Kenya vs South Korea: Has the population peaked?

Kenya
55.34 million people
in 2023
South Korea
51.75 million people
in 2023
Kenya rank
26th
South Korea rank
29th

Has the population peaked? over time

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  • South Korea
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 55.34 million people against 51.75 million people in South Korea, a difference of 3.59 million people.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

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

Kenya ranks 26th and South Korea ranks 29th 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
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The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.