Population in Kenya compared to the Solomon Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kenya and the Solomon Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Solomon Islands	Kenya	Solomon Islands
1960	7,695,307	139,688	-	-
1961	7,987,770	142,912	3.8%	2.31%
1962	8,299,308	146,201	3.9%	2.3%
1963	8,627,971	149,589	3.96%	2.32%
1964	8,973,535	153,085	4.01%	2.34%
1965	9,338,078	156,686	4.06%	2.35%
1966	9,717,816	160,393	4.07%	2.37%
1967	10,111,057	164,245	4.05%	2.4%
1968	10,518,823	168,282	4.03%	2.46%
1969	10,939,695	172,476	4%	2.49%
1970	11,368,791	176,579	3.92%	2.38%
1971	11,788,904	180,637	3.7%	2.3%
1972	12,206,060	184,994	3.54%	2.41%
1973	12,634,835	189,774	3.51%	2.58%
1974	13,070,078	195,041	3.44%	2.78%
1975	13,511,671	200,744	3.38%	2.92%
1976	13,957,623	207,194	3.3%	3.21%
1977	14,428,819	214,418	3.38%	3.49%
1978	14,934,126	222,029	3.5%	3.55%
1979	15,460,666	229,953	3.53%	3.57%
1980	16,018,459	238,135	3.61%	3.56%
1981	16,601,507	246,555	3.64%	3.54%
1982	17,206,175	255,200	3.64%	3.51%
1983	17,846,374	264,068	3.72%	3.47%
1984	18,514,906	273,163	3.75%	3.44%
1985	19,201,768	282,455	3.71%	3.4%
1986	19,901,646	291,842	3.64%	3.32%
1987	20,616,096	301,414	3.59%	3.28%
1988	21,356,219	311,265	3.59%	3.27%
1989	22,118,434	321,282	3.57%	3.22%
1990	22,892,651	331,435	3.5%	3.16%
1991	23,646,514	341,738	3.29%	3.11%
1992	24,382,460	352,205	3.11%	3.06%
1993	25,117,188	362,839	3.01%	3.02%
1994	25,857,130	373,675	2.95%	2.99%
1995	26,601,751	384,733	2.88%	2.96%
1996	27,344,211	396,009	2.79%	2.93%
1997	28,101,768	407,474	2.77%	2.9%
1998	28,888,057	419,071	2.8%	2.85%
1999	29,733,408	430,500	2.93%	2.73%
2000	30,642,890	440,469	3.06%	2.32%
2001	31,619,170	449,125	3.19%	1.97%
2002	32,629,808	457,671	3.2%	1.9%
2003	33,652,223	466,154	3.13%	1.85%
2004	34,713,455	474,611	3.15%	1.81%
2005	35,796,484	483,080	3.12%	1.78%
2006	36,904,008	491,594	3.09%	1.76%
2007	38,036,349	500,156	3.07%	1.74%
2008	39,206,351	508,790	3.08%	1.73%
2009	40,408,891	518,141	3.07%	1.84%
2010	41,598,567	532,968	2.94%	2.86%
2011	42,758,461	552,945	2.79%	3.75%
2012	43,888,303	573,606	2.64%	3.74%
2013	44,986,791	594,945	2.5%	3.72%
2014	46,051,440	616,908	2.37%	3.69%
2015	47,088,526	639,415	2.25%	3.65%
2016	48,139,687	662,379	2.23%	3.59%
2017	49,197,766	685,672	2.2%	3.52%
2018	50,207,107	709,101	2.05%	3.42%
2019	51,202,827	728,147	1.98%	2.69%
2020	52,217,334	744,498	1.98%	2.25%
2021	53,219,166	762,591	1.92%	2.43%
2022	54,252,461	781,066	1.94%	2.42%
2023	55,339,003	800,005	2%	2.42%
2024	56,432,944	819,198	1.98%	2.4%
2025	57,532,489	838,646	1.95%	2.37%
2026	58,636,403	858,283	1.92%	2.34%
2027	59,745,751	878,097	1.89%	2.31%
2028	60,860,444	898,073	1.87%	2.27%
2029	61,979,186	918,152	1.84%	2.24%
2030	63,102,241	938,340	1.81%	2.2%
2031	64,230,108	958,614	1.79%	2.16%
2032	65,359,031	978,977	1.76%	2.12%
2033	66,484,805	999,314	1.72%	2.08%
2034	67,604,628	1,019,534	1.68%	2.02%
2035	68,715,909	1,039,655	1.64%	1.97%
2036	69,818,887	1,059,521	1.61%	1.91%
2037	70,910,404	1,079,088	1.56%	1.85%
2038	71,990,929	1,098,284	1.52%	1.78%
2039	73,057,760	1,117,085	1.48%	1.71%
2040	74,108,858	1,135,445	1.44%	1.64%
2041	75,144,357	1,153,450	1.4%	1.59%
2042	76,161,719	1,171,334	1.35%	1.55%
2043	77,159,121	1,189,113	1.31%	1.52%
2044	78,134,979	1,206,729	1.26%	1.48%
2045	79,088,832	1,224,188	1.22%	1.45%
2046	80,022,371	1,241,491	1.18%	1.41%
2047	80,938,635	1,258,611	1.15%	1.38%
2048	81,837,657	1,275,579	1.11%	1.35%
2049	82,721,766	1,292,414	1.08%	1.32%
2050	83,593,232	1,309,098	1.05%	1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th in 2005 and ranked 161st 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 the Solomon Islands will increase by 53.2% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.