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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Somalia	Kenya	Somalia
1960	7,695,307	2,876,331	-	-
1961	7,987,770	2,952,054	3.8%	2.63%
1962	8,299,308	3,030,091	3.9%	2.64%
1963	8,627,971	3,110,361	3.96%	2.65%
1964	8,973,535	3,192,796	4.01%	2.65%
1965	9,338,078	3,277,874	4.06%	2.66%
1966	9,717,816	3,365,106	4.07%	2.66%
1967	10,111,057	3,454,537	4.05%	2.66%
1968	10,518,823	3,546,590	4.03%	2.66%
1969	10,939,695	3,641,015	4%	2.66%
1970	11,368,791	3,738,448	3.92%	2.68%
1971	11,788,904	3,837,691	3.7%	2.65%
1972	12,206,060	3,939,436	3.54%	2.65%
1973	12,634,835	4,045,592	3.51%	2.69%
1974	13,070,078	4,151,842	3.44%	2.63%
1975	13,511,671	4,257,535	3.38%	2.55%
1976	13,957,623	4,365,812	3.3%	2.54%
1977	14,428,819	4,484,050	3.38%	2.71%
1978	14,934,126	4,814,892	3.5%	7.38%
1979	15,460,666	5,449,117	3.53%	13.2%
1980	16,018,459	5,936,154	3.61%	8.94%
1981	16,601,507	5,982,849	3.64%	0.79%
1982	17,206,175	6,003,840	3.64%	0.35%
1983	17,846,374	6,198,430	3.72%	3.24%
1984	18,514,906	6,428,389	3.75%	3.71%
1985	19,201,768	6,693,289	3.71%	4.12%
1986	19,901,646	6,974,788	3.64%	4.21%
1987	20,616,096	7,228,302	3.59%	3.63%
1988	21,356,219	7,235,360	3.59%	0.1%
1989	22,118,434	7,114,817	3.57%	-1.67%
1990	22,892,651	7,082,811	3.5%	-0.45%
1991	23,646,514	6,813,760	3.29%	-3.8%
1992	24,382,460	6,495,107	3.11%	-4.68%
1993	25,117,188	6,681,399	3.01%	2.87%
1994	25,857,130	7,026,797	2.95%	5.17%
1995	26,601,751	7,285,007	2.88%	3.67%
1996	27,344,211	7,554,474	2.79%	3.7%
1997	28,101,768	7,824,525	2.77%	3.57%
1998	28,888,057	8,155,417	2.8%	4.23%
1999	29,733,408	8,492,059	2.93%	4.13%
2000	30,642,890	8,838,713	3.06%	4.08%
2001	31,619,170	9,198,493	3.19%	4.07%
2002	32,629,808	9,550,063	3.2%	3.82%
2003	33,652,223	9,909,157	3.13%	3.76%
2004	34,713,455	10,280,998	3.15%	3.75%
2005	35,796,484	10,644,228	3.12%	3.53%
2006	36,904,008	10,975,502	3.09%	3.11%
2007	38,036,349	11,322,582	3.07%	3.16%
2008	39,206,351	11,663,084	3.08%	3.01%
2009	40,408,891	11,961,201	3.07%	2.56%
2010	41,598,567	12,261,756	2.94%	2.51%
2011	42,758,461	12,348,830	2.79%	0.71%
2012	43,888,303	12,461,160	2.64%	0.91%
2013	44,986,791	12,869,594	2.5%	3.28%
2014	46,051,440	13,339,491	2.37%	3.65%
2015	47,088,526	13,806,963	2.25%	3.5%
2016	48,139,687	14,348,740	2.23%	3.92%
2017	49,197,766	14,916,629	2.2%	3.96%
2018	50,207,107	15,452,487	2.05%	3.59%
2019	51,202,827	16,030,971	1.98%	3.74%
2020	52,217,334	16,651,191	1.98%	3.87%
2021	53,219,166	17,271,431	1.92%	3.72%
2022	54,252,461	17,801,897	1.94%	3.07%
2023	55,339,003	18,358,615	2%	3.13%
2024	56,432,944	19,009,151	1.98%	3.54%
2025	57,532,489	19,654,737	1.95%	3.4%
2026	58,636,403	20,305,905	1.92%	3.31%
2027	59,745,751	20,959,056	1.89%	3.22%
2028	60,860,444	21,601,810	1.87%	3.07%
2029	61,979,186	22,247,714	1.84%	2.99%
2030	63,102,241	22,915,042	1.81%	3%
2031	64,230,108	23,589,793	1.79%	2.94%
2032	65,359,031	24,258,789	1.76%	2.84%
2033	66,484,805	24,921,830	1.72%	2.73%
2034	67,604,628	25,593,666	1.68%	2.7%
2035	68,715,909	26,294,943	1.64%	2.74%
2036	69,818,887	27,009,199	1.61%	2.72%
2037	70,910,404	27,731,170	1.56%	2.67%
2038	71,990,929	28,455,755	1.52%	2.61%
2039	73,057,760	29,167,897	1.48%	2.5%
2040	74,108,858	29,896,286	1.44%	2.5%
2041	75,144,357	30,635,956	1.4%	2.47%
2042	76,161,719	31,350,028	1.35%	2.33%
2043	77,159,121	32,057,980	1.31%	2.26%
2044	78,134,979	32,780,417	1.26%	2.25%
2045	79,088,832	33,510,163	1.22%	2.23%
2046	80,022,371	34,248,030	1.18%	2.2%
2047	80,938,635	34,996,366	1.15%	2.19%
2048	81,837,657	35,743,960	1.11%	2.14%
2049	82,721,766	36,474,683	1.08%	2.04%
2050	83,593,232	37,206,497	1.05%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.