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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Yemen	Kenya	Yemen
1960	7,695,307	5,532,301	-	-
1961	7,987,770	5,655,232	3.8%	2.22%
1962	8,299,308	5,782,221	3.9%	2.25%
1963	8,627,971	5,911,135	3.96%	2.23%
1964	8,973,535	6,048,006	4.01%	2.32%
1965	9,338,078	6,195,593	4.06%	2.44%
1966	9,717,816	6,351,494	4.07%	2.52%
1967	10,111,057	6,516,444	4.05%	2.6%
1968	10,518,823	6,690,524	4.03%	2.67%
1969	10,939,695	6,875,859	4%	2.77%
1970	11,368,791	7,065,279	3.92%	2.75%
1971	11,788,904	7,257,462	3.7%	2.72%
1972	12,206,060	7,460,068	3.54%	2.79%
1973	12,634,835	7,672,796	3.51%	2.85%
1974	13,070,078	7,896,783	3.44%	2.92%
1975	13,511,671	8,133,598	3.38%	3%
1976	13,957,623	8,384,113	3.3%	3.08%
1977	14,428,819	8,648,222	3.38%	3.15%
1978	14,934,126	8,926,586	3.5%	3.22%
1979	15,460,666	9,224,194	3.53%	3.33%
1980	16,018,459	9,543,358	3.61%	3.46%
1981	16,601,507	9,882,362	3.64%	3.55%
1982	17,206,175	10,241,006	3.64%	3.63%
1983	17,846,374	10,621,499	3.72%	3.72%
1984	18,514,906	11,025,597	3.75%	3.8%
1985	19,201,768	11,453,825	3.71%	3.88%
1986	19,901,646	11,901,040	3.64%	3.9%
1987	20,616,096	12,369,912	3.59%	3.94%
1988	21,356,219	12,859,708	3.59%	3.96%
1989	22,118,434	13,364,174	3.57%	3.92%
1990	22,892,651	13,887,862	3.5%	3.92%
1991	23,646,514	14,430,201	3.29%	3.91%
1992	24,382,460	14,989,494	3.11%	3.88%
1993	25,117,188	15,563,914	3.01%	3.83%
1994	25,857,130	16,149,147	2.95%	3.76%
1995	26,601,751	16,740,058	2.88%	3.66%
1996	27,344,211	17,313,177	2.79%	3.42%
1997	28,101,768	17,873,936	2.77%	3.24%
1998	28,888,057	18,446,013	2.8%	3.2%
1999	29,733,408	19,029,420	2.93%	3.16%
2000	30,642,890	19,624,141	3.06%	3.13%
2001	31,619,170	20,226,147	3.19%	3.07%
2002	32,629,808	20,835,086	3.2%	3.01%
2003	33,652,223	21,456,379	3.13%	2.98%
2004	34,713,455	22,095,167	3.15%	2.98%
2005	35,796,484	22,790,085	3.12%	3.15%
2006	36,904,008	23,543,083	3.09%	3.3%
2007	38,036,349	24,318,082	3.07%	3.29%
2008	39,206,351	25,111,941	3.08%	3.26%
2009	40,408,891	25,927,724	3.07%	3.25%
2010	41,598,567	26,754,387	2.94%	3.19%
2011	42,758,461	27,582,897	2.79%	3.1%
2012	43,888,303	28,433,647	2.64%	3.08%
2013	44,986,791	29,312,952	2.5%	3.09%
2014	46,051,440	30,226,309	2.37%	3.12%
2015	47,088,526	31,159,379	2.25%	3.09%
2016	48,139,687	32,109,010	2.23%	3.05%
2017	49,197,766	33,090,921	2.2%	3.06%
2018	50,207,107	34,085,182	2.05%	3%
2019	51,202,827	35,111,408	1.98%	3.01%
2020	52,217,334	36,134,863	1.98%	2.91%
2021	53,219,166	37,140,230	1.92%	2.78%
2022	54,252,461	38,222,876	1.94%	2.92%
2023	55,339,003	39,390,799	2%	3.06%
2024	56,432,944	40,583,164	1.98%	3.03%
2025	57,532,489	41,773,871	1.95%	2.93%
2026	58,636,403	42,961,650	1.92%	2.84%
2027	59,745,751	44,145,620	1.89%	2.76%
2028	60,860,444	45,323,685	1.87%	2.67%
2029	61,979,186	46,497,573	1.84%	2.59%
2030	63,102,241	47,667,649	1.81%	2.52%
2031	64,230,108	48,827,503	1.79%	2.43%
2032	65,359,031	49,979,089	1.76%	2.36%
2033	66,484,805	51,129,867	1.72%	2.3%
2034	67,604,628	52,279,989	1.68%	2.25%
2035	68,715,909	53,429,308	1.64%	2.2%
2036	69,818,887	54,578,046	1.61%	2.15%
2037	70,910,404	55,724,259	1.56%	2.1%
2038	71,990,929	56,872,152	1.52%	2.06%
2039	73,057,760	58,024,713	1.48%	2.03%
2040	74,108,858	59,181,514	1.44%	1.99%
2041	75,144,357	60,345,667	1.4%	1.97%
2042	76,161,719	61,517,965	1.35%	1.94%
2043	77,159,121	62,696,517	1.31%	1.92%
2044	78,134,979	63,880,172	1.26%	1.89%
2045	79,088,832	65,066,344	1.22%	1.86%
2046	80,022,371	66,253,578	1.18%	1.82%
2047	80,938,635	67,438,796	1.15%	1.79%
2048	81,837,657	68,620,844	1.11%	1.75%
2049	82,721,766	69,799,794	1.08%	1.72%
2050	83,593,232	70,976,389	1.05%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kenya increased by 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kenya gained 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2006 and is 25th in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.