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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Malta	Kenya	Malta
1960	7,695,307	326,550	-	-
1961	7,987,770	325,250	3.8%	-0.4%
1962	8,299,308	323,900	3.9%	-0.42%
1963	8,627,971	322,550	3.96%	-0.42%
1964	8,973,535	321,250	4.01%	-0.4%
1965	9,338,078	318,800	4.06%	-0.76%
1966	9,717,816	315,200	4.07%	-1.13%
1967	10,111,057	311,550	4.05%	-1.16%
1968	10,518,823	307,900	4.03%	-1.17%
1969	10,939,695	304,300	4%	-1.17%
1970	11,368,791	302,650	3.92%	-0.54%
1971	11,788,904	302,700	3.7%	0.02%
1972	12,206,060	302,450	3.54%	-0.08%
1973	12,634,835	302,200	3.51%	-0.08%
1974	13,070,078	301,996	3.44%	-0.07%
1975	13,511,671	304,222	3.38%	0.74%
1976	13,957,623	305,774	3.3%	0.51%
1977	14,428,819	306,970	3.38%	0.39%
1978	14,934,126	310,182	3.5%	1.05%
1979	15,460,666	313,342	3.53%	1.02%
1980	16,018,459	316,645	3.61%	1.05%
1981	16,601,507	318,982	3.64%	0.74%
1982	17,206,175	325,898	3.64%	2.17%
1983	17,846,374	330,524	3.72%	1.42%
1984	18,514,906	330,593	3.75%	0.02%
1985	19,201,768	336,452	3.71%	1.77%
1986	19,901,646	342,121	3.64%	1.68%
1987	20,616,096	344,485	3.59%	0.69%
1988	21,356,219	347,325	3.59%	0.82%
1989	22,118,434	350,722	3.57%	0.98%
1990	22,892,651	354,170	3.5%	0.98%
1991	23,646,514	363,845	3.29%	2.73%
1992	24,382,460	367,618	3.11%	1.04%
1993	25,117,188	371,308	3.01%	1%
1994	25,857,130	374,797	2.95%	0.94%
1995	26,601,751	377,419	2.88%	0.7%
1996	27,344,211	379,905	2.79%	0.66%
1997	28,101,768	382,791	2.77%	0.76%
1998	28,888,057	385,287	2.8%	0.65%
1999	29,733,408	387,578	2.93%	0.59%
2000	30,642,890	390,087	3.06%	0.65%
2001	31,619,170	393,028	3.19%	0.75%
2002	32,629,808	395,969	3.2%	0.75%
2003	33,652,223	398,582	3.13%	0.66%
2004	34,713,455	401,268	3.15%	0.67%
2005	35,796,484	403,834	3.12%	0.64%
2006	36,904,008	405,308	3.09%	0.37%
2007	38,036,349	406,724	3.07%	0.35%
2008	39,206,351	409,379	3.08%	0.65%
2009	40,408,891	412,477	3.07%	0.76%
2010	41,598,567	414,508	2.94%	0.49%
2011	42,758,461	416,268	2.79%	0.42%
2012	43,888,303	420,028	2.64%	0.9%
2013	44,986,791	424,810	2.5%	1.14%
2014	46,051,440	433,481	2.37%	2.04%
2015	47,088,526	444,220	2.25%	2.48%
2016	48,139,687	454,505	2.23%	2.32%
2017	49,197,766	467,106	2.2%	2.77%
2018	50,207,107	483,903	2.05%	3.6%
2019	51,202,827	503,912	1.98%	4.13%
2020	52,217,334	515,490	1.98%	2.3%
2021	53,219,166	518,150	1.92%	0.52%
2022	54,252,461	531,113	1.94%	2.5%
2023	55,339,003	552,747	2%	4.07%
2024	56,432,944	568,847	1.98%	2.91%
2025	57,532,489	574,955	1.95%	1.07%
2026	58,636,403	578,756	1.92%	0.66%
2027	59,745,751	580,829	1.89%	0.36%
2028	60,860,444	582,657	1.87%	0.31%
2029	61,979,186	584,129	1.84%	0.25%
2030	63,102,241	585,315	1.81%	0.2%
2031	64,230,108	586,254	1.79%	0.16%
2032	65,359,031	586,948	1.76%	0.12%
2033	66,484,805	587,297	1.72%	0.06%
2034	67,604,628	587,151	1.68%	-0.02%
2035	68,715,909	586,661	1.64%	-0.08%
2036	69,818,887	586,003	1.61%	-0.11%
2037	70,910,404	585,174	1.56%	-0.14%
2038	71,990,929	584,125	1.52%	-0.18%
2039	73,057,760	582,893	1.48%	-0.21%
2040	74,108,858	581,634	1.44%	-0.22%
2041	75,144,357	580,285	1.4%	-0.23%
2042	76,161,719	578,871	1.35%	-0.24%
2043	77,159,121	577,384	1.31%	-0.26%
2044	78,134,979	575,789	1.26%	-0.28%
2045	79,088,832	574,143	1.22%	-0.29%
2046	80,022,371	572,420	1.18%	-0.3%
2047	80,938,635	570,534	1.15%	-0.33%
2048	81,837,657	568,553	1.11%	-0.35%
2049	82,721,766	566,709	1.08%	-0.32%
2050	83,593,232	564,751	1.05%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.