Population of Kenya

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	18 Aug 2025

The current population of Kenya is 57,771,706 as of September 19, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Kenya is projected at 57,532,493, or 57.53 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Kenya is projected at 56,432,944, or 56.43 million people, for the year 2024.

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
2024	55,884,494	56,432,944	1,096,901	1.944	0.691
2025	56,981,395	57,532,493	1,102,195	1.916	0.699
2026	58,083,590	58,636,412	1,105,643	1.886	0.706
2027	59,189,233	59,745,753	1,113,039	1.863	0.714
2028	60,302,272	60,860,444	1,116,345	1.834	0.721
2029	61,418,617	61,979,187	1,121,139	1.809	0.729
2030	62,539,756	63,102,245	1,124,979	1.783	0.736
2031	63,664,735	64,230,118	1,130,765	1.761	0.744
2032	64,795,500	65,359,035	1,127,069	1.724	0.751
2033	65,922,569	66,484,811	1,124,483	1.691	0.759
2034	67,047,052	67,604,630	1,115,156	1.650	0.766
2035	68,162,208	68,715,909	1,107,402	1.612	0.773
2036	69,269,610	69,818,886	1,098,551	1.573	0.780
2037	70,368,161	70,910,401	1,084,480	1.529	0.787
2038	71,452,641	71,990,934	1,076,586	1.495	0.794
2039	72,529,227	73,057,766	1,057,078	1.447	0.801
2040	73,586,305	74,108,863	1,045,116	1.410	0.808
2041	74,631,421	75,144,352	1,025,861	1.365	0.814
2042	75,657,282	76,161,724	1,008,884	1.325	0.820
2043	76,666,166	77,159,124	985,916	1.278	0.826
2044	77,652,082	78,134,980	965,796	1.236	0.832
2045	78,617,878	79,088,836	941,915	1.191	0.838
2046	79,559,793	80,022,375	925,165	1.156	0.843
2047	80,484,958	80,938,647	907,378	1.121	0.849
2048	81,392,336	81,837,664	890,657	1.088	0.854
2049	82,282,993	82,721,771	877,556	1.061	0.860
2050	83,160,549	83,593,239	865,380	1.035	0.865
2051	84,025,929	84,451,673	851,488	1.008	0.870
2052	84,877,417	85,294,265	833,696	0.977	0.876
2053	85,711,113	86,120,947	819,667	0.952	0.881
2054	86,530,780	86,932,928	804,297	0.925	0.886
2055	87,335,077	87,732,152	794,150	0.905	0.891
2056	88,129,227	88,519,874	781,293	0.883	0.896
2057	88,910,520	89,300,068	779,095	0.872	0.901
2058	89,689,615	90,072,742	766,254	0.851	0.907
2059	90,455,869	90,829,758	747,777	0.823	0.912
2060	91,203,646	91,569,580	731,868	0.799	0.917
2061	91,935,514	92,293,872	716,717	0.777	0.922
2062	92,652,231	93,001,110	697,757	0.750	0.927
2063	93,349,988	93,685,075	670,173	0.715	0.931
2064	94,020,161	94,345,004	649,687	0.689	0.936
2065	94,669,848	94,982,484	625,272	0.658	0.940
2066	95,295,120	95,598,344	606,447	0.634	0.945
2067	95,901,567	96,191,420	579,705	0.603	0.949
2068	96,481,272	96,760,578	558,612	0.577	0.953
2069	97,039,884	97,305,742	531,716	0.546	0.956
2070	97,571,600	97,825,655	508,111	0.519	0.960
2071	98,079,711	98,322,810	486,198	0.494	0.964
2072	98,565,909	98,797,656	463,495	0.469	0.967
2073	99,029,404	99,244,966	431,124	0.434	0.970
2074	99,460,528	99,664,917	408,779	0.410	0.973
2075	99,869,307	100,062,620	386,626	0.386	0.976
2076	100,255,933	100,440,788	369,709	0.368	0.979
2077	100,625,642	100,798,000	344,716	0.342	0.982
2078	100,970,358	101,131,619	322,522	0.319	0.984
2079	101,292,880	101,445,389	305,018	0.301	0.987
2080	101,597,898	101,743,624	291,452	0.286	0.989
2081	101,889,350	102,022,686	266,672	0.261	0.992
2082	102,156,022	102,279,087	246,129	0.241	0.994
2083	102,402,151	102,517,578	230,854	0.225	0.996
2084	102,633,005	102,739,285	212,561	0.207	0.999
2085	102,845,566	102,945,214	199,296	0.194	1.001
2086	103,044,862	103,137,633	185,541	0.180	1.003
2087	103,230,403	103,314,920	169,033	0.164	1.005
2088	103,399,436	103,478,200	157,528	0.152	1.007
2089	103,556,964	103,628,689	143,451	0.138	1.008
2090	103,700,415	103,764,128	127,425	0.123	1.010
2091	103,827,840	103,881,424	107,167	0.103	1.012
2092	103,935,007	103,980,502	90,990	0.088	1.014
2093	104,025,997	104,061,383	70,771	0.068	1.015
2094	104,096,768	104,125,115	56,694	0.054	1.016
2095	104,153,462	104,175,477	44,030	0.042	1.018
2096	104,197,492	104,212,773	30,563	0.029	1.019
2097	104,228,055	104,231,294	6,478	0.006	1.020
2098	104,234,533	104,234,508	-51	0.000	1.021
2099	104,234,482	104,224,938	-19,089	-0.018	1.023
2100	104,215,393	104,195,500	-39,785	-0.038	1.024

