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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Chad	Kenya	Chad	Kenya
1960	3,049,838	7,695,307	-	-
1961	3,111,947	7,987,770	2.04%	3.8%
1962	3,175,598	8,299,308	2.05%	3.9%
1963	3,240,905	8,627,971	2.06%	3.96%
1964	3,307,479	8,973,535	2.05%	4.01%
1965	3,374,220	9,338,078	2.02%	4.06%
1966	3,440,903	9,717,816	1.98%	4.07%
1967	3,508,512	10,111,057	1.96%	4.05%
1968	3,578,231	10,518,823	1.99%	4.03%
1969	3,651,113	10,939,695	2.04%	4%
1970	3,727,828	11,368,791	2.1%	3.92%
1971	3,807,316	11,788,904	2.13%	3.7%
1972	3,893,252	12,206,060	2.26%	3.54%
1973	3,985,909	12,634,835	2.38%	3.51%
1974	4,078,356	13,070,078	2.32%	3.44%
1975	4,167,234	13,511,671	2.18%	3.38%
1976	4,251,297	13,957,623	2.02%	3.3%
1977	4,331,667	14,428,819	1.89%	3.38%
1978	4,411,366	14,934,126	1.84%	3.5%
1979	4,505,384	15,460,666	2.13%	3.53%
1980	4,515,453	16,018,459	0.22%	3.61%
1981	4,520,959	16,601,507	0.12%	3.64%
1982	4,738,483	17,206,175	4.81%	3.64%
1983	4,979,130	17,846,374	5.08%	3.72%
1984	5,045,145	18,514,906	1.33%	3.75%
1985	5,096,269	19,201,768	1.01%	3.71%
1986	5,251,069	19,901,646	3.04%	3.64%
1987	5,438,309	20,616,096	3.57%	3.59%
1988	5,625,602	21,356,219	3.44%	3.59%
1989	5,819,586	22,118,434	3.45%	3.57%
1990	5,982,833	22,892,651	2.81%	3.5%
1991	6,205,676	23,646,514	3.72%	3.29%
1992	6,474,656	24,382,460	4.33%	3.11%
1993	6,629,146	25,117,188	2.39%	3.01%
1994	6,783,450	25,857,130	2.33%	2.95%
1995	7,089,064	26,601,751	4.51%	2.88%
1996	7,410,108	27,344,211	4.53%	2.79%
1997	7,670,366	28,101,768	3.51%	2.77%
1998	7,938,840	28,888,057	3.5%	2.8%
1999	8,222,705	29,733,408	3.58%	2.93%
2000	8,512,093	30,642,890	3.52%	3.06%
2001	8,804,124	31,619,170	3.43%	3.19%
2002	9,116,192	32,629,808	3.54%	3.2%
2003	9,487,833	33,652,223	4.08%	3.13%
2004	9,920,036	34,713,455	4.56%	3.15%
2005	10,328,092	35,796,484	4.11%	3.12%
2006	10,706,424	36,904,008	3.66%	3.09%
2007	11,081,660	38,036,349	3.5%	3.07%
2008	11,476,296	39,206,351	3.56%	3.08%
2009	11,893,754	40,408,891	3.64%	3.07%
2010	12,312,575	41,598,567	3.52%	2.94%
2011	12,754,997	42,758,461	3.59%	2.79%
2012	13,210,998	43,888,303	3.58%	2.64%
2013	13,691,079	44,986,791	3.63%	2.5%
2014	14,188,678	46,051,440	3.63%	2.37%
2015	14,647,621	47,088,526	3.23%	2.25%
2016	15,114,655	48,139,687	3.19%	2.23%
2017	15,622,759	49,197,766	3.36%	2.2%
2018	16,156,531	50,207,107	3.42%	2.05%
2019	16,685,223	51,202,827	3.27%	1.98%
2020	17,224,679	52,217,334	3.23%	1.98%
2021	17,828,273	53,219,166	3.5%	1.92%
2022	18,455,316	54,252,461	3.52%	1.94%
2023	19,319,064	55,339,003	4.68%	2%
2024	20,299,123	56,432,944	5.07%	1.98%
2025	21,003,694	57,532,489	3.47%	1.95%
2026	21,560,377	58,636,403	2.65%	1.92%
2027	22,175,373	59,745,751	2.85%	1.89%
2028	22,847,740	60,860,444	3.03%	1.87%
2029	23,526,035	61,979,186	2.97%	1.84%
2030	24,207,481	63,102,241	2.9%	1.81%
2031	24,897,231	64,230,108	2.85%	1.79%
2032	25,596,224	65,359,031	2.81%	1.76%
2033	26,297,830	66,484,805	2.74%	1.72%
2034	26,997,395	67,604,628	2.66%	1.68%
2035	27,697,268	68,715,909	2.59%	1.64%
2036	28,410,489	69,818,887	2.58%	1.61%
2037	29,132,961	70,910,404	2.54%	1.56%
2038	29,856,451	71,990,929	2.48%	1.52%
2039	30,584,696	73,057,760	2.44%	1.48%
2040	31,307,329	74,108,858	2.36%	1.44%
2041	32,035,111	75,144,357	2.32%	1.4%
2042	32,777,662	76,161,719	2.32%	1.35%
2043	33,525,238	77,159,121	2.28%	1.31%
2044	34,272,313	78,134,979	2.23%	1.26%
2045	35,026,384	79,088,832	2.2%	1.22%
2046	35,788,056	80,022,371	2.17%	1.18%
2047	36,546,910	80,938,635	2.12%	1.15%
2048	37,317,460	81,837,657	2.11%	1.11%
2049	38,088,916	82,721,766	2.07%	1.08%
2050	38,857,671	83,593,232	2.02%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Chad increased by 4,408,231 people (a 41.2% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Chad gained 6,452,443 (a 42.7% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Chad was ranked 76th most populous country in 2006 and is 64th 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) Chad's population will grow by 80.2% to 38,857,671 people with a rank change from 64th to 52nd. The population of Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.