What is the difference in population by world region between Kenya and Mozambique?

152,000 people, with Mozambique ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Mozambique?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Mozambique: Population by world region

Kenya

104.19 million people

in 2100

Mozambique

104.35 million people

in 2100

Kenya rank

22nd

Mozambique rank

21st

Population by world region over time

Kenya
Mozambique

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 104.35 million people against 104.19 million people in Kenya, a difference of 152,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 22nd and Mozambique ranks 21st of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 35 and Mozambique in 13.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Mozambique	Difference	Ahead
1000s	800,000 people	300,000 people	500,000 people	Kenya
1100s	940,000 people	440,000 people	500,000 people	Kenya
1200s	1.08 million people	580,000 people	500,000 people	Kenya
1300s	1.22 million people	720,000 people	500,000 people	Kenya
1400s	1.36 million people	860,000 people	500,000 people	Kenya
1500s	1.50 million people	1.00 million people	500,000 people	Kenya
1600s	1.75 million people	1.25 million people	500,000 people	Kenya
1700s	2.00 million people	1.50 million people	500,000 people	Kenya
1710s	2.05 million people	1.55 million people	498,180 people	Kenya
1720s	2.07 million people	1.60 million people	471,820 people	Kenya
1730s	2.10 million people	1.65 million people	446,750 people	Kenya
1740s	2.12 million people	1.70 million people	423,120 people	Kenya
1750s	2.15 million people	1.75 million people	401,100 people	Kenya
1760s	2.18 million people	1.80 million people	380,840 people	Kenya
1770s	2.21 million people	1.85 million people	362,580 people	Kenya
1780s	2.24 million people	1.90 million people	346,580 people	Kenya
1790s	2.28 million people	1.95 million people	333,120 people	Kenya
1800s	2.64 million people	2.02 million people	615,027 people	Kenya
1810s	2.78 million people	2.07 million people	709,226 people	Kenya
1820s	2.93 million people	2.38 million people	547,424 people	Kenya
1830s	3.09 million people	3.13 million people	35,710 people	Mozambique
1840s	3.26 million people	4.10 million people	845,770 people	Mozambique
1850s	3.43 million people	4.72 million people	1.29 million people	Mozambique
1860s	3.61 million people	4.67 million people	1.05 million people	Mozambique
1870s	3.82 million people	4.55 million people	734,036 people	Mozambique
1880s	4.06 million people	4.48 million people	421,502 people	Mozambique
1890s	4.08 million people	4.38 million people	294,366 people	Mozambique
1900s	3.80 million people	4.09 million people	289,229 people	Mozambique
1910s	3.58 million people	3.81 million people	233,068 people	Mozambique
1920s	3.81 million people	3.98 million people	166,452 people	Mozambique
1930s	4.45 million people	4.59 million people	145,906 people	Mozambique
1940s	5.21 million people	5.38 million people	168,723 people	Mozambique
1950s	6.50 million people	6.25 million people	256,856 people	Kenya
1960s	9.22 million people	7.35 million people	1.87 million people	Kenya
1970s	13.34 million people	9.49 million people	3.85 million people	Kenya
1980s	18.94 million people	12.30 million people	6.64 million people	Kenya
1990s	26.26 million people	15.36 million people	10.89 million people	Kenya
2000s	35.36 million people	20.14 million people	15.22 million people	Kenya
2010s	46.51 million people	26.28 million people	20.23 million people	Kenya
2020s	57.02 million people	35.18 million people	21.84 million people	Kenya
2030s	68.13 million people	45.87 million people	22.26 million people	Kenya
2040s	78.53 million people	57.27 million people	21.26 million people	Kenya
2050s	87.28 million people	68.55 million people	18.74 million people	Kenya
2060s	94.57 million people	79.22 million people	15.35 million people	Kenya
2070s	99.77 million people	88.48 million people	11.29 million people	Kenya
2080s	102.78 million people	96.12 million people	6.66 million people	Kenya
2090s	104.09 million people	101.91 million people	2.18 million people	Kenya
2100s	104.19 million people	104.35 million people	152,000 people	Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Kenya or Mozambique?: Mozambique, at 104.35 million people against 104.19 million people in Kenya as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Kenya and Mozambique?: 152,000 people, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Mozambique?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Kenya and Mozambique rank globally for population by world region?: Kenya ranks 22nd and Mozambique ranks 21st of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population by world region
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.