Kenya population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	5,711,674	5,769,185	115,021	1.994	0.231
1951	5,826,695	5,893,575	133,761	2.270	0.232
1952	5,960,456	6,033,294	145,677	2.415	0.233
1953	6,106,133	6,183,891	155,515	2.515	0.235
1954	6,261,648	6,348,141	172,986	2.725	0.236
1955	6,434,634	6,529,297	189,325	2.900	0.238
1956	6,623,959	6,727,690	207,462	3.084	0.241
1957	6,831,421	6,944,868	226,894	3.267	0.243
1958	7,058,315	7,174,789	232,948	3.247	0.246
1959	7,291,263	7,422,745	262,964	3.543	0.250
1960	7,554,227	7,695,307	282,160	3.667	0.255
1961	7,836,387	7,987,770	302,765	3.791	0.261
1962	8,139,152	8,299,308	320,313	3.860	0.266
1963	8,459,465	8,627,971	337,012	3.907	0.270
1964	8,796,477	8,973,535	354,117	3.947	0.275
1965	9,150,594	9,338,078	374,969	4.016	0.280
1966	9,525,563	9,717,816	384,506	3.957	0.285
1967	9,910,069	10,111,057	401,975	3.976	0.291
1968	10,312,044	10,518,823	413,557	3.932	0.297
1969	10,725,601	10,939,695	428,188	3.915	0.302
1970	11,153,789	11,368,791	430,005	3.783	0.308
1971	11,583,794	11,788,904	410,220	3.480	0.313
1972	11,994,014	12,206,060	424,093	3.475	0.317
1973	12,418,107	12,634,835	433,456	3.431	0.322
1974	12,851,563	13,070,078	437,030	3.344	0.327
1975	13,288,593	13,511,671	446,155	3.302	0.332
1976	13,734,748	13,957,623	445,750	3.194	0.337
1977	14,180,498	14,428,819	496,642	3.442	0.342
1978	14,677,140	14,934,126	513,971	3.442	0.348
1979	15,191,111	15,460,666	539,110	3.487	0.354
1980	15,730,221	16,018,459	576,476	3.599	0.360
1981	16,306,697	16,601,507	589,621	3.552	0.367
1982	16,896,318	17,206,175	619,714	3.602	0.373
1983	17,516,032	17,846,374	660,683	3.702	0.380
1984	18,176,715	18,514,906	676,382	3.654	0.387
1985	18,853,097	19,201,768	697,341	3.632	0.394
1986	19,550,438	19,901,646	702,416	3.530	0.401
1987	20,252,854	20,616,096	726,485	3.524	0.408
1988	20,979,339	21,356,219	753,760	3.530	0.415
1989	21,733,099	22,118,434	770,670	3.485	0.423
1990	22,503,769	22,892,651	777,765	3.398	0.430
1991	23,281,534	23,646,514	729,959	3.087	0.436
1992	24,011,493	24,382,460	741,933	3.043	0.443
1993	24,753,426	25,117,188	727,524	2.897	0.449
1994	25,480,950	25,857,130	752,360	2.910	0.456
1995	26,233,310	26,601,751	736,883	2.770	0.462
1996	26,970,193	27,344,211	748,036	2.736	0.468
1997	27,718,229	28,101,768	767,077	2.730	0.474
1998	28,485,306	28,888,057	805,503	2.789	0.481
1999	29,290,809	29,733,408	885,197	2.977	0.488
2000	30,176,006	30,642,890	933,768	3.047	0.497
2001	31,109,774	31,619,170	1,018,792	3.222	0.506
2002	32,128,566	32,629,808	1,002,485	3.073	0.515
2003	33,131,051	33,652,223	1,042,344	3.098	0.524
2004	34,173,395	34,713,455	1,080,121	3.112	0.534
2005	35,253,516	35,796,484	1,085,936	3.034	0.543
2006	36,339,452	36,904,008	1,129,112	3.060	0.553
2007	37,468,564	38,036,349	1,135,571	2.986	0.563
2008	38,604,135	39,206,351	1,204,433	3.072	0.573
2009	39,808,568	40,408,891	1,200,646	2.971	0.583
2010	41,009,214	41,598,567	1,178,705	2.834	0.592
2011	42,187,919	42,758,461	1,141,084	2.669	0.601
2012	43,329,003	43,888,303	1,118,600	2.549	0.609
2013	44,447,603	44,986,791	1,078,375	2.397	0.617
2014	45,525,978	46,051,440	1,050,925	2.282	0.624
2015	46,576,903	47,088,526	1,023,246	2.173	0.630
2016	47,600,149	48,139,687	1,079,076	2.242	0.637
2017	48,679,225	49,197,766	1,037,081	2.108	0.643
2018	49,716,306	50,207,107	981,603	1.955	0.650
2019	50,697,909	51,202,827	1,009,837	1.972	0.655
2020	51,707,746	52,217,334	1,019,175	1.952	0.662
2021	52,726,921	53,219,166	984,489	1.850	0.669
2022	53,711,410	54,252,461	1,082,101	1.995	0.676
2023	54,793,511	55,339,003	1,090,983	1.972	0.684