Kenya's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 55.1 million in 2021.
The population of Kenya grew at 2.3% in the last year and is ranked the 7th most populated country in Africa, ahead of Uganda.
Kenya last conducted a national census in 2019 and 66.9% of births in Kenya are recorded. Read more from the World Econcomics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Kenya compares to other countries around the world and in the Africa region.
Kenya's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.
Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London