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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Maldives	Kenya	Maldives
1960	7,695,307	91,189	-	-
1961	7,987,770	93,450	3.8%	2.48%
1962	8,299,308	95,802	3.9%	2.52%
1963	8,627,971	98,222	3.96%	2.53%
1964	8,973,535	100,662	4.01%	2.48%
1965	9,338,078	104,102	4.06%	3.42%
1966	9,717,816	108,507	4.07%	4.23%
1967	10,111,057	112,528	4.05%	3.71%
1968	10,518,823	116,075	4.03%	3.15%
1969	10,939,695	119,564	4%	3.01%
1970	11,368,791	123,219	3.92%	3.06%
1971	11,788,904	127,035	3.7%	3.1%
1972	12,206,060	130,968	3.54%	3.1%
1973	12,634,835	134,952	3.51%	3.04%
1974	13,070,078	138,978	3.44%	2.98%
1975	13,511,671	143,158	3.38%	3.01%
1976	13,957,623	147,525	3.3%	3.05%
1977	14,428,819	151,930	3.38%	2.99%
1978	14,934,126	156,159	3.5%	2.78%
1979	15,460,666	160,360	3.53%	2.69%
1980	16,018,459	164,835	3.61%	2.79%
1981	16,601,507	169,532	3.64%	2.85%
1982	17,206,175	174,333	3.64%	2.83%
1983	17,846,374	179,128	3.72%	2.75%
1984	18,514,906	184,198	3.75%	2.83%
1985	19,201,768	190,169	3.71%	3.24%
1986	19,901,646	196,935	3.64%	3.56%
1987	20,616,096	203,944	3.59%	3.56%
1988	21,356,219	210,885	3.59%	3.4%
1989	22,118,434	217,738	3.57%	3.25%
1990	22,892,651	224,762	3.5%	3.23%
1991	23,646,514	231,802	3.29%	3.13%
1992	24,382,460	238,543	3.11%	2.91%
1993	25,117,188	244,884	3.01%	2.66%
1994	25,857,130	250,822	2.95%	2.42%
1995	26,601,751	256,649	2.88%	2.32%
1996	27,344,211	262,347	2.79%	2.22%
1997	28,101,768	267,707	2.77%	2.04%
1998	28,888,057	272,723	2.8%	1.87%
1999	29,733,408	277,412	2.93%	1.72%
2000	30,642,890	282,019	3.06%	1.66%
2001	31,619,170	286,767	3.19%	1.68%
2002	32,629,808	291,616	3.2%	1.69%
2003	33,652,223	296,491	3.13%	1.67%
2004	34,713,455	301,413	3.15%	1.66%
2005	35,796,484	306,429	3.12%	1.66%
2006	36,904,008	313,851	3.09%	2.42%
2007	38,036,349	324,479	3.07%	3.39%
2008	39,206,351	336,170	3.08%	3.6%
2009	40,408,891	348,275	3.07%	3.6%
2010	41,598,567	360,792	2.94%	3.59%
2011	42,758,461	373,674	2.79%	3.57%
2012	43,888,303	386,818	2.64%	3.52%
2013	44,986,791	400,070	2.5%	3.43%
2014	46,051,440	413,617	2.37%	3.39%
2015	47,088,526	428,154	2.25%	3.51%
2016	48,139,687	443,308	2.23%	3.54%
2017	49,197,766	458,287	2.2%	3.38%
2018	50,207,107	473,099	2.05%	3.23%
2019	51,202,827	487,731	1.98%	3.09%
2020	52,217,334	502,118	1.98%	2.95%
2021	53,219,166	516,154	1.92%	2.8%
2022	54,252,461	524,106	1.94%	1.54%
2023	55,339,003	525,994	2%	0.36%
2024	56,432,944	527,799	1.98%	0.34%
2025	57,532,489	529,677	1.95%	0.36%
2026	58,636,403	531,514	1.92%	0.35%
2027	59,745,751	533,433	1.89%	0.36%
2028	60,860,444	535,502	1.87%	0.39%
2029	61,979,186	537,574	1.84%	0.39%
2030	63,102,241	539,667	1.81%	0.39%
2031	64,230,108	541,929	1.79%	0.42%
2032	65,359,031	544,288	1.76%	0.44%
2033	66,484,805	546,723	1.72%	0.45%
2034	67,604,628	549,162	1.68%	0.45%
2035	68,715,909	551,599	1.64%	0.44%
2036	69,818,887	554,092	1.61%	0.45%
2037	70,910,404	556,637	1.56%	0.46%
2038	71,990,929	559,231	1.52%	0.47%
2039	73,057,760	561,958	1.48%	0.49%
2040	74,108,858	564,800	1.44%	0.51%
2041	75,144,357	567,606	1.4%	0.5%
2042	76,161,719	570,381	1.35%	0.49%
2043	77,159,121	573,138	1.31%	0.48%
2044	78,134,979	575,811	1.26%	0.47%
2045	79,088,832	578,459	1.22%	0.46%
2046	80,022,371	581,026	1.18%	0.44%
2047	80,938,635	583,393	1.15%	0.41%
2048	81,837,657	585,720	1.11%	0.4%
2049	82,721,766	587,988	1.08%	0.39%
2050	83,593,232	589,960	1.05%	0.34%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Maldives gained 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 88,226 (a 19.9% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2006 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.