Population of Kenya

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

The current population of Kenya is 57,412,321 as of May 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Kenya is projected at 56,432,944, or 56.43 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Kenya is projected at 55,339,003, or 55.34 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
2024	55,884,494	56,432,944	1,096,901	1.944	0.69
2025	56,981,395	57,532,493	1,102,195	1.916	0.70
2026	58,083,590	58,636,412	1,105,643	1.886	0.71
2027	59,189,233	59,745,753	1,113,039	1.863	0.71
2028	60,302,272	60,860,444	1,116,345	1.834	0.72
2029	61,418,617	61,979,187	1,121,139	1.809	0.73
2030	62,539,756	63,102,245	1,124,979	1.783	0.74
2031	63,664,735	64,230,118	1,130,765	1.761	0.74
2032	64,795,500	65,359,035	1,127,069	1.724	0.75
2033	65,922,569	66,484,811	1,124,483	1.691	0.76
2034	67,047,052	67,604,630	1,115,156	1.650	0.77
2035	68,162,208	68,715,909	1,107,402	1.612	0.77
2036	69,269,610	69,818,886	1,098,551	1.573	0.78
2037	70,368,161	70,910,401	1,084,480	1.529	0.79
2038	71,452,641	71,990,934	1,076,586	1.495	0.79
2039	72,529,227	73,057,766	1,057,078	1.447	0.80
2040	73,586,305	74,108,863	1,045,116	1.410	0.81
2041	74,631,421	75,144,352	1,025,861	1.365	0.81
2042	75,657,282	76,161,724	1,008,884	1.325	0.82
2043	76,666,166	77,159,124	985,916	1.278	0.83
2044	77,652,082	78,134,980	965,796	1.236	0.83
2045	78,617,878	79,088,836	941,915	1.191	0.84
2046	79,559,793	80,022,375	925,165	1.156	0.84
2047	80,484,958	80,938,647	907,378	1.121	0.85
2048	81,392,336	81,837,664	890,657	1.088	0.85
2049	82,282,993	82,721,771	877,556	1.061	0.86
2050	83,160,549	83,593,239	865,380	1.035	0.86
2051	84,025,929	84,451,673	851,488	1.008	0.87
2052	84,877,417	85,294,265	833,696	0.977	0.88
2053	85,711,113	86,120,947	819,667	0.952	0.88
2054	86,530,780	86,932,928	804,297	0.925	0.89
2055	87,335,077	87,732,152	794,150	0.905	0.89
2056	88,129,227	88,519,874	781,293	0.883	0.90
2057	88,910,520	89,300,068	779,095	0.872	0.90
2058	89,689,615	90,072,742	766,254	0.851	0.91
2059	90,455,869	90,829,758	747,777	0.823	0.91
2060	91,203,646	91,569,580	731,868	0.799	0.92
2061	91,935,514	92,293,872	716,717	0.777	0.92
2062	92,652,231	93,001,110	697,757	0.750	0.93
2063	93,349,988	93,685,075	670,173	0.715	0.93
2064	94,020,161	94,345,004	649,687	0.689	0.94
2065	94,669,848	94,982,484	625,272	0.658	0.94
2066	95,295,120	95,598,344	606,447	0.634	0.94
2067	95,901,567	96,191,420	579,705	0.603	0.95
2068	96,481,272	96,760,578	558,612	0.577	0.95
2069	97,039,884	97,305,742	531,716	0.546	0.96
2070	97,571,600	97,825,655	508,111	0.519	0.96
2071	98,079,711	98,322,810	486,198	0.494	0.96
2072	98,565,909	98,797,656	463,495	0.469	0.97
2073	99,029,404	99,244,966	431,124	0.434	0.97
2074	99,460,528	99,664,917	408,779	0.410	0.97
2075	99,869,307	100,062,620	386,626	0.386	0.98
2076	100,255,933	100,440,788	369,709	0.368	0.98
2077	100,625,642	100,798,000	344,716	0.342	0.98
2078	100,970,358	101,131,619	322,522	0.319	0.98
2079	101,292,880	101,445,389	305,018	0.301	0.99
2080	101,597,898	101,743,624	291,452	0.286	0.99
2081	101,889,350	102,022,686	266,672	0.261	0.99
2082	102,156,022	102,279,087	246,129	0.241	0.99
2083	102,402,151	102,517,578	230,854	0.225	1.00
2084	102,633,005	102,739,285	212,561	0.207	1.00
2085	102,845,566	102,945,214	199,296	0.194	1.00
2086	103,044,862	103,137,633	185,541	0.180	1.00
2087	103,230,403	103,314,920	169,033	0.164	1.00
2088	103,399,436	103,478,200	157,528	0.152	1.01
2089	103,556,964	103,628,689	143,451	0.138	1.01
2090	103,700,415	103,764,128	127,425	0.123	1.01
2091	103,827,840	103,881,424	107,167	0.103	1.01
2092	103,935,007	103,980,502	90,990	0.088	1.01
2093	104,025,997	104,061,383	70,771	0.068	1.02
2094	104,096,768	104,125,115	56,694	0.054	1.02
2095	104,153,462	104,175,477	44,030	0.042	1.02
2096	104,197,492	104,212,773	30,563	0.029	1.02
2097	104,228,055	104,231,294	6,478	0.006	1.02
2098	104,234,533	104,234,508	-51	0.000	1.02
2099	104,234,482	104,224,938	-19,089	-0.018	1.02
2100	104,215,393	104,195,500	-39,785	-0.038	1.02

