Country or area · Eastern Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Kenya population

Kenya population now

58,907,521

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 58.3–60.1 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 55,339,002

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 58.6364 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 58.3–60.1 million
Median age: 21.3
Aged 65+: 3.1%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2098

male female projection · one cell = 20,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

KEN · 1950–2100 · in brief

Kenya in numbers

The UN counts 55,339,002 people in Kenya in mid-2023, which makes it the 26th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.68% of the world's people. That is 9.6 times its 1950 population of 5.8 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2098 at 104 million, then falling to 104 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 58.5 million to 203 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 17.0 in 1950 and 20.5 in 2023; the projection has 38.5 in 2100. 2.9% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 16.3% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2090 at 68.5 million.

Its place in the world by population: 26th in 2023, 22nd in 2050, 22nd in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Italy in 2027, France in 2034 and Thailand in 2037. It is overtaken by Uganda in 2046, Sudan in 2047 and Angola in 2061.

Population, mid-2023: 55,339,002
Rank by population, 2023: 26 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.68%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.00% · +1,086,542 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 95
Land area, 2023: 580,876 km²
Births, 2023: 1,499,998
Deaths, 2023: 399,024
Net migration, 2023: −10,003
Children per woman, 2023: 3.21
Median age, 2023: 20.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 63.6 years
In a city, 2025: 24 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 5,769,184
Projected, mid-2050: 83,593,239
Projected, mid-2100: 104,195,500

