Population in Kenya compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kenya and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Sri Lanka	Kenya	Sri Lanka
1960	7,695,307	9,661,389	-	-
1961	7,987,770	9,899,372	3.8%	2.46%
1962	8,299,308	10,143,754	3.9%	2.47%
1963	8,627,971	10,395,040	3.96%	2.48%
1964	8,973,535	10,653,397	4.01%	2.49%
1965	9,338,078	10,916,965	4.06%	2.47%
1966	9,717,816	11,183,928	4.07%	2.45%
1967	10,111,057	11,457,328	4.05%	2.44%
1968	10,518,823	11,736,088	4.03%	2.43%
1969	10,939,695	12,013,858	4%	2.37%
1970	11,368,791	12,287,110	3.92%	2.27%
1971	11,788,904	12,551,910	3.7%	2.16%
1972	12,206,060	12,809,205	3.54%	2.05%
1973	12,634,835	13,060,916	3.51%	1.97%
1974	13,070,078	13,305,693	3.44%	1.87%
1975	13,511,671	13,548,984	3.38%	1.83%
1976	13,957,623	13,796,770	3.3%	1.83%
1977	14,428,819	14,049,371	3.38%	1.83%
1978	14,934,126	14,310,128	3.5%	1.86%
1979	15,460,666	14,579,614	3.53%	1.88%
1980	16,018,459	14,847,974	3.61%	1.84%
1981	16,601,507	15,099,414	3.64%	1.69%
1982	17,206,175	15,286,567	3.64%	1.24%
1983	17,846,374	15,388,794	3.72%	0.67%
1984	18,514,906	15,441,860	3.75%	0.34%
1985	19,201,768	15,544,154	3.71%	0.66%
1986	19,901,646	15,731,256	3.64%	1.2%
1987	20,616,096	15,916,576	3.59%	1.18%
1988	21,356,219	16,078,621	3.59%	1.02%
1989	22,118,434	16,248,557	3.57%	1.06%
1990	22,892,651	16,352,458	3.5%	0.64%
1991	23,646,514	16,475,354	3.29%	0.75%
1992	24,382,460	16,739,284	3.11%	1.6%
1993	25,117,188	17,025,918	3.01%	1.71%
1994	25,857,130	17,275,773	2.95%	1.47%
1995	26,601,751	17,564,068	2.88%	1.67%
1996	27,344,211	17,905,018	2.79%	1.94%
1997	28,101,768	18,248,200	2.77%	1.92%
1998	28,888,057	18,596,003	2.8%	1.91%
1999	29,733,408	18,944,731	2.93%	1.88%
2000	30,642,890	19,293,054	3.06%	1.84%
2001	31,619,170	19,600,362	3.19%	1.59%
2002	32,629,808	19,805,752	3.2%	1.05%
2003	33,652,223	19,951,521	3.13%	0.74%
2004	34,713,455	20,087,605	3.15%	0.68%
2005	35,796,484	20,216,524	3.12%	0.64%
2006	36,904,008	20,352,411	3.09%	0.67%
2007	38,036,349	20,492,545	3.07%	0.69%
2008	39,206,351	20,629,378	3.08%	0.67%
2009	40,408,891	20,756,435	3.07%	0.62%
2010	41,598,567	20,879,089	2.94%	0.59%
2011	42,758,461	21,009,048	2.79%	0.62%
2012	43,888,303	21,169,458	2.64%	0.76%
2013	44,986,791	20,585,000	2.5%	-2.76%
2014	46,051,440	20,778,000	2.37%	0.94%
2015	47,088,526	20,970,000	2.25%	0.92%
2016	48,139,687	21,209,000	2.23%	1.14%
2017	49,197,766	21,453,000	2.2%	1.15%
2018	50,207,107	21,670,000	2.05%	1.01%
2019	51,202,827	21,803,000	1.98%	0.61%
2020	52,217,334	21,919,000	1.98%	0.53%
2021	53,219,166	22,156,000	1.92%	1.08%
2022	54,252,461	22,181,000	1.94%	0.11%
2023	55,339,003	22,037,000	2%	-0.65%
2024	56,432,944	21,916,000	1.98%	-0.55%
2025	57,532,489	22,035,440	1.95%	0.54%
2026	58,636,403	22,148,172	1.92%	0.51%
2027	59,745,751	22,255,601	1.89%	0.49%
2028	60,860,444	22,357,682	1.87%	0.46%
2029	61,979,186	22,453,922	1.84%	0.43%
2030	63,102,241	22,546,245	1.81%	0.41%
2031	64,230,108	22,635,106	1.79%	0.39%
2032	65,359,031	22,720,118	1.76%	0.38%
2033	66,484,805	22,802,043	1.72%	0.36%
2034	67,604,628	22,879,527	1.68%	0.34%
2035	68,715,909	22,952,739	1.64%	0.32%
2036	69,818,887	23,022,027	1.61%	0.3%
2037	70,910,404	23,088,877	1.56%	0.29%
2038	71,990,929	23,152,480	1.52%	0.28%
2039	73,057,760	23,211,633	1.48%	0.26%
2040	74,108,858	23,265,986	1.44%	0.23%
2041	75,144,357	23,315,260	1.4%	0.21%
2042	76,161,719	23,359,578	1.35%	0.19%
2043	77,159,121	23,398,752	1.31%	0.17%
2044	78,134,979	23,433,096	1.26%	0.15%
2045	79,088,832	23,464,943	1.22%	0.14%
2046	80,022,371	23,492,738	1.18%	0.12%
2047	80,938,635	23,512,629	1.15%	0.08%
2048	81,837,657	23,525,953	1.11%	0.06%
2049	82,721,766	23,533,940	1.08%	0.03%
2050	83,593,232	23,538,230	1.05%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.