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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Romania	Kenya	Romania
1960	7,695,307	18,406,905	-	-
1961	7,987,770	18,555,250	3.8%	0.81%
1962	8,299,308	18,676,550	3.9%	0.65%
1963	8,627,971	18,797,850	3.96%	0.65%
1964	8,973,535	18,919,126	4.01%	0.65%
1965	9,338,078	19,031,576	4.06%	0.59%
1966	9,717,816	19,215,450	4.07%	0.97%
1967	10,111,057	19,534,242	4.05%	1.66%
1968	10,518,823	19,799,831	4.03%	1.36%
1969	10,939,695	20,009,141	4%	1.06%
1970	11,368,791	20,250,398	3.92%	1.21%
1971	11,788,904	20,461,567	3.7%	1.04%
1972	12,206,060	20,657,957	3.54%	0.96%
1973	12,634,835	20,835,681	3.51%	0.86%
1974	13,070,078	21,029,429	3.44%	0.93%
1975	13,511,671	21,293,583	3.38%	1.26%
1976	13,957,623	21,551,634	3.3%	1.21%
1977	14,428,819	21,756,096	3.38%	0.95%
1978	14,934,126	21,951,464	3.5%	0.9%
1979	15,460,666	22,090,488	3.53%	0.63%
1980	16,018,459	22,207,282	3.61%	0.53%
1981	16,601,507	22,353,070	3.64%	0.66%
1982	17,206,175	22,475,741	3.64%	0.55%
1983	17,846,374	22,560,478	3.72%	0.38%
1984	18,514,906	22,640,547	3.75%	0.35%
1985	19,201,768	22,732,999	3.71%	0.41%
1986	19,901,646	22,836,841	3.64%	0.46%
1987	20,616,096	22,949,430	3.59%	0.49%
1988	21,356,219	23,057,662	3.59%	0.47%
1989	22,118,434	23,161,458	3.57%	0.45%
1990	22,892,651	23,201,835	3.5%	0.17%
1991	23,646,514	23,001,155	3.29%	-0.86%
1992	24,382,460	22,794,284	3.11%	-0.9%
1993	25,117,188	22,763,280	3.01%	-0.14%
1994	25,857,130	22,730,211	2.95%	-0.15%
1995	26,601,751	22,684,270	2.88%	-0.2%
1996	27,344,211	22,619,004	2.79%	-0.29%
1997	28,101,768	22,553,978	2.77%	-0.29%
1998	28,888,057	22,507,344	2.8%	-0.21%
1999	29,733,408	22,472,040	2.93%	-0.16%
2000	30,642,890	22,442,971	3.06%	-0.13%
2001	31,619,170	22,131,970	3.19%	-1.39%
2002	32,629,808	21,730,496	3.2%	-1.81%
2003	33,652,223	21,574,326	3.13%	-0.72%
2004	34,713,455	21,451,748	3.15%	-0.57%
2005	35,796,484	21,319,685	3.12%	-0.62%
2006	36,904,008	21,193,760	3.09%	-0.59%
2007	38,036,349	20,882,982	3.07%	-1.47%
2008	39,206,351	20,537,875	3.08%	-1.65%
2009	40,408,891	20,367,487	3.07%	-0.83%
2010	41,598,567	20,246,871	2.94%	-0.59%
2011	42,758,461	20,147,528	2.79%	-0.49%
2012	43,888,303	20,058,035	2.64%	-0.44%
2013	44,986,791	19,983,693	2.5%	-0.37%
2014	46,051,440	19,908,979	2.37%	-0.37%
2015	47,088,526	19,815,616	2.25%	-0.47%
2016	48,139,687	19,702,267	2.23%	-0.57%
2017	49,197,766	19,588,715	2.2%	-0.58%
2018	50,207,107	19,473,970	2.05%	-0.59%
2019	51,202,827	19,371,648	1.98%	-0.53%
2020	52,217,334	19,265,250	1.98%	-0.55%
2021	53,219,166	19,122,059	1.92%	-0.74%
2022	54,252,461	19,048,502	1.94%	-0.38%
2023	55,339,003	19,061,062	2%	0.07%
2024	56,432,944	19,051,804	1.98%	-0.05%
2025	57,532,489	18,945,157	1.95%	-0.56%
2026	58,636,403	18,836,893	1.92%	-0.57%
2027	59,745,751	18,727,645	1.89%	-0.58%
2028	60,860,444	18,617,757	1.87%	-0.59%
2029	61,979,186	18,506,702	1.84%	-0.6%
2030	63,102,241	18,394,947	1.81%	-0.6%
2031	64,230,108	18,282,991	1.79%	-0.61%
2032	65,359,031	18,170,681	1.76%	-0.61%
2033	66,484,805	18,057,661	1.72%	-0.62%
2034	67,604,628	17,943,814	1.68%	-0.63%
2035	68,715,909	17,828,772	1.64%	-0.64%
2036	69,818,887	17,712,177	1.61%	-0.65%
2037	70,910,404	17,595,189	1.56%	-0.66%
2038	71,990,929	17,477,597	1.52%	-0.67%
2039	73,057,760	17,360,012	1.48%	-0.67%
2040	74,108,858	17,242,939	1.44%	-0.67%
2041	75,144,357	17,124,773	1.4%	-0.69%
2042	76,161,719	17,006,515	1.35%	-0.69%
2043	77,159,121	16,888,882	1.31%	-0.69%
2044	78,134,979	16,770,593	1.26%	-0.7%
2045	79,088,832	16,652,406	1.22%	-0.7%
2046	80,022,371	16,534,847	1.18%	-0.71%
2047	80,938,635	16,416,456	1.15%	-0.72%
2048	81,837,657	16,297,099	1.11%	-0.73%
2049	82,721,766	16,177,534	1.08%	-0.73%
2050	83,593,232	16,058,209	1.05%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.