Population in Kenya compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kenya and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Sao Tome	Kenya	Sao Tome
1960	7,695,307	68,012	-	-
1961	7,987,770	68,707	3.8%	1.02%
1962	8,299,308	69,403	3.9%	1.01%
1963	8,627,971	70,112	3.96%	1.02%
1964	8,973,535	70,865	4.01%	1.07%
1965	9,338,078	71,680	4.06%	1.15%
1966	9,717,816	72,576	4.07%	1.25%
1967	10,111,057	73,596	4.05%	1.41%
1968	10,518,823	74,765	4.03%	1.59%
1969	10,939,695	76,083	4%	1.76%
1970	11,368,791	77,626	3.92%	2.03%
1971	11,788,904	79,330	3.7%	2.2%
1972	12,206,060	81,041	3.54%	2.16%
1973	12,634,835	82,798	3.51%	2.17%
1974	13,070,078	84,672	3.44%	2.26%
1975	13,511,671	86,708	3.38%	2.4%
1976	13,957,623	88,922	3.3%	2.55%
1977	14,428,819	91,301	3.38%	2.68%
1978	14,934,126	93,794	3.5%	2.73%
1979	15,460,666	96,252	3.53%	2.62%
1980	16,018,459	98,544	3.61%	2.38%
1981	16,601,507	100,615	3.64%	2.1%
1982	17,206,175	102,508	3.64%	1.88%
1983	17,846,374	104,380	3.72%	1.83%
1984	18,514,906	106,394	3.75%	1.93%
1985	19,201,768	108,658	3.71%	2.13%
1986	19,901,646	111,150	3.64%	2.29%
1987	20,616,096	113,919	3.59%	2.49%
1988	21,356,219	116,939	3.59%	2.65%
1989	22,118,434	119,979	3.57%	2.6%
1990	22,892,651	122,980	3.5%	2.5%
1991	23,646,514	125,697	3.29%	2.21%
1992	24,382,460	128,110	3.11%	1.92%
1993	25,117,188	130,467	3.01%	1.84%
1994	25,857,130	132,732	2.95%	1.74%
1995	26,601,751	134,895	2.88%	1.63%
1996	27,344,211	136,962	2.79%	1.53%
1997	28,101,768	138,922	2.77%	1.43%
1998	28,888,057	140,751	2.8%	1.32%
1999	29,733,408	142,442	2.93%	1.2%
2000	30,642,890	144,018	3.06%	1.11%
2001	31,619,170	146,375	3.19%	1.64%
2002	32,629,808	149,922	3.2%	2.42%
2003	33,652,223	153,814	3.13%	2.6%
2004	34,713,455	157,705	3.15%	2.53%
2005	35,796,484	161,639	3.12%	2.49%
2006	36,904,008	165,638	3.09%	2.47%
2007	38,036,349	169,700	3.07%	2.45%
2008	39,206,351	173,793	3.08%	2.41%
2009	40,408,891	177,853	3.07%	2.34%
2010	41,598,567	181,802	2.94%	2.22%
2011	42,758,461	185,649	2.79%	2.12%
2012	43,888,303	189,439	2.64%	2.04%
2013	44,986,791	193,148	2.5%	1.96%
2014	46,051,440	196,767	2.37%	1.87%
2015	47,088,526	200,291	2.25%	1.79%
2016	48,139,687	203,689	2.23%	1.7%
2017	49,197,766	206,970	2.2%	1.61%
2018	50,207,107	210,187	2.05%	1.55%
2019	51,202,827	213,392	1.98%	1.52%
2020	52,217,334	217,435	1.98%	1.89%
2021	53,219,166	221,961	1.92%	2.08%
2022	54,252,461	226,305	1.94%	1.96%
2023	55,339,003	230,871	2%	2.02%
2024	56,432,944	235,536	1.98%	2.02%
2025	57,532,489	240,251	1.95%	2%
2026	58,636,403	244,987	1.92%	1.97%
2027	59,745,751	249,783	1.89%	1.96%
2028	60,860,444	254,657	1.87%	1.95%
2029	61,979,186	259,597	1.84%	1.94%
2030	63,102,241	264,560	1.81%	1.91%
2031	64,230,108	269,566	1.79%	1.89%
2032	65,359,031	274,643	1.76%	1.88%
2033	66,484,805	279,761	1.72%	1.86%
2034	67,604,628	284,911	1.68%	1.84%
2035	68,715,909	290,082	1.64%	1.81%
2036	69,818,887	295,269	1.61%	1.79%
2037	70,910,404	300,439	1.56%	1.75%
2038	71,990,929	305,590	1.52%	1.71%
2039	73,057,760	310,729	1.48%	1.68%
2040	74,108,858	315,833	1.44%	1.64%
2041	75,144,357	320,875	1.4%	1.6%
2042	76,161,719	325,888	1.35%	1.56%
2043	77,159,121	330,908	1.31%	1.54%
2044	78,134,979	335,919	1.26%	1.51%
2045	79,088,832	340,911	1.22%	1.49%
2046	80,022,371	345,883	1.18%	1.46%
2047	80,938,635	350,758	1.15%	1.41%
2048	81,837,657	355,569	1.11%	1.37%
2049	82,721,766	360,353	1.08%	1.35%
2050	83,593,232	365,103	1.05%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Kenya's population will grow by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people with a rank change from 26th to 22nd. The population of Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.