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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Kenya	Greece	Kenya
1960	8,331,725	7,695,307	-	-
1961	8,398,050	7,987,770	0.8%	3.8%
1962	8,448,233	8,299,308	0.6%	3.9%
1963	8,479,625	8,627,971	0.37%	3.96%
1964	8,510,429	8,973,535	0.36%	4.01%
1965	8,550,333	9,338,078	0.47%	4.06%
1966	8,613,651	9,717,816	0.74%	4.07%
1967	8,684,088	10,111,057	0.82%	4.05%
1968	8,740,765	10,518,823	0.65%	4.03%
1969	8,772,764	10,939,695	0.37%	4%
1970	8,792,806	11,368,791	0.23%	3.92%
1971	8,831,036	11,788,904	0.43%	3.7%
1972	8,888,628	12,206,060	0.65%	3.54%
1973	8,929,086	12,634,835	0.46%	3.51%
1974	8,962,022	13,070,078	0.37%	3.44%
1975	9,046,541	13,511,671	0.94%	3.38%
1976	9,188,150	13,957,623	1.57%	3.3%
1977	9,308,479	14,428,819	1.31%	3.38%
1978	9,429,959	14,934,126	1.31%	3.5%
1979	9,548,258	15,460,666	1.25%	3.53%
1980	9,642,505	16,018,459	0.99%	3.61%
1981	9,729,350	16,601,507	0.9%	3.64%
1982	9,789,513	17,206,175	0.62%	3.64%
1983	9,846,627	17,846,374	0.58%	3.72%
1984	9,895,801	18,514,906	0.5%	3.75%
1985	9,934,300	19,201,768	0.39%	3.71%
1986	9,967,213	19,901,646	0.33%	3.64%
1987	10,000,595	20,616,096	0.33%	3.59%
1988	10,036,983	21,356,219	0.36%	3.59%
1989	10,089,498	22,118,434	0.52%	3.57%
1990	10,196,792	22,892,651	1.06%	3.5%
1991	10,319,927	23,646,514	1.21%	3.29%
1992	10,399,061	24,382,460	0.77%	3.11%
1993	10,460,415	25,117,188	0.59%	3.01%
1994	10,512,922	25,857,130	0.5%	2.95%
1995	10,562,153	26,601,751	0.47%	2.88%
1996	10,608,800	27,344,211	0.44%	2.79%
1997	10,661,259	28,101,768	0.49%	2.77%
1998	10,720,509	28,888,057	0.56%	2.8%
1999	10,761,698	29,733,408	0.38%	2.93%
2000	10,805,808	30,642,890	0.41%	3.06%
2001	10,862,132	31,619,170	0.52%	3.19%
2002	10,902,022	32,629,808	0.37%	3.2%
2003	10,928,070	33,652,223	0.24%	3.13%
2004	10,955,141	34,713,455	0.25%	3.15%
2005	10,987,314	35,796,484	0.29%	3.12%
2006	11,020,362	36,904,008	0.3%	3.09%
2007	11,048,473	38,036,349	0.26%	3.07%
2008	11,077,841	39,206,351	0.27%	3.08%
2009	11,107,017	40,408,891	0.26%	3.07%
2010	11,121,341	41,598,567	0.13%	2.94%
2011	11,104,899	42,758,461	-0.15%	2.79%
2012	11,045,011	43,888,303	-0.54%	2.64%
2013	10,965,211	44,986,791	-0.72%	2.5%
2014	10,892,413	46,051,440	-0.66%	2.37%
2015	10,820,883	47,088,526	-0.66%	2.25%
2016	10,775,971	48,139,687	-0.42%	2.23%
2017	10,754,679	49,197,766	-0.2%	2.2%
2018	10,732,882	50,207,107	-0.2%	2.05%
2019	10,721,582	51,202,827	-0.11%	1.98%
2020	10,698,599	52,217,334	-0.21%	1.98%
2021	10,569,207	53,219,166	-1.21%	1.92%
2022	10,436,882	54,252,461	-1.25%	1.94%
2023	10,407,351	55,339,003	-0.28%	2%
2024	10,405,134	56,432,944	-0.02%	1.98%
2025	10,292,291	57,532,489	-1.08%	1.95%
2026	10,249,082	58,636,403	-0.42%	1.92%
2027	10,204,400	59,745,751	-0.44%	1.89%
2028	10,159,146	60,860,444	-0.44%	1.87%
2029	10,113,475	61,979,186	-0.45%	1.84%
2030	10,067,720	63,102,241	-0.45%	1.81%
2031	10,021,773	64,230,108	-0.46%	1.79%
2032	9,974,701	65,359,031	-0.47%	1.76%
2033	9,927,344	66,484,805	-0.47%	1.72%
2034	9,880,848	67,604,628	-0.47%	1.68%
2035	9,834,216	68,715,909	-0.47%	1.64%
2036	9,787,786	69,818,887	-0.47%	1.61%
2037	9,741,790	70,910,404	-0.47%	1.56%
2038	9,695,855	71,990,929	-0.47%	1.52%
2039	9,650,459	73,057,760	-0.47%	1.48%
2040	9,605,475	74,108,858	-0.47%	1.44%
2041	9,560,641	75,144,357	-0.47%	1.4%
2042	9,516,502	76,161,719	-0.46%	1.35%
2043	9,472,263	77,159,121	-0.46%	1.31%
2044	9,426,737	78,134,979	-0.48%	1.26%
2045	9,380,458	79,088,832	-0.49%	1.22%
2046	9,333,671	80,022,371	-0.5%	1.18%
2047	9,284,541	80,938,635	-0.53%	1.15%
2048	9,233,189	81,837,657	-0.55%	1.11%
2049	9,180,074	82,721,766	-0.58%	1.08%
2050	9,125,443	83,593,232	-0.6%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Greece decreased by 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Greece lost -526,889 (a 4.89% decline), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2006 and is 96th 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) Greece's population will shrink by 11% to 9,125,443 people with a rank change from 96th to 106th. The population of Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.