Population in Australia compared to Kenya: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and Kenya: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Kenya	Australia	Kenya
1960	10,276,477	7,695,307	-	-
1961	10,483,000	7,987,770	2.01%	3.8%
1962	10,742,000	8,299,308	2.47%	3.9%
1963	10,950,000	8,627,971	1.94%	3.96%
1964	11,167,000	8,973,535	1.98%	4.01%
1965	11,388,000	9,338,078	1.98%	4.06%
1966	11,651,000	9,717,816	2.31%	4.07%
1967	11,799,000	10,111,057	1.27%	4.05%
1968	12,009,000	10,518,823	1.78%	4.03%
1969	12,263,000	10,939,695	2.12%	4%
1970	12,507,000	11,368,791	1.99%	3.92%
1971	12,937,000	11,788,904	3.44%	3.7%
1972	13,177,000	12,206,060	1.86%	3.54%
1973	13,380,000	12,634,835	1.54%	3.51%
1974	13,723,000	13,070,078	2.56%	3.44%
1975	13,893,000	13,511,671	1.24%	3.38%
1976	14,033,000	13,957,623	1.01%	3.3%
1977	14,192,000	14,428,819	1.13%	3.38%
1978	14,358,000	14,934,126	1.17%	3.5%
1979	14,514,000	15,460,666	1.09%	3.53%
1980	14,692,000	16,018,459	1.23%	3.61%
1981	14,923,260	16,601,507	1.57%	3.64%
1982	15,184,247	17,206,175	1.75%	3.64%
1983	15,393,472	17,846,374	1.38%	3.72%
1984	15,579,391	18,514,906	1.21%	3.75%
1985	15,788,312	19,201,768	1.34%	3.71%
1986	16,018,350	19,901,646	1.46%	3.64%
1987	16,263,874	20,616,096	1.53%	3.59%
1988	16,532,164	21,356,219	1.65%	3.59%
1989	16,814,416	22,118,434	1.71%	3.57%
1990	17,065,128	22,892,651	1.49%	3.5%
1991	17,284,036	23,646,514	1.28%	3.29%
1992	17,478,635	24,382,460	1.13%	3.11%
1993	17,634,808	25,117,188	0.89%	3.01%
1994	17,805,468	25,857,130	0.97%	2.95%
1995	18,004,882	26,601,751	1.12%	2.88%
1996	18,224,767	27,344,211	1.22%	2.79%
1997	18,423,037	28,101,768	1.09%	2.77%
1998	18,607,584	28,888,057	1%	2.8%
1999	18,812,264	29,733,408	1.1%	2.93%
2000	19,028,802	30,642,890	1.15%	3.06%
2001	19,274,701	31,619,170	1.29%	3.19%
2002	19,495,210	32,629,808	1.14%	3.2%
2003	19,720,737	33,652,223	1.16%	3.13%
2004	19,932,722	34,713,455	1.07%	3.15%
2005	20,176,844	35,796,484	1.22%	3.12%
2006	20,450,966	36,904,008	1.36%	3.09%
2007	20,827,622	38,036,349	1.84%	3.07%
2008	21,249,199	39,206,351	2.02%	3.08%
2009	21,691,653	40,408,891	2.08%	3.07%
2010	22,031,750	41,598,567	1.57%	2.94%
2011	22,340,024	42,758,461	1.4%	2.79%
2012	22,733,465	43,888,303	1.76%	2.64%
2013	23,128,129	44,986,791	1.74%	2.5%
2014	23,475,686	46,051,440	1.5%	2.37%
2015	23,815,995	47,088,526	1.45%	2.25%
2016	24,190,907	48,139,687	1.57%	2.23%
2017	24,592,588	49,197,766	1.66%	2.2%
2018	24,963,258	50,207,107	1.51%	2.05%
2019	25,334,826	51,202,827	1.49%	1.98%
2020	25,649,248	52,217,334	1.24%	1.98%
2021	25,685,412	53,219,166	0.14%	1.92%
2022	26,014,399	54,252,461	1.28%	1.94%
2023	26,652,777	55,339,003	2.45%	2%
2024	27,204,809	56,432,944	2.07%	1.98%
2025	27,470,426	57,532,489	0.98%	1.95%
2026	27,728,157	58,636,403	0.94%	1.92%
2027	27,979,877	59,745,751	0.91%	1.89%
2028	28,228,958	60,860,444	0.89%	1.87%
2029	28,471,054	61,979,186	0.86%	1.84%
2030	28,707,292	63,102,241	0.83%	1.81%
2031	28,940,769	64,230,108	0.81%	1.79%
2032	29,169,013	65,359,031	0.79%	1.76%
2033	29,392,748	66,484,805	0.77%	1.72%
2034	29,614,137	67,604,628	0.75%	1.68%
2035	29,835,307	68,715,909	0.75%	1.64%
2036	30,056,752	69,818,887	0.74%	1.61%
2037	30,273,692	70,910,404	0.72%	1.56%
2038	30,488,994	71,990,929	0.71%	1.52%
2039	30,703,245	73,057,760	0.7%	1.48%
2040	30,916,122	74,108,858	0.69%	1.44%
2041	31,132,858	75,144,357	0.7%	1.4%
2042	31,352,893	76,161,719	0.71%	1.35%
2043	31,572,750	77,159,121	0.7%	1.31%
2044	31,790,565	78,134,979	0.69%	1.26%
2045	32,009,555	79,088,832	0.69%	1.22%
2046	32,232,946	80,022,371	0.7%	1.18%
2047	32,452,651	80,938,635	0.68%	1.15%
2048	32,672,016	81,837,657	0.68%	1.11%
2049	32,891,546	82,721,766	0.67%	1.08%
2050	33,105,190	83,593,232	0.65%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2005 and ranked 26th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.