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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Kenya was 56,432,944 in 2024 vs 115,843,670 people in the Philippines in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kenya's population is 58,419,239 people compared to 117,540,050 in the Philippines.

Population statistics:

  • The Philippines' population is 2.01 times bigger than Kenya's.
  • Kenya is ranked the 26th most populous country in the world, while the Philippines is the 14th.
  • The countries together account for 2.13% of the world: 0.71% for Kenya vs 1.42% for the Philippines.
  • For the last 10 years, Kenya has had an average growth rate of +2.08% per year vs +1.16% in the Philippines.
  • Since 2005, the population of Kenya has increased from 35.8M people to 58.4M (63.2% growth), while the Philippines has grown from 88M to 118M (33.5% growth).
  • Kenya is projected to reach its peak in 2098 at 104M people compared to the peak of 135M people in 2057 for the Philippines.

Kenya vs Philippines: live population counter

Kenya Philippines
Current population
58419239
117540050
Population rank 26/197 14/197
Percent of world population 0.71% 1.42%
One net population change
28.8 seconds
33.1 seconds
One birth every
21 seconds
17.1 seconds
One death every
1.32 minutes
44 seconds
One migration net change every
26.6 minutes
3.28 minutes
Annual migration change -19,781 -160,373
Daily growth/decline +2,997 +2,610
Annual growth/decline +1,093,941 +952,471
Annual growth/decline rate +1.98% +0.83%
Population growth rate rank 55/197 115/197

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

Kenya
Population

Growth rate
Philippines
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Kenya Philippines Kenya Philippines
1960 7,695,307 27,891,897 - -
1961 7,987,770 28,792,621 3.8% 3.23%
1962 8,299,308 29,723,536 3.9% 3.23%
1963 8,627,971 30,674,731 3.96% 3.2%
1964 8,973,535 31,643,032 4.01% 3.16%
1965 9,338,078 32,625,316 4.06% 3.1%
1966 9,717,816 33,617,170 4.07% 3.04%
1967 10,111,057 34,621,320 4.05% 2.99%
1968 10,518,823 35,638,342 4.03% 2.94%
1969 10,939,695 36,660,799 4% 2.87%
1970 11,368,791 37,622,204 3.92% 2.62%
1971 11,788,904 38,518,659 3.7% 2.38%
1972 12,206,060 39,408,560 3.54% 2.31%
1973 12,634,835 40,294,130 3.51% 2.25%
1974 13,070,078 41,174,341 3.44% 2.18%
1975 13,511,671 42,120,826 3.38% 2.3%
1976 13,957,623 43,201,488 3.3% 2.57%
1977 14,428,819 44,367,962 3.38% 2.7%
1978 14,934,126 45,575,281 3.5% 2.72%
1979 15,460,666 46,807,103 3.53% 2.7%
1980 16,018,459 48,043,740 3.61% 2.64%
1981 16,601,507 49,311,727 3.64% 2.64%
1982 17,206,175 50,695,707 3.64% 2.81%
1983 17,846,374 52,194,620 3.72% 2.96%
1984 18,514,906 53,726,181 3.75% 2.93%
1985 19,201,768 55,213,006 3.71% 2.77%
1986 19,901,646 56,645,077 3.64% 2.59%
1987 20,616,096 58,157,496 3.59% 2.67%
1988 21,356,219 59,739,052 3.59% 2.72%
1989 22,118,434 61,265,260 3.57% 2.55%
1990 22,892,651 62,854,666 3.5% 2.59%
1991 23,646,514 64,382,249 3.29% 2.43%
1992 24,382,460 65,926,125 3.11% 2.4%
1993 25,117,188 67,530,621 3.01% 2.43%
1994 25,857,130 69,019,291 2.95% 2.2%
1995 26,601,751 70,546,246 2.88% 2.21%
1996 27,344,211 72,190,242 2.79% 2.33%
1997 28,101,768 73,908,810 2.77% 2.38%
1998 28,888,057 75,791,024 2.8% 2.55%
1999 29,733,408 77,753,257 2.93% 2.59%
2000 30,642,890 79,625,397 3.06% 2.41%
2001 31,619,170 81,401,488 3.19% 2.23%
2002 32,629,808 83,068,889 3.2% 2.05%
2003 33,652,223 84,731,835 3.13% 2%
2004 34,713,455 86,394,504 3.15% 1.96%
2005 35,796,484 88,015,962 3.12% 1.88%
2006 36,904,008 89,508,986 3.09% 1.7%
2007 38,036,349 91,075,184 3.07% 1.75%
2008 39,206,351 92,699,095 3.08% 1.78%
2009 40,408,891 94,384,250 3.07% 1.82%
2010 41,598,567 96,337,125 2.94% 2.07%
2011 42,758,461 98,248,614 2.79% 1.98%
2012 43,888,303 100,175,512 2.64% 1.96%
2013 44,986,791 102,076,336 2.5% 1.9%
2014 46,051,440 103,767,130 2.37% 1.66%
2015 47,088,526 105,312,992 2.25% 1.49%
2016 48,139,687 106,735,719 2.23% 1.35%
2017 49,197,766 108,119,693 2.2% 1.3%
2018 50,207,107 109,465,287 2.05% 1.24%
2019 51,202,827 110,804,683 1.98% 1.22%
2020 52,217,334 112,081,264 1.98% 1.15%
2021 53,219,166 113,100,950 1.92% 0.91%
2022 54,252,461 113,964,338 1.94% 0.76%
2023 55,339,003 114,891,199 2% 0.81%
2024 56,432,944 115,843,670 1.98% 0.83%
2025 57,532,489 116,786,968 1.95% 0.81%
2026 58,636,403 117,724,479 1.92% 0.8%
2027 59,745,751 118,656,426 1.89% 0.79%
2028 60,860,444 119,583,984 1.87% 0.78%
2029 61,979,186 120,502,132 1.84% 0.77%
2030 63,102,241 121,408,897 1.81% 0.75%
2031 64,230,108 122,301,606 1.79% 0.74%
2032 65,359,031 123,180,341 1.76% 0.72%
2033 66,484,805 124,049,036 1.72% 0.71%
2034 67,604,628 124,904,124 1.68% 0.69%
2035 68,715,909 125,740,977 1.64% 0.67%
2036 69,818,887 126,558,232 1.61% 0.65%
2037 70,910,404 127,352,607 1.56% 0.63%
2038 71,990,929 128,118,535 1.52% 0.6%
2039 73,057,760 128,850,047 1.48% 0.57%
2040 74,108,858 129,546,666 1.44% 0.54%
2041 75,144,357 130,209,810 1.4% 0.51%
2042 76,161,719 130,837,005 1.35% 0.48%
2043 77,159,121 131,427,404 1.31% 0.45%
2044 78,134,979 131,979,673 1.26% 0.42%
2045 79,088,832 132,492,038 1.22% 0.39%
2046 80,022,371 132,962,001 1.18% 0.35%
2047 80,938,635 133,385,290 1.15% 0.32%
2048 81,837,657 133,759,436 1.11% 0.28%
2049 82,721,766 134,089,011 1.08% 0.25%
2050 83,593,232 134,373,439 1.05% 0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.

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