Population of Kenya

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	08 Apr 2024

The current population of Kenya is 55,976,577 as of April 18, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Kenya is projected at 56,203,030 or 56.20 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Kenya is projected at 55,100,586 or 55.10 million people for the year 2023.

Kenya is the seventh-most populous country in Africa and is in the 26th position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

Kenya population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	53,499,879	54,027,487	1,055,216	1.953	0.68
2023	54,555,095	55,100,586	1,090,983	1.980	0.68
2024	55,646,078	56,203,030	1,113,904	1.982	0.69
2025	56,759,982	57,323,930	1,127,896	1.968	0.70
2026	57,887,878	58,457,378	1,139,000	1.948	0.71
2027	59,026,878	59,604,431	1,155,106	1.938	0.72
2028	60,181,984	60,762,923	1,161,878	1.912	0.72
2029	61,343,862	61,929,863	1,172,003	1.893	0.73
2030	62,515,865	63,103,942	1,176,153	1.864	0.74
2031	63,692,018	64,284,466	1,184,896	1.843	0.75
2032	64,876,914	65,470,260	1,186,692	1.813	0.75
2033	66,063,606	66,655,944	1,184,676	1.777	0.76
2034	67,248,282	67,839,692	1,182,819	1.744	0.77
2035	68,431,101	69,018,977	1,175,752	1.704	0.78
2036	69,606,853	70,186,445	1,159,184	1.652	0.78
2037	70,766,037	71,342,689	1,153,303	1.617	0.79
2038	71,919,340	72,493,659	1,148,638	1.585	0.80
2039	73,067,978	73,634,414	1,132,872	1.539	0.81
2040	74,200,850	74,757,978	1,114,257	1.491	0.81
2041	75,315,107	75,866,827	1,103,441	1.454	0.82
2042	76,418,548	76,961,167	1,085,238	1.410	0.83
2043	77,503,786	78,039,853	1,072,135	1.374	0.83
2044	78,575,921	79,104,471	1,057,100	1.336	0.84
2045	79,633,021	80,156,601	1,047,159	1.306	0.85
2046	80,680,180	81,195,005	1,029,650	1.268	0.85
2047	81,709,830	82,219,527	1,019,395	1.240	0.86
2048	82,729,225	83,230,070	1,001,690	1.204	0.87
2049	83,730,915	84,227,657	993,484	1.180	0.87
2050	84,724,399	85,211,739	974,680	1.144	0.88
2051	85,699,079	86,180,531	962,905	1.117	0.88
2052	86,661,984	87,136,936	949,904	1.090	0.89
2053	87,611,888	88,079,530	935,284	1.062	0.90
2054	88,547,172	89,009,409	924,475	1.039	0.90
2055	89,471,647	89,930,664	918,035	1.021	0.91
2056	90,389,682	90,841,703	904,042	0.995	0.91
2057	91,293,724	91,739,355	891,261	0.972	0.92
2058	92,184,985	92,623,988	878,006	0.948	0.93
2059	93,062,991	93,491,952	857,923	0.918	0.93
2060	93,920,914	94,340,314	838,799	0.889	0.94
2061	94,759,713	95,167,607	815,789	0.857	0.94
2062	95,575,502	95,977,327	803,650	0.837	0.95
2063	96,379,152	96,770,484	782,664	0.809	0.95
2064	97,161,816	97,545,543	767,455	0.787	0.96
2065	97,929,271	98,299,137	739,733	0.753	0.96
2066	98,669,004	99,033,580	729,151	0.736	0.97
2067	99,398,155	99,748,454	700,597	0.702	0.97
2068	100,098,752	100,441,292	685,081	0.682	0.98
2069	100,783,833	101,115,967	664,269	0.657	0.98
2070	101,448,102	101,768,606	641,008	0.630	0.99
2071	102,089,110	102,397,861	617,503	0.603	0.99
2072	102,706,613	103,004,539	595,853	0.578	1.00
2073	103,302,466	103,592,150	579,368	0.559	1.00
2074	103,881,834	104,160,996	558,323	0.536	1.01
2075	104,440,157	104,706,431	532,547	0.509	1.01
2076	104,972,704	105,230,178	514,948	0.489	1.01
2077	105,487,652	105,734,208	493,113	0.466	1.02
2078	105,980,765	106,220,830	480,131	0.452	1.02
2079	106,460,896	106,689,223	456,654	0.428	1.03
2080	106,917,550	107,137,378	439,656	0.410	1.03
2081	107,357,206	107,569,758	425,103	0.395	1.03
2082	107,782,309	107,986,356	408,093	0.378	1.04
2083	108,190,402	108,385,768	390,731	0.361	1.04
2084	108,581,133	108,769,043	375,821	0.346	1.04
2085	108,956,954	109,136,418	358,928	0.329	1.05
2086	109,315,882	109,483,944	336,125	0.307	1.05
2087	109,652,007	109,812,297	320,580	0.292	1.05
2088	109,972,587	110,124,435	303,696	0.276	1.06
2089	110,276,283	110,419,644	286,723	0.260	1.06
2090	110,563,006	110,696,703	267,394	0.242	1.06
2091	110,830,400	110,953,043	245,286	0.221	1.06
2092	111,075,686	111,189,713	228,054	0.205	1.07
2093	111,303,740	111,410,712	213,944	0.192	1.07
2094	111,517,684	111,613,374	191,379	0.171	1.07
2095	111,709,063	111,797,574	177,022	0.158	1.08
2096	111,886,085	111,965,712	159,255	0.142	1.08
2097	112,045,340	112,121,517	152,354	0.136	1.08
2098	112,197,694	112,267,431	139,473	0.124	1.08
2099	112,337,167	112,401,711	129,087	0.115	1.08
2100	112,466,254	112,525,079	117,650	0.105	1.09

