Population of Kenya

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Kenya is 57,135,236 as of March 30, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Kenya is projected at 54,985,698 or 54.986 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Kenya is projected at 53,771,296 or 53.771 million people for the year 2020. Kenya ranks number 26th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Kenya is ranked 7th among 58 countries in Africa.

Kenya's population will be increased year by year. The Kenya population is projected to reach 66.45 million in 2030 and increase further to 91.58 million in 2050 and 125.42 million by 2100. Kenya accounts for 0.70 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.25% in 1953 and is projected to increase by 1.15% by 2100.

Kenya was at 59th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 20th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Kenya population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	6,076,758	-	-	0.24
1951	6,242,098	165,340	2.72	0.24
1952	6,415,961	173,863	2.79	0.24
1953	6,598,170	182,209	2.84	0.25
1954	6,788,707	190,537	2.89	0.25
1955	6,987,658	198,951	2.93	0.25
1956	7,195,226	207,568	2.97	0.25
1957	7,411,765	216,539	3.01	0.26
1958	7,637,713	225,948	3.05	0.26
1959	7,873,623	235,910	3.09	0.26
1960	8,120,080	246,457	3.13	0.27
1961	8,377,696	257,616	3.17	0.27
1962	8,647,011	269,315	3.21	0.27
1963	8,928,511	281,500	3.26	0.28
1964	9,222,692	294,181	3.29	0.28
1965	9,530,173	307,481	3.33	0.29
1966	9,851,444	321,271	3.37	0.29
1967	10,187,478	336,034	3.41	0.29
1968	10,539,894	352,416	3.46	0.30
1969	10,910,675	370,781	3.52	0.30
1970	11,301,394	390,719	3.58	0.31
1971	11,713,048	411,654	3.64	0.31
1972	12,146,068	433,020	3.70	0.32
1973	12,600,797	454,729	3.74	0.32
1974	13,077,341	476,544	3.78	0.33
1975	13,575,907	498,566	3.81	0.33
1976	14,096,263	520,356	3.83	0.34
1977	14,638,890	542,627	3.85	0.35
1978	15,205,374	566,484	3.87	0.35
1979	15,797,776	592,402	3.90	0.36
1980	16,417,197	619,421	3.92	0.37
1981	17,063,876	646,679	3.94	0.38
1982	17,736,326	672,450	3.94	0.38
1983	18,431,761	695,435	3.92	0.39
1984	19,146,400	714,639	3.88	0.40
1985	19,877,083	730,683	3.82	0.41
1986	20,622,560	745,477	3.75	0.42
1987	21,382,112	759,552	3.68	0.42
1988	22,153,676	771,564	3.61	0.43
1989	22,935,092	781,416	3.53	0.44
1990	23,724,579	789,487	3.44	0.45
1991	24,521,703	797,124	3.36	0.45
1992	25,326,078	804,375	3.28	0.46
1993	26,136,216	810,138	3.20	0.47
1994	26,950,513	814,297	3.12	0.48
1995	27,768,296	817,783	3.03	0.48
1996	28,589,451	821,155	2.96	0.49
1997	29,415,659	826,208	2.89	0.50
1998	30,250,488	834,829	2.84	0.51
1999	31,098,757	848,269	2.80	0.51
2000	31,964,557	865,800	2.78	0.52
2001	32,848,564	884,007	2.77	0.53
2002	33,751,739	903,175	2.75	0.54
2003	34,678,779	927,040	2.75	0.54
2004	35,635,271	956,492	2.76	0.55
2005	36,624,895	989,624	2.78	0.56
2006	37,649,033	1,024,138	2.80	0.57
2007	38,705,932	1,056,899	2.81	0.58
2008	39,791,981	1,086,049	2.81	0.59
2009	40,901,792	1,109,811	2.79	0.60
2010	42,030,676	1,128,884	2.76	0.60
2011	43,178,274	1,147,598	2.73	0.61
2012	44,343,467	1,165,193	2.70	0.62
2013	45,519,981	1,176,514	2.65	0.63
2014	46,700,055	1,180,074	2.59	0.64
2015	47,878,336	1,178,281	2.52	0.65
2016	49,051,534	1,173,198	2.45	0.66
2017	50,221,142	1,169,608	2.38	0.67
2018	51,392,565	1,171,423	2.33	0.67
2019	52,573,973	1,181,408	2.30	0.68

