Kenya - Population Growth 2008
3.03%
+0.01pp from 2007
Kenya's population growth was 3.03% in 2008, increased +0.01pp from 3.02% in 2007. This was the 192nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Northern Mariana Islands | -3.09% | -6.0% |
| 2nd | Romania | -1.67% | -12.8% |
| 3rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.66% | -34.1% |
| 4th | Palau | -1.53% | -2.2% |
| 5th | Latvia | -1.05% | -28.8% |
| 6th | Lithuania | -1.03% | 13.4% |
| 7th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.86% | -12.1% |
| 8th | Albania | -0.77% | -1.5% |
| 9th | Bulgaria | -0.70% | 4.5% |
| 10th | Armenia | -0.66% | -3.7% |
| 11th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.59% | -0.2% |
| 12th | North Macedonia | -0.58% | -1.3% |
| 13th | Ukraine | -0.52% | -13.4% |
| 14th | American Samoa | -0.51% | -9.7% |
| 15th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.45% | -4.6% |
| 16th | Serbia | -0.43% | -5.0% |
| 17th | Greenland | -0.40% | -3.6% |
| 18th | Kosovo | -0.35% | -4.5% |
| 19th | Belarus | -0.35% | 24.7% |
| 20th | Georgia | -0.30% | 41.8% |
| 21st | Guyana | -0.30% | -7.4% |
| 22nd | Estonia | -0.27% | 41.2% |
| 23rd | Moldova | -0.19% | 17.9% |
| 24th | Germany | -0.19% | -42.2% |
| 25th | Hungary | -0.18% | -13.0% |
| 26th | Nauru | -0.11% | 21.3% |
| 27th | Russian Federation | -0.04% | 74.3% |
| 28th | Croatia | -0.01% | 45.6% |
| 29th | Marshall Islands | -0.01% | -111.6% |
| 30th | Monaco | 0.00% | 99.5% |
| 31st | Dominica | 0.01% | -82.9% |
| 32nd | Poland | 0.01% | 125.1% |
| 33rd | Cuba | 0.04% | -48.6% |
| 34th | Japan | 0.05% | -57.9% |
| 35th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.06% | 287.5% |
| 36th | Slovak Republic | 0.09% | 193.9% |
| 37th | Portugal | 0.14% | -26.5% |
| 38th | Slovenia | 0.16% | -71.7% |
| 39th | Montenegro | 0.18% | 28.5% |
| 40th | Uruguay | 0.21% | 24.1% |
| 41st | Guam | 0.26% | -0.7% |
| 42nd | Greece | 0.27% | 4.2% |
| 43rd | Tonga | 0.28% | -38.1% |
| 44th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.28% | -6.1% |
| 45th | Austria | 0.31% | -3.4% |
| 46th | El Salvador | 0.32% | 158.9% |
| 47th | European Union | 0.34% | -4.1% |
| 48th | Grenada | 0.34% | -3.7% |
| 49th | Faroe Islands | 0.35% | 292.2% |
| 50th | Mauritius | 0.36% | -20.6% |
| 51st | Netherlands | 0.39% | 79.0% |
| 52nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.41% | 2.5% |
| 53rd | Jamaica | 0.44% | -8.2% |
| 54th | Bermuda | 0.46% | 64.2% |
| 55th | Finland | 0.47% | 9.4% |
| 56th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0.48% | -3.5% |
| 57th | China | 0.51% | -1.9% |
| 58th | Barbados | 0.52% | 10.3% |
| 59th | Myanmar | 0.55% | -22.3% |
| 60th | France | 0.56% | -9.7% |
| 61st | Denmark | 0.59% | 32.5% |
| 62nd | Liechtenstein | 0.60% | -6.8% |
| 63rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.60% | -30.4% |
| 64th | Fiji | 0.62% | -26.0% |
| 65th | St. Lucia | 0.62% | -6.8% |
| 66th | Malta | 0.65% | 86.6% |
| 67th | Peru | 0.66% | -9.3% |
| 68th | Sri Lanka | 0.67% | -3.0% |
| 69th | Eswatini | 0.67% | 17.1% |
| 70th | Lesotho | 0.68% | 60.9% |
| 71st | Channel Islands | 0.71% | -0.3% |
| 72nd | Samoa | 0.71% | 28.9% |
| 73rd | French Polynesia | 0.73% | -40.2% |
| 74th | Nepal | 0.75% | -10.4% |
| 75th | Korea | 0.76% | 50.3% |
| 76th | Aruba | 0.76% | 2.2% |
| 77th | Thailand | 0.77% | -4.0% |
