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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Kenya	Colombia	Kenya
1960	15,606,209	7,695,307	-	-
1961	16,095,203	7,987,770	3.13%	3.8%
1962	16,599,029	8,299,308	3.13%	3.9%
1963	17,113,823	8,627,971	3.1%	3.96%
1964	17,637,411	8,973,535	3.06%	4.01%
1965	18,169,050	9,338,078	3.01%	4.06%
1966	18,702,688	9,717,816	2.94%	4.07%
1967	19,235,618	10,111,057	2.85%	4.05%
1968	19,766,796	10,518,823	2.76%	4.03%
1969	20,291,942	10,939,695	2.66%	4%
1970	20,811,782	11,368,791	2.56%	3.92%
1971	21,319,096	11,788,904	2.44%	3.7%
1972	21,819,563	12,206,060	2.35%	3.54%
1973	22,325,374	12,634,835	2.32%	3.51%
1974	22,833,469	13,070,078	2.28%	3.44%
1975	23,344,644	13,511,671	2.24%	3.38%
1976	23,858,810	13,957,623	2.2%	3.3%
1977	24,393,494	14,428,819	2.24%	3.38%
1978	24,950,337	14,934,126	2.28%	3.5%
1979	25,515,626	15,460,666	2.27%	3.53%
1980	26,104,498	16,018,459	2.31%	3.61%
1981	26,713,267	16,601,507	2.33%	3.64%
1982	27,338,331	17,206,175	2.34%	3.64%
1983	27,988,173	17,846,374	2.38%	3.72%
1984	28,642,690	18,514,906	2.34%	3.75%
1985	29,268,470	19,201,768	2.18%	3.71%
1986	29,879,112	19,901,646	2.09%	3.64%
1987	30,499,467	20,616,096	2.08%	3.59%
1988	31,130,524	21,356,219	2.07%	3.59%
1989	31,776,279	22,118,434	2.07%	3.57%
1990	32,440,069	22,892,651	2.09%	3.5%
1991	33,098,372	23,646,514	2.03%	3.29%
1992	33,760,571	24,382,460	2%	3.11%
1993	34,441,473	25,117,188	2.02%	3.01%
1994	35,127,410	25,857,130	1.99%	2.95%
1995	35,804,662	26,601,751	1.93%	2.88%
1996	36,462,745	27,344,211	1.84%	2.79%
1997	37,121,149	28,101,768	1.81%	2.77%
1998	37,792,165	28,888,057	1.81%	2.8%
1999	38,454,863	29,733,408	1.75%	2.93%
2000	39,089,934	30,642,890	1.65%	3.06%
2001	39,709,262	31,619,170	1.58%	3.19%
2002	40,324,680	32,629,808	1.55%	3.2%
2003	40,937,429	33,652,223	1.52%	3.13%
2004	41,543,171	34,713,455	1.48%	3.15%
2005	42,128,977	35,796,484	1.41%	3.12%
2006	42,691,084	36,904,008	1.33%	3.09%
2007	43,235,374	38,036,349	1.27%	3.07%
2008	43,758,808	39,206,351	1.21%	3.08%
2009	44,271,541	40,408,891	1.17%	3.07%
2010	44,777,319	41,598,567	1.14%	2.94%
2011	45,259,614	42,758,461	1.08%	2.79%
2012	45,715,810	43,888,303	1.01%	2.64%
2013	46,151,584	44,986,791	0.95%	2.5%
2014	46,565,429	46,051,440	0.9%	2.37%
2015	46,969,940	47,088,526	0.87%	2.25%
2016	47,437,512	48,139,687	1%	2.23%
2017	48,131,078	49,197,766	1.46%	2.2%
2018	49,024,465	50,207,107	1.86%	2.05%
2019	49,907,985	51,202,827	1.8%	1.98%
2020	50,629,997	52,217,334	1.45%	1.98%
2021	51,188,173	53,219,166	1.1%	1.92%
2022	51,737,944	54,252,461	1.07%	1.94%
2023	52,321,152	55,339,003	1.13%	2%
2024	52,886,363	56,432,944	1.08%	1.98%
2025	53,425,632	57,532,489	1.02%	1.95%
2026	53,936,234	58,636,403	0.96%	1.92%
2027	54,422,275	59,745,751	0.9%	1.89%
2028	54,885,123	60,860,444	0.85%	1.87%
2029	55,322,627	61,979,186	0.8%	1.84%
2030	55,736,477	63,102,241	0.75%	1.81%
2031	56,125,966	64,230,108	0.7%	1.79%
2032	56,490,496	65,359,031	0.65%	1.76%
2033	56,832,264	66,484,805	0.61%	1.72%
2034	57,151,619	67,604,628	0.56%	1.68%
2035	57,445,755	68,715,909	0.51%	1.64%
2036	57,716,869	69,818,887	0.47%	1.61%
2037	57,965,300	70,910,404	0.43%	1.56%
2038	58,190,082	71,990,929	0.39%	1.52%
2039	58,394,310	73,057,760	0.35%	1.48%
2040	58,576,452	74,108,858	0.31%	1.44%
2041	58,736,886	75,144,357	0.27%	1.4%
2042	58,878,126	76,161,719	0.24%	1.35%
2043	59,000,362	77,159,121	0.21%	1.31%
2044	59,104,592	78,134,979	0.18%	1.26%
2045	59,190,826	79,088,832	0.15%	1.22%
2046	59,259,758	80,022,371	0.12%	1.18%
2047	59,313,132	80,938,635	0.09%	1.15%
2048	59,351,262	81,837,657	0.06%	1.11%
2049	59,375,012	82,721,766	0.04%	1.08%
2050	59,385,355	83,593,232	0.02%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Colombia increased by 4,746,428 people (a 11.1% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Colombia gained 6,504,033 (a 13.7% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2006 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.1% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.