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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Vietnam	Kenya	Vietnam
1960	7,695,307	32,531,933	-	-
1961	7,987,770	33,409,059	3.8%	2.7%
1962	8,299,308	34,288,560	3.9%	2.63%
1963	8,627,971	35,249,101	3.96%	2.8%
1964	8,973,535	36,201,563	4.01%	2.7%
1965	9,338,078	37,129,656	4.06%	2.56%
1966	9,717,816	38,024,836	4.07%	2.41%
1967	10,111,057	38,895,080	4.05%	2.29%
1968	10,518,823	39,734,609	4.03%	2.16%
1969	10,939,695	40,582,096	4%	2.13%
1970	11,368,791	41,475,230	3.92%	2.2%
1971	11,788,904	42,449,276	3.7%	2.35%
1972	12,206,060	43,429,168	3.54%	2.31%
1973	12,634,835	44,409,861	3.51%	2.26%
1974	13,070,078	45,413,537	3.44%	2.26%
1975	13,511,671	46,482,903	3.38%	2.35%
1976	13,957,623	47,684,931	3.3%	2.59%
1977	14,428,819	48,954,872	3.38%	2.66%
1978	14,934,126	50,249,552	3.5%	2.64%
1979	15,460,666	51,378,211	3.53%	2.25%
1980	16,018,459	52,490,101	3.61%	2.16%
1981	16,601,507	53,738,141	3.64%	2.38%
1982	17,206,175	55,011,289	3.64%	2.37%
1983	17,846,374	56,337,921	3.72%	2.41%
1984	18,514,906	57,706,067	3.75%	2.43%
1985	19,201,768	59,060,622	3.71%	2.35%
1986	19,901,646	60,347,048	3.64%	2.18%
1987	20,616,096	61,584,651	3.59%	2.05%
1988	21,356,219	62,843,228	3.59%	2.04%
1989	22,118,434	64,147,348	3.57%	2.08%
1990	22,892,651	65,504,552	3.5%	2.12%
1991	23,646,514	66,891,775	3.29%	2.12%
1992	24,382,460	68,260,337	3.11%	2.05%
1993	25,117,188	69,586,384	3.01%	1.94%
1994	25,857,130	70,854,391	2.95%	1.82%
1995	26,601,751	72,049,940	2.88%	1.69%
1996	27,344,211	73,156,447	2.79%	1.54%
1997	28,101,768	74,226,889	2.77%	1.46%
1998	28,888,057	75,299,660	2.8%	1.45%
1999	29,733,408	76,287,452	2.93%	1.31%
2000	30,642,890	77,154,011	3.06%	1.14%
2001	31,619,170	77,969,361	3.19%	1.06%
2002	32,629,808	78,772,224	3.2%	1.03%
2003	33,652,223	79,563,777	3.13%	1%
2004	34,713,455	80,338,971	3.15%	0.97%
2005	35,796,484	81,088,313	3.12%	0.93%
2006	36,904,008	82,167,897	3.09%	1.33%
2007	38,036,349	83,633,375	3.07%	1.78%
2008	39,206,351	85,175,788	3.08%	1.84%
2009	40,408,891	86,460,018	3.07%	1.51%
2010	41,598,567	87,455,152	2.94%	1.15%
2011	42,758,461	88,468,314	2.79%	1.16%
2012	43,888,303	89,510,356	2.64%	1.18%
2013	44,986,791	90,573,104	2.5%	1.19%
2014	46,051,440	91,679,578	2.37%	1.22%
2015	47,088,526	92,823,254	2.25%	1.25%
2016	48,139,687	94,000,117	2.23%	1.27%
2017	49,197,766	95,176,977	2.2%	1.25%
2018	50,207,107	96,237,319	2.05%	1.11%
2019	51,202,827	97,173,776	1.98%	0.97%
2020	52,217,334	98,079,191	1.98%	0.93%
2021	53,219,166	98,935,098	1.92%	0.87%
2022	54,252,461	99,680,655	1.94%	0.75%
2023	55,339,003	100,352,192	2%	0.67%
2024	56,432,944	100,987,686	1.98%	0.63%
2025	57,532,489	101,598,531	1.95%	0.6%
2026	58,636,403	102,177,434	1.92%	0.57%
2027	59,745,751	102,727,392	1.89%	0.54%
2028	60,860,444	103,255,746	1.87%	0.51%
2029	61,979,186	103,761,151	1.84%	0.49%
2030	63,102,241	104,254,900	1.81%	0.48%
2031	64,230,108	104,737,913	1.79%	0.46%
2032	65,359,031	105,204,401	1.76%	0.45%
2033	66,484,805	105,656,307	1.72%	0.43%
2034	67,604,628	106,097,515	1.68%	0.42%
2035	68,715,909	106,530,671	1.64%	0.41%
2036	69,818,887	106,945,842	1.61%	0.39%
2037	70,910,404	107,346,046	1.56%	0.37%
2038	71,990,929	107,732,019	1.52%	0.36%
2039	73,057,760	108,097,653	1.48%	0.34%
2040	74,108,858	108,437,634	1.44%	0.31%
2041	75,144,357	108,752,199	1.4%	0.29%
2042	76,161,719	109,040,314	1.35%	0.26%
2043	77,159,121	109,292,559	1.31%	0.23%
2044	78,134,979	109,506,274	1.26%	0.2%
2045	79,088,832	109,685,396	1.22%	0.16%
2046	80,022,371	109,827,664	1.18%	0.13%
2047	80,938,635	109,930,243	1.15%	0.09%
2048	81,837,657	109,994,024	1.11%	0.06%
2049	82,721,766	110,018,017	1.08%	0.02%
2050	83,593,232	110,008,910	1.05%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.