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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Panama	Kenya	Panama
1960	7,695,307	1,126,005	-	-
1961	7,987,770	1,159,870	3.8%	3.01%
1962	8,299,308	1,195,301	3.9%	3.05%
1963	8,627,971	1,232,124	3.96%	3.08%
1964	8,973,535	1,270,065	4.01%	3.08%
1965	9,338,078	1,308,835	4.06%	3.05%
1966	9,717,816	1,348,388	4.07%	3.02%
1967	10,111,057	1,388,628	4.05%	2.98%
1968	10,518,823	1,429,447	4.03%	2.94%
1969	10,939,695	1,470,886	4%	2.9%
1970	11,368,791	1,513,070	3.92%	2.87%
1971	11,788,904	1,556,081	3.7%	2.84%
1972	12,206,060	1,599,723	3.54%	2.8%
1973	12,634,835	1,643,690	3.51%	2.75%
1974	13,070,078	1,687,926	3.44%	2.69%
1975	13,511,671	1,732,389	3.38%	2.63%
1976	13,957,623	1,776,935	3.3%	2.57%
1977	14,428,819	1,821,543	3.38%	2.51%
1978	14,934,126	1,866,311	3.5%	2.46%
1979	15,460,666	1,911,552	3.53%	2.42%
1980	16,018,459	1,957,534	3.61%	2.41%
1981	16,601,507	2,004,418	3.64%	2.4%
1982	17,206,175	2,052,271	3.64%	2.39%
1983	17,846,374	2,101,106	3.72%	2.38%
1984	18,514,906	2,150,782	3.75%	2.36%
1985	19,201,768	2,200,915	3.71%	2.33%
1986	19,901,646	2,251,325	3.64%	2.29%
1987	20,616,096	2,301,970	3.59%	2.25%
1988	21,356,219	2,352,848	3.59%	2.21%
1989	22,118,434	2,403,820	3.57%	2.17%
1990	22,892,651	2,455,583	3.5%	2.15%
1991	23,646,514	2,508,265	3.29%	2.15%
1992	24,382,460	2,561,336	3.11%	2.12%
1993	25,117,188	2,615,099	3.01%	2.1%
1994	25,857,130	2,669,546	2.95%	2.08%
1995	26,601,751	2,724,557	2.88%	2.06%
1996	27,344,211	2,780,227	2.79%	2.04%
1997	28,101,768	2,836,695	2.77%	2.03%
1998	28,888,057	2,893,914	2.8%	2.02%
1999	29,733,408	2,951,822	2.93%	2%
2000	30,642,890	3,010,369	3.06%	1.98%
2001	31,619,170	3,069,537	3.19%	1.97%
2002	32,629,808	3,129,344	3.2%	1.95%
2003	33,652,223	3,189,807	3.13%	1.93%
2004	34,713,455	3,251,155	3.15%	1.92%
2005	35,796,484	3,313,026	3.12%	1.9%
2006	36,904,008	3,375,024	3.09%	1.87%
2007	38,036,349	3,437,490	3.07%	1.85%
2008	39,206,351	3,500,648	3.08%	1.84%
2009	40,408,891	3,564,381	3.07%	1.82%
2010	41,598,567	3,628,535	2.94%	1.8%
2011	42,758,461	3,693,505	2.79%	1.79%
2012	43,888,303	3,759,256	2.64%	1.78%
2013	44,986,791	3,825,329	2.5%	1.76%
2014	46,051,440	3,892,101	2.37%	1.75%
2015	47,088,526	3,960,035	2.25%	1.75%
2016	48,139,687	4,029,086	2.23%	1.74%
2017	49,197,766	4,098,707	2.2%	1.73%
2018	50,207,107	4,167,860	2.05%	1.69%
2019	51,202,827	4,234,700	1.98%	1.6%
2020	52,217,334	4,293,261	1.98%	1.38%
2021	53,219,166	4,345,405	1.92%	1.21%
2022	54,252,461	4,400,773	1.94%	1.27%
2023	55,339,003	4,458,759	2%	1.32%
2024	56,432,944	4,515,577	1.98%	1.27%
2025	57,532,489	4,571,195	1.95%	1.23%
2026	58,636,403	4,625,720	1.92%	1.19%
2027	59,745,751	4,679,241	1.89%	1.16%
2028	60,860,444	4,731,818	1.87%	1.12%
2029	61,979,186	4,783,378	1.84%	1.09%
2030	63,102,241	4,833,856	1.81%	1.06%
2031	64,230,108	4,883,390	1.79%	1.02%
2032	65,359,031	4,932,075	1.76%	1%
2033	66,484,805	4,979,812	1.72%	0.97%
2034	67,604,628	5,026,494	1.68%	0.94%
2035	68,715,909	5,072,267	1.64%	0.91%
2036	69,818,887	5,117,124	1.61%	0.88%
2037	70,910,404	5,161,085	1.56%	0.86%
2038	71,990,929	5,204,053	1.52%	0.83%
2039	73,057,760	5,245,902	1.48%	0.8%
2040	74,108,858	5,286,595	1.44%	0.78%
2041	75,144,357	5,326,183	1.4%	0.75%
2042	76,161,719	5,364,671	1.35%	0.72%
2043	77,159,121	5,402,037	1.31%	0.7%
2044	78,134,979	5,438,259	1.26%	0.67%
2045	79,088,832	5,473,283	1.22%	0.64%
2046	80,022,371	5,507,148	1.18%	0.62%
2047	80,938,635	5,539,873	1.15%	0.59%
2048	81,837,657	5,571,404	1.11%	0.57%
2049	82,721,766	5,601,670	1.08%	0.54%
2050	83,593,232	5,630,681	1.05%	0.52%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while Panama gained 647,009 people (a 19.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while Panama's population increased by 654,958 (a 16.5% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. Panama was ranked 128th in 2005 and still ranked 128th 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 Panama will increase by 22% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.