Population in Kenya compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kenya and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Saint Lucia	Kenya	Saint Lucia
1960	7,695,307	92,585	-	-
1961	7,987,770	93,490	3.8%	0.98%
1962	8,299,308	94,505	3.9%	1.09%
1963	8,627,971	95,519	3.96%	1.07%
1964	8,973,535	96,505	4.01%	1.03%
1965	9,338,078	97,493	4.06%	1.02%
1966	9,717,816	98,463	4.07%	0.99%
1967	10,111,057	99,504	4.05%	1.06%
1968	10,518,823	100,675	4.03%	1.18%
1969	10,939,695	101,879	4%	1.2%
1970	11,368,791	103,165	3.92%	1.26%
1971	11,788,904	104,564	3.7%	1.36%
1972	12,206,060	106,002	3.54%	1.38%
1973	12,634,835	107,498	3.51%	1.41%
1974	13,070,078	109,076	3.44%	1.47%
1975	13,511,671	110,725	3.38%	1.51%
1976	13,957,623	112,425	3.3%	1.54%
1977	14,428,819	114,135	3.38%	1.52%
1978	14,934,126	115,834	3.5%	1.49%
1979	15,460,666	117,528	3.53%	1.46%
1980	16,018,459	119,290	3.61%	1.5%
1981	16,601,507	121,166	3.64%	1.57%
1982	17,206,175	123,087	3.64%	1.59%
1983	17,846,374	125,044	3.72%	1.59%
1984	18,514,906	127,067	3.75%	1.62%
1985	19,201,768	129,159	3.71%	1.65%
1986	19,901,646	131,239	3.64%	1.61%
1987	20,616,096	133,227	3.59%	1.51%
1988	21,356,219	135,000	3.59%	1.33%
1989	22,118,434	136,512	3.57%	1.12%
1990	22,892,651	137,857	3.5%	0.99%
1991	23,646,514	139,520	3.29%	1.21%
1992	24,382,460	141,617	3.11%	1.5%
1993	25,117,188	143,726	3.01%	1.49%
1994	25,857,130	145,890	2.95%	1.51%
1995	26,601,751	148,208	2.88%	1.59%
1996	27,344,211	150,436	2.79%	1.5%
1997	28,101,768	152,569	2.77%	1.42%
1998	28,888,057	154,677	2.8%	1.38%
1999	29,733,408	156,702	2.93%	1.31%
2000	30,642,890	158,616	3.06%	1.22%
2001	31,619,170	160,237	3.19%	1.02%
2002	32,629,808	161,641	3.2%	0.88%
2003	33,652,223	162,976	3.13%	0.83%
2004	34,713,455	164,239	3.15%	0.77%
2005	35,796,484	165,450	3.12%	0.74%
2006	36,904,008	166,639	3.09%	0.72%
2007	38,036,349	167,758	3.07%	0.67%
2008	39,206,351	168,808	3.08%	0.63%
2009	40,408,891	169,869	3.07%	0.63%
2010	41,598,567	170,906	2.94%	0.61%
2011	42,758,461	171,801	2.79%	0.52%
2012	43,888,303	172,587	2.64%	0.46%
2013	44,986,791	173,369	2.5%	0.45%
2014	46,051,440	174,138	2.37%	0.44%
2015	47,088,526	174,905	2.25%	0.44%
2016	48,139,687	175,646	2.23%	0.42%
2017	49,197,766	176,342	2.2%	0.4%
2018	50,207,107	177,017	2.05%	0.38%
2019	51,202,827	177,661	1.98%	0.36%
2020	52,217,334	178,250	1.98%	0.33%
2021	53,219,166	178,522	1.92%	0.15%
2022	54,252,461	178,781	1.94%	0.15%
2023	55,339,003	179,285	2%	0.28%
2024	56,432,944	179,744	1.98%	0.26%
2025	57,532,489	180,148	1.95%	0.23%
2026	58,636,403	180,489	1.92%	0.19%
2027	59,745,751	180,771	1.89%	0.16%
2028	60,860,444	181,003	1.87%	0.13%
2029	61,979,186	181,198	1.84%	0.11%
2030	63,102,241	181,360	1.81%	0.09%
2031	64,230,108	181,463	1.79%	0.06%
2032	65,359,031	181,495	1.76%	0.02%
2033	66,484,805	181,458	1.72%	-0.02%
2034	67,604,628	181,354	1.68%	-0.06%
2035	68,715,909	181,177	1.64%	-0.1%
2036	69,818,887	180,948	1.61%	-0.13%
2037	70,910,404	180,636	1.56%	-0.17%
2038	71,990,929	180,230	1.52%	-0.22%
2039	73,057,760	179,781	1.48%	-0.25%
2040	74,108,858	179,296	1.44%	-0.27%
2041	75,144,357	178,760	1.4%	-0.3%
2042	76,161,719	178,187	1.35%	-0.32%
2043	77,159,121	177,593	1.31%	-0.33%
2044	78,134,979	176,937	1.26%	-0.37%
2045	79,088,832	176,243	1.22%	-0.39%
2046	80,022,371	175,520	1.18%	-0.41%
2047	80,938,635	174,726	1.15%	-0.45%
2048	81,837,657	173,877	1.11%	-0.49%
2049	82,721,766	172,991	1.08%	-0.51%
2050	83,593,232	172,081	1.05%	-0.53%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,007 people (a 5.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 4,846 (a 2.76% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2006 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.66% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.