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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Rwanda	Kenya	Rwanda
1960	7,695,307	3,022,294	-	-
1961	7,987,770	3,106,779	3.8%	2.8%
1962	8,299,308	3,186,025	3.9%	2.55%
1963	8,627,971	3,258,890	3.96%	2.29%
1964	8,973,535	3,334,834	4.01%	2.33%
1965	9,338,078	3,423,210	4.06%	2.65%
1966	9,717,816	3,521,626	4.07%	2.87%
1967	10,111,057	3,629,577	4.05%	3.07%
1968	10,518,823	3,744,010	4.03%	3.15%
1969	10,939,695	3,861,271	4%	3.13%
1970	11,368,791	3,980,669	3.92%	3.09%
1971	11,788,904	4,100,044	3.7%	3%
1972	12,206,060	4,220,335	3.54%	2.93%
1973	12,634,835	4,345,047	3.51%	2.96%
1974	13,070,078	4,474,228	3.44%	2.97%
1975	13,511,671	4,607,728	3.38%	2.98%
1976	13,957,623	4,745,954	3.3%	3%
1977	14,428,819	4,888,240	3.38%	3%
1978	14,934,126	5,035,171	3.5%	3.01%
1979	15,460,666	5,189,541	3.53%	3.07%
1980	16,018,459	5,353,259	3.61%	3.15%
1981	16,601,507	5,527,230	3.64%	3.25%
1982	17,206,175	5,711,549	3.64%	3.33%
1983	17,846,374	5,905,311	3.72%	3.39%
1984	18,514,906	6,107,627	3.75%	3.43%
1985	19,201,768	6,317,228	3.71%	3.43%
1986	19,901,646	6,531,881	3.64%	3.4%
1987	20,616,096	6,749,493	3.59%	3.33%
1988	21,356,219	6,968,071	3.59%	3.24%
1989	22,118,434	7,184,706	3.57%	3.11%
1990	22,892,651	7,375,307	3.5%	2.65%
1991	23,646,514	7,526,966	3.29%	2.06%
1992	24,382,460	7,683,266	3.11%	2.08%
1993	25,117,188	7,981,132	3.01%	3.88%
1994	25,857,130	6,792,352	2.95%	-14.9%
1995	26,601,751	5,674,118	2.88%	-16.5%
1996	27,344,211	6,708,764	2.79%	18.2%
1997	28,101,768	7,755,238	2.77%	15.6%
1998	28,888,057	8,081,681	2.8%	4.21%
1999	29,733,408	8,147,912	2.93%	0.82%
2000	30,642,890	8,213,931	3.06%	0.81%
2001	31,619,170	8,287,094	3.19%	0.89%
2002	32,629,808	8,400,180	3.2%	1.36%
2003	33,652,223	8,586,875	3.13%	2.22%
2004	34,713,455	8,816,844	3.15%	2.68%
2005	35,796,484	9,054,528	3.12%	2.7%
2006	36,904,008	9,299,246	3.09%	2.7%
2007	38,036,349	9,549,933	3.07%	2.7%
2008	39,206,351	9,804,269	3.08%	2.66%
2009	40,408,891	10,060,432	3.07%	2.61%
2010	41,598,567	10,317,553	2.94%	2.56%
2011	42,758,461	10,573,733	2.79%	2.48%
2012	43,888,303	10,829,901	2.64%	2.42%
2013	44,986,791	11,093,340	2.5%	2.43%
2014	46,051,440	11,364,757	2.37%	2.45%
2015	47,088,526	11,640,022	2.25%	2.42%
2016	48,139,687	11,919,183	2.23%	2.4%
2017	49,197,766	12,202,060	2.2%	2.37%
2018	50,207,107	12,487,996	2.05%	2.34%
2019	51,202,827	12,776,103	1.98%	2.31%
2020	52,217,334	13,065,837	1.98%	2.27%
2021	53,219,166	13,355,260	1.92%	2.22%
2022	54,252,461	13,651,030	1.94%	2.21%
2023	55,339,003	13,954,471	2%	2.22%
2024	56,432,944	14,256,567	1.98%	2.16%
2025	57,532,489	14,569,343	1.95%	2.19%
2026	58,636,403	14,889,694	1.92%	2.2%
2027	59,745,751	15,214,324	1.89%	2.18%
2028	60,860,444	15,536,461	1.87%	2.12%
2029	61,979,186	15,844,649	1.84%	1.98%
2030	63,102,241	16,154,698	1.81%	1.96%
2031	64,230,108	16,473,106	1.79%	1.97%
2032	65,359,031	16,771,820	1.76%	1.81%
2033	66,484,805	17,073,475	1.72%	1.8%
2034	67,604,628	17,402,250	1.68%	1.93%
2035	68,715,909	17,746,315	1.64%	1.98%
2036	69,818,887	18,076,769	1.61%	1.86%
2037	70,910,404	18,395,838	1.56%	1.77%
2038	71,990,929	18,729,778	1.52%	1.82%
2039	73,057,760	19,076,783	1.48%	1.85%
2040	74,108,858	19,440,762	1.44%	1.91%
2041	75,144,357	19,806,170	1.4%	1.88%
2042	76,161,719	20,153,979	1.35%	1.76%
2043	77,159,121	20,500,826	1.31%	1.72%
2044	78,134,979	20,837,079	1.26%	1.64%
2045	79,088,832	21,152,650	1.22%	1.51%
2046	80,022,371	21,459,144	1.18%	1.45%
2047	80,938,635	21,764,578	1.15%	1.42%
2048	81,837,657	22,086,112	1.11%	1.48%
2049	82,721,766	22,403,887	1.08%	1.44%
2050	83,593,232	22,707,896	1.05%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.