Population in Kenya compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kenya and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Vatican	Kenya	Vatican
1960	7,695,307	-	-	-
1961	7,987,770	-	3.8%	-
1962	8,299,308	-	3.9%	-
1963	8,627,971	-	3.96%	-
1964	8,973,535	-	4.01%	-
1965	9,338,078	-	4.06%	-
1966	9,717,816	-	4.07%	-
1967	10,111,057	-	4.05%	-
1968	10,518,823	-	4.03%	-
1969	10,939,695	-	4%	-
1970	11,368,791	-	3.92%	-
1971	11,788,904	-	3.7%	-
1972	12,206,060	-	3.54%	-
1973	12,634,835	-	3.51%	-
1974	13,070,078	-	3.44%	-
1975	13,511,671	-	3.38%	-
1976	13,957,623	-	3.3%	-
1977	14,428,819	-	3.38%	-
1978	14,934,126	-	3.5%	-
1979	15,460,666	-	3.53%	-
1980	16,018,459	-	3.61%	-
1981	16,601,507	-	3.64%	-
1982	17,206,175	-	3.64%	-
1983	17,846,374	-	3.72%	-
1984	18,514,906	-	3.75%	-
1985	19,201,768	-	3.71%	-
1986	19,901,646	-	3.64%	-
1987	20,616,096	-	3.59%	-
1988	21,356,219	-	3.59%	-
1989	22,118,434	-	3.57%	-
1990	22,892,651	-	3.5%	-
1991	23,646,514	-	3.29%	-
1992	24,382,460	-	3.11%	-
1993	25,117,188	-	3.01%	-
1994	25,857,130	-	2.95%	-
1995	26,601,751	-	2.88%	-
1996	27,344,211	-	2.79%	-
1997	28,101,768	-	2.77%	-
1998	28,888,057	-	2.8%	-
1999	29,733,408	-	2.93%	-
2000	30,642,890	880	3.06%	-
2001	31,619,170	890	3.19%	1.14%
2002	32,629,808	900	3.2%	1.12%
2003	33,652,223	911	3.13%	1.22%
2004	34,713,455	921	3.15%	1.1%
2005	35,796,484	921	3.12%	0%
2006	36,904,008	932	3.09%	1.19%
2007	38,036,349	821	3.07%	-11.9%
2008	39,206,351	824	3.08%	0.37%
2009	40,408,891	826	3.07%	0.24%
2010	41,598,567	829	2.94%	0.36%
2011	42,758,461	832	2.79%	0.36%
2012	43,888,303	836	2.64%	0.48%
2013	44,986,791	839	2.5%	0.36%
2014	46,051,440	842	2.37%	0.36%
2015	47,088,526	1,000	2.25%	18.8%
2016	48,139,687	-	2.23%	0%
2017	49,197,766	1,000	2.2%	0%
2018	50,207,107	-	2.05%	0%
2019	51,202,827	1,000	1.98%	0%
2020	52,217,334	987	1.98%	-1.29%
2021	53,219,166	970	1.92%	-1.68%
2022	54,252,461	944	1.94%	-2.66%
2023	55,339,003	922	2%	-2.34%
2024	56,432,944	933	1.98%	1.2%
2025	57,532,489	939	1.95%	0.59%
2026	58,636,403	952	1.92%	1.37%
2027	59,745,751	974	1.89%	2.32%
2028	60,860,444	985	1.87%	1.13%
2029	61,979,186	983	1.84%	-0.19%
2030	63,102,241	976	1.81%	-0.75%
2031	64,230,108	968	1.79%	-0.75%
2032	65,359,031	968	1.76%	0%
2033	66,484,805	988	1.72%	2.09%
2034	67,604,628	992	1.68%	0.37%
2035	68,715,909	1,000	1.64%	0.74%
2036	69,818,887	998	1.61%	-0.18%
2037	70,910,404	1,003	1.56%	0.55%
2038	71,990,929	1,022	1.52%	1.83%
2039	73,057,760	1,060	1.48%	3.78%
2040	74,108,858	1,095	1.44%	3.3%
2041	75,144,357	1,127	1.4%	2.86%
2042	76,161,719	1,149	1.35%	1.96%
2043	77,159,121	1,169	1.31%	1.76%
2044	78,134,979	1,186	1.26%	1.42%
2045	79,088,832	1,209	1.22%	2.02%
2046	80,022,371	1,224	1.18%	1.22%
2047	80,938,635	1,248	1.15%	1.95%
2048	81,837,657	1,272	1.11%	1.92%
2049	82,721,766	1,296	1.08%	1.88%
2050	83,593,232	1,325	1.05%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.