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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea	Kenya	Guinea	Kenya
1960	3,556,749	7,695,307	-	-
1961	3,619,551	7,987,770	1.77%	3.8%
1962	3,684,273	8,299,308	1.79%	3.9%
1963	3,750,954	8,627,971	1.81%	3.96%
1964	3,819,722	8,973,535	1.83%	4.01%
1965	3,890,716	9,338,078	1.86%	4.06%
1966	3,964,155	9,717,816	1.89%	4.07%
1967	4,040,153	10,111,057	1.92%	4.05%
1968	4,118,550	10,518,823	1.94%	4.03%
1969	4,198,300	10,939,695	1.94%	4%
1970	4,277,535	11,368,791	1.89%	3.92%
1971	4,355,200	11,788,904	1.82%	3.7%
1972	4,431,292	12,206,060	1.75%	3.54%
1973	4,506,324	12,634,835	1.69%	3.51%
1974	4,580,510	13,070,078	1.65%	3.44%
1975	4,653,876	13,511,671	1.6%	3.38%
1976	4,727,022	13,957,623	1.57%	3.3%
1977	4,801,128	14,428,819	1.57%	3.38%
1978	4,877,854	14,934,126	1.6%	3.5%
1979	4,959,283	15,460,666	1.67%	3.53%
1980	5,047,419	16,018,459	1.78%	3.61%
1981	5,143,288	16,601,507	1.9%	3.64%
1982	5,247,672	17,206,175	2.03%	3.64%
1983	5,359,814	17,846,374	2.14%	3.72%
1984	5,480,096	18,514,906	2.24%	3.75%
1985	5,610,373	19,201,768	2.38%	3.71%
1986	5,750,668	19,901,646	2.5%	3.64%
1987	5,900,198	20,616,096	2.6%	3.59%
1988	6,056,574	21,356,219	2.65%	3.59%
1989	6,215,811	22,118,434	2.63%	3.57%
1990	6,434,374	22,892,651	3.52%	3.5%
1991	6,697,166	23,646,514	4.08%	3.29%
1992	6,914,366	24,382,460	3.24%	3.11%
1993	7,128,177	25,117,188	3.09%	3.01%
1994	7,345,107	25,857,130	3.04%	2.95%
1995	7,553,249	26,601,751	2.83%	2.88%
1996	7,770,035	27,344,211	2.87%	2.79%
1997	7,931,370	28,101,768	2.08%	2.77%
1998	8,081,990	28,888,057	1.9%	2.8%
1999	8,265,123	29,733,408	2.27%	2.93%
2000	8,428,832	30,642,890	1.98%	3.06%
2001	8,539,960	31,619,170	1.32%	3.19%
2002	8,674,066	32,629,808	1.57%	3.2%
2003	8,870,781	33,652,223	2.27%	3.13%
2004	9,062,726	34,713,455	2.16%	3.15%
2005	9,245,844	35,796,484	2.02%	3.12%
2006	9,441,171	36,904,008	2.11%	3.09%
2007	9,662,281	38,036,349	2.34%	3.07%
2008	9,898,870	39,206,351	2.45%	3.08%
2009	10,143,534	40,408,891	2.47%	3.07%
2010	10,396,086	41,598,567	2.49%	2.94%
2011	10,656,810	42,758,461	2.51%	2.79%
2012	10,921,581	43,888,303	2.48%	2.64%
2013	11,191,873	44,986,791	2.47%	2.5%
2014	11,472,924	46,051,440	2.51%	2.37%
2015	11,767,070	47,088,526	2.56%	2.25%
2016	12,073,030	48,139,687	2.6%	2.23%
2017	12,385,659	49,197,766	2.59%	2.2%
2018	12,704,774	50,207,107	2.58%	2.05%
2019	13,034,346	51,202,827	2.59%	1.98%
2020	13,371,183	52,217,334	2.58%	1.98%
2021	13,710,513	53,219,166	2.54%	1.92%
2022	14,055,137	54,252,461	2.51%	1.94%
2023	14,405,468	55,339,003	2.49%	2%
2024	14,754,785	56,432,944	2.42%	1.98%
2025	15,099,737	57,532,489	2.34%	1.95%
2026	15,441,997	58,636,403	2.27%	1.92%
2027	15,784,102	59,745,751	2.22%	1.89%
2028	16,126,582	60,860,444	2.17%	1.87%
2029	16,466,764	61,979,186	2.11%	1.84%
2030	16,807,153	63,102,241	2.07%	1.81%
2031	17,147,643	64,230,108	2.03%	1.79%
2032	17,485,900	65,359,031	1.97%	1.76%
2033	17,822,213	66,484,805	1.92%	1.72%
2034	18,154,418	67,604,628	1.86%	1.68%
2035	18,486,025	68,715,909	1.83%	1.64%
2036	18,820,871	69,818,887	1.81%	1.61%
2037	19,155,764	70,910,404	1.78%	1.56%
2038	19,489,372	71,990,929	1.74%	1.52%
2039	19,823,866	73,057,760	1.72%	1.48%
2040	20,160,751	74,108,858	1.7%	1.44%
2041	20,497,039	75,144,357	1.67%	1.4%
2042	20,830,660	76,161,719	1.63%	1.35%
2043	21,163,506	77,159,121	1.6%	1.31%
2044	21,492,058	78,134,979	1.55%	1.26%
2045	21,817,254	79,088,832	1.51%	1.22%
2046	22,141,694	80,022,371	1.49%	1.18%
2047	22,463,122	80,938,635	1.45%	1.15%
2048	22,780,061	81,837,657	1.41%	1.11%
2049	23,092,618	82,721,766	1.37%	1.08%
2050	23,404,600	83,593,232	1.35%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guinea increased by 2,631,859 people (a 27.9% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guinea gained 3,372,705 (a 27.9% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Guinea was ranked 84th most populous country in 2006 and is 75th 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) Guinea's population will grow by 51.5% to 23,404,600 people with a rank change from 75th to 71st. The population of Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.