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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Kiribati	Kenya	Kiribati
1960	7,695,307	47,157	-	-
1961	7,987,770	48,323	3.8%	2.47%
1962	8,299,308	49,538	3.9%	2.51%
1963	8,627,971	50,791	3.96%	2.53%
1964	8,973,535	52,088	4.01%	2.55%
1965	9,338,078	53,439	4.06%	2.59%
1966	9,717,816	54,425	4.07%	1.85%
1967	10,111,057	54,996	4.05%	1.05%
1968	10,518,823	55,529	4.03%	0.97%
1969	10,939,695	56,360	4%	1.5%
1970	11,368,791	57,510	3.92%	2.04%
1971	11,788,904	58,652	3.7%	1.99%
1972	12,206,060	59,778	3.54%	1.92%
1973	12,634,835	60,824	3.51%	1.75%
1974	13,070,078	61,219	3.44%	0.65%
1975	13,511,671	60,987	3.38%	-0.38%
1976	13,957,623	60,661	3.3%	-0.53%
1977	14,428,819	60,267	3.38%	-0.65%
1978	14,934,126	59,864	3.5%	-0.67%
1979	15,460,666	60,172	3.53%	0.51%
1980	16,018,459	61,148	3.61%	1.62%
1981	16,601,507	62,121	3.64%	1.59%
1982	17,206,175	63,134	3.64%	1.63%
1983	17,846,374	64,169	3.72%	1.64%
1984	18,514,906	65,228	3.75%	1.65%
1985	19,201,768	66,496	3.71%	1.94%
1986	19,901,646	68,059	3.64%	2.35%
1987	20,616,096	69,733	3.59%	2.46%
1988	21,356,219	71,427	3.59%	2.43%
1989	22,118,434	73,147	3.57%	2.41%
1990	22,892,651	74,855	3.5%	2.34%
1991	23,646,514	76,367	3.29%	2.02%
1992	24,382,460	77,641	3.11%	1.67%
1993	25,117,188	78,841	3.01%	1.55%
1994	25,857,130	80,021	2.95%	1.5%
1995	26,601,751	81,234	2.88%	1.52%
1996	27,344,211	82,623	2.79%	1.71%
1997	28,101,768	84,147	2.77%	1.84%
1998	28,888,057	85,657	2.8%	1.79%
1999	29,733,408	87,126	2.93%	1.71%
2000	30,642,890	88,613	3.06%	1.71%
2001	31,619,170	90,335	3.19%	1.94%
2002	32,629,808	92,264	3.2%	2.14%
2003	33,652,223	94,175	3.13%	2.07%
2004	34,713,455	96,085	3.15%	2.03%
2005	35,796,484	98,035	3.12%	2.03%
2006	36,904,008	100,017	3.09%	2.02%
2007	38,036,349	102,068	3.07%	2.05%
2008	39,206,351	104,222	3.08%	2.11%
2009	40,408,891	106,467	3.07%	2.15%
2010	41,598,567	108,704	2.94%	2.1%
2011	42,758,461	110,647	2.79%	1.79%
2012	43,888,303	112,284	2.64%	1.48%
2013	44,986,791	113,838	2.5%	1.38%
2014	46,051,440	115,326	2.37%	1.31%
2015	47,088,526	116,815	2.25%	1.29%
2016	48,139,687	118,478	2.23%	1.42%
2017	49,197,766	120,275	2.2%	1.52%
2018	50,207,107	122,084	2.05%	1.5%
2019	51,202,827	123,921	1.98%	1.5%
2020	52,217,334	126,099	1.98%	1.76%
2021	53,219,166	128,377	1.92%	1.81%
2022	54,252,461	130,469	1.94%	1.63%
2023	55,339,003	132,530	2%	1.58%
2024	56,432,944	134,518	1.98%	1.5%
2025	57,532,489	136,501	1.95%	1.47%
2026	58,636,403	138,451	1.92%	1.43%
2027	59,745,751	140,405	1.89%	1.41%
2028	60,860,444	142,335	1.87%	1.37%
2029	61,979,186	144,231	1.84%	1.33%
2030	63,102,241	146,130	1.81%	1.32%
2031	64,230,108	148,028	1.79%	1.3%
2032	65,359,031	149,915	1.76%	1.27%
2033	66,484,805	151,768	1.72%	1.24%
2034	67,604,628	153,602	1.68%	1.21%
2035	68,715,909	155,447	1.64%	1.2%
2036	69,818,887	157,316	1.61%	1.2%
2037	70,910,404	159,188	1.56%	1.19%
2038	71,990,929	161,050	1.52%	1.17%
2039	73,057,760	162,895	1.48%	1.15%
2040	74,108,858	164,711	1.44%	1.11%
2041	75,144,357	166,508	1.4%	1.09%
2042	76,161,719	168,325	1.35%	1.09%
2043	77,159,121	170,182	1.31%	1.1%
2044	78,134,979	172,012	1.26%	1.08%
2045	79,088,832	173,818	1.22%	1.05%
2046	80,022,371	175,629	1.18%	1.04%
2047	80,938,635	177,392	1.15%	1%
2048	81,837,657	179,152	1.11%	0.99%
2049	82,721,766	180,915	1.08%	0.98%
2050	83,593,232	182,629	1.05%	0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Kenya's population will grow by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people with a rank change from 26th to 22nd. The population of Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.