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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Malaysia	Kenya	Malaysia
1960	7,695,307	7,956,197	-	-
1961	7,987,770	8,164,443	3.8%	2.62%
1962	8,299,308	8,380,172	3.9%	2.64%
1963	8,627,971	8,602,160	3.96%	2.65%
1964	8,973,535	8,828,406	4.01%	2.63%
1965	9,338,078	9,056,408	4.06%	2.58%
1966	9,717,816	9,284,688	4.07%	2.52%
1967	10,111,057	9,507,099	4.05%	2.4%
1968	10,518,823	9,725,281	4.03%	2.29%
1969	10,939,695	9,947,597	4%	2.29%
1970	11,368,791	10,178,802	3.92%	2.32%
1971	11,788,904	10,423,453	3.7%	2.4%
1972	12,206,060	10,676,835	3.54%	2.43%
1973	12,634,835	10,935,621	3.51%	2.42%
1974	13,070,078	11,200,906	3.44%	2.43%
1975	13,511,671	11,471,914	3.38%	2.42%
1976	13,957,623	11,750,097	3.3%	2.42%
1977	14,428,819	12,035,713	3.38%	2.43%
1978	14,934,126	12,328,157	3.5%	2.43%
1979	15,460,666	12,627,862	3.53%	2.43%
1980	16,018,459	12,983,363	3.61%	2.82%
1981	16,601,507	13,399,203	3.64%	3.2%
1982	17,206,175	13,832,798	3.64%	3.24%
1983	17,846,374	14,285,907	3.72%	3.28%
1984	18,514,906	14,759,009	3.75%	3.31%
1985	19,201,768	15,252,258	3.71%	3.34%
1986	19,901,646	15,760,419	3.64%	3.33%
1987	20,616,096	16,276,737	3.59%	3.28%
1988	21,356,219	16,796,605	3.59%	3.19%
1989	22,118,434	17,314,997	3.57%	3.09%
1990	22,892,651	17,833,171	3.5%	2.99%
1991	23,646,514	18,342,464	3.29%	2.86%
1992	24,382,460	18,834,572	3.11%	2.68%
1993	25,117,188	19,322,664	3.01%	2.59%
1994	25,857,130	19,820,446	2.95%	2.58%
1995	26,601,751	20,330,599	2.88%	2.57%
1996	27,344,211	20,850,087	2.79%	2.56%
1997	28,101,768	21,375,218	2.77%	2.52%
1998	28,888,057	21,906,713	2.8%	2.49%
1999	29,733,408	22,435,531	2.93%	2.41%
2000	30,642,890	22,967,816	3.06%	2.37%
2001	31,619,170	23,526,538	3.19%	2.43%
2002	32,629,808	24,102,477	3.2%	2.45%
2003	33,652,223	24,679,602	3.13%	2.39%
2004	34,713,455	25,256,772	3.15%	2.34%
2005	35,796,484	25,836,071	3.12%	2.29%
2006	36,904,008	26,417,909	3.09%	2.25%
2007	38,036,349	26,998,389	3.07%	2.2%
2008	39,206,351	27,570,059	3.08%	2.12%
2009	40,408,891	28,124,778	3.07%	2.01%
2010	41,598,567	28,655,776	2.94%	1.89%
2011	42,758,461	29,162,039	2.79%	1.77%
2012	43,888,303	29,662,831	2.64%	1.72%
2013	44,986,791	30,174,265	2.5%	1.72%
2014	46,051,440	30,696,137	2.37%	1.73%
2015	47,088,526	31,232,798	2.25%	1.75%
2016	48,139,687	31,789,685	2.23%	1.78%
2017	49,197,766	32,355,644	2.2%	1.78%
2018	50,207,107	32,910,967	2.05%	1.72%
2019	51,202,827	33,440,596	1.98%	1.61%
2020	52,217,334	33,889,558	1.98%	1.34%
2021	53,219,166	34,282,399	1.92%	1.16%
2022	54,252,461	34,695,493	1.94%	1.2%
2023	55,339,003	35,126,298	2%	1.24%
2024	56,432,944	35,557,673	1.98%	1.23%
2025	57,532,489	35,977,838	1.95%	1.18%
2026	58,636,403	36,385,119	1.92%	1.13%
2027	59,745,751	36,785,089	1.89%	1.1%
2028	60,860,444	37,182,773	1.87%	1.08%
2029	61,979,186	37,574,292	1.84%	1.05%
2030	63,102,241	37,961,722	1.81%	1.03%
2031	64,230,108	38,347,786	1.79%	1.02%
2032	65,359,031	38,728,383	1.76%	0.99%
2033	66,484,805	39,097,871	1.72%	0.95%
2034	67,604,628	39,457,849	1.68%	0.92%
2035	68,715,909	39,814,834	1.64%	0.9%
2036	69,818,887	40,166,904	1.61%	0.88%
2037	70,910,404	40,512,289	1.56%	0.86%
2038	71,990,929	40,853,318	1.52%	0.84%
2039	73,057,760	41,185,892	1.48%	0.81%
2040	74,108,858	41,509,646	1.44%	0.79%
2041	75,144,357	41,828,594	1.4%	0.77%
2042	76,161,719	42,144,474	1.35%	0.76%
2043	77,159,121	42,455,952	1.31%	0.74%
2044	78,134,979	42,754,140	1.26%	0.7%
2045	79,088,832	43,038,205	1.22%	0.66%
2046	80,022,371	43,313,754	1.18%	0.64%
2047	80,938,635	43,580,459	1.15%	0.62%
2048	81,837,657	43,831,577	1.11%	0.58%
2049	82,721,766	44,065,538	1.08%	0.53%
2050	83,593,232	44,289,765	1.05%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.