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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Turkey	Kenya	Turkey
1960	7,695,307	28,329,898	-	-
1961	7,987,770	29,119,238	3.8%	2.79%
1962	8,299,308	29,916,147	3.9%	2.74%
1963	8,627,971	30,726,841	3.96%	2.71%
1964	8,973,535	31,543,072	4.01%	2.66%
1965	9,338,078	32,345,220	4.06%	2.54%
1966	9,717,816	33,177,672	4.07%	2.57%
1967	10,111,057	34,050,421	4.05%	2.63%
1968	10,518,823	34,921,684	4.03%	2.56%
1969	10,939,695	35,787,774	4%	2.48%
1970	11,368,791	36,638,465	3.92%	2.38%
1971	11,788,904	37,518,611	3.7%	2.4%
1972	12,206,060	38,430,221	3.54%	2.43%
1973	12,634,835	39,329,533	3.51%	2.34%
1974	13,070,078	40,210,234	3.44%	2.24%
1975	13,511,671	41,053,126	3.38%	2.1%
1976	13,957,623	41,899,984	3.3%	2.06%
1977	14,428,819	42,773,298	3.38%	2.08%
1978	14,934,126	43,645,306	3.5%	2.04%
1979	15,460,666	44,510,429	3.53%	1.98%
1980	16,018,459	45,408,815	3.61%	2.02%
1981	16,601,507	46,321,190	3.64%	2.01%
1982	17,206,175	47,322,096	3.64%	2.16%
1983	17,846,374	48,447,410	3.72%	2.38%
1984	18,514,906	49,574,069	3.75%	2.33%
1985	19,201,768	50,687,115	3.71%	2.25%
1986	19,901,646	51,777,772	3.64%	2.15%
1987	20,616,096	52,843,670	3.59%	2.06%
1988	21,356,219	53,909,626	3.59%	2.02%
1989	22,118,434	54,976,723	3.57%	1.98%
1990	22,892,651	56,015,628	3.5%	1.89%
1991	23,646,514	57,009,887	3.29%	1.77%
1992	24,382,460	57,990,118	3.11%	1.72%
1993	25,117,188	58,999,167	3.01%	1.74%
1994	25,857,130	60,033,836	2.95%	1.75%
1995	26,601,751	61,024,503	2.88%	1.65%
1996	27,344,211	61,951,134	2.79%	1.52%
1997	28,101,768	62,852,966	2.77%	1.46%
1998	28,888,057	63,734,383	2.8%	1.4%
1999	29,733,408	64,591,923	2.93%	1.35%
2000	30,642,890	65,425,961	3.06%	1.29%
2001	31,619,170	66,245,128	3.19%	1.25%
2002	32,629,808	67,048,795	3.2%	1.21%
2003	33,652,223	67,831,730	3.13%	1.17%
2004	34,713,455	68,592,617	3.15%	1.12%
2005	35,796,484	69,329,557	3.12%	1.07%
2006	36,904,008	70,045,349	3.09%	1.03%
2007	38,036,349	70,158,112	3.07%	0.16%
2008	39,206,351	71,051,678	3.08%	1.27%
2009	40,408,891	72,039,206	3.07%	1.39%
2010	41,598,567	73,142,150	2.94%	1.53%
2011	42,758,461	74,223,629	2.79%	1.48%
2012	43,888,303	75,175,827	2.64%	1.28%
2013	44,986,791	76,147,624	2.5%	1.29%
2014	46,051,440	77,181,884	2.37%	1.36%
2015	47,088,526	78,218,479	2.25%	1.34%
2016	48,139,687	79,277,962	2.23%	1.35%
2017	49,197,766	80,312,698	2.2%	1.31%
2018	50,207,107	81,407,204	2.05%	1.36%
2019	51,202,827	82,579,440	1.98%	1.44%
2020	52,217,334	83,384,680	1.98%	0.98%
2021	53,219,166	84,147,318	1.92%	0.91%
2022	54,252,461	84,979,913	1.94%	0.99%
2023	55,339,003	85,325,965	2%	0.41%
2024	56,432,944	85,518,661	1.98%	0.23%
2025	57,532,489	85,725,557	1.95%	0.24%
2026	58,636,403	85,960,835	1.92%	0.27%
2027	59,745,751	86,227,115	1.89%	0.31%
2028	60,860,444	86,502,744	1.87%	0.32%
2029	61,979,186	86,771,652	1.84%	0.31%
2030	63,102,241	87,037,680	1.81%	0.31%
2031	64,230,108	87,297,191	1.79%	0.3%
2032	65,359,031	87,537,075	1.76%	0.27%
2033	66,484,805	87,762,403	1.72%	0.26%
2034	67,604,628	87,974,138	1.68%	0.24%
2035	68,715,909	88,172,739	1.64%	0.23%
2036	69,818,887	88,364,318	1.61%	0.22%
2037	70,910,404	88,545,669	1.56%	0.21%
2038	71,990,929	88,707,268	1.52%	0.18%
2039	73,057,760	88,849,956	1.48%	0.16%
2040	74,108,858	88,975,510	1.44%	0.14%
2041	75,144,357	89,083,304	1.4%	0.12%
2042	76,161,719	89,177,769	1.35%	0.11%
2043	77,159,121	89,254,147	1.31%	0.09%
2044	78,134,979	89,311,458	1.26%	0.06%
2045	79,088,832	89,349,806	1.22%	0.04%
2046	80,022,371	89,375,429	1.18%	0.03%
2047	80,938,635	89,383,765	1.15%	0.009%
2048	81,837,657	89,361,174	1.11%	-0.03%
2049	82,721,766	89,306,566	1.08%	-0.06%
2050	83,593,232	89,218,346	1.05%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.