Population in Ivory Coast compared to Kenya: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ivory Coast and Kenya: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ivory Coast	Kenya	Ivory Coast	Kenya
1960	3,673,666	7,695,307	-	-
1961	3,810,151	7,987,770	3.72%	3.8%
1962	3,956,939	8,299,308	3.85%	3.9%
1963	4,112,061	8,627,971	3.92%	3.96%
1964	4,273,952	8,973,535	3.94%	4.01%
1965	4,442,377	9,338,078	3.94%	4.06%
1966	4,617,519	9,717,816	3.94%	4.07%
1967	4,799,744	10,111,057	3.95%	4.05%
1968	4,990,021	10,518,823	3.96%	4.03%
1969	5,192,221	10,939,695	4.05%	4%
1970	5,411,567	11,368,791	4.22%	3.92%
1971	5,650,868	11,788,904	4.42%	3.7%
1972	5,909,716	12,206,060	4.58%	3.54%
1973	6,184,944	12,634,835	4.66%	3.51%
1974	6,474,057	13,070,078	4.67%	3.44%
1975	6,776,297	13,511,671	4.67%	3.38%
1976	7,057,958	13,957,623	4.16%	3.3%
1977	7,321,950	14,428,819	3.74%	3.38%
1978	7,603,130	14,934,126	3.84%	3.5%
1979	7,902,267	15,460,666	3.93%	3.53%
1980	8,220,714	16,018,459	4.03%	3.61%
1981	8,556,596	16,601,507	4.09%	3.64%
1982	8,907,936	17,206,175	4.11%	3.64%
1983	9,272,744	17,846,374	4.1%	3.72%
1984	9,650,516	18,514,906	4.07%	3.75%
1985	10,040,483	19,201,768	4.04%	3.71%
1986	10,440,917	19,901,646	3.99%	3.64%
1987	10,851,475	20,616,096	3.93%	3.59%
1988	11,275,189	21,356,219	3.9%	3.59%
1989	11,719,771	22,118,434	3.94%	3.57%
1990	12,189,778	22,892,651	4.01%	3.5%
1991	12,683,870	23,646,514	4.05%	3.29%
1992	13,200,310	24,382,460	4.07%	3.11%
1993	13,735,951	25,117,188	4.06%	3.01%
1994	14,287,201	25,857,130	4.01%	2.95%
1995	14,855,565	26,601,751	3.98%	2.88%
1996	15,442,312	27,344,211	3.95%	2.79%
1997	16,047,170	28,101,768	3.92%	2.77%
1998	16,663,948	28,888,057	3.84%	2.8%
1999	17,215,935	29,733,408	3.31%	2.93%
2000	17,699,004	30,642,890	2.81%	3.06%
2001	18,178,913	31,619,170	2.71%	3.19%
2002	18,654,771	32,629,808	2.62%	3.2%
2003	19,125,542	33,652,223	2.52%	3.13%
2004	19,595,000	34,713,455	2.45%	3.15%
2005	20,068,458	35,796,484	2.42%	3.12%
2006	20,546,802	36,904,008	2.38%	3.09%
2007	21,030,558	38,036,349	2.35%	3.07%
2008	21,514,439	39,206,351	2.3%	3.08%
2009	21,997,940	40,408,891	2.25%	3.07%
2010	22,488,065	41,598,567	2.23%	2.94%
2011	22,982,000	42,758,461	2.2%	2.79%
2012	23,467,078	43,888,303	2.11%	2.64%
2013	23,939,775	44,986,791	2.01%	2.5%
2014	24,527,395	46,051,440	2.45%	2.37%
2015	25,246,342	47,088,526	2.93%	2.25%
2016	25,989,405	48,139,687	2.94%	2.23%
2017	26,733,372	49,197,766	2.86%	2.2%
2018	27,464,173	50,207,107	2.73%	2.05%
2019	28,193,009	51,202,827	2.65%	1.98%
2020	28,915,449	52,217,334	2.56%	1.98%
2021	29,639,736	53,219,166	2.5%	1.92%
2022	30,395,002	54,252,461	2.55%	1.94%
2023	31,165,654	55,339,003	2.54%	2%
2024	31,934,230	56,432,944	2.47%	1.98%
2025	32,711,547	57,532,489	2.43%	1.95%
2026	33,494,340	58,636,403	2.39%	1.92%
2027	34,281,129	59,745,751	2.35%	1.89%
2028	35,077,094	60,860,444	2.32%	1.87%
2029	35,883,465	61,979,186	2.3%	1.84%
2030	36,699,008	63,102,241	2.27%	1.81%
2031	37,529,369	64,230,108	2.26%	1.79%
2032	38,376,612	65,359,031	2.26%	1.76%
2033	39,244,388	66,484,805	2.26%	1.72%
2034	40,132,807	67,604,628	2.26%	1.68%
2035	41,033,849	68,715,909	2.25%	1.64%
2036	41,948,468	69,818,887	2.23%	1.61%
2037	42,880,003	70,910,404	2.22%	1.56%
2038	43,824,363	71,990,929	2.2%	1.52%
2039	44,778,750	73,057,760	2.18%	1.48%
2040	45,743,921	74,108,858	2.16%	1.44%
2041	46,717,434	75,144,357	2.13%	1.4%
2042	47,702,165	76,161,719	2.11%	1.35%
2043	48,700,670	77,159,121	2.09%	1.31%
2044	49,709,049	78,134,979	2.07%	1.26%
2045	50,716,074	79,088,832	2.03%	1.22%
2046	51,718,057	80,022,371	1.98%	1.18%
2047	52,721,465	80,938,635	1.94%	1.15%
2048	53,730,594	81,837,657	1.91%	1.11%
2049	54,739,405	82,721,766	1.88%	1.08%
2050	55,746,988	83,593,232	1.84%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ivory Coast increased by 5,442,603 people (a 26.5% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ivory Coast gained 7,513,533 (a 28.9% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Ivory Coast was ranked 53rd most populous country in 2006 and is 50th 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) Ivory Coast's population will grow by 66.4% to 55,746,988 people with a rank change from 50th to 36th. The population of Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.