Population in Kenya compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kenya and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Netherlands	Kenya	Netherlands
1960	7,695,307	11,486,631	-	-
1961	7,987,770	11,638,712	3.8%	1.32%
1962	8,299,308	11,805,689	3.9%	1.43%
1963	8,627,971	11,965,966	3.96%	1.36%
1964	8,973,535	12,127,120	4.01%	1.35%
1965	9,338,078	12,294,732	4.06%	1.38%
1966	9,717,816	12,456,251	4.07%	1.31%
1967	10,111,057	12,598,201	4.05%	1.14%
1968	10,518,823	12,729,721	4.03%	1.04%
1969	10,939,695	12,877,984	4%	1.16%
1970	11,368,791	13,038,526	3.92%	1.25%
1971	11,788,904	13,194,497	3.7%	1.2%
1972	12,206,060	13,328,593	3.54%	1.02%
1973	12,634,835	13,439,322	3.51%	0.83%
1974	13,070,078	13,545,056	3.44%	0.79%
1975	13,511,671	13,666,335	3.38%	0.9%
1976	13,957,623	13,774,037	3.3%	0.79%
1977	14,428,819	13,856,185	3.38%	0.6%
1978	14,934,126	13,941,700	3.5%	0.62%
1979	15,460,666	14,038,270	3.53%	0.69%
1980	16,018,459	14,149,800	3.61%	0.79%
1981	16,601,507	14,247,208	3.64%	0.69%
1982	17,206,175	14,312,690	3.64%	0.46%
1983	17,846,374	14,367,070	3.72%	0.38%
1984	18,514,906	14,424,211	3.75%	0.4%
1985	19,201,768	14,491,632	3.71%	0.47%
1986	19,901,646	14,572,278	3.64%	0.56%
1987	20,616,096	14,665,037	3.59%	0.64%
1988	21,356,219	14,760,094	3.59%	0.65%
1989	22,118,434	14,848,907	3.57%	0.6%
1990	22,892,651	14,951,510	3.5%	0.69%
1991	23,646,514	15,069,798	3.29%	0.79%
1992	24,382,460	15,184,166	3.11%	0.76%
1993	25,117,188	15,290,368	3.01%	0.7%
1994	25,857,130	15,382,838	2.95%	0.6%
1995	26,601,751	15,459,006	2.88%	0.5%
1996	27,344,211	15,530,498	2.79%	0.46%
1997	28,101,768	15,610,650	2.77%	0.52%
1998	28,888,057	15,707,209	2.8%	0.62%
1999	29,733,408	15,812,088	2.93%	0.67%
2000	30,642,890	15,925,513	3.06%	0.72%
2001	31,619,170	16,046,180	3.19%	0.76%
2002	32,629,808	16,148,929	3.2%	0.64%
2003	33,652,223	16,225,302	3.13%	0.47%
2004	34,713,455	16,281,779	3.15%	0.35%
2005	35,796,484	16,319,868	3.12%	0.23%
2006	36,904,008	16,346,101	3.09%	0.16%
2007	38,036,349	16,381,696	3.07%	0.22%
2008	39,206,351	16,445,593	3.08%	0.39%
2009	40,408,891	16,530,388	3.07%	0.52%
2010	41,598,567	16,615,394	2.94%	0.51%
2011	42,758,461	16,693,074	2.79%	0.47%
2012	43,888,303	16,754,962	2.64%	0.37%
2013	44,986,791	16,804,432	2.5%	0.3%
2014	46,051,440	16,865,008	2.37%	0.36%
2015	47,088,526	16,939,923	2.25%	0.44%
2016	48,139,687	17,030,314	2.23%	0.53%
2017	49,197,766	17,131,296	2.2%	0.59%
2018	50,207,107	17,231,624	2.05%	0.59%
2019	51,202,827	17,344,874	1.98%	0.66%
2020	52,217,334	17,441,500	1.98%	0.56%
2021	53,219,166	17,533,044	1.92%	0.52%
2022	54,252,461	17,700,982	1.94%	0.96%
2023	55,339,003	17,877,117	2%	1%
2024	56,432,944	17,993,485	1.98%	0.65%
2025	57,532,489	18,110,044	1.95%	0.65%
2026	58,636,403	18,210,675	1.92%	0.56%
2027	59,745,751	18,298,766	1.89%	0.48%
2028	60,860,444	18,378,805	1.87%	0.44%
2029	61,979,186	18,451,273	1.84%	0.39%
2030	63,102,241	18,515,139	1.81%	0.35%
2031	64,230,108	18,571,158	1.79%	0.3%
2032	65,359,031	18,620,309	1.76%	0.26%
2033	66,484,805	18,664,195	1.72%	0.24%
2034	67,604,628	18,701,674	1.68%	0.2%
2035	68,715,909	18,732,440	1.64%	0.16%
2036	69,818,887	18,759,270	1.61%	0.14%
2037	70,910,404	18,781,008	1.56%	0.12%
2038	71,990,929	18,797,497	1.52%	0.09%
2039	73,057,760	18,809,490	1.48%	0.06%
2040	74,108,858	18,816,959	1.44%	0.04%
2041	75,144,357	18,820,083	1.4%	0.02%
2042	76,161,719	18,818,821	1.35%	-0.007%
2043	77,159,121	18,814,475	1.31%	-0.02%
2044	78,134,979	18,806,778	1.26%	-0.04%
2045	79,088,832	18,796,219	1.22%	-0.06%
2046	80,022,371	18,784,939	1.18%	-0.06%
2047	80,938,635	18,770,867	1.15%	-0.07%
2048	81,837,657	18,753,541	1.11%	-0.09%
2049	82,721,766	18,734,516	1.08%	-0.1%
2050	83,593,232	18,713,797	1.05%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2006 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.