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

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

Table

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 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,226,733 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 10,998,945 (a 10.3% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2006 and ranked 14th 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 Philippines will increase by 14.1% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.