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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Spain	Kenya	Spain
1960	7,695,307	30,455,000	-	-
1961	7,987,770	30,739,250	3.8%	0.93%
1962	8,299,308	31,023,366	3.9%	0.92%
1963	8,627,971	31,296,651	3.96%	0.88%
1964	8,973,535	31,609,195	4.01%	1%
1965	9,338,078	31,954,292	4.06%	1.09%
1966	9,717,816	32,283,194	4.07%	1.03%
1967	10,111,057	32,682,947	4.05%	1.24%
1968	10,518,823	33,113,134	4.03%	1.32%
1969	10,939,695	33,441,054	4%	0.99%
1970	11,368,791	33,814,531	3.92%	1.12%
1971	11,788,904	34,224,490	3.7%	1.21%
1972	12,206,060	34,604,469	3.54%	1.11%
1973	12,634,835	34,988,947	3.51%	1.11%
1974	13,070,078	35,373,335	3.44%	1.1%
1975	13,511,671	35,757,900	3.38%	1.09%
1976	13,957,623	36,137,812	3.3%	1.06%
1977	14,428,819	36,511,638	3.38%	1.03%
1978	14,934,126	36,864,898	3.5%	0.97%
1979	15,460,666	37,191,330	3.53%	0.89%
1980	16,018,459	37,491,165	3.61%	0.81%
1981	16,601,507	37,758,631	3.64%	0.71%
1982	17,206,175	37,986,012	3.64%	0.6%
1983	17,846,374	38,171,525	3.72%	0.49%
1984	18,514,906	38,330,364	3.75%	0.42%
1985	19,201,768	38,469,512	3.71%	0.36%
1986	19,901,646	38,584,624	3.64%	0.3%
1987	20,616,096	38,684,815	3.59%	0.26%
1988	21,356,219	38,766,939	3.59%	0.21%
1989	22,118,434	38,827,764	3.57%	0.16%
1990	22,892,651	38,867,322	3.5%	0.1%
1991	23,646,514	38,966,376	3.29%	0.25%
1992	24,382,460	39,157,685	3.11%	0.49%
1993	25,117,188	39,361,262	3.01%	0.52%
1994	25,857,130	39,549,108	2.95%	0.48%
1995	26,601,751	39,724,050	2.88%	0.44%
1996	27,344,211	39,889,852	2.79%	0.42%
1997	28,101,768	40,057,389	2.77%	0.42%
1998	28,888,057	40,223,509	2.8%	0.41%
1999	29,733,408	40,386,875	2.93%	0.41%
2000	30,642,890	40,567,864	3.06%	0.45%
2001	31,619,170	40,850,412	3.19%	0.7%
2002	32,629,808	41,431,558	3.2%	1.42%
2003	33,652,223	42,187,645	3.13%	1.82%
2004	34,713,455	42,921,895	3.15%	1.74%
2005	35,796,484	43,653,155	3.12%	1.7%
2006	36,904,008	44,397,319	3.09%	1.7%
2007	38,036,349	45,226,803	3.07%	1.87%
2008	39,206,351	45,954,106	3.08%	1.61%
2009	40,408,891	46,362,946	3.07%	0.89%
2010	41,598,567	46,576,897	2.94%	0.46%
2011	42,758,461	46,742,697	2.79%	0.36%
2012	43,888,303	46,773,055	2.64%	0.06%
2013	44,986,791	46,604,197	2.5%	-0.36%
2014	46,051,440	46,460,733	2.37%	-0.31%
2015	47,088,526	46,422,303	2.25%	-0.08%
2016	48,139,687	46,458,139	2.23%	0.08%
2017	49,197,766	46,571,232	2.2%	0.24%
2018	50,207,107	46,782,011	2.05%	0.45%
2019	51,202,827	47,118,501	1.98%	0.72%
2020	52,217,334	47,359,424	1.98%	0.51%
2021	53,219,166	47,443,821	1.92%	0.18%
2022	54,252,461	47,786,102	1.94%	0.72%
2023	55,339,003	48,347,910	2%	1.18%
2024	56,432,944	48,807,137	1.98%	0.95%
2025	57,532,489	48,786,181	1.95%	-0.04%
2026	58,636,403	48,746,279	1.92%	-0.08%
2027	59,745,751	48,696,847	1.89%	-0.1%
2028	60,860,444	48,642,132	1.87%	-0.11%
2029	61,979,186	48,578,166	1.84%	-0.13%
2030	63,102,241	48,501,513	1.81%	-0.16%
2031	64,230,108	48,412,854	1.79%	-0.18%
2032	65,359,031	48,321,195	1.76%	-0.19%
2033	66,484,805	48,230,054	1.72%	-0.19%
2034	67,604,628	48,136,421	1.68%	-0.19%
2035	68,715,909	48,036,650	1.64%	-0.21%
2036	69,818,887	47,929,957	1.61%	-0.22%
2037	70,910,404	47,819,257	1.56%	-0.23%
2038	71,990,929	47,706,580	1.52%	-0.24%
2039	73,057,760	47,588,878	1.48%	-0.25%
2040	74,108,858	47,463,597	1.44%	-0.26%
2041	75,144,357	47,332,618	1.4%	-0.28%
2042	76,161,719	47,194,588	1.35%	-0.29%
2043	77,159,121	47,052,293	1.31%	-0.3%
2044	78,134,979	46,902,636	1.26%	-0.32%
2045	79,088,832	46,738,565	1.22%	-0.35%
2046	80,022,371	46,564,383	1.18%	-0.37%
2047	80,938,635	46,381,681	1.15%	-0.39%
2048	81,837,657	46,190,642	1.11%	-0.41%
2049	82,721,766	45,985,428	1.08%	-0.44%
2050	83,593,232	45,769,362	1.05%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.