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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Suriname	Kenya	Suriname
1960	7,695,307	263,918	-	-
1961	7,987,770	272,791	3.8%	3.36%
1962	8,299,308	283,912	3.9%	4.08%
1963	8,627,971	297,034	3.96%	4.62%
1964	8,973,535	309,041	4.01%	4.04%
1965	9,338,078	320,000	4.06%	3.55%
1966	9,717,816	331,135	4.07%	3.48%
1967	10,111,057	342,679	4.05%	3.49%
1968	10,518,823	354,616	4.03%	3.48%
1969	10,939,695	366,906	4%	3.47%
1970	11,368,791	379,442	3.92%	3.42%
1971	11,788,904	391,932	3.7%	3.29%
1972	12,206,060	397,413	3.54%	1.4%
1973	12,634,835	395,772	3.51%	-0.41%
1974	13,070,078	393,676	3.44%	-0.53%
1975	13,511,671	391,170	3.38%	-0.64%
1976	13,957,623	388,289	3.3%	-0.74%
1977	14,428,819	385,067	3.38%	-0.83%
1978	14,934,126	381,502	3.5%	-0.93%
1979	15,460,666	377,602	3.53%	-1.02%
1980	16,018,459	375,377	3.61%	-0.59%
1981	16,601,507	375,459	3.64%	0.02%
1982	17,206,175	376,555	3.64%	0.29%
1983	17,846,374	378,746	3.72%	0.58%
1984	18,514,906	382,193	3.75%	0.91%
1985	19,201,768	386,972	3.71%	1.25%
1986	19,901,646	392,330	3.64%	1.38%
1987	20,616,096	396,911	3.59%	1.17%
1988	21,356,219	402,227	3.59%	1.34%
1989	22,118,434	408,409	3.57%	1.54%
1990	22,892,651	412,493	3.5%	1%
1991	23,646,514	415,013	3.29%	0.61%
1992	24,382,460	417,589	3.11%	0.62%
1993	25,117,188	419,352	3.01%	0.42%
1994	25,857,130	422,375	2.95%	0.72%
1995	26,601,751	429,606	2.88%	1.71%
1996	27,344,211	438,830	2.79%	2.15%
1997	28,101,768	448,067	2.77%	2.1%
1998	28,888,057	457,406	2.8%	2.08%
1999	29,733,408	466,916	2.93%	2.08%
2000	30,642,890	476,643	3.06%	2.08%
2001	31,619,170	486,560	3.19%	2.08%
2002	32,629,808	496,551	3.2%	2.05%
2003	33,652,223	506,414	3.13%	1.99%
2004	34,713,455	513,923	3.15%	1.48%
2005	35,796,484	519,313	3.12%	1.05%
2006	36,904,008	524,997	3.09%	1.09%
2007	38,036,349	531,016	3.07%	1.15%
2008	39,206,351	537,245	3.08%	1.17%
2009	40,408,891	543,568	3.07%	1.18%
2010	41,598,567	549,923	2.94%	1.17%
2011	42,758,461	556,269	2.79%	1.15%
2012	43,888,303	562,633	2.64%	1.14%
2013	44,986,791	569,020	2.5%	1.14%
2014	46,051,440	575,373	2.37%	1.12%
2015	47,088,526	581,627	2.25%	1.09%
2016	48,139,687	587,757	2.23%	1.05%
2017	49,197,766	593,713	2.2%	1.01%
2018	50,207,107	599,513	2.05%	0.98%
2019	51,202,827	605,768	1.98%	1.04%
2020	52,217,334	612,317	1.98%	1.08%
2021	53,219,166	617,896	1.92%	0.91%
2022	54,252,461	623,164	1.94%	0.85%
2023	55,339,003	628,886	2%	0.92%
2024	56,432,944	634,431	1.98%	0.88%
2025	57,532,489	639,852	1.95%	0.85%
2026	58,636,403	645,257	1.92%	0.84%
2027	59,745,751	650,564	1.89%	0.82%
2028	60,860,444	655,783	1.87%	0.8%
2029	61,979,186	660,793	1.84%	0.76%
2030	63,102,241	665,650	1.81%	0.74%
2031	64,230,108	670,421	1.79%	0.72%
2032	65,359,031	675,070	1.76%	0.69%
2033	66,484,805	679,573	1.72%	0.67%
2034	67,604,628	683,911	1.68%	0.64%
2035	68,715,909	688,189	1.64%	0.63%
2036	69,818,887	692,343	1.61%	0.6%
2037	70,910,404	696,213	1.56%	0.56%
2038	71,990,929	699,908	1.52%	0.53%
2039	73,057,760	703,569	1.48%	0.52%
2040	74,108,858	707,156	1.44%	0.51%
2041	75,144,357	710,619	1.4%	0.49%
2042	76,161,719	713,900	1.35%	0.46%
2043	77,159,121	716,999	1.31%	0.43%
2044	78,134,979	719,920	1.26%	0.41%
2045	79,088,832	722,759	1.22%	0.39%
2046	80,022,371	725,322	1.18%	0.35%
2047	80,938,635	727,726	1.15%	0.33%
2048	81,837,657	730,038	1.11%	0.32%
2049	82,721,766	732,021	1.08%	0.27%
2050	83,593,232	733,898	1.05%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.