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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kenya	Zimbabwe	Kenya	Zimbabwe
1960	7,695,307	3,809,389	-	-
1961	7,987,770	3,930,401	3.8%	3.18%
1962	8,299,308	4,055,959	3.9%	3.19%
1963	8,627,971	4,185,877	3.96%	3.2%
1964	8,973,535	4,320,006	4.01%	3.2%
1965	9,338,078	4,458,462	4.06%	3.2%
1966	9,717,816	4,601,217	4.07%	3.2%
1967	10,111,057	4,748,307	4.05%	3.2%
1968	10,518,823	4,900,440	4.03%	3.2%
1969	10,939,695	5,058,181	4%	3.22%
1970	11,368,791	5,215,918	3.92%	3.12%
1971	11,788,904	5,374,712	3.7%	3.04%
1972	12,206,060	5,542,445	3.54%	3.12%
1973	12,634,835	5,720,404	3.51%	3.21%
1974	13,070,078	5,908,328	3.44%	3.29%
1975	13,511,671	6,098,658	3.38%	3.22%
1976	13,957,623	6,287,105	3.3%	3.09%
1977	14,428,819	6,449,512	3.38%	2.58%
1978	14,934,126	6,543,575	3.5%	1.46%
1979	15,460,666	6,647,556	3.53%	1.59%
1980	16,018,459	7,041,303	3.61%	5.92%
1981	16,601,507	7,498,635	3.64%	6.49%
1982	17,206,175	7,796,496	3.64%	3.97%
1983	17,846,374	8,098,404	3.72%	3.87%
1984	18,514,906	8,391,488	3.75%	3.62%
1985	19,201,768	8,686,813	3.71%	3.52%
1986	19,901,646	8,982,578	3.64%	3.4%
1987	20,616,096	9,284,644	3.59%	3.36%
1988	21,356,219	9,583,094	3.59%	3.21%
1989	22,118,434	9,864,798	3.57%	2.94%
1990	22,892,651	10,137,281	3.5%	2.76%
1991	23,646,514	10,404,816	3.29%	2.64%
1992	24,382,460	10,702,700	3.11%	2.86%
1993	25,117,188	10,860,288	3.01%	1.47%
1994	25,857,130	10,873,148	2.95%	0.12%
1995	26,601,751	10,974,599	2.88%	0.93%
1996	27,344,211	11,158,360	2.79%	1.67%
1997	28,101,768	11,369,827	2.77%	1.9%
1998	28,888,057	11,594,297	2.8%	1.97%
1999	29,733,408	11,783,458	2.93%	1.63%
2000	30,642,890	11,892,055	3.06%	0.92%
2001	31,619,170	11,971,901	3.19%	0.67%
2002	32,629,808	12,087,653	3.2%	0.97%
2003	33,652,223	12,232,323	3.13%	1.2%
2004	34,713,455	12,365,896	3.15%	1.09%
2005	35,796,484	12,483,432	3.12%	0.95%
2006	36,904,008	12,636,445	3.09%	1.23%
2007	38,036,349	12,804,058	3.07%	1.33%
2008	39,206,351	12,959,149	3.08%	1.21%
2009	40,408,891	13,142,790	3.07%	1.42%
2010	41,598,567	13,356,548	2.94%	1.63%
2011	42,758,461	13,595,424	2.79%	1.79%
2012	43,888,303	13,817,887	2.64%	1.64%
2013	44,986,791	14,013,808	2.5%	1.42%
2014	46,051,440	14,207,359	2.37%	1.38%
2015	47,088,526	14,399,013	2.25%	1.35%
2016	48,139,687	14,600,294	2.23%	1.4%
2017	49,197,766	14,812,482	2.2%	1.45%
2018	50,207,107	15,034,452	2.05%	1.5%
2019	51,202,827	15,271,368	1.98%	1.58%
2020	52,217,334	15,526,888	1.98%	1.67%
2021	53,219,166	15,797,210	1.92%	1.74%
2022	54,252,461	16,069,056	1.94%	1.72%
2023	55,339,003	16,340,822	2%	1.69%
2024	56,432,944	16,634,373	1.98%	1.8%
2025	57,532,489	16,950,805	1.95%	1.9%
2026	58,636,403	17,273,591	1.92%	1.9%
2027	59,745,751	17,600,621	1.89%	1.89%
2028	60,860,444	17,932,015	1.87%	1.88%
2029	61,979,186	18,268,967	1.84%	1.88%
2030	63,102,241	18,610,356	1.81%	1.87%
2031	64,230,108	18,956,207	1.79%	1.86%
2032	65,359,031	19,311,368	1.76%	1.87%
2033	66,484,805	19,675,929	1.72%	1.89%
2034	67,604,628	20,041,125	1.68%	1.86%
2035	68,715,909	20,409,159	1.64%	1.84%
2036	69,818,887	20,778,662	1.61%	1.81%
2037	70,910,404	21,144,748	1.56%	1.76%
2038	71,990,929	21,512,919	1.52%	1.74%
2039	73,057,760	21,881,123	1.48%	1.71%
2040	74,108,858	22,250,123	1.44%	1.69%
2041	75,144,357	22,627,428	1.4%	1.7%
2042	76,161,719	23,000,906	1.35%	1.65%
2043	77,159,121	23,371,301	1.31%	1.61%
2044	78,134,979	23,740,630	1.26%	1.58%
2045	79,088,832	24,102,391	1.22%	1.52%
2046	80,022,371	24,462,491	1.18%	1.49%
2047	80,938,635	24,816,449	1.15%	1.45%
2048	81,837,657	25,168,419	1.11%	1.42%
2049	82,721,766	25,518,513	1.08%	1.39%
2050	83,593,232	25,866,397	1.05%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kenya increased by 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kenya gained 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Kenya was ranked 33rd most populous country in 2005 and is 26th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.