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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Denmark was 5,976,992 in 2024 vs 56,432,944 people in Kenya in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Denmark's population is 6,018,959 people compared to 58,419,239 in Kenya.

Population statistics:

  • Kenya's population is 9.71 times bigger than Denmark's.
  • Denmark is ranked the 114th most populous country in the world, while Kenya is the 26th.
  • The countries together account for 0.78% of the world: 0.07% for Denmark vs 0.71% for Kenya.
  • For the last 10 years, Denmark has had an average growth rate of +0.57% per year vs +2.08% in Kenya.
  • Since 2005, the population of Denmark has increased from 5.42M people to 6.02M (11.1% growth), while Kenya has grown from 35.8M to 58.4M (63.2% growth).
  • Denmark is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 6.14M people compared to the peak of 104M people in 2098 for Kenya.

Denmark vs Kenya: live population counter

Denmark Kenya
Current population
6018959
58419239
Population rank 114/197 26/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.71%
One net population change
17.5 minutes
28.8 seconds
One birth every
9.11 minutes
21 seconds
One death every
9.02 minutes
1.32 minutes
One migration net change every
20.5 minutes
26.6 minutes
Annual migration change +25,639 -19,781
Daily growth/decline +82 +2,997
Annual growth/decline +30,040 +1,093,941
Annual growth/decline rate +0.51% +1.98%
Population growth rate rank 133/197 55/197

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

Denmark
Population

Growth rate
Kenya
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Denmark Kenya Denmark Kenya
1960 4,579,603 7,695,307 - -
1961 4,611,687 7,987,770 0.7% 3.8%
1962 4,647,727 8,299,308 0.78% 3.9%
1963 4,684,483 8,627,971 0.79% 3.96%
1964 4,722,072 8,973,535 0.8% 4.01%
1965 4,759,012 9,338,078 0.78% 4.06%
1966 4,797,381 9,717,816 0.81% 4.07%
1967 4,835,354 10,111,057 0.79% 4.05%
1968 4,864,883 10,518,823 0.61% 4.03%
1969 4,891,860 10,939,695 0.55% 4%
1970 4,928,757 11,368,791 0.75% 3.92%
1971 4,963,126 11,788,904 0.7% 3.7%
1972 4,991,596 12,206,060 0.57% 3.54%
1973 5,021,861 12,634,835 0.61% 3.51%
1974 5,045,297 13,070,078 0.47% 3.44%
1975 5,059,862 13,511,671 0.29% 3.38%
1976 5,072,596 13,957,623 0.25% 3.3%
1977 5,088,419 14,428,819 0.31% 3.38%
1978 5,104,248 14,934,126 0.31% 3.5%
1979 5,116,801 15,460,666 0.25% 3.53%
1980 5,123,027 16,018,459 0.12% 3.61%
1981 5,121,572 16,601,507 -0.03% 3.64%
1982 5,117,810 17,206,175 -0.07% 3.64%
1983 5,114,297 17,846,374 -0.07% 3.72%
1984 5,111,619 18,514,906 -0.05% 3.75%
1985 5,113,691 19,201,768 0.04% 3.71%
1986 5,120,534 19,901,646 0.13% 3.64%
1987 5,127,024 20,616,096 0.13% 3.59%
1988 5,129,516 21,356,219 0.05% 3.59%
1989 5,132,594 22,118,434 0.06% 3.57%
1990 5,140,939 22,892,651 0.16% 3.5%
1991 5,154,298 23,646,514 0.26% 3.29%
1992 5,171,370 24,382,460 0.33% 3.11%
1993 5,188,628 25,117,188 0.33% 3.01%
1994 5,206,180 25,857,130 0.34% 2.95%
1995 5,233,373 26,601,751 0.52% 2.88%
1996 5,263,074 27,344,211 0.57% 2.79%
1997 5,284,991 28,101,768 0.42% 2.77%
1998 5,304,219 28,888,057 0.36% 2.8%
1999 5,321,799 29,733,408 0.33% 2.93%
2000 5,339,616 30,642,890 0.33% 3.06%
2001 5,358,783 31,619,170 0.36% 3.19%
2002 5,375,931 32,629,808 0.32% 3.2%
2003 5,390,574 33,652,223 0.27% 3.13%
2004 5,404,523 34,713,455 0.26% 3.15%
2005 5,419,432 35,796,484 0.28% 3.12%
2006 5,437,272 36,904,008 0.33% 3.09%
2007 5,461,438 38,036,349 0.44% 3.07%
2008 5,493,621 39,206,351 0.59% 3.08%
2009 5,523,095 40,408,891 0.54% 3.07%
2010 5,547,683 41,598,567 0.45% 2.94%
2011 5,570,572 42,758,461 0.41% 2.79%
2012 5,591,572 43,888,303 0.38% 2.64%
2013 5,614,932 44,986,791 0.42% 2.5%
2014 5,643,475 46,051,440 0.51% 2.37%
2015 5,683,483 47,088,526 0.71% 2.25%
2016 5,728,010 48,139,687 0.78% 2.23%
2017 5,764,980 49,197,766 0.65% 2.2%
2018 5,793,636 50,207,107 0.5% 2.05%
2019 5,814,422 51,202,827 0.36% 1.98%
2020 5,831,404 52,217,334 0.29% 1.98%
2021 5,856,733 53,219,166 0.43% 1.92%
2022 5,903,037 54,252,461 0.79% 1.94%
2023 5,946,952 55,339,003 0.74% 2%
2024 5,976,992 56,432,944 0.51% 1.98%
2025 6,002,090 57,532,489 0.42% 1.95%
2026 6,023,091 58,636,403 0.35% 1.92%
2027 6,041,010 59,745,751 0.3% 1.89%
2028 6,056,755 60,860,444 0.26% 1.87%
2029 6,070,186 61,979,186 0.22% 1.84%
2030 6,081,559 63,102,241 0.19% 1.81%
2031 6,091,513 64,230,108 0.16% 1.79%
2032 6,099,943 65,359,031 0.14% 1.76%
2033 6,107,156 66,484,805 0.12% 1.72%
2034 6,113,785 67,604,628 0.11% 1.68%
2035 6,119,365 68,715,909 0.09% 1.64%
2036 6,123,874 69,818,887 0.07% 1.61%
2037 6,127,386 70,910,404 0.06% 1.56%
2038 6,130,437 71,990,929 0.05% 1.52%
2039 6,132,752 73,057,760 0.04% 1.48%
2040 6,134,223 74,108,858 0.02% 1.44%
2041 6,135,120 75,144,357 0.01% 1.4%
2042 6,135,315 76,161,719 0.003% 1.35%
2043 6,135,244 77,159,121 -0.001% 1.31%
2044 6,134,789 78,134,979 -0.007% 1.26%
2045 6,134,218 79,088,832 -0.009% 1.22%
2046 6,133,182 80,022,371 -0.02% 1.18%
2047 6,131,427 80,938,635 -0.03% 1.15%
2048 6,129,548 81,837,657 -0.03% 1.11%
2049 6,127,293 82,721,766 -0.04% 1.08%
2050 6,124,397 83,593,232 -0.05% 1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 119th. The population of Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.

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