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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Kenya	India	Kenya
1960	435,990,338	7,695,307	-	-
1961	446,564,729	7,987,770	2.43%	3.8%
1962	457,283,090	8,299,308	2.4%	3.9%
1963	468,138,575	8,627,971	2.37%	3.96%
1964	479,229,598	8,973,535	2.37%	4.01%
1965	490,140,146	9,338,078	2.28%	4.06%
1966	500,740,247	9,717,816	2.16%	4.07%
1967	511,606,372	10,111,057	2.17%	4.05%
1968	522,716,889	10,518,823	2.17%	4.03%
1969	533,880,544	10,939,695	2.14%	4%
1970	545,864,268	11,368,791	2.24%	3.92%
1971	558,096,387	11,788,904	2.24%	3.7%
1972	570,482,142	12,206,060	2.22%	3.54%
1973	583,465,598	12,634,835	2.28%	3.51%
1974	597,041,391	13,070,078	2.33%	3.44%
1975	611,309,535	13,511,671	2.39%	3.38%
1976	625,861,883	13,957,623	2.38%	3.3%
1977	640,801,103	14,428,819	2.39%	3.38%
1978	655,728,229	14,934,126	2.33%	3.5%
1979	671,155,747	15,460,666	2.35%	3.53%
1980	687,354,025	16,018,459	2.41%	3.61%
1981	703,696,250	16,601,507	2.38%	3.64%
1982	720,313,473	17,206,175	2.36%	3.64%
1983	737,372,681	17,846,374	2.37%	3.72%
1984	754,875,449	18,514,906	2.37%	3.75%
1985	772,647,793	19,201,768	2.35%	3.71%
1986	790,689,978	19,901,646	2.34%	3.64%
1987	808,931,270	20,616,096	2.31%	3.59%
1988	827,342,990	21,356,219	2.28%	3.59%
1989	846,039,529	22,118,434	2.26%	3.57%
1990	864,972,221	22,892,651	2.24%	3.5%
1991	883,927,600	23,646,514	2.19%	3.29%
1992	902,957,070	24,382,460	2.15%	3.11%
1993	922,118,387	25,117,188	2.12%	3.01%
1994	941,163,767	25,857,130	2.07%	2.95%
1995	960,301,044	26,601,751	2.03%	2.88%
1996	979,678,458	27,344,211	2.02%	2.79%
1997	999,133,762	28,101,768	1.99%	2.77%
1998	1,018,665,080	28,888,057	1.95%	2.8%
1999	1,038,225,823	29,733,408	1.92%	2.93%
2000	1,057,922,733	30,642,890	1.9%	3.06%
2001	1,077,898,575	31,619,170	1.89%	3.19%
2002	1,097,600,380	32,629,808	1.83%	3.2%
2003	1,116,803,006	33,652,223	1.75%	3.13%
2004	1,135,991,513	34,713,455	1.72%	3.15%
2005	1,154,676,322	35,796,484	1.64%	3.12%
2006	1,172,878,890	36,904,008	1.58%	3.09%
2007	1,190,676,021	38,036,349	1.52%	3.07%
2008	1,207,930,964	39,206,351	1.45%	3.08%
2009	1,225,524,753	40,408,891	1.46%	3.07%
2010	1,243,481,564	41,598,567	1.47%	2.94%
2011	1,261,224,954	42,758,461	1.43%	2.79%
2012	1,278,674,502	43,888,303	1.38%	2.64%
2013	1,295,829,511	44,986,791	1.34%	2.5%
2014	1,312,277,191	46,051,440	1.27%	2.37%
2015	1,328,024,498	47,088,526	1.2%	2.25%
2016	1,343,944,296	48,139,687	1.2%	2.23%
2017	1,359,657,400	49,197,766	1.17%	2.2%
2018	1,374,659,064	50,207,107	1.1%	2.05%
2019	1,389,030,312	51,202,827	1.05%	1.98%
2020	1,402,617,695	52,217,334	0.98%	1.98%
2021	1,414,203,896	53,219,166	0.83%	1.92%
2022	1,425,423,212	54,252,461	0.79%	1.94%
2023	1,438,069,596	55,339,003	0.89%	2%
2024	1,450,935,791	56,432,944	0.89%	1.98%
2025	1,463,865,531	57,532,489	0.89%	1.95%
2026	1,476,625,576	58,636,403	0.87%	1.92%
2027	1,489,164,679	59,745,751	0.85%	1.89%
2028	1,501,432,748	60,860,444	0.82%	1.87%
2029	1,513,423,737	61,979,186	0.8%	1.84%
2030	1,525,138,852	63,102,241	0.77%	1.81%
2031	1,536,540,604	64,230,108	0.75%	1.79%
2032	1,547,607,126	65,359,031	0.72%	1.76%
2033	1,558,324,087	66,484,805	0.69%	1.72%
2034	1,568,688,356	67,604,628	0.67%	1.68%
2035	1,578,694,799	68,715,909	0.64%	1.64%
2036	1,588,325,366	69,818,887	0.61%	1.61%
2037	1,597,537,009	70,910,404	0.58%	1.56%
2038	1,606,300,646	71,990,929	0.55%	1.52%
2039	1,614,639,243	73,057,760	0.52%	1.48%
2040	1,622,580,052	74,108,858	0.49%	1.44%
2041	1,630,119,374	75,144,357	0.46%	1.4%
2042	1,637,235,363	76,161,719	0.44%	1.35%
2043	1,643,915,269	77,159,121	0.41%	1.31%
2044	1,650,186,610	78,134,979	0.38%	1.26%
2045	1,656,067,585	79,088,832	0.36%	1.22%
2046	1,661,548,400	80,022,371	0.33%	1.18%
2047	1,666,628,151	80,938,635	0.31%	1.15%
2048	1,671,309,727	81,837,657	0.28%	1.11%
2049	1,675,619,893	82,721,766	0.26%	1.08%
2050	1,679,589,268	83,593,232	0.24%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.