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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Nigeria	Kenya	Nigeria
1960	7,695,307	45,053,782	-	-
1961	7,987,770	45,989,310	3.8%	2.08%
1962	8,299,308	46,965,292	3.9%	2.12%
1963	8,627,971	47,973,575	3.96%	2.15%
1964	8,973,535	49,012,016	4.01%	2.16%
1965	9,338,078	50,086,764	4.06%	2.19%
1966	9,717,816	51,188,234	4.07%	2.2%
1967	10,111,057	52,293,065	4.05%	2.16%
1968	10,518,823	53,432,783	4.03%	2.18%
1969	10,939,695	54,631,914	4%	2.24%
1970	11,368,791	55,893,838	3.92%	2.31%
1971	11,788,904	57,214,684	3.7%	2.36%
1972	12,206,060	58,601,748	3.54%	2.42%
1973	12,634,835	60,082,139	3.51%	2.53%
1974	13,070,078	61,679,144	3.44%	2.66%
1975	13,511,671	63,410,815	3.38%	2.81%
1976	13,957,623	65,258,009	3.3%	2.91%
1977	14,428,819	67,234,590	3.38%	3.03%
1978	14,934,126	69,326,532	3.5%	3.11%
1979	15,460,666	71,498,242	3.53%	3.13%
1980	16,018,459	73,764,641	3.61%	3.17%
1981	16,601,507	76,068,103	3.64%	3.12%
1982	17,206,175	78,378,701	3.64%	3.04%
1983	17,846,374	80,438,260	3.72%	2.63%
1984	18,514,906	82,526,443	3.75%	2.6%
1985	19,201,768	84,897,973	3.71%	2.87%
1986	19,901,646	87,235,953	3.64%	2.75%
1987	20,616,096	89,591,716	3.59%	2.7%
1988	21,356,219	92,020,090	3.59%	2.71%
1989	22,118,434	94,531,014	3.57%	2.73%
1990	22,892,651	97,120,925	3.5%	2.74%
1991	23,646,514	99,720,162	3.29%	2.68%
1992	24,382,460	102,372,770	3.11%	2.66%
1993	25,117,188	105,122,069	3.01%	2.69%
1994	25,857,130	107,935,714	2.95%	2.68%
1995	26,601,751	110,819,428	2.88%	2.67%
1996	27,344,211	113,754,779	2.79%	2.65%
1997	28,101,768	116,754,792	2.77%	2.64%
1998	28,888,057	119,846,254	2.8%	2.65%
1999	29,733,408	123,047,320	2.93%	2.67%
2000	30,642,890	126,382,494	3.06%	2.71%
2001	31,619,170	129,862,595	3.19%	2.75%
2002	32,629,808	133,471,989	3.2%	2.78%
2003	33,652,223	137,202,644	3.13%	2.8%
2004	34,713,455	141,057,045	3.15%	2.81%
2005	35,796,484	145,017,253	3.12%	2.81%
2006	36,904,008	149,077,334	3.09%	2.8%
2007	38,036,349	153,267,261	3.07%	2.81%
2008	39,206,351	157,595,014	3.08%	2.82%
2009	40,408,891	162,049,464	3.07%	2.83%
2010	41,598,567	166,642,886	2.94%	2.83%
2011	42,758,461	171,379,598	2.79%	2.84%
2012	43,888,303	176,200,625	2.64%	2.81%
2013	44,986,791	181,049,443	2.5%	2.75%
2014	46,051,440	185,896,915	2.37%	2.68%
2015	47,088,526	190,671,878	2.25%	2.57%
2016	48,139,687	195,443,700	2.23%	2.5%
2017	49,197,766	200,254,579	2.2%	2.46%
2018	50,207,107	204,938,755	2.05%	2.34%
2019	51,202,827	209,485,641	1.98%	2.22%
2020	52,217,334	213,996,181	1.98%	2.15%
2021	53,219,166	218,529,286	1.92%	2.12%
2022	54,252,461	223,150,896	1.94%	2.11%
2023	55,339,003	227,882,945	2%	2.12%
2024	56,432,944	232,679,478	1.98%	2.1%
2025	57,532,489	237,527,783	1.95%	2.08%
2026	58,636,403	242,431,830	1.92%	2.06%
2027	59,745,751	247,374,258	1.89%	2.04%
2028	60,860,444	252,346,128	1.87%	2.01%
2029	61,979,186	257,352,638	1.84%	1.98%
2030	63,102,241	262,380,975	1.81%	1.95%
2031	64,230,108	267,421,079	1.79%	1.92%
2032	65,359,031	272,483,635	1.76%	1.89%
2033	66,484,805	277,555,116	1.72%	1.86%
2034	67,604,628	282,622,388	1.68%	1.83%
2035	68,715,909	287,685,757	1.64%	1.79%
2036	69,818,887	292,739,390	1.61%	1.76%
2037	70,910,404	297,773,236	1.56%	1.72%
2038	71,990,929	302,782,350	1.52%	1.68%
2039	73,057,760	307,764,754	1.48%	1.65%
2040	74,108,858	312,710,403	1.44%	1.61%
2041	75,144,357	317,607,237	1.4%	1.57%
2042	76,161,719	322,450,302	1.35%	1.52%
2043	77,159,121	327,243,941	1.31%	1.49%
2044	78,134,979	331,983,354	1.26%	1.45%
2045	79,088,832	336,662,502	1.22%	1.41%
2046	80,022,371	341,281,757	1.18%	1.37%
2047	80,938,635	345,844,004	1.15%	1.34%
2048	81,837,657	350,347,757	1.11%	1.3%
2049	82,721,766	354,792,418	1.08%	1.27%
2050	83,593,232	359,185,550	1.05%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.