126	6,543,575
1979	15,460,666	6,647,556
1980	16,018,459	7,041,303
1981	16,601,507	7,498,635
1982	17,206,175	7,796,496
1983	17,846,374	8,098,404
1984	18,514,906	8,391,488
1985	19,201,768	8,686,813
1986	19,901,646	8,982,578
1987	20,616,096	9,284,644
1988	21,356,219	9,583,094
1989	22,118,434	9,864,798
1990	22,892,651	10,137,281
1991	23,646,514	10,404,816
1992	24,382,460	10,702,700
1993	25,117,188	10,860,288
1994	25,857,130	10,873,148
1995	26,601,751	10,974,599
1996	27,344,211	11,158,360
1997	28,101,768	11,369,827
1998	28,888,057	11,594,297
1999	29,733,408	11,783,458
2000	30,642,890	11,892,055
2001	31,619,170	11,971,901
2002	32,629,808	12,087,653
2003	33,652,223	12,232,323
2004	34,713,455	12,365,896
2005	35,796,484	12,483,432
2006	36,904,008	12,636,445
2007	38,036,349	12,804,058
2008	39,206,351	12,959,149
2009	40,408,891	13,142,790
2010	41,598,567	13,356,548
2011	42,758,461	13,595,424
2012	43,888,303	13,817,887
2013	44,986,791	14,013,808
2014	46,051,440	14,207,359
2015	47,088,526	14,399,013
2016	48,139,687	14,600,294
2017	49,197,766	14,812,482
2018	50,207,107	15,034,452
2019	51,202,827	15,271,368
2020	52,217,334	15,526,888
2021	53,219,166	15,797,210
2022	54,252,461	16,069,056
2023	55,339,003	16,340,822
2024	56,432,944	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Kenya and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Kenya

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Zimbabwe
1960	7.65	7.2
1961	7.72	7.21
1962	7.77	7.23
1963	7.82	7.23
1964	7.87	7.23
1965	7.92	7.23
1966	7.96	7.2
1967	7.95	7.16
1968	7.95	7.11
1969	7.95	7.04
1970	7.94	6.98
1971	7.92	6.94
1972	7.89	6.94
1973	7.86	6.94
1974	7.82	6.88
1975	7.8	6.83
1976	7.77	6.77
1977	7.73	6.71
1978	7.67	6.66
1979	7.6	6.59
1980	7.53	6.52
1981	7.45	6.45
1982	7.35	6.33
1983	7.22	6.2
1984	7.08	6.04
1985	6.96	5.87
1986	6.84	5.69
1987	6.69	5.5
1988	6.52	5.28
1989	6.33	5.07
1990	6.14	4.88
1991	5.94	4.72
1992	5.74	4.57
1993	5.57	4.39
1994	5.44	4.28
1995	5.37	4.15
1996	5.31	4.11
1997	5.27	4.08
1998	5.24	4.07
1999	5.18	4.06
2000	5.14	4.01
2001	5.09	3.98
2002	5.03	3.93
2003	4.94	3.86
2004	4.86	3.78
2005	4.8	3.69
2006	4.75	3.64
2007	4.72	3.68
2008	4.66	3.78
2009	4.57	3.95
2010	4.45	4.04
2011	4.28	4.13
2012	4.12	4.13
2013	3.96	4.11
2014	3.84	4.01
2015	3.77	3.91
2016	3.69	3.83
2017	3.61	3.77
2018	3.54	3.74
2019	3.43	3.75
2020	3.36	3.75
2021	3.31	3.77
2022	3.26	3.77
2023	3.21	3.72

Kenya and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Zimbabwe
1960	15.7	16.4
1961	15.5	16.2
1962	15.3	16
1963	15.2	15.8
1964	15.1	15.7
1965	14.9	15.7
1966	14.8	15.7
1967	14.6	15.7
1968	14.5	15.7
1969	14.5	15.7
1970	14.4	15.7
1971	14.4	15.8
1972	14.3	15.8
1973	14.3	15.8
1974	14.3	15.9
1975	14.3	15.9
1976	14.3	15.8
1977	14.3	15.8
1978	14.3	15.7
1979	14.4	15.6
1980	14.5	15.6
1981	14.5	15.7
1982	14.6	15.8
1983	14.7	15.8
1984	14.8	15.8
1985	14.9	15.9
1986	15	15.9
1987	15	15.9
1988	15.1	15.9
1989	15.2	16.1
1990	15.3	16.3
1991	15.5	16.5
1992	15.6	16.4
1993	15.7	16.3
1994	15.9	16.4
1995	16	16.6
1996	16.1	16.9
1997	16.2	17.2
1998	16.4	17.5
1999	16.5	17.7
2000	16.7	17.8
2001	16.8	18
2002	17	18.1
2003	17.1	18.2
2004	17.3	18.3
2005	17.4	18.3
2006	17.5	18.5
2007	17.6	18.5
2008	17.7	18.5
2009	17.8	18.4
2010	17.9	18.3
2011	18.1	18.2
2012	18.2	18.1
2013	18.4	18
2014	18.5	18
2015	18.7	18
2016	18.9	18
2017	19.1	18.1
2018	19.3	18.2
2019	19.6	18.3
2020	19.8	18.5
2021	20	18.6
2022	20.3	18.7
2023	20.6	18.9
2024	20.8	19

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