The latest officially reported population of Italy was 58,952,704 in 2024 vs 56,432,944 people in Kenya in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Italy's population is 58,538,738 people compared to 58,648,527 in Kenya.
Population statistics:
- Kenya's population is 1 times bigger than Italy's.
- Italy is ranked the 26th most populous country in the world, while Kenya is the 25th.
- The countries together account for 1.42% of the world: 0.71% for Italy vs 0.71% for Kenya.
- For the last 10 years, Italy has had an average growth rate of -0.21% per year vs +2.08% in Kenya.
- Since 2006, the population of Italy has increased from 58.4M people to 58.5M (0.24% growth), while Kenya has grown from 36.9M to 58.6M (58.9% growth).
- Kenya is projected to reach its peak in 2098 at 104M people, while Italy's population already peaked in 2014 at 60.3M people and is projected to decrease to 35.1M people by 2100.
Italy vs Kenya: live population counter
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| Current population |
58538738
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58648527
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| Population rank | 26/197 | 25/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| One net population change |
16.7 minutes
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28.8 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
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21 seconds
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| One death every |
47.7 seconds
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1.32 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.52 minutes
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26.6 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +95,246 | -19,781 |
| Daily growth/decline | -86 | +2,997 |
| Annual growth/decline | -31,512 | +1,093,941 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.05% | +1.98% |
| Population growth rate rank | 171/197 | 53/197 |
Italy and Kenya: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 50,199,700 | 7,695,307 | - | - |
| 1961 | 50,536,350 | 7,987,770 | 0.67% | 3.8% |
| 1962 | 50,879,450 | 8,299,308 | 0.68% | 3.9% |
| 1963 | 51,252,000 | 8,627,971 | 0.73% | 3.96% |
| 1964 | 51,675,350 | 8,973,535 | 0.83% | 4.01% |
| 1965 | 52,112,350 | 9,338,078 | 0.85% | 4.06% |
| 1966 | 52,519,000 | 9,717,816 | 0.78% | 4.07% |
| 1967 | 52,900,500 | 10,111,057 | 0.73% | 4.05% |
| 1968 | 53,235,750 | 10,518,823 | 0.63% | 4.03% |
| 1969 | 53,537,950 | 10,939,695 | 0.57% | 4% |
| 1970 | 53,821,850 | 11,368,791 | 0.53% | 3.92% |
| 1971 | 54,073,490 | 11,788,904 | 0.47% | 3.7% |
| 1972 | 54,381,345 | 12,206,060 | 0.57% | 3.54% |
| 1973 | 54,751,406 | 12,634,835 | 0.68% | 3.51% |
| 1974 | 55,110,868 | 13,070,078 | 0.66% | 3.44% |
| 1975 | 55,441,001 | 13,511,671 | 0.6% | 3.38% |
| 1976 | 55,718,260 | 13,957,623 | 0.5% | 3.3% |
| 1977 | 55,955,411 | 14,428,819 | 0.43% | 3.38% |
| 1978 | 56,155,143 | 14,934,126 | 0.36% | 3.5% |
| 1979 | 56,317,749 | 15,460,666 | 0.29% | 3.53% |
| 1980 | 56,433,883 | 16,018,459 | 0.21% | 3.61% |
| 1981 | 56,501,675 | 16,601,507 | 0.12% | 3.64% |
| 1982 | 56,543,548 | 17,206,175 | 0.07% | 3.64% |
| 1983 | 56,564,074 | 17,846,374 | 0.04% | 3.72% |
| 1984 | 56,576,718 | 18,514,906 | 0.02% | 3.75% |
| 1985 | 56,593,071 | 19,201,768 | 0.03% | 3.71% |
| 1986 | 56,596,155 | 19,901,646 | 0.005% | 3.64% |
| 1987 | 56,601,931 | 20,616,096 | 0.01% | 3.59% |
| 1988 | 56,629,288 | 21,356,219 | 0.05% | 3.59% |
| 1989 | 56,671,781 | 22,118,434 | 0.08% | 3.57% |
| 1990 | 56,719,240 | 22,892,651 | 0.08% | 3.5% |
| 1991 | 56,758,521 | 23,646,514 | 0.07% | 3.29% |
| 1992 | 56,797,087 | 24,382,460 | 0.07% | 3.11% |
| 1993 | 56,831,821 | 25,117,188 | 0.06% | 3.01% |
| 1994 | 56,843,400 | 25,857,130 | 0.02% | 2.95% |
| 1995 | 56,844,303 | 26,601,751 | 0.002% | 2.88% |
