Population in Kenya compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kenya and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Saudi Arabia	Kenya	Saudi Arabia
1960	7,695,307	2,435,403	-	-
1961	7,987,770	2,526,347	3.8%	3.73%
1962	8,299,308	2,620,910	3.9%	3.74%
1963	8,627,971	2,719,341	3.96%	3.76%
1964	8,973,535	2,821,968	4.01%	3.77%
1965	9,338,078	2,928,771	4.06%	3.78%
1966	9,717,816	3,039,887	4.07%	3.79%
1967	10,111,057	3,157,242	4.05%	3.86%
1968	10,518,823	3,282,711	4.03%	3.97%
1969	10,939,695	3,417,114	4%	4.09%
1970	11,368,791	3,562,470	3.92%	4.25%
1971	11,788,904	3,724,031	3.7%	4.54%
1972	12,206,060	3,905,722	3.54%	4.88%
1973	12,634,835	4,106,344	3.51%	5.14%
1974	13,070,078	4,323,632	3.44%	5.29%
1975	13,511,671	4,556,287	3.38%	5.38%
1976	13,957,623	4,807,933	3.3%	5.52%
1977	14,428,819	5,083,048	3.38%	5.72%
1978	14,934,126	5,381,902	3.5%	5.88%
1979	15,460,666	5,703,698	3.53%	5.98%
1980	16,018,459	6,047,997	3.61%	6.04%
1981	16,601,507	6,420,551	3.64%	6.16%
1982	17,206,175	6,824,486	3.64%	6.29%
1983	17,846,374	7,252,941	3.72%	6.28%
1984	18,514,906	7,697,307	3.75%	6.13%
1985	19,201,768	8,151,779	3.71%	5.9%
1986	19,901,646	8,628,639	3.64%	5.85%
1987	20,616,096	9,130,194	3.59%	5.81%
1988	21,356,219	9,629,165	3.59%	5.47%
1989	22,118,434	10,128,394	3.57%	5.18%
1990	22,892,651	10,640,691	3.5%	5.06%
1991	23,646,514	11,160,744	3.29%	4.89%
1992	24,382,460	11,686,676	3.11%	4.71%
1993	25,117,188	12,215,862	3.01%	4.53%
1994	25,857,130	12,750,040	2.95%	4.37%
1995	26,601,751	13,289,245	2.88%	4.23%
1996	27,344,211	13,831,009	2.79%	4.08%
1997	28,101,768	14,374,943	2.77%	3.93%
1998	28,888,057	14,922,185	2.8%	3.81%
1999	29,733,408	15,472,075	2.93%	3.69%
2000	30,642,890	16,177,722	3.06%	4.56%
2001	31,619,170	17,041,397	3.19%	5.34%
2002	32,629,808	17,910,910	3.2%	5.1%
2003	33,652,223	18,786,767	3.13%	4.89%
2004	34,713,455	19,669,480	3.15%	4.7%
2005	35,796,484	20,559,890	3.12%	4.53%
2006	36,904,008	21,459,144	3.09%	4.37%
2007	38,036,349	22,368,313	3.07%	4.24%
2008	39,206,351	23,287,877	3.08%	4.11%
2009	40,408,891	24,217,654	3.07%	3.99%
2010	41,598,567	23,978,487	2.94%	-0.99%
2011	42,758,461	25,091,867	2.79%	4.64%
2012	43,888,303	26,168,861	2.64%	4.29%
2013	44,986,791	27,624,004	2.5%	5.56%
2014	46,051,440	28,309,273	2.37%	2.48%
2015	47,088,526	29,816,382	2.25%	5.32%
2016	48,139,687	30,954,198	2.23%	3.82%
2017	49,197,766	30,977,355	2.2%	0.07%
2018	50,207,107	30,196,281	2.05%	-2.52%
2019	51,202,827	30,063,799	1.98%	-0.44%
2020	52,217,334	31,552,510	1.98%	4.95%
2021	53,219,166	30,784,383	1.92%	-2.43%
2022	54,252,461	32,175,224	1.94%	4.52%
2023	55,339,003	33,702,731	2%	4.75%
2024	56,432,944	35,300,280	1.98%	4.74%
2025	57,532,489	35,927,625	1.95%	1.78%
2026	58,636,403	36,550,694	1.92%	1.73%
2027	59,745,751	37,167,513	1.89%	1.69%
2028	60,860,444	37,775,810	1.87%	1.64%
2029	61,979,186	38,364,377	1.84%	1.56%
2030	63,102,241	38,918,375	1.81%	1.44%
2031	64,230,108	39,450,880	1.79%	1.37%
2032	65,359,031	39,983,934	1.76%	1.35%
2033	66,484,805	40,517,599	1.72%	1.33%
2034	67,604,628	41,052,423	1.68%	1.32%
2035	68,715,909	41,588,429	1.64%	1.31%
2036	69,818,887	42,125,184	1.61%	1.29%
2037	70,910,404	42,661,908	1.56%	1.27%
2038	71,990,929	43,198,420	1.52%	1.26%
2039	73,057,760	43,734,316	1.48%	1.24%
2040	74,108,858	44,269,571	1.44%	1.22%
2041	75,144,357	44,804,338	1.4%	1.21%
2042	76,161,719	45,338,111	1.35%	1.19%
2043	77,159,121	45,870,896	1.31%	1.18%
2044	78,134,979	46,403,116	1.26%	1.16%
2045	79,088,832	46,934,822	1.22%	1.15%
2046	80,022,371	47,465,267	1.18%	1.13%
2047	80,938,635	47,993,976	1.15%	1.11%
2048	81,837,657	48,521,364	1.11%	1.1%
2049	82,721,766	49,047,461	1.08%	1.08%
2050	83,593,232	49,572,202	1.05%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th in 2006 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.