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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Sudan	Kenya	Sudan
1960	7,695,307	8,364,489	-	-
1961	7,987,770	8,634,941	3.8%	3.23%
1962	8,299,308	8,919,028	3.9%	3.29%
1963	8,627,971	9,218,077	3.96%	3.35%
1964	8,973,535	9,531,109	4.01%	3.4%
1965	9,338,078	9,858,030	4.06%	3.43%
1966	9,717,816	10,197,578	4.07%	3.44%
1967	10,111,057	10,550,597	4.05%	3.46%
1968	10,518,823	10,917,999	4.03%	3.48%
1969	10,939,695	11,298,936	4%	3.49%
1970	11,368,791	11,695,771	3.92%	3.51%
1971	11,788,904	12,105,539	3.7%	3.5%
1972	12,206,060	12,527,856	3.54%	3.49%
1973	12,634,835	13,049,315	3.51%	4.16%
1974	13,070,078	13,580,723	3.44%	4.07%
1975	13,511,671	14,064,798	3.38%	3.56%
1976	13,957,623	14,569,716	3.3%	3.59%
1977	14,428,819	15,086,614	3.38%	3.55%
1978	14,934,126	15,695,003	3.5%	4.03%
1979	15,460,666	16,355,352	3.53%	4.21%
1980	16,018,459	17,058,905	3.61%	4.3%
1981	16,601,507	17,780,572	3.64%	4.23%
1982	17,206,175	18,486,645	3.64%	3.97%
1983	17,846,374	19,109,770	3.72%	3.37%
1984	18,514,906	19,546,528	3.75%	2.29%
1985	19,201,768	19,905,872	3.71%	1.84%
1986	19,901,646	20,288,238	3.64%	1.92%
1987	20,616,096	20,704,904	3.59%	2.05%
1988	21,356,219	21,138,431	3.59%	2.09%
1989	22,118,434	21,578,022	3.57%	2.08%
1990	22,892,651	22,021,481	3.5%	2.06%
1991	23,646,514	22,470,676	3.29%	2.04%
1992	24,382,460	22,927,355	3.11%	2.03%
1993	25,117,188	23,445,592	3.01%	2.26%
1994	25,857,130	24,043,948	2.95%	2.55%
1995	26,601,751	24,672,143	2.88%	2.61%
1996	27,344,211	25,231,528	2.79%	2.27%
1997	28,101,768	25,799,821	2.77%	2.25%
1998	28,888,057	26,458,999	2.8%	2.55%
1999	29,733,408	27,130,613	2.93%	2.54%
2000	30,642,890	27,816,745	3.06%	2.53%
2001	31,619,170	28,516,770	3.19%	2.52%
2002	32,629,808	29,228,727	3.2%	2.5%
2003	33,652,223	29,896,035	3.13%	2.28%
2004	34,713,455	30,556,637	3.15%	2.21%
2005	35,796,484	31,262,444	3.12%	2.31%
2006	36,904,008	31,992,435	3.09%	2.34%
2007	38,036,349	32,764,135	3.07%	2.41%
2008	39,206,351	33,623,980	3.08%	2.62%
2009	40,408,891	34,569,113	3.07%	2.81%
2010	41,598,567	35,414,399	2.94%	2.45%
2011	42,758,461	36,140,806	2.79%	2.05%
2012	43,888,303	36,923,178	2.64%	2.16%
2013	44,986,791	37,785,849	2.5%	2.34%
2014	46,051,440	38,823,318	2.37%	2.75%
2015	47,088,526	40,024,431	2.25%	3.09%
2016	48,139,687	41,259,892	2.23%	3.09%
2017	49,197,766	42,714,306	2.2%	3.53%
2018	50,207,107	44,230,596	2.05%	3.55%
2019	51,202,827	45,548,175	1.98%	2.98%
2020	52,217,334	46,789,231	1.98%	2.72%
2021	53,219,166	48,066,924	1.92%	2.73%
2022	54,252,461	49,383,346	1.94%	2.74%
2023	55,339,003	50,042,791	2%	1.34%
2024	56,432,944	50,448,963	1.98%	0.81%
2025	57,532,489	51,662,152	1.95%	2.4%
2026	58,636,403	53,282,718	1.92%	3.14%
2027	59,745,751	54,724,215	1.89%	2.71%
2028	60,860,444	55,993,833	1.87%	2.32%
2029	61,979,186	57,275,443	1.84%	2.29%
2030	63,102,241	58,571,624	1.81%	2.26%
2031	64,230,108	59,872,936	1.79%	2.22%
2032	65,359,031	61,179,476	1.76%	2.18%
2033	66,484,805	62,497,205	1.72%	2.15%
2034	67,604,628	63,822,356	1.68%	2.12%
2035	68,715,909	65,148,317	1.64%	2.08%
2036	69,818,887	66,470,018	1.61%	2.03%
2037	70,910,404	67,791,240	1.56%	1.99%
2038	71,990,929	69,107,712	1.52%	1.94%
2039	73,057,760	70,416,631	1.48%	1.89%
2040	74,108,858	71,730,604	1.44%	1.87%
2041	75,144,357	73,056,213	1.4%	1.85%
2042	76,161,719	74,387,562	1.35%	1.82%
2043	77,159,121	75,723,670	1.31%	1.8%
2044	78,134,979	77,066,454	1.26%	1.77%
2045	79,088,832	78,415,205	1.22%	1.75%
2046	80,022,371	79,767,271	1.18%	1.72%
2047	80,938,635	81,115,241	1.15%	1.69%
2048	81,837,657	82,463,202	1.11%	1.66%
2049	82,721,766	83,828,356	1.08%	1.66%
2050	83,593,232	85,206,384	1.05%	1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.