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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Mali	Kenya	Mali
1960	7,695,307	5,402,550	-	-
1961	7,987,770	5,482,283	3.8%	1.48%
1962	8,299,308	5,563,917	3.9%	1.49%
1963	8,627,971	5,646,605	3.96%	1.49%
1964	8,973,535	5,730,125	4.01%	1.48%
1965	9,338,078	5,815,487	4.06%	1.49%
1966	9,717,816	5,902,204	4.07%	1.49%
1967	10,111,057	5,990,906	4.05%	1.5%
1968	10,518,823	6,082,979	4.03%	1.54%
1969	10,939,695	6,177,704	4%	1.56%
1970	11,368,791	6,276,472	3.92%	1.6%
1971	11,788,904	6,377,944	3.7%	1.62%
1972	12,206,060	6,483,726	3.54%	1.66%
1973	12,634,835	6,597,106	3.51%	1.75%
1974	13,070,078	6,715,436	3.44%	1.79%
1975	13,511,671	6,837,261	3.38%	1.81%
1976	13,957,623	6,960,979	3.3%	1.81%
1977	14,428,819	7,090,979	3.38%	1.87%
1978	14,934,126	7,229,651	3.5%	1.96%
1979	15,460,666	7,375,266	3.53%	2.01%
1980	16,018,459	7,530,515	3.61%	2.1%
1981	16,601,507	7,692,766	3.64%	2.15%
1982	17,206,175	7,860,194	3.64%	2.18%
1983	17,846,374	8,034,400	3.72%	2.22%
1984	18,514,906	8,208,599	3.75%	2.17%
1985	19,201,768	8,374,663	3.71%	2.02%
1986	19,901,646	8,531,277	3.64%	1.87%
1987	20,616,096	8,681,164	3.59%	1.76%
1988	21,356,219	8,833,996	3.59%	1.76%
1989	22,118,434	8,999,938	3.57%	1.88%
1990	22,892,651	9,178,830	3.5%	1.99%
1991	23,646,514	9,362,888	3.29%	2.01%
1992	24,382,460	9,553,540	3.11%	2.04%
1993	25,117,188	9,754,786	3.01%	2.11%
1994	25,857,130	9,967,031	2.95%	2.18%
1995	26,601,751	10,185,365	2.88%	2.19%
1996	27,344,211	10,407,278	2.79%	2.18%
1997	28,101,768	10,646,495	2.77%	2.3%
1998	28,888,057	10,919,573	2.8%	2.56%
1999	29,733,408	11,227,415	2.93%	2.82%
2000	30,642,890	11,559,290	3.06%	2.96%
2001	31,619,170	11,912,158	3.19%	3.05%
2002	32,629,808	12,288,050	3.2%	3.16%
2003	33,652,223	12,684,955	3.13%	3.23%
2004	34,713,455	13,102,409	3.15%	3.29%
2005	35,796,484	13,538,647	3.12%	3.33%
2006	36,904,008	13,990,139	3.09%	3.33%
2007	38,036,349	14,457,775	3.07%	3.34%
2008	39,206,351	14,940,782	3.08%	3.34%
2009	40,408,891	15,435,539	3.07%	3.31%
2010	41,598,567	15,945,198	2.94%	3.3%
2011	42,758,461	16,469,049	2.79%	3.29%
2012	43,888,303	16,957,033	2.64%	2.96%
2013	44,986,791	17,459,615	2.5%	2.96%
2014	46,051,440	18,020,267	2.37%	3.21%
2015	47,088,526	18,593,022	2.25%	3.18%
2016	48,139,687	19,191,289	2.23%	3.22%
2017	49,197,766	19,813,011	2.2%	3.24%
2018	50,207,107	20,442,030	2.05%	3.17%
2019	51,202,827	21,068,405	1.98%	3.06%
2020	52,217,334	21,713,836	1.98%	3.06%
2021	53,219,166	22,388,630	1.92%	3.11%
2022	54,252,461	23,072,640	1.94%	3.06%
2023	55,339,003	23,769,127	2%	3.02%
2024	56,432,944	24,478,595	1.98%	2.98%
2025	57,532,489	25,198,817	1.95%	2.94%
2026	58,636,403	25,932,275	1.92%	2.91%
2027	59,745,751	26,679,171	1.89%	2.88%
2028	60,860,444	27,440,613	1.87%	2.85%
2029	61,979,186	28,215,513	1.84%	2.82%
2030	63,102,241	29,002,864	1.81%	2.79%
2031	64,230,108	29,804,545	1.79%	2.76%
2032	65,359,031	30,618,893	1.76%	2.73%
2033	66,484,805	31,442,801	1.72%	2.69%
2034	67,604,628	32,276,672	1.68%	2.65%
2035	68,715,909	33,118,344	1.64%	2.61%
2036	69,818,887	33,967,889	1.61%	2.57%
2037	70,910,404	34,823,450	1.56%	2.52%
2038	71,990,929	35,685,576	1.52%	2.48%
2039	73,057,760	36,549,487	1.48%	2.42%
2040	74,108,858	37,413,641	1.44%	2.36%
2041	75,144,357	38,280,868	1.4%	2.32%
2042	76,161,719	39,151,280	1.35%	2.27%
2043	77,159,121	40,026,317	1.31%	2.24%
2044	78,134,979	40,902,500	1.26%	2.19%
2045	79,088,832	41,778,984	1.22%	2.14%
2046	80,022,371	42,655,642	1.18%	2.1%
2047	80,938,635	43,530,852	1.15%	2.05%
2048	81,837,657	44,405,715	1.11%	2.01%
2049	82,721,766	45,279,772	1.08%	1.97%
2050	83,593,232	46,154,079	1.05%	1.93%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Mali gained 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Mali's population increased by 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Mali was ranked 66th in 2006 and ranked 58th 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 Mali will increase by 77.9% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.