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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Samoa	Kenya	Samoa
1960	7,695,307	112,490	-	-
1961	7,987,770	115,496	3.8%	2.67%
1962	8,299,308	118,597	3.9%	2.68%
1963	8,627,971	121,764	3.96%	2.67%
1964	8,973,535	124,894	4.01%	2.57%
1965	9,338,078	127,978	4.06%	2.47%
1966	9,717,816	131,073	4.07%	2.42%
1967	10,111,057	133,764	4.05%	2.05%
1968	10,518,823	136,020	4.03%	1.69%
1969	10,939,695	138,233	4%	1.63%
1970	11,368,791	140,400	3.92%	1.57%
1971	11,788,904	142,503	3.7%	1.5%
1972	12,206,060	144,538	3.54%	1.43%
1973	12,634,835	146,516	3.51%	1.37%
1974	13,070,078	149,431	3.44%	1.99%
1975	13,511,671	153,344	3.38%	2.62%
1976	13,957,623	157,113	3.3%	2.46%
1977	14,428,819	159,753	3.38%	1.68%
1978	14,934,126	161,375	3.5%	1.02%
1979	15,460,666	162,882	3.53%	0.93%
1980	16,018,459	164,322	3.61%	0.88%
1981	16,601,507	165,678	3.64%	0.83%
1982	17,206,175	166,484	3.64%	0.49%
1983	17,846,374	166,714	3.72%	0.14%
1984	18,514,906	166,796	3.75%	0.05%
1985	19,201,768	166,849	3.71%	0.03%
1986	19,901,646	167,061	3.64%	0.13%
1987	20,616,096	167,661	3.59%	0.36%
1988	21,356,219	168,346	3.59%	0.41%
1989	22,118,434	168,768	3.57%	0.25%
1990	22,892,651	169,042	3.5%	0.16%
1991	23,646,514	169,368	3.29%	0.19%
1992	24,382,460	170,331	3.11%	0.57%
1993	25,117,188	171,774	3.01%	0.85%
1994	25,857,130	173,159	2.95%	0.81%
1995	26,601,751	174,571	2.88%	0.82%
1996	27,344,211	176,071	2.79%	0.86%
1997	28,101,768	177,547	2.77%	0.84%
1998	28,888,057	178,905	2.8%	0.76%
1999	29,733,408	180,275	2.93%	0.77%
2000	30,642,890	181,685	3.06%	0.78%
2001	31,619,170	183,166	3.19%	0.82%
2002	32,629,808	184,471	3.2%	0.71%
2003	33,652,223	185,430	3.13%	0.52%
2004	34,713,455	186,249	3.15%	0.44%
2005	35,796,484	186,978	3.12%	0.39%
2006	36,904,008	187,709	3.09%	0.39%
2007	38,036,349	188,753	3.07%	0.56%
2008	39,206,351	190,107	3.08%	0.72%
2009	40,408,891	191,513	3.07%	0.74%
2010	41,598,567	193,023	2.94%	0.79%
2011	42,758,461	194,713	2.79%	0.88%
2012	43,888,303	196,498	2.64%	0.92%
2013	44,986,791	198,268	2.5%	0.9%
2014	46,051,440	200,037	2.37%	0.89%
2015	47,088,526	201,782	2.25%	0.87%
2016	48,139,687	203,499	2.23%	0.85%
2017	49,197,766	205,415	2.2%	0.94%
2018	50,207,107	207,582	2.05%	1.05%
2019	51,202,827	209,780	1.98%	1.06%
2020	52,217,334	211,944	1.98%	1.03%
2021	53,219,166	213,779	1.92%	0.87%
2022	54,252,461	215,261	1.94%	0.69%
2023	55,339,003	216,663	2%	0.65%
2024	56,432,944	218,019	1.98%	0.63%
2025	57,532,489	219,302	1.95%	0.59%
2026	58,636,403	220,530	1.92%	0.56%
2027	59,745,751	221,772	1.89%	0.56%
2028	60,860,444	223,104	1.87%	0.6%
2029	61,979,186	224,504	1.84%	0.63%
2030	63,102,241	225,968	1.81%	0.65%
2031	64,230,108	227,581	1.79%	0.71%
2032	65,359,031	229,298	1.76%	0.75%
2033	66,484,805	231,110	1.72%	0.79%
2034	67,604,628	233,061	1.68%	0.84%
2035	68,715,909	235,172	1.64%	0.91%
2036	69,818,887	237,415	1.61%	0.95%
2037	70,910,404	239,730	1.56%	0.98%
2038	71,990,929	242,155	1.52%	1.01%
2039	73,057,760	244,653	1.48%	1.03%
2040	74,108,858	247,196	1.44%	1.04%
2041	75,144,357	249,796	1.4%	1.05%
2042	76,161,719	252,427	1.35%	1.05%
2043	77,159,121	255,023	1.31%	1.03%
2044	78,134,979	257,609	1.26%	1.01%
2045	79,088,832	260,250	1.22%	1.03%
2046	80,022,371	262,849	1.18%	1%
2047	80,938,635	265,365	1.15%	0.96%
2048	81,837,657	267,836	1.11%	0.93%
2049	82,721,766	270,291	1.08%	0.92%
2050	83,593,232	272,711	1.05%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2006 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.