| 78th | Italy | 0.77% | 26.8% |
| 79th | Sweden | 0.78% | 5.1% |
| 80th | United Kingdom | 0.79% | 1.1% |
| 81st | Belgium | 0.79% | 7.6% |
| 82nd | Czechia | 0.83% | 42.1% |
| 83rd | New Zealand | 0.85% | -9.0% |
| 84th | United States | 0.95% | -0.5% |
| 85th | Kyrgyz Republic | 0.95% | -0.3% |
| 86th | Brazil | 0.96% | -5.4% |
| 87th | Tunisia | 0.96% | 4.9% |
| 88th | Paraguay | 0.97% | -1.1% |
| 89th | Bangladesh | 1.00% | -7.2% |
| 90th | Chile | 1.00% | 2.1% |
| 91st | Argentina | 1.01% | 2.2% |
| 92nd | Cabo Verde | 1.04% | -6.4% |
| 93rd | Kazakhstan | 1.04% | 9.2% |
| 94th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.07% | -3.5% |
| 95th | Isle of Man | 1.08% | 2.3% |
| 96th | Canada | 1.08% | 11.7% |
| 97th | Bhutan | 1.13% | -2.8% |
| 98th | South Africa | 1.15% | 9.3% |
| 99th | Suriname | 1.17% | 2.3% |
| 100th | Colombia | 1.20% | -5.0% |
| 101st | Zimbabwe | 1.20% | -8.6% |
| 102nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.21% | -25.7% |
| 103rd | New Caledonia | 1.23% | -3.7% |
| 104th | Dominican Republic | 1.23% | 1.4% |
| 105th | Norway | 1.25% | 20.4% |
| 106th | Curaçao | 1.26% | -36.3% |
| 107th | Türkiye | 1.27% | 686.8% |
| 108th | Switzerland | 1.27% | 42.2% |
| 109th | Indonesia | 1.30% | -1.8% |
| 110th | Morocco | 1.34% | -0.1% |
| 111th | Bahamas, The | 1.35% | -4.8% |
| 112th | Gibraltar | 1.35% | -2.6% |
| 113th | Tuvalu | 1.36% | 8.9% |
| 114th | Costa Rica | 1.36% | 0.2% |
| 115th | Namibia | 1.40% | 5.1% |
| 116th | Nicaragua | 1.43% | -0.2% |
| 117th | San Marino | 1.43% | -57.1% |
| 118th | India | 1.44% | -4.5% |
| 119th | Mexico | 1.46% | 3.7% |
| 120th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.47% | 8.3% |
| 121st | Cambodia | 1.52% | 2.9% |
| 122nd | Lao PDR | 1.52% | -1.8% |
| 123rd | Uzbekistan | 1.53% | 9.5% |
| 124th | Mongolia | 1.58% | 17.5% |
| 125th | Spain | 1.60% | -13.8% |
| 126th | Lebanon | 1.66% | -14.2% |
| 127th | Haiti | 1.67% | -1.2% |
| 128th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.69% | -1.3% |
| 129th | Cyprus | 1.69% | -1.6% |
| 130th | Ecuador | 1.71% | -0.2% |
| 131st | Solomon Islands | 1.71% | -0.9% |
| 132nd | St. Martin (French part) | 1.74% | -10.2% |
| 133rd | Philippines | 1.77% | 1.9% |
| 134th | Israel | 1.78% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Luxembourg | 1.79% | 15.7% |
| 136th | Algeria | 1.82% | 9.0% |
| 137th | Panama | 1.82% | -0.7% |
| 138th | Viet Nam | 1.83% | 3.4% |
| 139th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.85% | 9.5% |
| 140th | Iceland | 1.86% | -26.5% |
| 141st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 1.87% | -1.1% |
| 142nd | Turkmenistan | 1.91% | 2.2% |
| 143rd | Andorra | 1.96% | -31.1% |
| 144th | Tajikistan | 1.98% | 3.1% |
| 145th | Comoros | 1.99% | -0.3% |
| 146th | Australia | 2.00% | 9.8% |
| 147th | Botswana | 2.01% | 3.6% |
| 148th | Iraq | 2.02% | 356.0% |
| 149th | Ireland | 2.04% | -29.5% |
| 150th | Guatemala | 2.05% | -2.6% |
| 151st | Djibouti | 2.06% | -5.0% |
| 152nd | Kiribati | 2.09% | 2.9% |
| 153rd | Malaysia | 2.10% | -3.6% |
| 154th | Azerbaijan | 2.10% | 85.2% |
| 155th | Libya | 2.12% | 3.4% |
| 156th | Central African Republic | 2.13% | 10.7% |
| 157th | Oman | 2.17% | -0.4% |
| 158th | Afghanistan | 2.19% | 15.5% |
| 159th | Seychelles | 2.24% | 338.0% |
| 160th | Honduras | 2.24% | -2.3% |
