Kenya vs Nigeria: Population growth rate

Kenya

2.0%

in 2023

Nigeria

2.1%

in 2023

Kenya rank

53rd

Nigeria rank

50th

Population growth rate over time

Nigeria currently reports 2.1% against 2.0% in Kenya, a difference of 0.1%.

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

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

Globally, Kenya ranks 53rd and Nigeria ranks 50th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
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: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.