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Kenya — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Kenya, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.93%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -48.3% since 1961
Population growth for Kenya was 1.93% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.99% in 1966. The lowest was 1.90% in 2021 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.02% per year.
Kenya ranks 52 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 24%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Kenya sits below it. It peaked in 1966 and has fallen 52% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.93%
First (1961)
3.73%
Change
-48.3%
Highest
3.99%
in 1966
Lowest
1.90%
in 2021
Average
3.09%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.02%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.93% |
| 2024 | 1.96% |
| 2023 | 1.98% |
| 2022 | 1.92% |
| 2021 | 1.9% |
| 2020 | 1.96% |
| 2019 | 1.96% |
| 2018 | 2.03% |
| 2017 | 2.17% |
| 2016 | 2.21% |
| 2015 | 2.23% |
| 2014 | 2.34% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.