KEN · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Kenya, 1950–2100

Kenya: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	5,711,674		284,634	175,894	7.39	36.9
1951	estimate	5,826,695		297,861	169,484	7.40	38.0
1952	estimate	5,960,456		311,279	167,275	7.41	38.6
1953	estimate	6,106,133		324,838	163,834	7.43	39.8
1954	estimate	6,261,648		337,561	160,638	7.43	41.0
1955	estimate	6,434,634		351,292	157,632	7.46	42.3
1956	estimate	6,623,959		366,915	154,906	7.51	43.5
1957	estimate	6,831,421		382,853	150,126	7.57	45.3
1958	estimate	7,058,315		397,543	148,111	7.60	46.5
1959	estimate	7,291,263		411,095	146,100	7.64	47.5
1960	estimate	7,554,227		424,659	144,628	7.65	48.5
1961	estimate	7,836,387		442,402	143,936	7.71	49.3
1962	estimate	8,139,152		459,588	143,793	7.77	50.1
1963	estimate	8,459,465		477,028	144,268	7.82	50.8
1964	estimate	8,796,477		494,596	145,269	7.87	51.3
1965	estimate	9,150,594		512,865	146,419	7.92	51.9
1966	estimate	9,525,563		530,867	147,976	7.96	52.4
1967	estimate	9,910,069		546,554	149,636	7.95	52.8
1968	estimate	10,312,044		562,955	151,010	7.95	53.3
1969	estimate	10,725,601		580,445	152,627	7.95	53.7
1970	estimate	11,153,789		597,316	154,251	7.94	54.1
1971	estimate	11,583,794		615,659	155,763	7.92	54.5
1972	estimate	11,994,014		628,772	156,212	7.89	55.0
1973	estimate	12,418,107		641,917	156,361	7.86	55.5
1974	estimate	12,851,563		656,113	156,112	7.82	56.0
1975	estimate	13,288,593		673,223	155,647	7.79	56.6
1976	estimate	13,734,748		692,207	155,461	7.77	57.1
1977	estimate	14,180,498		709,197	155,072	7.73	57.7
1978	estimate	14,677,140		729,606	154,912	7.67	58.2
1979	estimate	15,191,111		750,789	155,395	7.60	58.7
1980	estimate	15,730,221		772,264	155,880	7.53	59.2
1981	estimate	16,306,697		799,792	157,412	7.45	59.6
1982	estimate	16,896,318		822,326	159,219	7.34	59.9
1983	estimate	17,516,032		845,129	160,550	7.22	60.3
1984	estimate	18,176,715		873,157	163,516	7.08	60.6
1985	estimate	18,853,097		899,803	167,057	6.96	60.9
1986	estimate	19,550,438		928,342	172,747	6.84	60.8
1987	estimate	20,252,854		954,408	179,285	6.69	60.7
1988	estimate	20,979,339		973,805	188,156	6.51	60.3
1989	estimate	21,733,099		992,859	197,236	6.33	60.0
1990	estimate	22,503,769		1,005,684	216,584	6.13	58.3
1991	estimate	23,281,534		1,018,015	227,969	5.94	57.8
1992	estimate	24,011,493		1,025,956	240,944	5.74	57.1
1993	estimate	24,753,426		1,040,278	251,694	5.57	56.7
1994	estimate	25,480,950		1,056,580	263,860	5.44	56.1
1995	estimate	26,233,310		1,086,164	273,778	5.37	55.9
1996	estimate	26,970,193		1,111,038	283,724	5.31	55.6
1997	estimate	27,718,229		1,139,284	291,771	5.27	55.5
1998	estimate	28,485,306		1,173,344	297,824	5.24	55.6
1999	estimate	29,290,809		1,199,045	300,580	5.18	55.9
2000	estimate	30,176,006		1,233,019	304,655	5.14	56.1
2001	estimate	31,109,774		1,270,715	306,981	5.09	56.5
2002	estimate	32,128,566		1,303,182	311,132	5.03	56.8
2003	estimate	33,131,051		1,327,867	309,687	4.94	57.4
2004	estimate	34,173,395		1,357,304	308,714	4.86	58.0
2005	estimate	35,253,516		1,388,301	307,864	4.80	58.5
2006	estimate	36,339,452		1,420,499	307,153	4.75	59.1
2007	estimate	37,468,564		1,456,741	309,676	4.72	59.4
2008	estimate	38,604,135		1,484,001	309,186	4.66	60.0
2009	estimate	39,808,568		1,501,942	308,379	4.57	60.5
2010	estimate	41,009,214		1,508,620	308,848	4.45	60.9
2011	estimate	42,187,919		1,496,940	311,067	4.28	61.3
2012	estimate	43,329,003		1,477,880	316,351	4.12	61.5
2013	estimate	44,447,603		1,458,784	322,767	3.96	61.7
2014	estimate	45,525,978		1,452,569	329,235	3.84	62.0
2015	estimate	46,576,903		1,455,413	336,196	3.77	62.3
2016	estimate	47,600,149		1,453,935	345,131	3.69	62.5
2017	estimate	48,679,225		1,456,356	350,569	3.61	62.7
2018	estimate	49,716,306		1,457,849	360,811	3.54	62.8
2019	estimate	50,697,909		1,445,243	373,459	3.43	62.9
2020	estimate	51,707,746		1,450,722	414,434	3.36	61.6
2021	estimate	52,726,921		1,469,426	432,376	3.31	61.2
2022	estimate	53,711,410		1,483,377	391,275	3.26	63.5
2023	estimate	54,793,511		1,499,998	399,024	3.21	63.6
2024	estimate	55,884,494		1,521,907	405,212	3.17	63.8
2025	projection	56,981,395	56.7–57.2 million	1,540,813	411,290	3.12	64.0
2026	projection	58,083,590	57.5–58.7 million	1,558,303	417,824	3.07	64.2
2027	projection	59,189,233	58.3–60.1 million	1,576,718	424,762	3.03	64.4
2028	projection	60,302,272	59.1–61.6 million	1,594,190	431,930	2.99	64.5
2029	projection	61,418,617	59.8–63.1 million	1,610,345	439,531	2.95	64.7
2030	projection	62,539,756	60.5–64.7 million	1,625,043	447,415	2.92	64.9
2031	projection	63,664,735	61.2–66.3 million	1,639,893	455,413	2.88	65.0
2032	projection	64,795,500	61.9–67.9 million	1,649,800	463,769	2.85	65.2
2033	projection	65,922,569	62.6–69.5 million	1,656,462	472,613	2.82	65.4
2034	projection	67,047,052	63.2–71.1 million	1,661,013	481,284	2.78	65.5
2035	projection	68,162,208	63.8–72.7 million	1,663,820	490,423	2.75	65.7
