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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Kenya	Eritrea	Kenya
1960	972,547	7,695,307	-	-
1961	995,573	7,987,770	2.37%	3.8%
1962	1,019,788	8,299,308	2.43%	3.9%
1963	1,045,092	8,627,971	2.48%	3.96%
1964	1,071,287	8,973,535	2.51%	4.01%
1965	1,098,335	9,338,078	2.52%	4.06%
1966	1,124,957	9,717,816	2.42%	4.07%
1967	1,152,339	10,111,057	2.43%	4.05%
1968	1,181,737	10,518,823	2.55%	4.03%
1969	1,212,005	10,939,695	2.56%	4%
1970	1,243,453	11,368,791	2.59%	3.92%
1971	1,276,154	11,788,904	2.63%	3.7%
1972	1,309,235	12,206,060	2.59%	3.54%
1973	1,342,669	12,634,835	2.55%	3.51%
1974	1,375,688	13,070,078	2.46%	3.44%
1975	1,408,210	13,511,671	2.36%	3.38%
1976	1,443,807	13,957,623	2.53%	3.3%
1977	1,482,565	14,428,819	2.68%	3.38%
1978	1,522,378	14,934,126	2.69%	3.5%
1979	1,563,332	15,460,666	2.69%	3.53%
1980	1,605,797	16,018,459	2.72%	3.61%
1981	1,649,939	16,601,507	2.75%	3.64%
1982	1,695,461	17,206,175	2.76%	3.64%
1983	1,736,160	17,846,374	2.4%	3.72%
1984	1,771,730	18,514,906	2.05%	3.75%
1985	1,807,816	19,201,768	2.04%	3.71%
1986	1,845,164	19,901,646	2.07%	3.64%
1987	1,888,669	20,616,096	2.36%	3.59%
1988	1,938,255	21,356,219	2.63%	3.59%
1989	1,987,017	22,118,434	2.52%	3.57%
1990	2,032,737	22,892,651	2.3%	3.5%
1991	1,919,571	23,646,514	-5.57%	3.29%
1992	1,798,748	24,382,460	-6.29%	3.11%
1993	1,856,006	25,117,188	3.18%	3.01%
1994	1,913,915	25,857,130	3.12%	2.95%
1995	2,025,267	26,601,751	5.82%	2.88%
1996	2,128,464	27,344,211	5.1%	2.79%
1997	2,152,135	28,101,768	1.11%	2.77%
1998	2,180,419	28,888,057	1.31%	2.8%
1999	2,212,780	29,733,408	1.48%	2.93%
2000	2,247,031	30,642,890	1.55%	3.06%
2001	2,312,079	31,619,170	2.89%	3.19%
2002	2,392,978	32,629,808	3.5%	3.2%
2003	2,493,903	33,652,223	4.22%	3.13%
2004	2,598,284	34,713,455	4.19%	3.15%
2005	2,661,215	35,796,484	2.42%	3.12%
2006	2,703,502	36,904,008	1.59%	3.09%
2007	2,743,222	38,036,349	1.47%	3.07%
2008	2,816,327	39,206,351	2.66%	3.08%
2009	2,887,885	40,408,891	2.54%	3.07%
2010	2,945,186	41,598,567	1.98%	2.94%
2011	2,998,485	42,758,461	1.81%	2.79%
2012	3,036,988	43,888,303	1.28%	2.64%
2013	3,074,360	44,986,791	1.23%	2.5%
2014	3,095,173	46,051,440	0.68%	2.37%
2015	3,105,546	47,088,526	0.34%	2.25%
2016	3,124,698	48,139,687	0.62%	2.23%
2017	3,150,347	49,197,766	0.82%	2.2%
2018	3,192,760	50,207,107	1.35%	2.05%
2019	3,240,194	51,202,827	1.49%	1.98%
2020	3,291,271	52,217,334	1.58%	1.98%
2021	3,350,183	53,219,166	1.79%	1.92%
2022	3,409,447	54,252,461	1.77%	1.94%
2023	3,470,390	55,339,003	1.79%	2%
2024	3,535,603	56,432,944	1.88%	1.98%
2025	3,606,996	57,532,489	2.02%	1.95%
2026	3,682,659	58,636,403	2.1%	1.92%
2027	3,760,368	59,745,751	2.11%	1.89%
2028	3,840,135	60,860,444	2.12%	1.87%
2029	3,920,467	61,979,186	2.09%	1.84%
2030	4,002,671	63,102,241	2.1%	1.81%
2031	4,085,037	64,230,108	2.06%	1.79%
2032	4,166,507	65,359,031	1.99%	1.76%
2033	4,249,501	66,484,805	1.99%	1.72%
2034	4,334,727	67,604,628	2.01%	1.68%
2035	4,420,915	68,715,909	1.99%	1.64%
2036	4,509,755	69,818,887	2.01%	1.61%
2037	4,601,933	70,910,404	2.04%	1.56%
2038	4,692,340	71,990,929	1.96%	1.52%
2039	4,780,469	73,057,760	1.88%	1.48%
2040	4,868,668	74,108,858	1.84%	1.44%
2041	4,954,481	75,144,357	1.76%	1.4%
2042	5,039,298	76,161,719	1.71%	1.35%
2043	5,124,256	77,159,121	1.69%	1.31%
2044	5,207,858	78,134,979	1.63%	1.26%
2045	5,292,756	79,088,832	1.63%	1.22%
2046	5,375,963	80,022,371	1.57%	1.18%
2047	5,456,488	80,938,635	1.5%	1.15%
2048	5,537,538	81,837,657	1.49%	1.11%
2049	5,617,348	82,721,766	1.44%	1.08%
2050	5,696,052	83,593,232	1.4%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st 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) Eritrea's population will grow by 55.3% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.