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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Tanzania	Kenya	Tanzania
1960	7,695,307	9,901,419	-	-
1961	7,987,770	10,187,886	3.8%	2.89%
1962	8,299,308	10,487,756	3.9%	2.94%
1963	8,627,971	10,799,528	3.96%	2.97%
1964	8,973,535	11,127,826	4.01%	3.04%
1965	9,338,078	11,470,728	4.06%	3.08%
1966	9,717,816	11,827,459	4.07%	3.11%
1967	10,111,057	12,200,109	4.05%	3.15%
1968	10,518,823	12,602,076	4.03%	3.29%
1969	10,939,695	13,036,700	4%	3.45%
1970	11,368,791	13,492,677	3.92%	3.5%
1971	11,788,904	13,971,451	3.7%	3.55%
1972	12,206,060	14,479,308	3.54%	3.63%
1973	12,634,835	15,010,101	3.51%	3.67%
1974	13,070,078	15,561,630	3.44%	3.67%
1975	13,511,671	16,138,361	3.38%	3.71%
1976	13,957,623	16,736,211	3.3%	3.7%
1977	14,428,819	17,352,929	3.38%	3.68%
1978	14,934,126	17,976,566	3.5%	3.59%
1979	15,460,666	18,592,038	3.53%	3.42%
1980	16,018,459	19,189,769	3.61%	3.21%
1981	16,601,507	19,784,703	3.64%	3.1%
1982	17,206,175	20,398,571	3.64%	3.1%
1983	17,846,374	21,079,874	3.72%	3.34%
1984	18,514,906	21,779,066	3.75%	3.32%
1985	19,201,768	22,501,693	3.71%	3.32%
1986	19,901,646	23,258,959	3.64%	3.37%
1987	20,616,096	24,030,378	3.59%	3.32%
1988	21,356,219	24,769,686	3.59%	3.08%
1989	22,118,434	25,438,759	3.57%	2.7%
1990	22,892,651	26,110,207	3.5%	2.64%
1991	23,646,514	26,780,436	3.29%	2.57%
1992	24,382,460	27,457,588	3.11%	2.53%
1993	25,117,188	28,332,692	3.01%	3.19%
1994	25,857,130	29,442,356	2.95%	3.92%
1995	26,601,751	30,383,497	2.88%	3.2%
1996	27,344,211	30,945,762	2.79%	1.85%
1997	28,101,768	31,578,089	2.77%	2.04%
1998	28,888,057	32,420,458	2.8%	2.67%
1999	29,733,408	33,300,330	2.93%	2.71%
2000	30,642,890	34,260,139	3.06%	2.88%
2001	31,619,170	35,198,299	3.19%	2.74%
2002	32,629,808	36,121,304	3.2%	2.62%
2003	33,652,223	37,089,555	3.13%	2.68%
2004	34,713,455	38,109,668	3.15%	2.75%
2005	35,796,484	39,182,076	3.12%	2.81%
2006	36,904,008	40,294,902	3.09%	2.84%
2007	38,036,349	41,435,512	3.07%	2.83%
2008	39,206,351	42,570,728	3.08%	2.74%
2009	40,408,891	43,633,982	3.07%	2.5%
2010	41,598,567	44,758,488	2.94%	2.58%
2011	42,758,461	46,029,367	2.79%	2.84%
2012	43,888,303	47,374,260	2.64%	2.92%
2013	44,986,791	48,824,128	2.5%	3.06%
2014	46,051,440	50,351,512	2.37%	3.13%
2015	47,088,526	52,020,962	2.25%	3.32%
2016	48,139,687	53,824,013	2.23%	3.47%
2017	49,197,766	55,652,890	2.2%	3.4%
2018	50,207,107	57,437,145	2.05%	3.21%
2019	51,202,827	59,174,891	1.98%	3.03%
2020	52,217,334	60,972,798	1.98%	3.04%
2021	53,219,166	62,830,412	1.92%	3.05%
2022	54,252,461	64,711,821	1.94%	2.99%
2023	55,339,003	66,617,606	2%	2.95%
2024	56,432,944	68,560,157	1.98%	2.92%
2025	57,532,489	70,545,858	1.95%	2.9%
2026	58,636,403	72,563,773	1.92%	2.86%
2027	59,745,751	74,604,804	1.89%	2.81%
2028	60,860,444	76,670,483	1.87%	2.77%
2029	61,979,186	78,773,192	1.84%	2.74%
2030	63,102,241	80,913,118	1.81%	2.72%
2031	64,230,108	83,087,927	1.79%	2.69%
2032	65,359,031	85,293,126	1.76%	2.65%
2033	66,484,805	87,520,491	1.72%	2.61%
2034	67,604,628	89,788,673	1.68%	2.59%
2035	68,715,909	92,091,418	1.64%	2.56%
2036	69,818,887	94,420,808	1.61%	2.53%
2037	70,910,404	96,775,766	1.56%	2.49%
2038	71,990,929	99,156,465	1.52%	2.46%
2039	73,057,760	101,567,525	1.48%	2.43%
2040	74,108,858	103,999,350	1.44%	2.39%
2041	75,144,357	106,448,475	1.4%	2.35%
2042	76,161,719	108,926,272	1.35%	2.33%
2043	77,159,121	111,433,788	1.31%	2.3%
2044	78,134,979	113,966,263	1.26%	2.27%
2045	79,088,832	116,525,463	1.22%	2.25%
2046	80,022,371	119,109,670	1.18%	2.22%
2047	80,938,635	121,721,018	1.15%	2.19%
2048	81,837,657	124,351,294	1.11%	2.16%
2049	82,721,766	126,981,394	1.08%	2.12%
2050	83,593,232	129,621,083	1.05%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.