2036	projection	69,269,610	64.3–74.2 million	1,665,419	499,861	2.72	65.8
2037	projection	70,368,161	65.0–76.0 million	1,662,890	509,196	2.69	66.0
2038	projection	71,452,641	65.5–77.6 million	1,659,880	518,367	2.66	66.2
2039	projection	72,529,227	66.0–79.1 million	1,655,436	528,534	2.63	66.3
2040	projection	73,586,305	66.5–80.9 million	1,651,115	538,345	2.61	66.5
2041	projection	74,631,421	67.1–82.5 million	1,645,324	548,665	2.58	66.6
2042	projection	75,657,282	67.5–84.2 million	1,639,295	559,478	2.55	66.7
2043	projection	76,666,166	68.1–86.0 million	1,632,654	570,225	2.53	66.9
2044	projection	77,652,082	68.5–87.7 million	1,623,499	581,075	2.50	67.0
2045	projection	78,617,878	68.8–89.3 million	1,614,401	592,660	2.47	67.2
2046	projection	79,559,793	69.1–90.9 million	1,608,061	604,182	2.44	67.3
2047	projection	80,484,958	69.4–92.5 million	1,604,248	615,251	2.42	67.5
2048	projection	81,392,336	69.6–94.3 million	1,602,534	626,924	2.40	67.6
2049	projection	82,282,993	70.0–95.8 million	1,599,967	639,201	2.38	67.7
2050	projection	83,160,549	70.2–97.7 million	1,597,714	651,360	2.35	67.9
2051	projection	84,025,929	70.4–99.6 million	1,598,027	663,971	2.34	68.0
2052	projection	84,877,417	70.6–101.3 million	1,598,074	676,607	2.32	68.1
2053	projection	85,711,113	71.0–103.1 million	1,599,049	689,542	2.30	68.2
2054	projection	86,530,780	71.2–105.0 million	1,598,651	702,690	2.28	68.4
2055	projection	87,335,077	71.5–107.0 million	1,598,965	715,577	2.26	68.5
2056	projection	88,129,227	71.6–108.6 million	1,598,905	728,258	2.24	68.6
2057	projection	88,910,520	71.5–110.7 million	1,599,866	741,545	2.23	68.8
2058	projection	89,689,615	71.6–112.8 million	1,598,578	754,636	2.21	68.9
2059	projection	90,455,869	71.9–114.9 million	1,597,584	768,203	2.19	69.0
2060	projection	91,203,646	72.1–117.3 million	1,594,798	782,435	2.18	69.2
2061	projection	91,935,514	72.2–119.2 million	1,590,326	796,316	2.16	69.3
2062	projection	92,652,231	72.3–121.5 million	1,586,184	810,011	2.14	69.4
2063	projection	93,349,988	72.3–123.7 million	1,579,172	823,808	2.13	69.5
2064	projection	94,020,161	72.2–125.9 million	1,573,099	837,576	2.11	69.7
2065	projection	94,669,848	71.9–128.0 million	1,567,183	851,526	2.10	69.8
2066	projection	95,295,120	71.7–130.2 million	1,558,229	865,146	2.09	69.9
2067	projection	95,901,567	71.3–132.0 million	1,549,372	878,910	2.08	70.0
2068	projection	96,481,272	71.3–134.1 million	1,539,730	892,768	2.06	70.2
2069	projection	97,039,884	71.2–136.3 million	1,528,594	906,583	2.05	70.3
2070	projection	97,571,600	71.2–138.5 million	1,520,172	920,253	2.04	70.4
2071	projection	98,079,711	70.9–140.5 million	1,511,467	934,067	2.03	70.6
2072	projection	98,565,909	70.5–142.3 million	1,503,735	948,144	2.03	70.7
2073	projection	99,029,404	70.1–144.3 million	1,493,285	961,946	2.02	70.8
2074	projection	99,460,528	69.9–146.6 million	1,483,445	975,631	2.01	70.9
2075	projection	99,869,307	69.6–148.6 million	1,476,226	989,140	2.00	71.1
2076	projection	100,255,933	69.4–150.7 million	1,466,281	1,003,109	1.99	71.2
2077	projection	100,625,642	69.0–153.1 million	1,457,826	1,015,374	1.98	71.3
2078	projection	100,970,358	69.0–155.1 million	1,449,360	1,028,732	1.97	71.4
2079	projection	101,292,880	68.5–157.6 million	1,440,665	1,041,662	1.96	71.6
2080	projection	101,597,898	68.2–159.9 million	1,433,487	1,054,339	1.95	71.7
2081	projection	101,889,350	67.9–162.0 million	1,425,492	1,066,531	1.94	71.8
2082	projection	102,156,022	67.5–163.8 million	1,418,970	1,078,648	1.94	72.0
2083	projection	102,402,151	67.3–166.2 million	1,413,070	1,091,031	1.93	72.1
2084	projection	102,633,005	66.3–167.7 million	1,408,023	1,102,715	1.93	72.2
2085	projection	102,845,566	65.9–169.4 million	1,403,032	1,113,062	1.92	72.3
2086	projection	103,044,862	65.5–171.3 million	1,397,435	1,123,635	1.91	72.5
2087	projection	103,230,403	65.2–173.6 million	1,390,370	1,134,245	1.91	72.6
2088	projection	103,399,436	64.8–176.0 million	1,384,531	1,143,607	1.90	72.8
2089	projection	103,556,964	64.3–177.9 million	1,378,190	1,152,220	1.90	72.9
2090	projection	103,700,415	63.8–180.2 million	1,370,241	1,160,741	1.89	73.0
2091	projection	103,827,840	63.3–181.8 million	1,363,919	1,169,310	1.88	73.2
2092	projection	103,935,007	62.8–184.2 million	1,355,992	1,176,188	1.88	73.3
2093	projection	104,025,997	62.1–186.6 million	1,348,373	1,183,957	1.87	73.4
2094	projection	104,096,768	61.8–189.4 million	1,338,447	1,190,838	1.87	73.6
2095	projection	104,153,462	61.4–191.6 million	1,329,142	1,197,400	1.86	73.7
2096	projection	104,197,492	60.8–193.3 million	1,319,333	1,203,695	1.86	73.8
2097	projection	104,228,055	60.2–196.2 million	1,310,107	1,209,103	1.85	74.0
2098	projection	104,234,533	59.6–198.3 million	1,300,768	1,214,930	1.85	74.1
2099	projection	104,234,482	59.0–200.8 million	1,290,029	1,219,039	1.84	74.2
2100	projection	104,215,393	58.5–203.0 million	1,280,613	1,223,420	1.84	74.4