Kenya population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	5,711,674	5,774,050	124,752	2.161	0.23
1951	5,836,426	5,905,774	138,695	2.349	0.23
1952	5,975,121	6,048,730	147,217	2.434	0.23
1953	6,122,338	6,201,950	159,225	2.567	0.23
1954	6,281,563	6,371,191	179,257	2.814	0.24
1955	6,460,820	6,558,870	196,101	2.990	0.24
1956	6,656,921	6,763,941	214,040	3.165	0.24
1957	6,870,961	6,987,580	233,238	3.338	0.24
1958	7,104,199	7,223,458	238,518	3.302	0.25
1959	7,342,717	7,475,752	266,070	3.559	0.25
1960	7,608,787	7,751,435	285,295	3.681	0.26
1961	7,894,082	8,047,470	306,776	3.813	0.26
1962	8,200,858	8,363,578	325,440	3.892	0.27
1963	8,526,298	8,697,200	341,803	3.931	0.27
1964	8,868,101	9,047,387	358,571	3.964	0.28
1965	9,226,672	9,417,207	381,069	4.047	0.28
1966	9,607,741	9,802,605	389,729	3.976	0.29
1967	9,997,470	10,201,068	407,196	3.992	0.29
1968	10,404,666	10,613,877	418,421	3.943	0.30
1969	10,823,087	11,039,551	432,928	3.922	0.30
1970	11,256,015	11,473,087	434,145	3.784	0.31
1971	11,690,160	11,898,457	416,593	3.502	0.32
1972	12,106,753	12,322,903	432,299	3.508	0.32
1973	12,539,052	12,760,405	442,706	3.470	0.33
1974	12,981,758	13,203,949	444,381	3.366	0.33
1975	13,426,139	13,651,908	451,539	3.308	0.34
1976	13,877,678	14,102,268	449,180	3.185	0.34
1977	14,326,858	14,577,346	500,977	3.437	0.35
1978	14,827,835	15,087,423	519,176	3.441	0.35
1979	15,347,011	15,620,613	547,205	3.503	0.36
1980	15,894,216	16,187,124	585,817	3.619	0.36
1981	16,480,033	16,785,962	611,858	3.645	0.37
1982	17,091,891	17,411,491	639,200	3.672	0.38
1983	17,731,091	18,069,461	676,739	3.746	0.39
1984	18,407,830	18,753,176	690,692	3.683	0.39
1985	19,098,522	19,452,161	707,278	3.636	0.40
1986	19,805,800	20,160,879	710,159	3.523	0.41
1987	20,515,959	20,882,094	732,271	3.507	0.41
1988	21,248,230	21,626,122	755,783	3.495	0.42
1989	22,004,013	22,387,803	767,580	3.429	0.43
1990	22,771,593	23,162,269	781,353	3.374	0.44
1991	23,552,946	23,918,235	730,579	3.055	0.44
1992	24,283,525	24,655,723	744,396	3.019	0.45
1993	25,027,921	25,391,830	727,818	2.867	0.46
1994	25,755,739	26,133,744	756,009	2.893	0.46
1995	26,511,748	26,878,347	733,199	2.728	0.47
1996	27,244,947	27,615,736	741,579	2.686	0.47
1997	27,986,526	28,364,264	755,476	2.664	0.48
1998	28,742,002	29,137,373	790,742	2.714	0.49
1999	29,532,744	29,965,129	864,770	2.886	0.49
2000	30,397,514	30,851,606	908,184	2.944	0.50
2001	31,305,698	31,800,343	989,291	3.111	0.51
2002	32,294,989	32,779,823	969,667	2.958	0.52
2003	33,264,656	33,767,122	1,004,931	2.976	0.53
2004	34,269,587	34,791,836	1,044,498	3.002	0.54
2005	35,314,085	35,843,010	1,057,850	2.952	0.55
2006	36,371,935	36,925,253	1,106,637	2.997	0.56
2007	37,478,572	38,036,793	1,116,443	2.935	0.57
2008	38,595,015	39,186,895	1,183,759	3.021	0.58
2009	39,778,774	40,364,444	1,171,341	2.902	0.59
2010	40,950,115	41,517,895	1,135,561	2.735	0.59
2011	42,085,676	42,635,144	1,098,936	2.578	0.60
2012	43,184,612	43,725,806	1,082,389	2.476	0.61
2013	44,267,001	44,792,368	1,050,734	2.346	0.62
2014	45,317,735	45,831,863	1,028,257	2.244	0.62
2015	46,345,992	46,851,488	1,010,993	2.158	0.63
2016	47,356,985	47,894,670	1,075,370	2.245	0.64
2017	48,432,355	48,948,137	1,031,564	2.108	0.64
2018	49,463,919	49,953,304	978,770	1.959	0.65
2019	50,442,689	50,951,450	1,017,522	1.997	0.66
2020	51,460,211	51,985,780	1,051,138	2.022	0.66
2021	52,511,349	53,005,614	988,530	1.865	0.67