Kenya population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	53,771,296	1,197,323	2.28	0.69
2021	54,985,698	1,214,402	2.26	0.70
2022	56,215,221	1,229,523	2.24	0.71
2023	57,458,897	1,243,676	2.21	0.72
2024	58,714,804	1,255,907	2.19	0.72
2025	59,981,310	1,266,506	2.16	0.73
2026	61,257,803	1,276,493	2.13	0.74
2027	62,544,014	1,286,211	2.10	0.75
2028	63,838,878	1,294,864	2.07	0.76
2029	65,141,206	1,302,328	2.04	0.77
2030	66,449,654	1,308,448	2.01	0.78
2031	67,763,329	1,313,675	1.98	0.79
2032	69,080,725	1,317,396	1.94	0.80
2033	70,399,093	1,318,368	1.91	0.80
2034	71,715,177	1,316,084	1.87	0.81
2035	73,026,288	1,311,111	1.83	0.82
2036	74,330,860	1,304,572	1.79	0.83
2037	75,628,142	1,297,282	1.75	0.84
2038	76,917,350	1,289,208	1.70	0.85
2039	78,198,022	1,280,672	1.66	0.86
2040	79,469,670	1,271,648	1.63	0.86
2041	80,731,509	1,261,839	1.59	0.87
2042	81,982,719	1,251,210	1.55	0.88
2043	83,222,921	1,240,202	1.51	0.89
2044	84,451,844	1,228,923	1.48	0.90
2045	85,669,261	1,217,417	1.44	0.90
2046	86,874,607	1,205,346	1.41	0.91
2047	88,067,550	1,192,943	1.37	0.92
2048	89,248,337	1,180,787	1.34	0.93
2049	90,417,444	1,169,107	1.31	0.93
2050	91,575,089	1,157,645	1.28	0.94
2051	92,721,067	1,145,978	1.25	0.95
2052	93,854,786	1,133,719	1.22	0.95
2053	94,975,539	1,120,753	1.19	0.96
2054	96,082,463	1,106,924	1.17	0.97
2055	97,174,767	1,092,304	1.14	0.98
2056	98,251,899	1,077,132	1.11	0.98
2057	99,313,421	1,061,522	1.08	0.99
2058	100,358,743	1,045,322	1.05	1.00
2059	101,387,225	1,028,482	1.02	1.00
2060	102,398,268	1,011,043	1.00	1.01
2061	103,391,402	993,134	0.97	1.01
2062	104,366,032	974,630	0.94	1.02
2063	105,321,306	955,274	0.92	1.03
2064	106,256,277	934,971	0.89	1.03
2065	107,170,156	913,879	0.86	1.04
2066	108,062,437	892,281	0.83	1.04
2067	108,932,863	870,426	0.81	1.05
2068	109,781,223	848,360	0.78	1.06
2069	110,607,416	826,193	0.75	1.06
2070	111,411,340	803,924	0.73	1.07
2071	112,192,784	781,444	0.70	1.07
2072	112,951,562	758,778	0.68	1.07
2073	113,687,744	736,182	0.65	1.08
2074	114,401,473	713,729	0.63	1.08
2075	115,092,858	691,385	0.60	1.09
2076	115,761,922	669,064	0.58	1.09
2077	116,408,647	646,725	0.56	1.10
2078	117,032,952	624,305	0.54	1.10
2079	117,634,731	601,779	0.51	1.10
2080	118,213,961	579,230	0.49	1.11
2081	118,770,726	556,765	0.47	1.11
2082	119,305,192	534,466	0.45	1.11
2083	119,817,573	512,381	0.43	1.12
2084	120,308,116	490,543	0.41	1.12
2085	120,777,086	468,970	0.39	1.12
2086	121,224,702	447,616	0.37	1.13
2087	121,651,196	426,494	0.35	1.13
2088	122,056,855	405,659	0.33	1.13
2089	122,442,015	385,160	0.32	1.13
2090	122,806,990	364,975	0.30	1.14
2091	123,152,119	345,129	0.28	1.14
2092	123,477,714	325,595	0.26	1.14
2093	123,784,134	306,420	0.25	1.14
2094	124,071,705	287,571	0.23	1.14
2095	124,340,814	269,109	0.22	1.15
2096	124,591,845	251,031	0.20	1.15
2097	124,825,206	233,361	0.19	1.15
2098	125,041,354	216,148	0.17	1.15
2099	125,240,736	199,382	0.16	1.15
2100	125,423,854	183,118	0.15	1.15