Kenya's population rose from 27.3M in 1996 to 57.5M in 2025.
Kenya · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Kenya's population growth fell from 2.8 % in 1996 to 1.9 % in 2025.
Kenya's population density rose from 45.4 in 1994 to 95.3 in 2023.
Kenya's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.4 % in 1996 to 50.3 % in 2025.
Kenya's urbanisation rose from 18.7 % in 1996 to 32.2 % in 2025.
Kenya's urban population rose from 5.1M in 1996 to 18.5M in 2025.
Kenya's rural population rose from 22.2M in 1996 to 39M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.3 %52nd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.5 %43rd of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.4 %109th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −3.2 %158th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs179th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.6 pts46th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.5 pts161st of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts197th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.4 pts57th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts201st of 217
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- Net migrationdown −38.2 %181st of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.2 pts154th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +12.1 %14th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs197th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs196th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs198th of 217