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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Finland	Kenya	Finland	Kenya
1960	4,429,634	7,695,307	-	-
1961	4,461,005	7,987,770	0.71%	3.8%
1962	4,491,443	8,299,308	0.68%	3.9%
1963	4,523,309	8,627,971	0.71%	3.96%
1964	4,548,543	8,973,535	0.56%	4.01%
1965	4,563,732	9,338,078	0.33%	4.06%
1966	4,580,869	9,717,816	0.38%	4.07%
1967	4,605,744	10,111,057	0.54%	4.05%
1968	4,626,469	10,518,823	0.45%	4.03%
1969	4,623,785	10,939,695	-0.06%	4%
1970	4,606,307	11,368,791	-0.38%	3.92%
1971	4,612,124	11,788,904	0.13%	3.7%
1972	4,639,657	12,206,060	0.6%	3.54%
1973	4,666,081	12,634,835	0.57%	3.51%
1974	4,690,574	13,070,078	0.52%	3.44%
1975	4,711,440	13,511,671	0.44%	3.38%
1976	4,725,664	13,957,623	0.3%	3.3%
1977	4,738,902	14,428,819	0.28%	3.38%
1978	4,752,528	14,934,126	0.29%	3.5%
1979	4,764,690	15,460,666	0.26%	3.53%
1980	4,779,535	16,018,459	0.31%	3.61%
1981	4,799,964	16,601,507	0.43%	3.64%
1982	4,826,933	17,206,175	0.56%	3.64%
1983	4,855,787	17,846,374	0.6%	3.72%
1984	4,881,803	18,514,906	0.54%	3.75%
1985	4,902,206	19,201,768	0.42%	3.71%
1986	4,918,154	19,901,646	0.33%	3.64%
1987	4,932,123	20,616,096	0.28%	3.59%
1988	4,946,481	21,356,219	0.29%	3.59%
1989	4,964,371	22,118,434	0.36%	3.57%
1990	4,986,431	22,892,651	0.44%	3.5%
1991	5,013,740	23,646,514	0.55%	3.29%
1992	5,041,992	24,382,460	0.56%	3.11%
1993	5,066,447	25,117,188	0.49%	3.01%
1994	5,088,333	25,857,130	0.43%	2.95%
1995	5,107,790	26,601,751	0.38%	2.88%
1996	5,124,573	27,344,211	0.33%	2.79%
1997	5,139,835	28,101,768	0.3%	2.77%
1998	5,153,498	28,888,057	0.27%	2.8%
1999	5,165,474	29,733,408	0.23%	2.93%
2000	5,176,209	30,642,890	0.21%	3.06%
2001	5,188,008	31,619,170	0.23%	3.19%
2002	5,200,598	32,629,808	0.24%	3.2%
2003	5,213,014	33,652,223	0.24%	3.13%
2004	5,228,172	34,713,455	0.29%	3.15%
2005	5,246,096	35,796,484	0.34%	3.12%
2006	5,266,268	36,904,008	0.38%	3.09%
2007	5,288,720	38,036,349	0.43%	3.07%
2008	5,313,399	39,206,351	0.47%	3.08%
2009	5,338,871	40,408,891	0.48%	3.07%
2010	5,363,352	41,598,567	0.46%	2.94%
2011	5,388,272	42,758,461	0.46%	2.79%
2012	5,413,971	43,888,303	0.48%	2.64%
2013	5,438,972	44,986,791	0.46%	2.5%
2014	5,461,512	46,051,440	0.41%	2.37%
2015	5,479,531	47,088,526	0.33%	2.25%
2016	5,495,303	48,139,687	0.29%	2.23%
2017	5,508,214	49,197,766	0.23%	2.2%
2018	5,515,525	50,207,107	0.13%	2.05%
2019	5,521,606	51,202,827	0.11%	1.98%
2020	5,529,543	52,217,334	0.14%	1.98%
2021	5,541,017	53,219,166	0.21%	1.92%
2022	5,556,106	54,252,461	0.27%	1.94%
2023	5,583,911	55,339,003	0.5%	2%
2024	5,619,911	56,432,944	0.64%	1.98%
2025	5,625,932	57,532,489	0.11%	1.95%
2026	5,624,333	58,636,403	-0.03%	1.92%
2027	5,618,598	59,745,751	-0.1%	1.89%
2028	5,611,400	60,860,444	-0.13%	1.87%
2029	5,603,365	61,979,186	-0.14%	1.84%
2030	5,594,631	63,102,241	-0.16%	1.81%
2031	5,585,302	64,230,108	-0.17%	1.79%
2032	5,575,456	65,359,031	-0.18%	1.76%
2033	5,565,204	66,484,805	-0.18%	1.72%
2034	5,554,448	67,604,628	-0.19%	1.68%
2035	5,543,219	68,715,909	-0.2%	1.64%
2036	5,531,603	69,818,887	-0.21%	1.61%
2037	5,519,668	70,910,404	-0.22%	1.56%
2038	5,507,536	71,990,929	-0.22%	1.52%
2039	5,495,296	73,057,760	-0.22%	1.48%
2040	5,483,053	74,108,858	-0.22%	1.44%
2041	5,470,834	75,144,357	-0.22%	1.4%
2042	5,458,532	76,161,719	-0.22%	1.35%
2043	5,446,086	77,159,121	-0.23%	1.31%
2044	5,433,513	78,134,979	-0.23%	1.26%
2045	5,420,858	79,088,832	-0.23%	1.22%
2046	5,408,069	80,022,371	-0.24%	1.18%
2047	5,395,098	80,938,635	-0.24%	1.15%
2048	5,381,776	81,837,657	-0.25%	1.11%
2049	5,368,125	82,721,766	-0.25%	1.08%
2050	5,354,121	83,593,232	-0.26%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Finland increased by 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Finland gained 129,030 (a 2.35% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2006 and is 120th 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) Finland's population will shrink by 4.8% to 5,354,121 people with a rank change from 120th to 127th. The population of Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.