Population in Kenya compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kenya and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Marshall Islands	Kenya	Marshall Islands
1960	7,695,307	14,703	-	-
1961	7,987,770	15,219	3.8%	3.51%
1962	8,299,308	15,755	3.9%	3.52%
1963	8,627,971	16,302	3.96%	3.47%
1964	8,973,535	16,852	4.01%	3.37%
1965	9,338,078	17,402	4.06%	3.26%
1966	9,717,816	17,927	4.07%	3.02%
1967	10,111,057	18,655	4.05%	4.06%
1968	10,518,823	19,862	4.03%	6.47%
1969	10,939,695	21,305	4%	7.27%
1970	11,368,791	22,530	3.92%	5.75%
1971	11,788,904	23,366	3.7%	3.71%
1972	12,206,060	23,992	3.54%	2.68%
1973	12,634,835	24,581	3.51%	2.45%
1974	13,070,078	25,296	3.44%	2.91%
1975	13,511,671	26,154	3.38%	3.39%
1976	13,957,623	27,021	3.3%	3.31%
1977	14,428,819	27,906	3.38%	3.28%
1978	14,934,126	28,809	3.5%	3.24%
1979	15,460,666	29,738	3.53%	3.22%
1980	16,018,459	30,774	3.61%	3.48%
1981	16,601,507	32,017	3.64%	4.04%
1982	17,206,175	33,397	3.64%	4.31%
1983	17,846,374	34,811	3.72%	4.23%
1984	18,514,906	36,264	3.75%	4.17%
1985	19,201,768	37,761	3.71%	4.13%
1986	19,901,646	39,286	3.64%	4.04%
1987	20,616,096	40,828	3.59%	3.93%
1988	21,356,219	42,321	3.59%	3.66%
1989	22,118,434	43,586	3.57%	2.99%
1990	22,892,651	44,629	3.5%	2.39%
1991	23,646,514	45,568	3.29%	2.1%
1992	24,382,460	46,388	3.11%	1.8%
1993	25,117,188	47,093	3.01%	1.52%
1994	25,857,130	47,712	2.95%	1.31%
1995	26,601,751	48,266	2.88%	1.16%
1996	27,344,211	48,775	2.79%	1.05%
1997	28,101,768	49,259	2.77%	0.99%
1998	28,888,057	49,717	2.8%	0.93%
1999	29,733,408	50,202	2.93%	0.98%
2000	30,642,890	50,706	3.06%	1%
2001	31,619,170	51,123	3.19%	0.82%
2002	32,629,808	51,425	3.2%	0.59%
2003	33,652,223	51,639	3.13%	0.42%
2004	34,713,455	51,791	3.15%	0.29%
2005	35,796,484	51,906	3.12%	0.22%
2006	36,904,008	51,992	3.09%	0.17%
2007	38,036,349	52,035	3.07%	0.08%
2008	39,206,351	52,030	3.08%	-0.01%
2009	40,408,891	52,019	3.07%	-0.02%
2010	41,598,567	52,044	2.94%	0.05%
2011	42,758,461	51,907	2.79%	-0.26%
2012	43,888,303	51,419	2.64%	-0.94%
2013	44,986,791	50,681	2.5%	-1.44%
2014	46,051,440	49,796	2.37%	-1.75%
2015	47,088,526	48,800	2.25%	-2%
2016	48,139,687	47,709	2.23%	-2.24%
2017	49,197,766	46,529	2.2%	-2.47%
2018	50,207,107	45,285	2.05%	-2.67%
2019	51,202,827	44,007	1.98%	-2.82%
2020	52,217,334	42,706	1.98%	-2.96%
2021	53,219,166	41,367	1.92%	-3.14%
2022	54,252,461	40,077	1.94%	-3.12%
2023	55,339,003	38,827	2%	-3.12%
2024	56,432,944	37,548	1.98%	-3.29%
2025	57,532,489	36,281	1.95%	-3.37%
2026	58,636,403	35,078	1.92%	-3.32%
2027	59,745,751	33,976	1.89%	-3.14%
2028	60,860,444	32,977	1.87%	-2.94%
2029	61,979,186	32,054	1.84%	-2.8%
2030	63,102,241	31,191	1.81%	-2.69%
2031	64,230,108	30,420	1.79%	-2.47%
2032	65,359,031	29,740	1.76%	-2.23%
2033	66,484,805	29,142	1.72%	-2.01%
2034	67,604,628	28,608	1.68%	-1.83%
2035	68,715,909	28,147	1.64%	-1.61%
2036	69,818,887	27,751	1.61%	-1.41%
2037	70,910,404	27,405	1.56%	-1.25%
2038	71,990,929	27,092	1.52%	-1.14%
2039	73,057,760	26,836	1.48%	-0.94%
2040	74,108,858	26,598	1.44%	-0.89%
2041	75,144,357	26,396	1.4%	-0.76%
2042	76,161,719	26,217	1.35%	-0.68%
2043	77,159,121	26,054	1.31%	-0.62%
2044	78,134,979	25,913	1.26%	-0.54%
2045	79,088,832	25,777	1.22%	-0.52%
2046	80,022,371	25,653	1.18%	-0.48%
2047	80,938,635	25,543	1.15%	-0.43%
2048	81,837,657	25,429	1.11%	-0.45%
2049	82,721,766	25,311	1.08%	-0.46%
2050	83,593,232	25,195	1.05%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.