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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Niger	Kenya	Niger
1960	7,695,307	3,505,050	-	-
1961	7,987,770	3,608,162	3.8%	2.94%
1962	8,299,308	3,714,520	3.9%	2.95%
1963	8,627,971	3,823,873	3.96%	2.94%
1964	8,973,535	3,935,814	4.01%	2.93%
1965	9,338,078	4,049,695	4.06%	2.89%
1966	9,717,816	4,165,544	4.07%	2.86%
1967	10,111,057	4,283,590	4.05%	2.83%
1968	10,518,823	4,403,637	4.03%	2.8%
1969	10,939,695	4,525,725	4%	2.77%
1970	11,368,791	4,650,275	3.92%	2.75%
1971	11,788,904	4,776,225	3.7%	2.71%
1972	12,206,060	4,904,845	3.54%	2.69%
1973	12,634,835	5,037,865	3.51%	2.71%
1974	13,070,078	5,174,953	3.44%	2.72%
1975	13,511,671	5,317,019	3.38%	2.75%
1976	13,957,623	5,464,962	3.3%	2.78%
1977	14,428,819	5,619,716	3.38%	2.83%
1978	14,934,126	5,782,932	3.5%	2.9%
1979	15,460,666	5,955,556	3.53%	2.99%
1980	16,018,459	6,135,971	3.61%	3.03%
1981	16,601,507	6,322,006	3.64%	3.03%
1982	17,206,175	6,512,732	3.64%	3.02%
1983	17,846,374	6,708,644	3.72%	3.01%
1984	18,514,906	6,909,971	3.75%	3%
1985	19,201,768	7,118,457	3.71%	3.02%
1986	19,901,646	7,335,811	3.64%	3.05%
1987	20,616,096	7,561,150	3.59%	3.07%
1988	21,356,219	7,793,748	3.59%	3.08%
1989	22,118,434	8,034,780	3.57%	3.09%
1990	22,892,651	8,286,059	3.5%	3.13%
1991	23,646,514	8,546,900	3.29%	3.15%
1992	24,382,460	8,817,633	3.11%	3.17%
1993	25,117,188	9,100,789	3.01%	3.21%
1994	25,857,130	9,398,258	2.95%	3.27%
1995	26,601,751	9,714,529	2.88%	3.37%
1996	27,344,211	10,044,852	2.79%	3.4%
1997	28,101,768	10,383,969	2.77%	3.38%
1998	28,888,057	10,741,413	2.8%	3.44%
1999	29,733,408	11,117,411	2.93%	3.5%
2000	30,642,890	11,509,630	3.06%	3.53%
2001	31,619,170	11,920,647	3.19%	3.57%
2002	32,629,808	12,349,144	3.2%	3.59%
2003	33,652,223	12,796,984	3.13%	3.63%
2004	34,713,455	13,265,836	3.15%	3.66%
2005	35,796,484	13,756,192	3.12%	3.7%
2006	36,904,008	14,268,581	3.09%	3.72%
2007	38,036,349	14,803,610	3.07%	3.75%
2008	39,206,351	15,361,915	3.08%	3.77%
2009	40,408,891	15,943,675	3.07%	3.79%
2010	41,598,567	16,548,835	2.94%	3.8%
2011	42,758,461	17,176,283	2.79%	3.79%
2012	43,888,303	17,836,769	2.64%	3.85%
2013	44,986,791	18,519,898	2.5%	3.83%
2014	46,051,440	19,215,909	2.37%	3.76%
2015	47,088,526	19,939,498	2.25%	3.77%
2016	48,139,687	20,685,753	2.23%	3.74%
2017	49,197,766	21,435,446	2.2%	3.62%
2018	50,207,107	22,188,069	2.05%	3.51%
2019	51,202,827	22,947,757	1.98%	3.42%
2020	52,217,334	23,717,613	1.98%	3.35%
2021	53,219,166	24,502,140	1.92%	3.31%
2022	54,252,461	25,311,973	1.94%	3.31%
2023	55,339,003	26,159,867	2%	3.35%
2024	56,432,944	27,032,412	1.98%	3.34%
2025	57,532,489	27,917,825	1.95%	3.28%
2026	58,636,403	28,814,872	1.92%	3.21%
2027	59,745,751	29,723,688	1.89%	3.15%
2028	60,860,444	30,643,561	1.87%	3.09%
2029	61,979,186	31,575,091	1.84%	3.04%
2030	63,102,241	32,518,069	1.81%	2.99%
2031	64,230,108	33,469,616	1.79%	2.93%
2032	65,359,031	34,428,638	1.76%	2.87%
2033	66,484,805	35,397,029	1.72%	2.81%
2034	67,604,628	36,372,374	1.68%	2.76%
2035	68,715,909	37,353,462	1.64%	2.7%
2036	69,818,887	38,340,142	1.61%	2.64%
2037	70,910,404	39,330,372	1.56%	2.58%
2038	71,990,929	40,323,460	1.52%	2.52%
2039	73,057,760	41,318,407	1.48%	2.47%
2040	74,108,858	42,316,733	1.44%	2.42%
2041	75,144,357	43,319,236	1.4%	2.37%
2042	76,161,719	44,326,115	1.35%	2.32%
2043	77,159,121	45,337,248	1.31%	2.28%
2044	78,134,979	46,353,160	1.26%	2.24%
2045	79,088,832	47,374,113	1.22%	2.2%
2046	80,022,371	48,397,993	1.18%	2.16%
2047	80,938,635	49,423,853	1.15%	2.12%
2048	81,837,657	50,452,202	1.11%	2.08%
2049	82,721,766	51,482,559	1.08%	2.04%
2050	83,593,232	52,513,870	1.05%	2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while Niger gained 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while Niger's population increased by 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. Niger was ranked 65th in 2005 and ranked 53rd 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 Niger will increase by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.