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	0.23
1951	5,826,695	5,893,575	133,761	2.270	0.23
1952	5,960,456	6,033,294	145,677	2.415	0.23
1953	6,106,133	6,183,891	155,515	2.515	0.23
1954	6,261,648	6,348,141	172,986	2.725	0.24
1955	6,434,634	6,529,297	189,325	2.900	0.24
1956	6,623,959	6,727,690	207,462	3.084	0.24
1957	6,831,421	6,944,868	226,894	3.267	0.24
1958	7,058,315	7,174,789	232,948	3.247	0.25
1959	7,291,263	7,422,745	262,964	3.543	0.25
1960	7,554,227	7,695,307	282,160	3.667	0.26
1961	7,836,387	7,987,770	302,765	3.791	0.26
1962	8,139,152	8,299,308	320,313	3.860	0.27
1963	8,459,465	8,627,971	337,012	3.907	0.27
1964	8,796,477	8,973,535	354,117	3.947	0.27
1965	9,150,594	9,338,078	374,969	4.016	0.28
1966	9,525,563	9,717,816	384,506	3.957	0.29
1967	9,910,069	10,111,057	401,975	3.976	0.29
1968	10,312,044	10,518,823	413,557	3.932	0.30
1969	10,725,601	10,939,695	428,188	3.915	0.30
1970	11,153,789	11,368,791	430,005	3.783	0.31
1971	11,583,794	11,788,904	410,220	3.480	0.31
1972	11,994,014	12,206,060	424,093	3.475	0.32
1973	12,418,107	12,634,835	433,456	3.431	0.32
1974	12,851,563	13,070,078	437,030	3.344	0.33
1975	13,288,593	13,511,671	446,155	3.302	0.33
1976	13,734,748	13,957,623	445,750	3.194	0.34
1977	14,180,498	14,428,819	496,642	3.442	0.34
1978	14,677,140	14,934,126	513,971	3.442	0.35
1979	15,191,111	15,460,666	539,110	3.487	0.35
1980	15,730,221	16,018,459	576,476	3.599	0.36
1981	16,306,697	16,601,507	589,621	3.552	0.37
1982	16,896,318	17,206,175	619,714	3.602	0.37
1983	17,516,032	17,846,374	660,683	3.702	0.38
1984	18,176,715	18,514,906	676,382	3.654	0.39
1985	18,853,097	19,201,768	697,341	3.632	0.39
1986	19,550,438	19,901,646	702,416	3.530	0.40
1987	20,252,854	20,616,096	726,485	3.524	0.41
1988	20,979,339	21,356,219	753,760	3.530	0.42
1989	21,733,099	22,118,434	770,670	3.485	0.42
1990	22,503,769	22,892,651	777,765	3.398	0.43
1991	23,281,534	23,646,514	729,959	3.087	0.44
1992	24,011,493	24,382,460	741,933	3.043	0.44
1993	24,753,426	25,117,188	727,524	2.897	0.45
1994	25,480,950	25,857,130	752,360	2.910	0.46
1995	26,233,310	26,601,751	736,883	2.770	0.46
1996	26,970,193	27,344,211	748,036	2.736	0.47
1997	27,718,229	28,101,768	767,077	2.730	0.47
1998	28,485,306	28,888,057	805,503	2.789	0.48
1999	29,290,809	29,733,408	885,197	2.977	0.49
2000	30,176,006	30,642,890	933,768	3.047	0.50
2001	31,109,774	31,619,170	1,018,792	3.222	0.51
2002	32,128,566	32,629,808	1,002,485	3.073	0.51
2003	33,131,051	33,652,223	1,042,344	3.098	0.52
2004	34,173,395	34,713,455	1,080,121	3.112	0.53
2005	35,253,516	35,796,484	1,085,936	3.034	0.54
2006	36,339,452	36,904,008	1,129,112	3.060	0.55
2007	37,468,564	38,036,349	1,135,571	2.986	0.56
2008	38,604,135	39,206,351	1,204,433	3.072	0.57
2009	39,808,568	40,408,891	1,200,646	2.971	0.58
2010	41,009,214	41,598,567	1,178,705	2.834	0.59
2011	42,187,919	42,758,461	1,141,084	2.669	0.60
2012	43,329,003	43,888,303	1,118,600	2.549	0.61
2013	44,447,603	44,986,791	1,078,375	2.397	0.62
2014	45,525,978	46,051,440	1,050,925	2.282	0.62
2015	46,576,903	47,088,526	1,023,246	2.173	0.63
2016	47,600,149	48,139,687	1,079,076	2.242	0.64
2017	48,679,225	49,197,766	1,037,081	2.108	0.64
2018	49,716,306	50,207,107	981,603	1.955	0.65
2019	50,697,909	51,202,827	1,009,837	1.972	0.66
2020	51,707,746	52,217,334	1,019,175	1.952	0.66
2021	52,726,921	53,219,166	984,489	1.850	0.67
2022	53,711,410	54,252,461	1,082,101	1.995	0.68
2023	54,793,511	55,339,003	1,090,983	1.972	0.68