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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	United States	Kenya	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	7,695,307	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	7,987,770	183,691,481	3.8%	1.67%
1962	8,299,308	186,537,737	3.9%	1.55%
1963	8,627,971	189,241,798	3.96%	1.45%
1964	8,973,535	191,888,791	4.01%	1.4%
1965	9,338,078	194,302,963	4.06%	1.26%
1966	9,717,816	196,560,338	4.07%	1.16%
1967	10,111,057	198,712,056	4.05%	1.09%
1968	10,518,823	200,706,052	4.03%	1%
1969	10,939,695	202,676,946	4%	0.98%
1970	11,368,791	205,052,174	3.92%	1.17%
1971	11,788,904	207,660,677	3.7%	1.27%
1972	12,206,060	209,896,021	3.54%	1.08%
1973	12,634,835	211,908,788	3.51%	0.96%
1974	13,070,078	213,853,928	3.44%	0.92%
1975	13,511,671	215,973,199	3.38%	0.99%
1976	13,957,623	218,035,164	3.3%	0.95%
1977	14,428,819	220,239,425	3.38%	1.01%
1978	14,934,126	222,584,545	3.5%	1.06%
1979	15,460,666	225,055,487	3.53%	1.11%
1980	16,018,459	226,542,250	3.61%	0.66%
1981	16,601,507	229,465,744	3.64%	1.29%
1982	17,206,175	231,664,432	3.64%	0.96%
1983	17,846,374	233,792,014	3.72%	0.92%
1984	18,514,906	235,824,908	3.75%	0.87%
1985	19,201,768	237,923,734	3.71%	0.89%
1986	19,901,646	240,132,831	3.64%	0.93%
1987	20,616,096	242,288,936	3.59%	0.9%
1988	21,356,219	244,499,004	3.59%	0.91%
1989	22,118,434	246,819,222	3.57%	0.95%
1990	22,892,651	250,131,894	3.5%	1.34%
1991	23,646,514	253,492,503	3.29%	1.34%
1992	24,382,460	256,894,189	3.11%	1.34%
1993	25,117,188	260,255,352	3.01%	1.31%
1994	25,857,130	263,435,673	2.95%	1.22%
1995	26,601,751	266,557,091	2.88%	1.18%
1996	27,344,211	269,667,391	2.79%	1.17%
1997	28,101,768	272,911,760	2.77%	1.2%
1998	28,888,057	276,115,288	2.8%	1.17%
1999	29,733,408	279,294,713	2.93%	1.15%
2000	30,642,890	282,162,411	3.06%	1.03%
2001	31,619,170	284,968,955	3.19%	0.99%
2002	32,629,808	287,625,193	3.2%	0.93%
2003	33,652,223	290,107,933	3.13%	0.86%
2004	34,713,455	292,805,298	3.15%	0.93%
2005	35,796,484	295,516,599	3.12%	0.93%
2006	36,904,008	298,379,912	3.09%	0.97%
2007	38,036,349	301,231,207	3.07%	0.96%
2008	39,206,351	304,093,966	3.08%	0.95%
2009	40,408,891	306,771,529	3.07%	0.88%
2010	41,598,567	309,327,143	2.94%	0.83%
2011	42,758,461	311,583,481	2.79%	0.73%
2012	43,888,303	313,877,662	2.64%	0.74%
2013	44,986,791	316,059,947	2.5%	0.7%
2014	46,051,440	318,386,329	2.37%	0.74%
2015	47,088,526	320,738,994	2.25%	0.74%
2016	48,139,687	323,071,755	2.23%	0.73%
2017	49,197,766	325,122,128	2.2%	0.63%
2018	50,207,107	326,838,199	2.05%	0.53%
2019	51,202,827	328,329,953	1.98%	0.46%
2020	52,217,334	331,526,933	1.98%	0.97%
2021	53,219,166	331,893,745	1.92%	0.11%
2022	54,252,461	333,271,411	1.94%	0.42%
2023	55,339,003	334,914,895	2%	0.49%
2024	56,432,944	340,110,988	1.98%	1.55%
2025	57,532,489	341,931,772	1.95%	0.54%
2026	58,636,403	343,664,369	1.92%	0.51%
2027	59,745,751	345,331,185	1.89%	0.49%
2028	60,860,444	346,981,137	1.87%	0.48%
2029	61,979,186	348,601,982	1.84%	0.47%
2030	63,102,241	350,176,974	1.81%	0.45%
2031	64,230,108	351,725,612	1.79%	0.44%
2032	65,359,031	353,249,060	1.76%	0.43%
2033	66,484,805	354,749,644	1.72%	0.42%
2034	67,604,628	356,234,239	1.68%	0.42%
2035	68,715,909	357,694,316	1.64%	0.41%
2036	69,818,887	359,119,002	1.61%	0.4%
2037	70,910,404	360,517,853	1.56%	0.39%
2038	71,990,929	361,895,407	1.52%	0.38%
2039	73,057,760	363,229,908	1.48%	0.37%
2040	74,108,858	364,512,364	1.44%	0.35%
2041	75,144,357	365,753,139	1.4%	0.34%
2042	76,161,719	366,969,419	1.35%	0.33%
2043	77,159,121	368,146,925	1.31%	0.32%
2044	78,134,979	369,258,123	1.26%	0.3%
2045	79,088,832	370,318,770	1.22%	0.29%
2046	80,022,371	371,328,255	1.18%	0.27%
2047	80,938,635	372,299,116	1.15%	0.26%
2048	81,837,657	373,230,539	1.11%	0.25%
2049	82,721,766	374,119,803	1.08%	0.24%
2050	83,593,232	374,986,259	1.05%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.