Population in Kiribati compared to Thailand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kiribati and Thailand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kiribati	Thailand	Kiribati	Thailand
1960	47,157	26,851,747	-	-
1961	48,323	27,650,334	2.47%	2.97%
1962	49,538	28,481,040	2.51%	3%
1963	50,791	29,342,322	2.53%	3.02%
1964	52,088	30,232,141	2.55%	3.03%
1965	53,439	31,149,337	2.59%	3.03%
1966	54,425	32,086,071	1.85%	3.01%
1967	54,996	33,037,801	1.05%	2.97%
1968	55,529	34,002,560	0.97%	2.92%
1969	56,360	34,973,782	1.5%	2.86%
1970	57,510	35,954,408	2.04%	2.8%
1971	58,652	36,937,387	1.99%	2.73%
1972	59,778	37,933,929	1.92%	2.7%
1973	60,824	38,947,787	1.75%	2.67%
1974	61,219	39,952,891	0.65%	2.58%
1975	60,987	40,940,005	-0.38%	2.47%
1976	60,661	41,896,504	-0.53%	2.34%
1977	60,267	42,843,974	-0.65%	2.26%
1978	59,864	43,788,976	-0.67%	2.21%
1979	60,172	44,718,434	0.51%	2.12%
1980	61,148	45,650,022	1.62%	2.08%
1981	62,121	46,575,855	1.59%	2.03%
1982	63,134	47,494,577	1.63%	1.97%
1983	64,169	48,423,309	1.64%	1.96%
1984	65,228	49,351,708	1.65%	1.92%
1985	66,496	50,270,753	1.94%	1.86%
1986	68,059	51,177,834	2.35%	1.8%
1987	69,733	52,074,105	2.46%	1.75%
1988	71,427	52,969,595	2.43%	1.72%
1989	73,147	53,848,956	2.41%	1.66%
1990	74,855	54,738,329	2.34%	1.65%
1991	76,367	55,637,434	2.02%	1.64%
1992	77,641	56,528,834	1.67%	1.6%
1993	78,841	57,408,198	1.55%	1.56%
1994	80,021	58,260,854	1.5%	1.49%
1995	81,234	59,098,232	1.52%	1.44%
1996	82,623	59,920,064	1.71%	1.39%
1997	84,147	60,724,584	1.84%	1.34%
1998	85,657	61,522,630	1.79%	1.31%
1999	87,126	62,299,043	1.71%	1.26%
2000	88,613	63,007,815	1.71%	1.14%
2001	90,335	63,651,141	1.94%	1.02%
2002	92,264	64,266,437	2.14%	0.97%
2003	94,175	64,868,166	2.07%	0.94%
2004	96,085	65,452,047	2.03%	0.9%
2005	98,035	66,017,420	2.03%	0.86%
2006	100,017	66,567,687	2.02%	0.83%
2007	102,068	67,102,394	2.05%	0.8%
2008	104,222	67,619,830	2.11%	0.77%
2009	106,467	68,121,080	2.15%	0.74%
2010	108,704	68,579,447	2.1%	0.67%
2011	110,647	69,007,208	1.79%	0.62%
2012	112,284	69,436,098	1.48%	0.62%
2013	113,838	69,845,114	1.38%	0.59%
2014	115,326	70,216,367	1.31%	0.53%
2015	116,815	70,540,795	1.29%	0.46%
2016	118,478	70,859,841	1.42%	0.45%
2017	120,275	71,160,187	1.52%	0.42%
2018	122,084	71,376,079	1.5%	0.3%
2019	123,921	71,522,271	1.5%	0.2%
2020	126,099	71,641,484	1.76%	0.17%
2021	128,377	71,727,332	1.81%	0.12%
2022	130,469	71,735,329	1.63%	0.01%
2023	132,530	71,702,435	1.58%	-0.05%
2024	134,518	71,668,011	1.5%	-0.05%
2025	136,501	71,619,867	1.47%	-0.07%
2026	138,451	71,559,621	1.43%	-0.08%
2027	140,405	71,488,156	1.41%	-0.1%
2028	142,335	71,406,996	1.37%	-0.11%
2029	144,231	71,316,195	1.33%	-0.13%
2030	146,130	71,215,017	1.32%	-0.14%
2031	148,028	71,104,025	1.3%	-0.16%
2032	149,915	70,982,286	1.27%	-0.17%
2033	151,768	70,847,947	1.24%	-0.19%
2034	153,602	70,701,651	1.21%	-0.21%
2035	155,447	70,540,884	1.2%	-0.23%
2036	157,316	70,366,496	1.2%	-0.25%
2037	159,188	70,180,031	1.19%	-0.26%
2038	161,050	69,979,034	1.17%	-0.29%
2039	162,895	69,763,928	1.15%	-0.31%
2040	164,711	69,535,003	1.11%	-0.33%
2041	166,508	69,288,477	1.09%	-0.35%
2042	168,325	69,025,348	1.09%	-0.38%
2043	170,182	68,748,075	1.1%	-0.4%
2044	172,012	68,456,533	1.08%	-0.42%
2045	173,818	68,150,148	1.05%	-0.45%
2046	175,629	67,827,309	1.04%	-0.47%
2047	177,392	67,489,358	1%	-0.5%
2048	179,152	67,136,737	0.99%	-0.52%
2049	180,915	66,767,316	0.98%	-0.55%
2050	182,629	66,382,732	0.95%	-0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kiribati increased by 18,461 people (a 18.5% growth), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kiribati gained 19,994 (a 16.9% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

Kiribati was ranked 183rd most populous country in 2006 and is 180th in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Kiribati's population will grow by 31.9% to 182,629 people with a rank change from 180th to 178th. The population of Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.