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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Poland	Kenya	Poland
1960	7,695,307	29,637,450	-	-
1961	7,987,770	29,964,000	3.8%	1.1%
1962	8,299,308	30,308,500	3.9%	1.15%
1963	8,627,971	30,712,000	3.96%	1.33%
1964	8,973,535	31,139,450	4.01%	1.39%
1965	9,338,078	31,444,950	4.06%	0.98%
1966	9,717,816	31,681,000	4.07%	0.75%
1967	10,111,057	31,987,155	4.05%	0.97%
1968	10,518,823	32,294,655	4.03%	0.96%
1969	10,939,695	32,548,300	4%	0.79%
1970	11,368,791	32,664,300	3.92%	0.36%
1971	11,788,904	32,783,500	3.7%	0.36%
1972	12,206,060	33,055,650	3.54%	0.83%
1973	12,634,835	33,357,200	3.51%	0.91%
1974	13,070,078	33,678,899	3.44%	0.96%
1975	13,511,671	34,015,199	3.38%	1%
1976	13,957,623	34,356,300	3.3%	1%
1977	14,428,819	34,689,050	3.38%	0.97%
1978	14,934,126	34,965,600	3.5%	0.8%
1979	15,460,666	35,247,217	3.53%	0.81%
1980	16,018,459	35,574,150	3.61%	0.93%
1981	16,601,507	35,898,587	3.64%	0.91%
1982	17,206,175	36,230,481	3.64%	0.92%
1983	17,846,374	36,571,808	3.72%	0.94%
1984	18,514,906	36,904,134	3.75%	0.91%
1985	19,201,768	37,201,885	3.71%	0.81%
1986	19,901,646	37,456,119	3.64%	0.68%
1987	20,616,096	37,668,045	3.59%	0.57%
1988	21,356,219	37,824,487	3.59%	0.42%
1989	22,118,434	37,961,529	3.57%	0.36%
1990	22,892,651	38,110,782	3.5%	0.39%
1991	23,646,514	38,246,193	3.29%	0.36%
1992	24,382,460	38,363,667	3.11%	0.31%
1993	25,117,188	38,461,408	3.01%	0.25%
1994	25,857,130	38,542,652	2.95%	0.21%
1995	26,601,751	38,594,998	2.88%	0.14%
1996	27,344,211	38,624,370	2.79%	0.08%
1997	28,101,768	38,649,660	2.77%	0.07%
1998	28,888,057	38,663,481	2.8%	0.04%
1999	29,733,408	38,660,271	2.93%	-0.008%
2000	30,642,890	38,258,629	3.06%	-1.04%
2001	31,619,170	38,248,076	3.19%	-0.03%
2002	32,629,808	38,230,364	3.2%	-0.05%
2003	33,652,223	38,204,570	3.13%	-0.07%
2004	34,713,455	38,182,222	3.15%	-0.06%
2005	35,796,484	38,165,445	3.12%	-0.04%
2006	36,904,008	38,141,267	3.09%	-0.06%
2007	38,036,349	38,120,560	3.07%	-0.05%
2008	39,206,351	38,125,759	3.08%	0.01%
2009	40,408,891	38,151,603	3.07%	0.07%
2010	41,598,567	38,042,794	2.94%	-0.29%
2011	42,758,461	38,063,255	2.79%	0.05%
2012	43,888,303	38,063,164	2.64%	-0%
2013	44,986,791	38,040,196	2.5%	-0.06%
2014	46,051,440	38,011,735	2.37%	-0.07%
2015	47,088,526	37,986,412	2.25%	-0.07%
2016	48,139,687	37,970,087	2.23%	-0.04%
2017	49,197,766	37,974,826	2.2%	0.01%
2018	50,207,107	37,974,750	2.05%	-0%
2019	51,202,827	37,965,475	1.98%	-0.02%
2020	52,217,334	37,515,748	1.98%	-1.18%
2021	53,219,166	36,981,559	1.92%	-1.42%
2022	54,252,461	36,821,749	1.94%	-0.43%
2023	55,339,003	36,687,353	2%	-0.36%
2024	56,432,944	36,559,233	1.98%	-0.35%
2025	57,532,489	36,181,399	1.95%	-1.03%
2026	58,636,403	35,898,979	1.92%	-0.78%
2027	59,745,751	35,758,415	1.89%	-0.39%
2028	60,860,444	35,609,703	1.87%	-0.42%
2029	61,979,186	35,452,249	1.84%	-0.44%
2030	63,102,241	35,287,436	1.81%	-0.46%
2031	64,230,108	35,116,185	1.79%	-0.49%
2032	65,359,031	34,938,952	1.76%	-0.5%
2033	66,484,805	34,757,421	1.72%	-0.52%
2034	67,604,628	34,571,572	1.68%	-0.53%
2035	68,715,909	34,381,734	1.64%	-0.55%
2036	69,818,887	34,187,419	1.61%	-0.57%
2037	70,910,404	33,988,985	1.56%	-0.58%
2038	71,990,929	33,787,175	1.52%	-0.59%
2039	73,057,760	33,581,427	1.48%	-0.61%
2040	74,108,858	33,372,181	1.44%	-0.62%
2041	75,144,357	33,160,435	1.4%	-0.63%
2042	76,161,719	32,945,446	1.35%	-0.65%
2043	77,159,121	32,726,827	1.31%	-0.66%
2044	78,134,979	32,506,015	1.26%	-0.67%
2045	79,088,832	32,282,692	1.22%	-0.69%
2046	80,022,371	32,056,740	1.18%	-0.7%
2047	80,938,635	31,828,421	1.15%	-0.71%
2048	81,837,657	31,597,823	1.11%	-0.72%
2049	82,721,766	31,364,596	1.08%	-0.74%
2050	83,593,232	31,128,250	1.05%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Poland lost 171,180 people (a 0.45% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -2,071,108 (a 5.45% decline).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2006 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 13.3% to 31,128,250 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.