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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Madagascar	Kenya	Madagascar
1960	7,695,307	5,111,029	-	-
1961	7,987,770	5,246,158	3.8%	2.64%
1962	8,299,308	5,384,150	3.9%	2.63%
1963	8,627,971	5,525,185	3.96%	2.62%
1964	8,973,535	5,669,863	4.01%	2.62%
1965	9,338,078	5,819,116	4.06%	2.63%
1966	9,717,816	5,974,279	4.07%	2.67%
1967	10,111,057	6,136,486	4.05%	2.72%
1968	10,518,823	6,306,493	4.03%	2.77%
1969	10,939,695	6,484,716	4%	2.83%
1970	11,368,791	6,672,003	3.92%	2.89%
1971	11,788,904	6,868,868	3.7%	2.95%
1972	12,206,060	7,074,398	3.54%	2.99%
1973	12,634,835	7,288,048	3.51%	3.02%
1974	13,070,078	7,509,726	3.44%	3.04%
1975	13,511,671	7,739,336	3.38%	3.06%
1976	13,957,623	7,976,831	3.3%	3.07%
1977	14,428,819	8,222,240	3.38%	3.08%
1978	14,934,126	8,475,864	3.5%	3.08%
1979	15,460,666	8,737,581	3.53%	3.09%
1980	16,018,459	9,006,032	3.61%	3.07%
1981	16,601,507	9,279,011	3.64%	3.03%
1982	17,206,175	9,557,671	3.64%	3%
1983	17,846,374	9,843,044	3.72%	2.99%
1984	18,514,906	10,134,550	3.75%	2.96%
1985	19,201,768	10,433,142	3.71%	2.95%
1986	19,901,646	10,736,857	3.64%	2.91%
1987	20,616,096	11,047,291	3.59%	2.89%
1988	21,356,219	11,369,462	3.59%	2.92%
1989	22,118,434	11,704,998	3.57%	2.95%
1990	22,892,651	12,055,639	3.5%	3%
1991	23,646,514	12,421,412	3.29%	3.03%
1992	24,382,460	12,800,870	3.11%	3.05%
1993	25,117,188	13,197,345	3.01%	3.1%
1994	25,857,130	13,613,850	2.95%	3.16%
1995	26,601,751	14,051,275	2.88%	3.21%
1996	27,344,211	14,510,711	2.79%	3.27%
1997	28,101,768	14,990,814	2.77%	3.31%
1998	28,888,057	15,489,364	2.8%	3.33%
1999	29,733,408	16,000,506	2.93%	3.3%
2000	30,642,890	16,516,338	3.06%	3.22%
2001	31,619,170	17,032,939	3.19%	3.13%
2002	32,629,808	17,549,913	3.2%	3.04%
2003	33,652,223	18,071,854	3.13%	2.97%
2004	34,713,455	18,606,608	3.15%	2.96%
2005	35,796,484	19,159,707	3.12%	2.97%
2006	36,904,008	19,730,909	3.09%	2.98%
2007	38,036,349	20,318,583	3.07%	2.98%
2008	39,206,351	20,923,840	3.08%	2.98%
2009	40,408,891	21,547,280	3.07%	2.98%
2010	41,598,567	22,183,340	2.94%	2.95%
2011	42,758,461	22,822,300	2.79%	2.88%
2012	43,888,303	23,462,438	2.64%	2.8%
2013	44,986,791	24,109,290	2.5%	2.76%
2014	46,051,440	24,764,348	2.37%	2.72%
2015	47,088,526	25,426,702	2.25%	2.67%
2016	48,139,687	26,099,952	2.23%	2.65%
2017	49,197,766	26,788,375	2.2%	2.64%
2018	50,207,107	27,494,926	2.05%	2.64%
2019	51,202,827	28,219,554	1.98%	2.64%
2020	52,217,334	28,953,556	1.98%	2.6%
2021	53,219,166	29,691,083	1.92%	2.55%
2022	54,252,461	30,437,261	1.94%	2.51%
2023	55,339,003	31,195,932	2%	2.49%
2024	56,432,944	31,964,956	1.98%	2.47%
2025	57,532,489	32,740,675	1.95%	2.43%
2026	58,636,403	33,522,048	1.92%	2.39%
2027	59,745,751	34,308,785	1.89%	2.35%
2028	60,860,444	35,099,853	1.87%	2.31%
2029	61,979,186	35,894,674	1.84%	2.26%
2030	63,102,241	36,693,182	1.81%	2.22%
2031	64,230,108	37,495,701	1.79%	2.19%
2032	65,359,031	38,301,308	1.76%	2.15%
2033	66,484,805	39,109,380	1.72%	2.11%
2034	67,604,628	39,919,948	1.68%	2.07%
2035	68,715,909	40,733,841	1.64%	2.04%
2036	69,818,887	41,551,309	1.61%	2.01%
2037	70,910,404	42,371,330	1.56%	1.97%
2038	71,990,929	43,194,142	1.52%	1.94%
2039	73,057,760	44,019,285	1.48%	1.91%
2040	74,108,858	44,846,889	1.44%	1.88%
2041	75,144,357	45,676,973	1.4%	1.85%
2042	76,161,719	46,508,810	1.35%	1.82%
2043	77,159,121	47,342,285	1.31%	1.79%
2044	78,134,979	48,176,594	1.26%	1.76%
2045	79,088,832	49,011,270	1.22%	1.73%
2046	80,022,371	49,846,522	1.18%	1.7%
2047	80,938,635	50,682,055	1.15%	1.68%
2048	81,837,657	51,517,342	1.11%	1.65%
2049	82,721,766	52,351,981	1.08%	1.62%
2050	83,593,232	53,185,464	1.05%	1.59%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Madagascar gained 6,369,043 people (a 32.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Madagascar's population increased by 7,430,694 (a 28.5% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Madagascar was ranked 57th in 2006 and ranked 49th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Kenya's population will grow by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people with a rank change from 25th to 22nd. The population of Madagascar will increase by 58.6% to 53,185,464 people and rank change from 49th to 37th.