Colombia vs Kenya: Has the population peaked?

Colombia
52.32 million people
in 2023
Kenya
55.34 million people
in 2023
Colombia rank
28th
Kenya rank
26th

Has the population peaked? over time

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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 55.34 million people against 52.32 million people in Colombia, a difference of 3.02 million people.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 28th and Kenya ranks 26th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Has the population peaked?
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.