Show the numbers: Kenya, mid-2026, by single year of age

Kenya: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	761,024	749,907
1	746,599	736,016
2	733,348	722,645
3	721,526	710,825
4	711,403	700,998
5	700,794	690,782
6	692,206	682,416
7	689,698	680,160
8	688,248	679,074
9	685,436	676,374
10	683,770	674,473
11	681,020	671,624
12	679,474	670,206
13	683,391	674,268
14	690,090	681,224
15	694,588	686,493
16	692,756	686,075
17	683,544	678,564
18	668,288	665,560
19	647,517	647,795
20	625,222	628,496
21	604,187	610,458
22	583,748	593,575
23	564,794	578,286
24	545,726	562,630
25	524,144	544,377
26	502,406	525,687
27	483,662	509,281
28	465,614	492,552
29	448,090	475,341
30	433,645	460,098
31	420,052	444,622
32	409,038	430,895
33	401,614	420,136
34	396,138	410,878
35	391,256	401,976
36	385,391	392,116
37	377,918	380,715
38	368,777	367,886
39	357,776	353,764
40	344,576	338,184
41	330,970	322,878
42	317,247	308,024
43	303,928	294,274
44	291,278	281,863
45	277,567	268,888
46	263,926	256,302
47	251,336	244,984
48	239,038	233,996
49	227,538	223,739
50	216,332	213,830
51	205,356	204,153
52	195,456	195,467
53	186,436	187,599
54	177,753	180,092
55	168,592	172,064
56	159,280	163,785
57	150,380	155,868
58	141,776	148,206
59	133,610	140,971
60	125,390	133,650
61	116,981	126,076
62	108,728	118,589
63	100,618	111,176
64	92,572	103,744
65	84,564	96,244
66	77,138	89,202
67	70,430	82,709
68	63,966	76,236
69	57,670	69,743
70	51,658	63,401
71	46,171	57,537
72	41,224	52,184
73	36,624	47,085
74	32,330	42,212
75	28,386	37,662
76	28,190	35,321
77	27,535	33,066
78	23,614	29,406
79	20,108	26,540
80	17,016	24,191
81	14,206	21,766
82	11,754	19,355
83	9,798	17,310
84	8,230	15,602
85	6,877	13,905
86	5,704	12,146
87	4,729	10,471
88	3,954	8,980
89	3,335	7,666
90	2,786	6,442
91	2,287	5,311
92	1,841	4,306
93	1,454	3,426
94	1,136	2,690
95	876	2,090
96	665	1,598
97	498	1,206
98	368	901
99	271	668
100+	588	1,614

KEN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Kenya, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

KEN · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Kenya

On the UN's projection, Kenya will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2090: 68,537,100 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 33,003,900.