| 161st | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.27% | -2.2% |
| 162nd | Senegal | 2.34% | 0.7% |
| 163rd | Jordan | 2.35% | -61.0% |
| 164th | São Tomé and Principe | 2.38% | -1.6% |
| 165th | Guinea | 2.42% | 4.5% |
| 166th | Mozambique | 2.47% | 3.6% |
| 167th | Sierra Leone | 2.50% | 13.7% |
| 168th | Vanuatu | 2.51% | 2.4% |
| 169th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.52% | 1.3% |
| 170th | Ghana | 2.54% | -1.5% |
| 171st | Sudan | 2.59% | 8.7% |
| 172nd | Rwanda | 2.63% | -1.2% |
| 173rd | Eritrea | 2.63% | 80.3% |
| 174th | Pakistan | 2.68% | 1.3% |
| 175th | Tanzania | 2.70% | -3.2% |
| 176th | Timor-Leste | 2.70% | -5.3% |
| 177th | West Bank and Gaza | 2.75% | 7.7% |
| 178th | Belize | 2.75% | -2.3% |
| 179th | Nigeria | 2.78% | 0.5% |
| 180th | Cameroon | 2.86% | 2.0% |
| 181st | Togo | 2.87% | -1.3% |
| 182nd | Mauritania | 2.87% | 10.5% |
| 183rd | Cayman Islands | 2.90% | -2.3% |
| 184th | Malawi | 2.90% | 3.0% |
| 185th | Gambia, The | 2.91% | 0.2% |
| 186th | Madagascar | 2.94% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Burkina Faso | 2.94% | -3.1% |
| 188th | Uganda | 2.94% | 0.1% |
| 189th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 2.96% | -4.8% |
| 190th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.02% | -0.3% |
| 191st | Benin | 3.02% | 2.2% |
| 192nd | Kenya | 3.03% | 0.2% |
| 193rd | Papua New Guinea | 3.11% | -1.3% |
| 194th | Yemen, Republic of | 3.21% | -0.8% |
| 195th | Gabon | 3.22% | 3.0% |
| 196th | Mali | 3.29% | -0.1% |
| 197th | Congo, Republic of | 3.29% | -10.1% |
| 198th | Chad | 3.50% | 1.6% |
| 199th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.54% | -42.5% |
| 200th | Maldives | 3.54% | 6.3% |
| 201st | Zambia | 3.57% | 1.1% |
| 202nd | British Virgin Islands | 3.57% | 1.9% |
| 203rd | Niger | 3.70% | 0.6% |
| 204th | Macao SAR, China | 3.73% | -13.5% |
| 205th | Angola | 3.78% | 1.0% |
| 206th | Saudi Arabia | 4.03% | -2.9% |
| 207th | Liberia | 4.06% | -18.5% |
| 208th | Burundi | 4.13% | 11.6% |
| 209th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.31% | -3.5% |
| 210th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.57% | 1.4% |
| 211th | South Sudan | 4.99% | -1.1% |
| 212th | Singapore | 5.32% | 27.7% |
| 213th | Kuwait | 5.57% | -5.3% |
| 214th | Bahrain | 5.99% | -24.1% |
| 215th | United Arab Emirates | 11.38% | -1.8% |
| 216th | Qatar | 16.61% | -23.5% |
FAQ
What was Kenya's population growth in 2008?▾
Kenya's population growth in 2008 was 3.03%. This ranked 192nd globally.
How did Kenya's population growth change in 2008?▾
Kenya's population growth increased by 0.2% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Which country had the highest population growth in 2008?▾
Qatar had the highest population growth in 2008 at 16.61%.
What is the population growth of Kenya in 2008?▾
The population growth of Kenya in 2008 was 3.03%. This ranked 192nd globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Kenya's population growth?▾
Kenya's population growth went from 3.02% in 2007 to 3.03% in 2008, a 0.2% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Kenya matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2008. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.0%. View full analysis →
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