Demographics of Kenya

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date17 Mar 2024

As of 2024, the population of Kenya is projected at 56.20 million compared to 55.10 million in 2023. It is the seventh-most populous country in Africa, and at 26th position in the world. Population growth rate for 2024 is projected at 1.98 percent, that is 44th highest among 237 countries/dependent territories.

There are 27.85 million males and 28.36 million females in Kenya. The percentage of female population is 50.45 % compare to 49.55 % male population. Kenya has 509k more females than males. The Sex Ratio in Kenya in 2024 is 98.21 males per 100 females. Kenya is at 108th position in terms of female to male ratio.

There are 1.52 million births in Kenya in 2024. That is 4,163 per day, which is ranked 17th. The crude birth rate is 27.03 per 1000 people. There are 396k deaths in Kenya in 2024. That is 1,084 per day, which is ranked 29th. The crude death rate is 7.04 per 1000 people.

17.65 million people are living in urban areas, which is 30 % of Kenya population. Kenya is ranked 206th in terms of urbanization.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Kenya population

Year Population Growth (%)
19505,774,0502.16
19556,558,8702.99
19607,751,4353.68
19659,417,2074.05
197011,473,0873.78
197513,651,9083.31
198016,187,1243.62
198519,452,1613.64
199023,162,2693.37
199526,878,3472.73
200030,851,6062.94
200535,843,0102.95
201041,517,8952.73
201546,851,4882.16
202051,985,7802.02
202153,005,6141.86
202254,027,4871.95
202355,100,5861.98
202456,203,0301.98
  • Total
  • Crude

Kenya death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950166,677285,13328.91949.471
1955156,013356,44523.76954.304
1960144,571427,72718.64755.169
1965148,158520,69715.73355.294
1970158,483605,69813.80252.749
1975161,995684,98011.83250.031
1980161,623787,3789.97048.569
1985170,436913,1338.75146.886
1990215,7131,008,3989.31043.522
1995279,6321,088,37810.38740.428
2000329,4401,232,20910.67739.934
2005327,9041,380,2559.14738.502
2010314,3571,470,9887.57035.422
2015345,3181,452,2907.36130.957
2020387,7121,455,9477.45627.998
2021427,2721,468,3588.05627.685
2022423,1821,488,3947.83027.540
2023402,3771,503,3607.30127.278
2024395,5611,519,4737.03727.030
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Kenya

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950339,6675,737,0915.590
1955448,0516,531,8806.419
1960596,7577,508,6837.362
1965817,9088,686,7958.605
19701,158,46510,094,02710.295
19751,741,72911,744,90012.914
19802,535,25813,733,73215.583
19853,159,73216,491,49316.079
19903,919,43719,483,07016.748
19954,994,29922,352,15718.263
20006,256,18525,194,29819.892
20057,813,45428,234,83421.675
20109,746,66931,603,48323.571
201512,119,75635,116,50325.658
202014,975,05938,516,63827.995
202115,608,84439,172,00828.493
202216,264,62639,817,14629.002
202316,943,16740,451,97829.520
202417,645,36241,076,70630.049
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Kenya population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 3,590,041 3,534,494 7,124,535 12.68 101.572
05-09 3,397,360 3,367,647 6,765,007 12.04 100.882
10-14 3,355,677 3,345,706 6,701,383 11.92 100.298
15-19 3,242,534 3,251,927 6,494,460 11.56 99.711
20-24 2,742,624 2,808,519 5,551,142 9.88 97.654
25-29 2,264,294 2,376,005 4,640,298 8.26 95.298
30-34 1,999,806 2,071,095 4,070,901 7.24 96.558
35-39 1,820,255 1,816,765 3,637,021 6.47 100.192
40-44 1,496,751 1,467,642 2,964,392 5.27 101.983
45-49 1,169,509 1,163,884 2,333,394 4.15 100.483
50-54 905,203 930,364 1,835,566 3.27 97.296
55-59 680,063 728,755 1,408,819 2.51 93.318
60-64 475,335 538,419 1,013,754 1.80 88.283
65-69 305,880 370,577 676,456 1.20 82.542
70-74 184,639 236,988 421,627 0.75 77.911
75-79 124,299 160,263 284,562 0.51 77.559
80-84 56,743 100,013 156,756 0.28 56.736
85-89 24,085 55,431 79,517 0.14 43.450
90-94 8,876 22,742 31,617 0.06 39.029
95-99 2,409 6,819 9,229 0.02 35.328
100+ 588 2,005 2,592 0.00 29.327
Total 27,846,971 28,356,060 56,203,028 98.205