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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	France	Kenya	France	Kenya
1960	47,412,964	7,695,307	-	-
1961	47,905,982	7,987,770	1.04%	3.8%
1962	48,389,516	8,299,308	1.01%	3.9%
1963	48,877,567	8,627,971	1.01%	3.96%
1964	49,401,492	8,973,535	1.07%	4.01%
1965	49,877,725	9,338,078	0.96%	4.06%
1966	50,311,637	9,717,816	0.87%	4.07%
1967	50,722,791	10,111,057	0.82%	4.05%
1968	51,112,980	10,518,823	0.77%	4.03%
1969	51,536,014	10,939,695	0.83%	4%
1970	52,007,169	11,368,791	0.91%	3.92%
1971	52,499,553	11,788,904	0.95%	3.7%
1972	52,962,356	12,206,060	0.88%	3.54%
1973	53,392,161	12,634,835	0.81%	3.51%
1974	53,746,571	13,070,078	0.66%	3.44%
1975	54,002,853	13,511,671	0.48%	3.38%
1976	54,232,383	13,957,623	0.43%	3.3%
1977	54,486,467	14,428,819	0.47%	3.38%
1978	54,734,030	14,934,126	0.45%	3.5%
1979	54,979,851	15,460,666	0.45%	3.53%
1980	55,274,184	16,018,459	0.54%	3.61%
1981	55,603,353	16,601,507	0.6%	3.64%
1982	55,806,789	17,206,175	0.37%	3.64%
1983	56,108,330	17,846,374	0.54%	3.72%
1984	56,383,085	18,514,906	0.49%	3.75%
1985	56,665,619	19,201,768	0.5%	3.71%
1986	56,956,002	19,901,646	0.51%	3.64%
1987	57,266,167	20,616,096	0.54%	3.59%
1988	57,598,186	21,356,219	0.58%	3.59%
1989	57,943,062	22,118,434	0.6%	3.57%
1990	58,261,012	22,892,651	0.55%	3.5%
1991	58,554,242	23,646,514	0.5%	3.29%
1992	58,846,584	24,382,460	0.5%	3.11%
1993	59,103,094	25,117,188	0.44%	3.01%
1994	59,324,863	25,857,130	0.38%	2.95%
1995	59,541,294	26,601,751	0.36%	2.88%
1996	59,754,504	27,344,211	0.36%	2.79%
1997	59,968,066	28,101,768	0.36%	2.77%
1998	60,190,684	28,888,057	0.37%	2.8%
1999	60,501,986	29,733,408	0.52%	2.93%
2000	60,918,661	30,642,890	0.69%	3.06%
2001	61,364,377	31,619,170	0.73%	3.19%
2002	61,812,142	32,629,808	0.73%	3.2%
2003	62,249,855	33,652,223	0.71%	3.13%
2004	62,707,588	34,713,455	0.74%	3.15%
2005	63,180,854	35,796,484	0.75%	3.12%
2006	63,622,342	36,904,008	0.7%	3.09%
2007	64,016,890	38,036,349	0.62%	3.07%
2008	64,375,116	39,206,351	0.56%	3.08%
2009	64,706,436	40,408,891	0.51%	3.07%
2010	65,026,211	41,598,567	0.49%	2.94%
2011	65,340,830	42,758,461	0.48%	2.79%
2012	65,657,659	43,888,303	0.48%	2.64%
2013	65,997,932	44,986,791	0.52%	2.5%
2014	66,312,067	46,051,440	0.48%	2.37%
2015	66,548,272	47,088,526	0.36%	2.25%
2016	66,724,104	48,139,687	0.26%	2.23%
2017	66,918,020	49,197,766	0.29%	2.2%
2018	67,158,348	50,207,107	0.36%	2.05%
2019	67,382,061	51,202,827	0.33%	1.98%
2020	67,601,110	52,217,334	0.33%	1.98%
2021	67,842,811	53,219,166	0.36%	1.92%
2022	68,184,457	54,252,461	0.5%	1.94%
2023	68,372,286	55,339,003	0.28%	2%
2024	68,551,653	56,432,944	0.26%	1.98%
2025	68,657,003	57,532,489	0.15%	1.95%
2026	68,755,474	58,636,403	0.14%	1.92%
2027	68,850,103	59,745,751	0.14%	1.89%
2028	68,943,198	60,860,444	0.14%	1.87%
2029	69,035,594	61,979,186	0.13%	1.84%
2030	69,127,642	63,102,241	0.13%	1.81%
2031	69,217,432	64,230,108	0.13%	1.79%
2032	69,307,184	65,359,031	0.13%	1.76%
2033	69,397,148	66,484,805	0.13%	1.72%
2034	69,488,653	67,604,628	0.13%	1.68%
2035	69,581,145	68,715,909	0.13%	1.64%
2036	69,671,156	69,818,887	0.13%	1.61%
2037	69,759,529	70,910,404	0.13%	1.56%
2038	69,842,775	71,990,929	0.12%	1.52%
2039	69,916,407	73,057,760	0.11%	1.48%
2040	69,983,876	74,108,858	0.1%	1.44%
2041	70,049,466	75,144,357	0.09%	1.4%
2042	70,112,592	76,161,719	0.09%	1.35%
2043	70,166,082	77,159,121	0.08%	1.31%
2044	70,208,621	78,134,979	0.06%	1.26%
2045	70,243,515	79,088,832	0.05%	1.22%
2046	70,267,943	80,022,371	0.03%	1.18%
2047	70,282,782	80,938,635	0.02%	1.15%
2048	70,289,191	81,837,657	0.009%	1.11%
2049	70,285,150	82,721,766	-0.006%	1.08%
2050	70,273,103	83,593,232	-0.02%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of France increased by 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, France gained 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2006 and is 23rd 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) France's population will grow by 2.21% to 70,273,103 people with a rank change from 23rd to 30th. The population of Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.