100 aged 15–64

63 children

5 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 21 years: 2054–2074.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

KEN · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Kenya, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Kenya loses 22,914 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 6,114 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 1,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 55,052 (2001), and a loss of 115,436 (2018).

In 2024, 992,536 people living in Kenya had been born in another country, 2 of every 100 people there, against 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

KEN · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Kenya

Of every 100 babies born in Kenya in 2023, 12 had a mother under 20, 76 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 12 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 22 under 20 and 15 aged 35 or older.

1950
22 · 63 · 15

2023
12 · 76 · 12

2050 · projected
6 · 81 · 13

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 1,499,998
Average age when women have a baby: 28.2 years; 29.8 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 56; 163 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Kenya by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	9,042	13,253	13,487	2,809	289	57
15–19	54,899	122,761	218,842	178,681	98,292	32,666
20–24	72,431	168,849	369,455	474,414	480,856	244,179
25–29	60,147	134,544	289,359	391,518	469,294	402,186
30–34	45,255	102,369	194,325	274,723	344,869	383,604
35–39	26,835	79,131	104,211	139,398	172,365	188,469
40–44	12,889	43,028	37,952	34,170	29,577	27,814
45–49	2,973	8,896	5,199	4,125	2,099	1,601
50–54	163	392	189	160	73	37
All babies	284,634	673,223	1,233,019	1,499,998	1,597,714	1,280,613

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

KEN · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Kenya

Of the 66.8 years a baby born in Kenya in 2021 could expect, about 58.2 would be lived in full health (95% range 57.6–59.0). The years in less than full health come to 8.6, below the world's 9.5: shorter lives leave fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

59.2 in full health, 10.0 not: 69.2 years

Men

57.3 in full health, 7.1 not: 64.4 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 59.2 healthy years of 69.2. Men: 57.3 of 64.4.

KEN · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Kenya

At the end of 2025, Kenya was hosting 835,771 people who had crossed a border into it, about 15 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad835,771
Kenya nationals abroad21,098

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 20,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Kenya living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 32,718 people asked for asylum in Kenya for the first time; 2,071 people from Kenya asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Kenya whose claims were decided that year, 48 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

KEN · of every 100 people

How people live in Kenya

Of every 100 people in Kenya in 2025, 24 lived in a city, 53 in a town or suburb and 23 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

23 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 65 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

KEN · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Kenya went in school

Of every 100 adults in Kenya in 2020, 16 never went to school and 30 finished upper secondary or went further.

16 never went to school 14 some primary 15 finished primary 25 finished lower secondary 21 finished upper secondary 9 studied after school

Among women, 10.3 of every 100 aged 25–29 never went to school, against 38.9 of every 100 aged 60–64; among men, 10.4 against 20.7.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2080; those among them who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

KEN · cities · 2025

Cities in Kenya

Kenya had 50 cities in 2025, home to 13.8 million people. The largest, Nairobi, holds 11 of every 100 people in Kenya.

Nairobi6,134,334
Mombasa1,456,207
Nakuru574,091
Kisumu430,532
Eldoret418,175
Garissa333,505
Mutuati232,440
El Wak208,911
Kisii200,579
Naivasha185,944

All 14 cities in Kenya that reach 300,000 people

Nairobi 6,134,334
Mombasa 1,456,207
Nakuru 574,091
Kisumu 430,532
Eldoret 418,175
Garissa 333,505
Mutuati 232,440
Kisii 200,579
Naivasha 185,944
Embu 164,283
Ongata Rongai 148,823
Vihiga 119,644
Kiambu 86,758
Kamwangi 57,733 (2040)

How to read this: the 10 largest cities in 2025, bars on one scale. A city is the whole built-up area on the UN's rule, not the city's own boundary.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Kenya are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.