| 1996 | 56,860,281 | 27,344,211 | 0.03% | 2.79% |
| 1997 | 56,890,372 | 28,101,768 | 0.05% | 2.77% |
| 1998 | 56,906,744 | 28,888,057 | 0.03% | 2.8% |
| 1999 | 56,916,317 | 29,733,408 | 0.02% | 2.93% |
| 2000 | 56,942,108 | 30,642,890 | 0.05% | 3.06% |
| 2001 | 56,976,981 | 31,619,170 | 0.06% | 3.19% |
| 2002 | 57,089,824 | 32,629,808 | 0.2% | 3.2% |
| 2003 | 57,399,184 | 33,652,223 | 0.54% | 3.13% |
| 2004 | 57,828,179 | 34,713,455 | 0.75% | 3.15% |
| 2005 | 58,166,682 | 35,796,484 | 0.59% | 3.12% |
| 2006 | 58,399,861 | 36,904,008 | 0.4% | 3.09% |
| 2007 | 58,756,247 | 38,036,349 | 0.61% | 3.07% |
| 2008 | 59,211,181 | 39,206,351 | 0.77% | 3.08% |
| 2009 | 59,555,454 | 40,408,891 | 0.58% | 3.07% |
| 2010 | 59,819,407 | 41,598,567 | 0.44% | 2.94% |
| 2011 | 60,026,841 | 42,758,461 | 0.35% | 2.79% |
| 2012 | 60,191,247 | 43,888,303 | 0.27% | 2.64% |
| 2013 | 60,311,613 | 44,986,791 | 0.2% | 2.5% |
| 2014 | 60,320,707 | 46,051,440 | 0.02% | 2.37% |
| 2015 | 60,229,605 | 47,088,526 | -0.15% | 2.25% |
| 2016 | 60,115,223 | 48,139,687 | -0.19% | 2.23% |
| 2017 | 60,002,252 | 49,197,766 | -0.19% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 60,148,658 | 50,207,107 | 0.24% | 2.05% |
| 2019 | 59,729,081 | 51,202,827 | -0.7% | 1.98% |
| 2020 | 59,438,851 | 52,217,334 | -0.49% | 1.98% |
| 2021 | 59,133,173 | 53,219,166 | -0.51% | 1.92% |
| 2022 | 59,013,667 | 54,252,461 | -0.2% | 1.94% |
| 2023 | 58,984,216 | 55,339,003 | -0.05% | 2% |
| 2024 | 58,952,704 | 56,432,944 | -0.05% | 1.98% |
| 2025 | 58,757,388 | 57,532,489 | -0.33% | 1.95% |
| 2026 | 58,538,738 | 58,636,403 | -0.37% | 1.92% |
| 2027 | 58,302,912 | 59,745,751 | -0.4% | 1.89% |
| 2028 | 58,061,557 | 60,860,444 | -0.41% | 1.87% |
| 2029 | 57,818,364 | 61,979,186 | -0.42% | 1.84% |
| 2030 | 57,565,087 | 63,102,241 | -0.44% | 1.81% |
| 2031 | 57,300,892 | 64,230,108 | -0.46% | 1.79% |
| 2032 | 57,038,998 | 65,359,031 | -0.46% | 1.76% |
| 2033 | 56,780,656 | 66,484,805 | -0.45% | 1.72% |
| 2034 | 56,516,874 | 67,604,628 | -0.46% | 1.68% |
| 2035 | 56,247,746 | 68,715,909 | -0.48% | 1.64% |
| 2036 | 55,978,207 | 69,818,887 | -0.48% | 1.61% |
| 2037 | 55,705,993 | 70,910,404 | -0.49% | 1.56% |
| 2038 | 55,429,408 | 71,990,929 | -0.5% | 1.52% |
| 2039 | 55,146,340 | 73,057,760 | -0.51% | 1.48% |
| 2040 | 54,858,102 | 74,108,858 | -0.52% | 1.44% |
| 2041 | 54,570,785 | 75,144,357 | -0.52% | 1.4% |
| 2042 | 54,276,735 | 76,161,719 | -0.54% | 1.35% |
| 2043 | 53,966,605 | 77,159,121 | -0.57% | 1.31% |
| 2044 | 53,649,281 | 78,134,979 | -0.59% | 1.26% |
| 2045 | 53,327,530 | 79,088,832 | -0.6% | 1.22% |
| 2046 | 52,995,336 | 80,022,371 | -0.62% | 1.18% |
| 2047 | 52,650,393 | 80,938,635 | -0.65% | 1.15% |
| 2048 | 52,294,685 | 81,837,657 | -0.68% | 1.11% |
| 2049 | 51,929,700 | 82,721,766 | -0.7% | 1.08% |
| 2050 | 51,549,925 | 83,593,232 | -0.73% | 1.05% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Italy increased by 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Italy lost -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).
Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2006 and is 26th 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) Italy's population will shrink by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people with a rank change from 26th to 40th. The population of Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.
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Population differences between Italy and Kenya
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| Life expectancy | 84.2 years | 64.2 years |
| Average age | 46.5 years | 24.6 years |
| Median age | 48.8 years | 20.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.9:51.1 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 3.21 births per woman |
| Population density | 516 ppl/mi² | 251.6 ppl/mi² |
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