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Kenya vs Yemen: Population by world region

Kenya
104.19 million people
in 2100
Yemen
110.04 million people
in 2100
Kenya rank
22nd
Yemen rank
20th

Population by world region over time

  • Kenya
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Yemen currently reports 110.04 million people against 104.19 million people in Kenya, a difference of 5.84 million people.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Yemen ahead.

Kenya ranks 22nd and Yemen ranks 20th of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 29 and Yemen in 19.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Yemen Difference Ahead
1000s 800,000 people 2.25 million people 1.45 million people Yemen
1100s 940,000 people 2.00 million people 1.06 million people Yemen
1200s 1.08 million people 2.10 million people 1.02 million people Yemen
1300s 1.22 million people 2.20 million people 980,000 people Yemen
1400s 1.36 million people 2.05 million people 690,000 people Yemen
1500s 1.50 million people 2.25 million people 750,000 people Yemen
1600s 1.75 million people 2.50 million people 750,000 people Yemen
1700s 2.00 million people 2.25 million people 250,000 people Yemen
1710s 2.05 million people 2.26 million people 210,080 people Yemen
1720s 2.07 million people 2.29 million people 215,360 people Yemen
1730s 2.10 million people 2.32 million people 219,710 people Yemen
1740s 2.12 million people 2.34 million people 222,970 people Yemen
1750s 2.15 million people 2.37 million people 225,010 people Yemen
1760s 2.18 million people 2.40 million people 225,660 people Yemen
1770s 2.21 million people 2.43 million people 224,690 people Yemen
1780s 2.24 million people 2.47 million people 221,850 people Yemen
1790s 2.28 million people 2.50 million people 216,850 people Yemen
1800s 2.64 million people 2.59 million people 43,282 people Kenya
1810s 2.78 million people 2.59 million people 186,402 people Kenya
1820s 2.93 million people 2.61 million people 315,669 people Kenya
1830s 3.09 million people 2.66 million people 427,142 people Kenya
1840s 3.26 million people 2.71 million people 546,042 people Kenya
1850s 3.43 million people 2.76 million people 674,665 people Kenya
1860s 3.61 million people 2.80 million people 813,068 people Kenya
1870s 3.82 million people 2.84 million people 977,579 people Kenya
1880s 4.06 million people 2.89 million people 1.17 million people Kenya
1890s 4.08 million people 2.93 million people 1.15 million people Kenya
1900s 3.80 million people 3.08 million people 727,011 people Kenya
1910s 3.58 million people 3.36 million people 217,012 people Kenya
1920s 3.81 million people 3.69 million people 127,403 people Kenya
1930s 4.45 million people 4.05 million people 397,510 people Kenya
1940s 5.21 million people 4.45 million people 760,102 people Kenya
1950s 6.50 million people 4.99 million people 1.52 million people Kenya
1960s 9.22 million people 6.16 million people 3.07 million people Kenya
1970s 13.34 million people 8.07 million people 5.27 million people Kenya
1980s 18.94 million people 11.33 million people 7.61 million people Kenya
1990s 26.26 million people 16.44 million people 9.81 million people Kenya
2000s 35.36 million people 22.59 million people 12.77 million people Kenya
2010s 46.51 million people 30.79 million people 15.73 million people Kenya
2020s 57.02 million people 41.22 million people 15.80 million people Kenya
2030s 68.13 million people 52.85 million people 15.28 million people Kenya
2040s 78.53 million people 64.48 million people 14.05 million people Kenya
2050s 87.28 million people 76.11 million people 11.17 million people Kenya
2060s 94.57 million people 86.66 million people 7.91 million people Kenya
2070s 99.77 million people 95.56 million people 4.22 million people Kenya
2080s 102.78 million people 102.75 million people 34,480 people Kenya
2090s 104.09 million people 108.01 million people 3.92 million people Yemen
2100s 104.19 million people 110.04 million people 5.84 million people Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Kenya or Yemen?
Yemen, at 110.04 million people against 104.19 million people in Kenya as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Kenya and Yemen?
5.84 million people, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Yemen?
318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Kenya and Yemen rank globally for population by world region?
Kenya ranks 22nd and Yemen ranks 20th 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

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