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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Mozambique	Kenya	Mozambique
1960	7,695,307	6,713,695	-	-
1961	7,987,770	6,834,936	3.8%	1.81%
1962	8,299,308	6,969,364	3.9%	1.97%
1963	8,627,971	7,109,828	3.96%	2.02%
1964	8,973,535	7,255,061	4.01%	2.04%
1965	9,338,078	7,406,421	4.06%	2.09%
1966	9,717,816	7,562,990	4.07%	2.11%
1967	10,111,057	7,724,550	4.05%	2.14%
1968	10,518,823	7,892,613	4.03%	2.18%
1969	10,939,695	8,066,951	4%	2.21%
1970	11,368,791	8,250,506	3.92%	2.28%
1971	11,788,904	8,456,317	3.7%	2.49%
1972	12,206,060	8,692,935	3.54%	2.8%
1973	12,634,835	8,954,242	3.51%	3.01%
1974	13,070,078	9,236,093	3.44%	3.15%
1975	13,511,671	9,540,817	3.38%	3.3%
1976	13,957,623	9,867,209	3.3%	3.42%
1977	14,428,819	10,224,975	3.38%	3.63%
1978	14,934,126	10,618,250	3.5%	3.85%
1979	15,460,666	11,028,809	3.53%	3.87%
1980	16,018,459	11,336,221	3.61%	2.79%
1981	16,601,507	11,568,127	3.64%	2.05%
1982	17,206,175	11,824,370	3.64%	2.22%
1983	17,846,374	12,073,822	3.72%	2.11%
1984	18,514,906	12,315,954	3.75%	2.01%
1985	19,201,768	12,548,949	3.71%	1.89%
1986	19,901,646	12,770,578	3.64%	1.77%
1987	20,616,096	12,822,574	3.59%	0.41%
1988	21,356,219	12,800,558	3.59%	-0.17%
1989	22,118,434	12,906,842	3.57%	0.83%
1990	22,892,651	13,094,537	3.5%	1.45%
1991	23,646,514	13,352,090	3.29%	1.97%
1992	24,382,460	13,613,316	3.11%	1.96%
1993	25,117,188	14,051,192	3.01%	3.22%
1994	25,857,130	15,033,853	2.95%	6.99%
1995	26,601,751	15,960,530	2.88%	6.16%
1996	27,344,211	16,492,480	2.79%	3.33%
1997	28,101,768	16,949,982	2.77%	2.77%
1998	28,888,057	17,340,464	2.8%	2.3%
1999	29,733,408	17,734,506	2.93%	2.27%
2000	30,642,890	18,129,653	3.06%	2.23%
2001	31,619,170	18,537,729	3.19%	2.25%
2002	32,629,808	18,958,338	3.2%	2.27%
2003	33,652,223	19,392,475	3.13%	2.29%
2004	34,713,455	19,840,313	3.15%	2.31%
2005	35,796,484	20,304,569	3.12%	2.34%
2006	36,904,008	20,787,087	3.09%	2.38%
2007	38,036,349	21,287,635	3.07%	2.41%
2008	39,206,351	21,819,036	3.08%	2.5%
2009	40,408,891	22,391,745	3.07%	2.62%
2010	41,598,567	22,999,235	2.94%	2.71%
2011	42,758,461	23,649,039	2.79%	2.83%
2012	43,888,303	24,337,846	2.64%	2.91%
2013	44,986,791	25,051,611	2.5%	2.93%
2014	46,051,440	25,788,475	2.37%	2.94%
2015	47,088,526	26,547,572	2.25%	2.94%
2016	48,139,687	27,337,105	2.23%	2.97%
2017	49,197,766	28,166,393	2.2%	3.03%
2018	50,207,107	29,018,644	2.05%	3.03%
2019	51,202,827	29,884,380	1.98%	2.98%
2020	52,217,334	30,783,688	1.98%	3.01%
2021	53,219,166	31,707,800	1.92%	3%
2022	54,252,461	32,656,246	1.94%	2.99%
2023	55,339,003	33,635,160	2%	3%
2024	56,432,944	34,631,766	1.98%	2.96%
2025	57,532,489	35,631,656	1.95%	2.89%
2026	58,636,403	36,639,853	1.92%	2.83%
2027	59,745,751	37,668,656	1.89%	2.81%
2028	60,860,444	38,714,097	1.87%	2.78%
2029	61,979,186	39,774,947	1.84%	2.74%
2030	63,102,241	40,846,749	1.81%	2.69%
2031	64,230,108	41,931,250	1.79%	2.66%
2032	65,359,031	43,032,887	1.76%	2.63%
2033	66,484,805	44,144,533	1.72%	2.58%
2034	67,604,628	45,273,522	1.68%	2.56%
2035	68,715,909	46,411,774	1.64%	2.51%
2036	69,818,887	47,548,671	1.61%	2.45%
2037	70,910,404	48,684,563	1.56%	2.39%
2038	71,990,929	49,822,039	1.52%	2.34%
2039	73,057,760	50,971,124	1.48%	2.31%
2040	74,108,858	52,124,215	1.44%	2.26%
2041	75,144,357	53,271,004	1.4%	2.2%
2042	76,161,719	54,423,407	1.35%	2.16%
2043	77,159,121	55,574,711	1.31%	2.12%
2044	78,134,979	56,716,585	1.26%	2.05%
2045	79,088,832	57,851,787	1.22%	2%
2046	80,022,371	58,981,102	1.18%	1.95%
2047	80,938,635	60,117,587	1.15%	1.93%
2048	81,837,657	61,254,584	1.11%	1.89%
2049	82,721,766	62,397,018	1.08%	1.87%
2050	83,593,232	63,530,955	1.05%	1.82%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,550,018 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,313,991 (a 34.1% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2006 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 73.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.