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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Kenya	Egypt	Kenya
1960	26,896,479	7,695,307	-	-
1961	27,600,898	7,987,770	2.62%	3.8%
1962	28,337,013	8,299,308	2.67%	3.9%
1963	29,091,869	8,627,971	2.66%	3.96%
1964	29,858,922	8,973,535	2.64%	4.01%
1965	30,629,174	9,338,078	2.58%	4.06%
1966	31,406,541	9,717,816	2.54%	4.07%
1967	32,196,360	10,111,057	2.51%	4.05%
1968	32,998,319	10,518,823	2.49%	4.03%
1969	33,811,615	10,939,695	2.46%	4%
1970	34,623,990	11,368,791	2.4%	3.92%
1971	35,433,368	11,788,904	2.34%	3.7%
1972	36,258,328	12,206,060	2.33%	3.54%
1973	37,102,043	12,634,835	2.33%	3.51%
1974	37,969,667	13,070,078	2.34%	3.44%
1975	38,875,327	13,511,671	2.39%	3.38%
1976	39,795,557	13,957,623	2.37%	3.3%
1977	40,748,870	14,428,819	2.4%	3.38%
1978	41,761,431	14,934,126	2.48%	3.5%
1979	42,818,628	15,460,666	2.53%	3.53%
1980	43,950,413	16,018,459	2.64%	3.61%
1981	45,147,224	16,601,507	2.72%	3.64%
1982	46,407,611	17,206,175	2.79%	3.64%
1983	47,786,402	17,846,374	2.97%	3.72%
1984	49,247,334	18,514,906	3.06%	3.75%
1985	50,734,968	19,201,768	3.02%	3.71%
1986	52,206,295	19,901,646	2.9%	3.64%
1987	53,674,435	20,616,096	2.81%	3.59%
1988	55,187,681	21,356,219	2.82%	3.59%
1989	56,710,642	22,118,434	2.76%	3.57%
1990	58,396,618	22,892,651	2.97%	3.5%
1991	60,028,997	23,646,514	2.8%	3.29%
1992	61,480,660	24,382,460	2.42%	3.11%
1993	62,915,681	25,117,188	2.33%	3.01%
1994	64,285,589	25,857,130	2.18%	2.95%
1995	65,652,622	26,601,751	2.13%	2.88%
1996	67,028,048	27,344,211	2.1%	2.79%
1997	68,431,740	28,101,768	2.09%	2.77%
1998	69,943,294	28,888,057	2.21%	2.8%
1999	71,520,954	29,733,408	2.26%	2.93%
2000	73,083,284	30,642,890	2.18%	3.06%
2001	74,652,029	31,619,170	2.15%	3.19%
2002	76,239,137	32,629,808	2.13%	3.2%
2003	77,853,548	33,652,223	2.12%	3.13%
2004	79,477,443	34,713,455	2.09%	3.15%
2005	81,101,004	35,796,484	2.04%	3.12%
2006	82,700,403	36,904,008	1.97%	3.09%
2007	84,276,225	38,036,349	1.91%	3.07%
2008	85,864,789	39,206,351	1.88%	3.08%
2009	87,501,636	40,408,891	1.91%	3.07%
2010	89,196,072	41,598,567	1.94%	2.94%
2011	91,093,059	42,758,461	2.13%	2.79%
2012	93,161,001	43,888,303	2.27%	2.64%
2013	95,333,553	44,986,791	2.33%	2.5%
2014	97,528,654	46,051,440	2.3%	2.37%
2015	99,597,342	47,088,526	2.12%	2.25%
2016	101,644,589	48,139,687	2.06%	2.23%
2017	103,696,057	49,197,766	2.02%	2.2%
2018	105,682,094	50,207,107	1.92%	2.05%
2019	107,553,158	51,202,827	1.77%	1.98%
2020	109,315,124	52,217,334	1.64%	1.98%
2021	110,957,008	53,219,166	1.5%	1.92%
2022	112,618,250	54,252,461	1.5%	1.94%
2023	114,535,772	55,339,003	1.7%	2%
2024	116,538,258	56,432,944	1.75%	1.98%
2025	118,365,997	57,532,489	1.57%	1.95%
2026	120,101,181	58,636,403	1.47%	1.92%
2027	121,847,622	59,745,751	1.45%	1.89%
2028	123,608,457	60,860,444	1.45%	1.87%
2029	125,373,058	61,979,186	1.43%	1.84%
2030	127,139,323	63,102,241	1.41%	1.81%
2031	128,912,256	64,230,108	1.39%	1.79%
2032	130,695,084	65,359,031	1.38%	1.76%
2033	132,485,612	66,484,805	1.37%	1.72%
2034	134,287,838	67,604,628	1.36%	1.68%
2035	136,097,214	68,715,909	1.35%	1.64%
2036	137,913,263	69,818,887	1.33%	1.61%
2037	139,738,699	70,910,404	1.32%	1.56%
2038	141,565,835	71,990,929	1.31%	1.52%
2039	143,393,267	73,057,760	1.29%	1.48%
2040	145,213,662	74,108,858	1.27%	1.44%
2041	147,018,554	75,144,357	1.24%	1.4%
2042	148,800,785	76,161,719	1.21%	1.35%
2043	150,547,655	77,159,121	1.17%	1.31%
2044	152,255,332	78,134,979	1.13%	1.26%
2045	153,919,190	79,088,832	1.09%	1.22%
2046	155,535,951	80,022,371	1.05%	1.18%
2047	157,114,404	80,938,635	1.01%	1.15%
2048	158,657,392	81,837,657	0.98%	1.11%
2049	160,161,615	82,721,766	0.95%	1.08%
2050	161,630,197	83,593,232	0.92%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th 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) Egypt's population will grow by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.