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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Djibouti	Kenya	Djibouti	Kenya
1960	86,024	7,695,307	-	-
1961	89,390	7,987,770	3.91%	3.8%
1962	93,283	8,299,308	4.36%	3.9%
1963	97,872	8,627,971	4.92%	3.96%
1964	103,198	8,973,535	5.44%	4.01%
1965	109,092	9,338,078	5.71%	4.06%
1966	115,269	9,717,816	5.66%	4.07%
1967	121,649	10,111,057	5.53%	4.05%
1968	128,250	10,518,823	5.43%	4.03%
1969	136,078	10,939,695	6.1%	4%
1970	145,175	11,368,791	6.69%	3.92%
1971	155,136	11,788,904	6.86%	3.7%
1972	166,256	12,206,060	7.17%	3.54%
1973	178,449	12,634,835	7.33%	3.51%
1974	192,613	13,070,078	7.94%	3.44%
1975	209,908	13,511,671	8.98%	3.38%
1976	230,737	13,957,623	9.92%	3.3%
1977	254,613	14,428,819	10.3%	3.38%
1978	280,031	14,934,126	9.98%	3.5%
1979	304,513	15,460,666	8.74%	3.53%
1980	325,815	16,018,459	7%	3.61%
1981	343,047	16,601,507	5.29%	3.64%
1982	356,880	17,206,175	4.03%	3.64%
1983	369,553	17,846,374	3.55%	3.72%
1984	384,053	18,514,906	3.92%	3.75%
1985	402,687	19,201,768	4.85%	3.71%
1986	426,341	19,901,646	5.87%	3.64%
1987	454,399	20,616,096	6.58%	3.59%
1988	484,523	21,356,219	6.63%	3.59%
1989	523,355	22,118,434	8.01%	3.57%
1990	579,538	22,892,651	10.7%	3.5%
1991	631,092	23,646,514	8.9%	3.29%
1992	626,010	24,382,460	-0.81%	3.11%
1993	614,245	25,117,188	-1.88%	3.01%
1994	626,710	25,857,130	2.03%	2.95%
1995	633,074	26,601,751	1.02%	2.88%
1996	648,348	27,344,211	2.41%	2.79%
1997	671,817	28,101,768	3.62%	2.77%
1998	699,352	28,888,057	4.1%	2.8%
1999	724,218	29,733,408	3.56%	2.93%
2000	747,318	30,642,890	3.19%	3.06%
2001	771,313	31,619,170	3.21%	3.19%
2002	795,574	32,629,808	3.15%	3.2%
2003	813,519	33,652,223	2.26%	3.13%
2004	826,124	34,713,455	1.55%	3.15%
2005	839,167	35,796,484	1.58%	3.12%
2006	855,764	36,904,008	1.98%	3.09%
2007	874,528	38,036,349	2.19%	3.07%
2008	892,734	39,206,351	2.08%	3.08%
2009	911,527	40,408,891	2.11%	3.07%
2010	930,251	41,598,567	2.05%	2.94%
2011	948,558	42,758,461	1.97%	2.79%
2012	966,747	43,888,303	1.92%	2.64%
2013	984,824	44,986,791	1.87%	2.5%
2014	1,002,717	46,051,440	1.82%	2.37%
2015	1,020,313	47,088,526	1.75%	2.25%
2016	1,037,653	48,139,687	1.7%	2.23%
2017	1,054,841	49,197,766	1.66%	2.2%
2018	1,071,882	50,207,107	1.62%	2.05%
2019	1,088,709	51,202,827	1.57%	1.98%
2020	1,105,188	52,217,334	1.51%	1.98%
2021	1,121,248	53,219,166	1.45%	1.92%
2022	1,137,096	54,252,461	1.41%	1.94%
2023	1,152,944	55,339,003	1.39%	2%
2024	1,168,722	56,432,944	1.37%	1.98%
2025	1,184,076	57,532,489	1.31%	1.95%
2026	1,199,453	58,636,403	1.3%	1.92%
2027	1,215,019	59,745,751	1.3%	1.89%
2028	1,230,584	60,860,444	1.28%	1.87%
2029	1,246,669	61,979,186	1.31%	1.84%
2030	1,262,678	63,102,241	1.28%	1.81%
2031	1,278,340	64,230,108	1.24%	1.79%
2032	1,293,443	65,359,031	1.18%	1.76%
2033	1,307,796	66,484,805	1.11%	1.72%
2034	1,321,611	67,604,628	1.06%	1.68%
2035	1,335,496	68,715,909	1.05%	1.64%
2036	1,349,357	69,818,887	1.04%	1.61%
2037	1,363,478	70,910,404	1.05%	1.56%
2038	1,377,783	71,990,929	1.05%	1.52%
2039	1,391,875	73,057,760	1.02%	1.48%
2040	1,406,628	74,108,858	1.06%	1.44%
2041	1,421,789	75,144,357	1.08%	1.4%
2042	1,436,439	76,161,719	1.03%	1.35%
2043	1,449,557	77,159,121	0.91%	1.31%
2044	1,461,638	78,134,979	0.83%	1.26%
2045	1,474,036	79,088,832	0.85%	1.22%
2046	1,486,457	80,022,371	0.84%	1.18%
2047	1,498,043	80,938,635	0.78%	1.15%
2048	1,508,873	81,837,657	0.72%	1.11%
2049	1,519,716	82,721,766	0.72%	1.08%
2050	1,530,539	83,593,232	0.71%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,146 people (a 21.6% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Djibouti gained 176,115 (a 17.3% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

Djibouti was ranked 158th most populous country in 2005 and is still 158th 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) Djibouti's population will grow by 27.9% to 1,530,539 people with a rank change from 158th to 151st. The population of Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.