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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Malawi	Kenya	Malawi
1960	7,695,307	3,628,134	-	-
1961	7,987,770	3,715,534	3.8%	2.41%
1962	8,299,308	3,806,307	3.9%	2.44%
1963	8,627,971	3,900,506	3.96%	2.47%
1964	8,973,535	3,997,305	4.01%	2.48%
1965	9,338,078	4,096,157	4.06%	2.47%
1966	9,717,816	4,197,926	4.07%	2.48%
1967	10,111,057	4,303,012	4.05%	2.5%
1968	10,518,823	4,411,054	4.03%	2.51%
1969	10,939,695	4,521,184	4%	2.5%
1970	11,368,791	4,633,944	3.92%	2.49%
1971	11,788,904	4,751,434	3.7%	2.54%
1972	12,206,060	4,874,475	3.54%	2.59%
1973	12,634,835	5,003,938	3.51%	2.66%
1974	13,070,078	5,141,337	3.44%	2.75%
1975	13,511,671	5,287,367	3.38%	2.84%
1976	13,957,623	5,443,384	3.3%	2.95%
1977	14,428,819	5,614,983	3.38%	3.15%
1978	14,934,126	5,810,132	3.5%	3.48%
1979	15,460,666	6,028,749	3.53%	3.76%
1980	16,018,459	6,265,529	3.61%	3.93%
1981	16,601,507	6,516,454	3.64%	4%
1982	17,206,175	6,778,879	3.64%	4.03%
1983	17,846,374	7,051,709	3.72%	4.02%
1984	18,514,906	7,332,810	3.75%	3.99%
1985	19,201,768	7,620,508	3.71%	3.92%
1986	19,901,646	7,906,480	3.64%	3.75%
1987	20,616,096	8,293,174	3.59%	4.89%
1988	21,356,219	8,753,262	3.59%	5.55%
1989	22,118,434	9,176,220	3.57%	4.83%
1990	22,892,651	9,545,852	3.5%	4.03%
1991	23,646,514	9,844,227	3.29%	3.13%
1992	24,382,460	10,135,079	3.11%	2.95%
1993	25,117,188	10,284,024	3.01%	1.47%
1994	25,857,130	10,164,894	2.95%	-1.16%
1995	26,601,751	10,150,117	2.88%	-0.15%
1996	27,344,211	10,352,228	2.79%	1.99%
1997	28,101,768	10,562,035	2.77%	2.03%
1998	28,888,057	10,792,876	2.8%	2.19%
1999	29,733,408	11,047,804	2.93%	2.36%
2000	30,642,890	11,315,942	3.06%	2.43%
2001	31,619,170	11,593,058	3.19%	2.45%
2002	32,629,808	11,880,440	3.2%	2.48%
2003	33,652,223	12,181,574	3.13%	2.53%
2004	34,713,455	12,500,737	3.15%	2.62%
2005	35,796,484	12,840,031	3.12%	2.71%
2006	36,904,008	13,198,701	3.09%	2.79%
2007	38,036,349	13,576,343	3.07%	2.86%
2008	39,206,351	13,976,417	3.08%	2.95%
2009	40,408,891	14,395,788	3.07%	3%
2010	41,598,567	14,826,463	2.94%	2.99%
2011	42,758,461	15,265,022	2.79%	2.96%
2012	43,888,303	15,709,577	2.64%	2.91%
2013	44,986,791	16,161,816	2.5%	2.88%
2014	46,051,440	16,621,538	2.37%	2.84%
2015	47,088,526	17,085,587	2.25%	2.79%
2016	48,139,687	17,557,739	2.23%	2.76%
2017	49,197,766	18,039,715	2.2%	2.75%
2018	50,207,107	18,528,081	2.05%	2.71%
2019	51,202,827	19,025,752	1.98%	2.69%
2020	52,217,334	19,533,888	1.98%	2.67%
2021	53,219,166	20,047,258	1.92%	2.63%
2022	54,252,461	20,568,728	1.94%	2.6%
2023	55,339,003	21,104,482	2%	2.6%
2024	56,432,944	21,655,286	1.98%	2.61%
2025	57,532,489	22,216,113	1.95%	2.59%
2026	58,636,403	22,785,530	1.92%	2.56%
2027	59,745,751	23,366,187	1.89%	2.55%
2028	60,860,444	23,954,450	1.87%	2.52%
2029	61,979,186	24,553,499	1.84%	2.5%
2030	63,102,241	25,160,293	1.81%	2.47%
2031	64,230,108	25,763,534	1.79%	2.4%
2032	65,359,031	26,366,760	1.76%	2.34%
2033	66,484,805	26,978,417	1.72%	2.32%
2034	67,604,628	27,595,295	1.68%	2.29%
2035	68,715,909	28,213,784	1.64%	2.24%
2036	69,818,887	28,835,595	1.61%	2.2%
2037	70,910,404	29,462,509	1.56%	2.17%
2038	71,990,929	30,081,741	1.52%	2.1%
2039	73,057,760	30,691,578	1.48%	2.03%
2040	74,108,858	31,302,092	1.44%	1.99%
2041	75,144,357	31,911,242	1.4%	1.95%
2042	76,161,719	32,517,509	1.35%	1.9%
2043	77,159,121	33,122,481	1.31%	1.86%
2044	78,134,979	33,736,523	1.26%	1.85%
2045	79,088,832	34,350,947	1.22%	1.82%
2046	80,022,371	34,959,606	1.18%	1.77%
2047	80,938,635	35,567,989	1.15%	1.74%
2048	81,837,657	36,165,757	1.11%	1.68%
2049	82,721,766	36,760,998	1.08%	1.65%
2050	83,593,232	37,361,672	1.05%	1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.