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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	Kenya	Brunei	Kenya
1960	88,347	7,695,307	-	-
1961	92,517	7,987,770	4.72%	3.8%
1962	96,719	8,299,308	4.54%	3.9%
1963	101,159	8,627,971	4.59%	3.96%
1964	105,922	8,973,535	4.71%	4.01%
1965	110,838	9,338,078	4.64%	4.06%
1966	115,874	9,717,816	4.54%	4.07%
1967	121,017	10,111,057	4.44%	4.05%
1968	126,222	10,518,823	4.3%	4.03%
1969	131,446	10,939,695	4.14%	4%
1970	135,138	11,368,791	2.81%	3.92%
1971	137,921	11,788,904	2.06%	3.7%
1972	142,189	12,206,060	3.09%	3.54%
1973	147,369	12,634,835	3.64%	3.51%
1974	152,656	13,070,078	3.59%	3.44%
1975	158,070	13,511,671	3.55%	3.38%
1976	163,607	13,957,623	3.5%	3.3%
1977	169,277	14,428,819	3.47%	3.38%
1978	174,884	14,934,126	3.31%	3.5%
1979	180,422	15,460,666	3.17%	3.53%
1980	186,111	16,018,459	3.15%	3.61%
1981	191,977	16,601,507	3.15%	3.64%
1982	198,165	17,206,175	3.22%	3.64%
1983	204,741	17,846,374	3.32%	3.72%
1984	211,661	18,514,906	3.38%	3.75%
1985	218,919	19,201,768	3.43%	3.71%
1986	226,495	19,901,646	3.46%	3.64%
1987	233,860	20,616,096	3.25%	3.59%
1988	240,913	21,356,219	3.02%	3.59%
1989	248,064	22,118,434	2.97%	3.57%
1990	255,292	22,892,651	2.91%	3.5%
1991	262,596	23,646,514	2.86%	3.29%
1992	269,839	24,382,460	2.76%	3.11%
1993	276,971	25,117,188	2.64%	3.01%
1994	284,091	25,857,130	2.57%	2.95%
1995	291,195	26,601,751	2.5%	2.88%
1996	298,276	27,344,211	2.43%	2.79%
1997	305,341	28,101,768	2.37%	2.77%
1998	312,385	28,888,057	2.31%	2.8%
1999	319,411	29,733,408	2.25%	2.93%
2000	326,424	30,642,890	2.2%	3.06%
2001	333,345	31,619,170	2.12%	3.19%
2002	340,099	32,629,808	2.03%	3.2%
2003	346,637	33,652,223	1.92%	3.13%
2004	352,911	34,713,455	1.81%	3.15%
2005	358,916	35,796,484	1.7%	3.12%
2006	364,663	36,904,008	1.6%	3.09%
2007	370,873	38,036,349	1.7%	3.07%
2008	377,793	39,206,351	1.87%	3.08%
2009	384,952	40,408,891	1.89%	3.07%
2010	392,332	41,598,567	1.92%	2.94%
2011	399,389	42,758,461	1.8%	2.79%
2012	405,557	43,888,303	1.54%	2.64%
2013	411,202	44,986,791	1.39%	2.5%
2014	416,750	46,051,440	1.35%	2.37%
2015	422,212	47,088,526	1.31%	2.25%
2016	427,564	48,139,687	1.27%	2.23%
2017	432,772	49,197,766	1.22%	2.2%
2018	437,810	50,207,107	1.16%	2.05%
2019	442,680	51,202,827	1.11%	1.98%
2020	447,404	52,217,334	1.07%	1.98%
2021	451,721	53,219,166	0.96%	1.92%
2022	455,370	54,252,461	0.81%	1.94%
2023	458,949	55,339,003	0.79%	2%
2024	462,721	56,432,944	0.82%	1.98%
2025	466,324	57,532,489	0.78%	1.95%
2026	469,766	58,636,403	0.74%	1.92%
2027	473,148	59,745,751	0.72%	1.89%
2028	476,428	60,860,444	0.69%	1.87%
2029	479,491	61,979,186	0.64%	1.84%
2030	482,438	63,102,241	0.61%	1.81%
2031	485,308	64,230,108	0.59%	1.79%
2032	487,943	65,359,031	0.54%	1.76%
2033	490,424	66,484,805	0.51%	1.72%
2034	492,887	67,604,628	0.5%	1.68%
2035	495,286	68,715,909	0.49%	1.64%
2036	497,544	69,818,887	0.46%	1.61%
2037	499,693	70,910,404	0.43%	1.56%
2038	501,910	71,990,929	0.44%	1.52%
2039	504,061	73,057,760	0.43%	1.48%
2040	505,968	74,108,858	0.38%	1.44%
2041	507,800	75,144,357	0.36%	1.4%
2042	509,531	76,161,719	0.34%	1.35%
2043	511,124	77,159,121	0.31%	1.31%
2044	512,586	78,134,979	0.29%	1.26%
2045	514,047	79,088,832	0.29%	1.22%
2046	515,409	80,022,371	0.26%	1.18%
2047	516,596	80,938,635	0.23%	1.15%
2048	517,693	81,837,657	0.21%	1.11%
2049	518,684	82,721,766	0.19%	1.08%
2050	519,542	83,593,232	0.17%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Brunei increased by 62,901 people (a 17.2% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Brunei gained 42,238 (a 9.88% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2006 and is 170th in 2026. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2006 and ranked 25th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Brunei's population will grow by 10.6% to 519,542 people with a rank change from 170th to 171st. The population of Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.