🇷🇪 Réunionvs🇰🇪 Kenya

Total Population
886,294
58,636,406
Kenya is 66× Réunion
Median age
39.4 years
21.3 years
18.1 years apart
Elderly Population Percentage
16.85%
3.08%
13.8 percentage points apart
Growth Rate
0.44%
1.92%
1.48 percentage points apart

Age composition in 2026:

🇷🇪 Réunion 🇰🇪 Kenya
Réunion Kenya
Young Population 20.15%178,632 35.73%20,949,016
Working Age Population 62.99%558,304 61.19%35,879,215
Elderly Population 16.85%149,358 3.08%1,808,175

In 2026, the median age is 39.4 years in Réunion and 21.3 years in Kenya.Réunion already reached Kenya’s current median age in 1982, about 44 years ahead in population aging.

The total population of Réunion peaks in 2049 at 941,556.The total population of Kenya peaks in 2098 at 104,234,505.

By 2050, the dependency ratio of Réunion will be 79.5%, and 26.73% of the population will be elderly.By 2050, the dependency ratio of Kenya will be 51.2%, and 5.71% of the population will be elderly.

Réunion Kenya
Demographic dividend (dependency ratio below 50%) 2002–2003 2054–2074
Aging society (65+ reaches 7%) 2000 2058 58 years later
Aged society (65+ reaches 14%) 2022 2090 68 years later
Super-aged society (65+ reaches 20%) 2031 Not reached by 2100