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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jordan	Kenya	Jordan	Kenya
1960	853,471	7,695,307	-	-
1961	897,591	7,987,770	5.17%	3.8%
1962	940,554	8,299,308	4.79%	3.9%
1963	984,714	8,627,971	4.7%	3.96%
1964	1,035,640	8,973,535	5.17%	4.01%
1965	1,099,440	9,338,078	6.16%	4.06%
1966	1,178,360	9,717,816	7.18%	4.07%
1967	1,271,183	10,111,057	7.88%	4.05%
1968	1,372,460	10,518,823	7.97%	4.03%
1969	1,473,100	10,939,695	7.33%	4%
1970	1,565,163	11,368,791	6.25%	3.92%
1971	1,645,145	11,788,904	5.11%	3.7%
1972	1,714,555	12,206,060	4.22%	3.54%
1973	1,778,094	12,634,835	3.71%	3.51%
1974	1,839,182	13,070,078	3.44%	3.44%
1975	1,899,055	13,511,671	3.26%	3.38%
1976	1,958,177	13,957,623	3.11%	3.3%
1977	2,019,002	14,428,819	3.11%	3.38%
1978	2,083,595	14,934,126	3.2%	3.5%
1979	2,153,882	15,460,666	3.37%	3.53%
1980	2,234,186	16,018,459	3.73%	3.61%
1981	2,325,517	16,601,507	4.09%	3.64%
1982	2,426,927	17,206,175	4.36%	3.64%
1983	2,537,307	17,846,374	4.55%	3.72%
1984	2,654,688	18,514,906	4.63%	3.75%
1985	2,778,810	19,201,768	4.68%	3.71%
1986	2,909,887	19,901,646	4.72%	3.64%
1987	3,047,634	20,616,096	4.73%	3.59%
1988	3,193,039	21,356,219	4.77%	3.59%
1989	3,349,627	22,118,434	4.9%	3.57%
1990	3,621,908	22,892,651	8.13%	3.5%
1991	3,915,149	23,646,514	8.1%	3.29%
1992	4,127,693	24,382,460	5.43%	3.11%
1993	4,348,020	25,117,188	5.34%	3.01%
1994	4,561,406	25,857,130	4.91%	2.95%
1995	4,752,096	26,601,751	4.18%	2.88%
1996	4,912,516	27,344,211	3.38%	2.79%
1997	5,046,285	28,101,768	2.72%	2.77%
1998	5,164,284	28,888,057	2.34%	2.8%
1999	5,276,444	29,733,408	2.17%	2.93%
2000	5,386,945	30,642,890	2.09%	3.06%
2001	5,498,894	31,619,170	2.08%	3.19%
2002	5,616,066	32,629,808	2.13%	3.2%
2003	5,741,828	33,652,223	2.24%	3.13%
2004	5,882,061	34,713,455	2.44%	3.15%
2005	6,029,587	35,796,484	2.51%	3.12%
2006	6,427,371	36,904,008	6.6%	3.09%
2007	6,827,227	38,036,349	6.22%	3.07%
2008	6,989,866	39,206,351	2.38%	3.08%
2009	7,141,753	40,408,891	2.17%	3.07%
2010	7,297,043	41,598,567	2.17%	2.94%
2011	7,480,424	42,758,461	2.51%	2.79%
2012	7,587,127	43,888,303	1.43%	2.64%
2013	7,991,809	44,986,791	5.33%	2.5%
2014	8,791,710	46,051,440	10%	2.37%
2015	9,544,729	47,088,526	8.57%	2.25%
2016	10,006,367	48,139,687	4.84%	2.23%
2017	10,234,226	49,197,766	2.28%	2.2%
2018	10,462,306	50,207,107	2.23%	2.05%
2019	10,671,891	51,202,827	2%	1.98%
2020	10,865,228	52,217,334	1.81%	1.98%
2021	11,066,356	53,219,166	1.85%	1.92%
2022	11,256,263	54,252,461	1.72%	1.94%
2023	11,439,213	55,339,003	1.63%	2%
2024	11,552,876	56,432,944	0.99%	1.98%
2025	11,520,678	57,532,489	-0.28%	1.95%
2026	11,589,528	58,636,403	0.6%	1.92%
2027	11,819,454	59,745,751	1.98%	1.89%
2028	12,034,459	60,860,444	1.82%	1.87%
2029	12,245,726	61,979,186	1.76%	1.84%
2030	12,448,772	63,102,241	1.66%	1.81%
2031	12,652,545	64,230,108	1.64%	1.79%
2032	12,854,926	65,359,031	1.6%	1.76%
2033	13,050,713	66,484,805	1.52%	1.72%
2034	13,245,158	67,604,628	1.49%	1.68%
2035	13,440,821	68,715,909	1.48%	1.64%
2036	13,638,248	69,818,887	1.47%	1.61%
2037	13,840,237	70,910,404	1.48%	1.56%
2038	14,048,303	71,990,929	1.5%	1.52%
2039	14,256,684	73,057,760	1.48%	1.48%
2040	14,471,288	74,108,858	1.51%	1.44%
2041	14,684,501	75,144,357	1.47%	1.4%
2042	14,883,641	76,161,719	1.36%	1.35%
2043	15,077,789	77,159,121	1.3%	1.31%
2044	15,273,526	78,134,979	1.3%	1.26%
2045	15,471,971	79,088,832	1.3%	1.22%
2046	15,662,312	80,022,371	1.23%	1.18%
2047	15,841,619	80,938,635	1.14%	1.15%
2048	16,021,374	81,837,657	1.13%	1.11%
2049	16,197,518	82,721,766	1.1%	1.08%
2050	16,367,341	83,593,232	1.05%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jordan increased by 3,578,996 people (a 55.7% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jordan gained 1,585,673 (a 15.8% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Jordan was ranked 101st most populous country in 2006 and is 85th 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) Jordan's population will grow by 41.2% to 16,367,341 people with a rank change from 85th to 79th. The population of Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.