Demographics of Kenya

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	27 Sep 2024

As of 2024, the population of Kenya is projected at 56.43 million, compared to 55.34 million in 2023. It is the seventh-most populous country in Africa and ranks 26th in the world. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 1.94 percent, the 52nd highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 28.06 million males and 28.38 million females in Kenya. The percentage of the male population is 49.72%, compared to 50.28% of the female population. Kenya has 321k more females than males. The sex ratio in Kenya in 2024 will be 98.870 males per 100 females. Kenya is in the 137th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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

Kenya population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	2,900,224	2,868,961	5,769,185	1.99	101.090
1955	3,251,270	3,278,026	6,529,297	2.90	99.184
1960	3,815,019	3,880,288	7,695,307	3.67	98.318
1965	4,622,033	4,716,046	9,338,078	4.02	98.007
1970	5,626,219	5,742,573	11,368,791	3.78	97.974
1975	6,685,596	6,826,075	13,511,671	3.30	97.942
1980	7,925,671	8,092,788	16,018,459	3.60	97.935
1985	9,505,574	9,696,193	19,201,768	3.63	98.034
1990	11,337,559	11,555,093	22,892,651	3.40	98.117
1995	13,187,141	13,414,610	26,601,751	2.77	98.304
2000	15,224,637	15,418,253	30,642,890	3.05	98.744
2005	17,822,201	17,974,283	35,796,484	3.03	99.154
2010	20,730,324	20,868,242	41,598,567	2.83	99.339
2015	23,456,597	23,631,929	47,088,526	2.17	99.258
2020	25,983,597	26,233,736	52,217,334	1.95	99.046
2021	26,473,100	26,746,066	53,219,166	1.85	98.979
2022	26,980,543	27,271,917	54,252,461	2.00	98.932
2023	27,517,012	27,821,990	55,339,003	1.97	98.904
2024	28,056,072	28,376,873	56,432,944	1.94	98.869

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	36.864	15.989	7.389
1955	42.285	15.706	7.460
1960	48.477	14.592	7.651
1965	51.886	13.926	7.923
1970	54.143	13.331	7.943
1975	56.620	13.189	7.795
1980	59.175	13.421	7.531
1985	60.856	13.871	6.960
1990	58.334	14.323	6.135
1995	55.856	14.918	5.372
2000	56.084	15.564	5.136
2005	58.510	16.333	4.801
2010	60.915	16.889	4.446
2015	62.279	17.653	3.766
2020	61.596	18.779	3.364
2021	61.225	19.021	3.312
2022	63.549	19.272	3.262
2023	63.646	19.526	3.208
2024	63.834	19.781	3.167

Total
Crude

Kenya death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	175,894	284,634	30.489	49.337
1955	157,632	351,292	24.142	53.802
1960	144,628	424,659	18.794	55.184
1965	146,419	512,865	15.680	54.922
1970	154,251	597,316	13.568	52.540
1975	155,647	673,223	11.519	49.825
1980	155,880	772,264	9.731	48.211
1985	167,057	899,803	8.700	46.860
1990	216,584	1,005,684	9.461	43.930
1995	273,778	1,086,164	10.292	40.831
2000	304,655	1,233,019	9.942	40.238
2005	307,864	1,388,301	8.600	38.783
2010	308,848	1,508,620	7.424	36.266
2015	336,196	1,455,413	7.140	30.908
2020	414,434	1,450,722	7.937	27.782
2021	432,376	1,469,426	8.124	27.611
2022	391,275	1,483,377	7.212	27.342
2023	399,024	1,499,998	7.211	27.106
2024	405,212	1,521,907	7.180	26.968

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Kenya

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	339,667	5,737,091	5.590
1955	448,051	6,531,880	6.419
1960	596,757	7,508,683	7.362
1965	817,908	8,686,795	8.605
1970	1,158,465	10,094,027	10.295
1975	1,741,729	11,744,900	12.914
1980	2,535,258	13,733,732	15.583
1985	3,159,732	16,491,493	16.079
1990	3,919,437	19,483,070	16.748
1995	4,994,299	22,352,157	18.263
2000	6,256,185	25,194,298	19.892
2005	7,813,454	28,234,834	21.675
2010	9,746,669	31,603,483	23.571
2015	12,119,756	35,116,503	25.658
2020	14,975,059	38,516,638	27.995
2021	15,608,844	39,172,008	28.493
2022	16,264,626	39,817,146	29.002
2023	16,943,167	40,451,978	29.520
2024	17,645,362	41,076,706	30.049

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Kenya population by Age Group (2024)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	3,581,308	3,528,897	7,110,205	12.60	101.485
05-09	3,435,928	3,388,382	6,824,310	12.09	101.403
10-14	3,448,233	3,404,924	6,853,157	12.14	101.272
15-19	3,249,793	3,248,340	6,498,132	11.51	100.045
20-24	2,746,677	2,825,518	5,572,195	9.87	97.210
25-29	2,272,318	2,398,974	4,671,292	8.28	94.720
30-34	2,007,389	2,074,899	4,082,289	7.23	96.746
35-39	1,809,226	1,785,063	3,594,290	6.37	101.354
40-44	1,485,486	1,431,402	2,916,888	5.17	103.778
45-49	1,172,638	1,143,515	2,316,153	4.10	102.547
50-54	921,713	923,018	1,844,730	3.27	99.859
55-59	702,620	729,899	1,432,518	2.54	96.263
60-64	497,450	545,438	1,042,888	1.85	91.202
65-69	318,515	374,732	693,247	1.23	84.998
70-74	189,472	236,248	425,719	0.75	80.200
75-79	122,037	154,522	276,559	0.49	78.977
80-84	55,117	96,643	151,760	0.27	57.032
85-89	25,502	54,103	79,606	0.14	47.136
90-94	10,639	23,047	33,687	0.06	46.162
95-99	3,257	7,325	10,582	0.02	44.464
100+	753	1,982	2,736	0.00	37.992
Total	28,056,071	28,376,871	56,432,943		98.870