Population in Kenya compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kenya and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	UAE	Kenya	UAE
1960	7,695,307	131,334	-	-
1961	7,987,770	137,989	3.8%	5.07%
1962	8,299,308	144,946	3.9%	5.04%
1963	8,627,971	152,211	3.96%	5.01%
1964	8,973,535	159,692	4.01%	4.91%
1965	9,338,078	167,103	4.06%	4.64%
1966	9,717,816	173,976	4.07%	4.11%
1967	10,111,057	179,700	4.05%	3.29%
1968	10,518,823	199,416	4.03%	11%
1969	10,939,695	239,660	4%	20.2%
1970	11,368,791	286,536	3.92%	19.6%
1971	11,788,904	335,027	3.7%	16.9%
1972	12,206,060	385,014	3.54%	14.9%
1973	12,634,835	436,399	3.51%	13.3%
1974	13,070,078	489,087	3.44%	12.1%
1975	13,511,671	542,856	3.38%	11%
1976	13,957,623	615,866	3.3%	13.4%
1977	14,428,819	710,209	3.38%	15.3%
1978	14,934,126	809,274	3.5%	13.9%
1979	15,460,666	912,010	3.53%	12.7%
1980	16,018,459	1,015,700	3.61%	11.4%
1981	16,601,507	1,099,855	3.64%	8.29%
1982	17,206,175	1,166,370	3.64%	6.05%
1983	17,846,374	1,235,305	3.72%	5.91%
1984	18,514,906	1,305,996	3.75%	5.72%
1985	19,201,768	1,377,911	3.71%	5.51%
1986	19,901,646	1,467,383	3.64%	6.49%
1987	20,616,096	1,574,244	3.59%	7.28%
1988	21,356,219	1,681,788	3.59%	6.83%
1989	22,118,434	1,789,851	3.57%	6.43%
1990	22,892,651	1,898,220	3.5%	6.05%
1991	23,646,514	2,006,626	3.29%	5.71%
1992	24,382,460	2,114,730	3.11%	5.39%
1993	25,117,188	2,222,093	3.01%	5.08%
1994	25,857,130	2,328,188	2.95%	4.77%
1995	26,601,751	2,434,662	2.88%	4.57%
1996	27,344,211	2,597,564	2.79%	6.69%
1997	28,101,768	2,817,410	2.77%	8.46%
1998	28,888,057	3,040,421	2.8%	7.92%
1999	29,733,408	3,266,009	2.93%	7.42%
2000	30,642,890	3,493,575	3.06%	6.97%
2001	31,619,170	3,723,590	3.19%	6.58%
2002	32,629,808	3,956,826	3.2%	6.26%
2003	33,652,223	4,192,457	3.13%	5.96%
2004	34,713,455	4,428,967	3.15%	5.64%
2005	35,796,484	4,664,790	3.12%	5.32%
2006	36,904,008	5,009,100	3.09%	7.38%
2007	38,036,349	5,624,635	3.07%	12.3%
2008	39,206,351	6,302,664	3.08%	12.1%
2009	40,408,891	6,707,058	3.07%	6.42%
2010	41,598,567	6,869,838	2.94%	2.43%
2011	42,758,461	7,104,538	2.79%	3.42%
2012	43,888,303	7,391,448	2.64%	4.04%
2013	44,986,791	7,693,031	2.5%	4.08%
2014	46,051,440	8,059,440	2.37%	4.76%
2015	47,088,526	8,505,237	2.25%	5.53%
2016	48,139,687	8,935,095	2.23%	5.05%
2017	49,197,766	9,223,225	2.2%	3.22%
2018	50,207,107	9,346,701	2.05%	1.34%
2019	51,202,827	9,445,785	1.98%	1.06%
2020	52,217,334	9,401,038	1.98%	-0.47%
2021	53,219,166	9,575,152	1.92%	1.85%
2022	54,252,461	10,074,977	1.94%	5.22%
2023	55,339,003	10,483,751	2%	4.06%
2024	56,432,944	10,986,400	1.98%	4.79%
2025	57,532,489	11,304,093	1.95%	2.89%
2026	58,636,403	11,531,926	1.92%	2.02%
2027	59,745,751	11,712,175	1.89%	1.56%
2028	60,860,444	11,868,257	1.87%	1.33%
2029	61,979,186	12,010,111	1.84%	1.2%
2030	63,102,241	12,145,577	1.81%	1.13%
2031	64,230,108	12,281,573	1.79%	1.12%
2032	65,359,031	12,421,758	1.76%	1.14%
2033	66,484,805	12,565,679	1.72%	1.16%
2034	67,604,628	12,712,942	1.68%	1.17%
2035	68,715,909	12,863,015	1.64%	1.18%
2036	69,818,887	13,015,458	1.61%	1.19%
2037	70,910,404	13,169,969	1.56%	1.19%
2038	71,990,929	13,326,337	1.52%	1.19%
2039	73,057,760	13,484,193	1.48%	1.18%
2040	74,108,858	13,643,197	1.44%	1.18%
2041	75,144,357	13,803,349	1.4%	1.17%
2042	76,161,719	13,964,553	1.35%	1.17%
2043	77,159,121	14,126,724	1.31%	1.16%
2044	78,134,979	14,289,828	1.26%	1.15%
2045	79,088,832	14,453,775	1.22%	1.15%
2046	80,022,371	14,619,554	1.18%	1.15%
2047	80,938,635	14,788,991	1.15%	1.16%
2048	81,837,657	14,961,419	1.11%	1.17%
2049	82,721,766	15,135,496	1.08%	1.16%
2050	83,593,232	15,310,628	1.05%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.