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==Population== {{Historical populations | title= Census population | percentages = pagr | align = none | cols = 2 | graph-pos = |1962|9980563 |1969|10942705 |1979|15327061 |1989|21448636 |1999|28686607 |2009|38610097 |2019|47564296 }} According to {{UN_Population|source}}, the total population was {{UN_Population|Kenya}} in {{UN_Population|Year}} compared to 6,077,000 in 1950, and around 1,700,000 in 1900. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 42.5%, 54.9% between the ages of 15 and 65, and 2.7% was 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2010">{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm|title=Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision|website=Esa.un.org|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> Worldometers estimates the total population at 48,466,928 inhabitants, a 29th global rank.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/kenya-population/|title=Kenya Population (2017, 2018) β Worldometers|website=Worldometers.info|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" !rowspan=2|Year !rowspan=2|Total population !colspan=3|Population percentage |- ! aged 0β14 ! aged 15β64 ! aged 65+ |- | 1950 |6 077 000 |{{percentage bar|39.8}} |{{percentage bar|56.3}} |{{percentage bar|3.9}} |- | 1955 |6 980 000 |{{percentage bar|42.8}} |{{percentage bar|53.4}} |{{percentage bar|3.8}} |- | 1960 |8 105 000 |{{percentage bar|46.4}} |{{percentage bar|49.9}} |{{percentage bar|3.7}} |- | 1965 |9 505 000 |{{percentage bar|48.4}} |{{percentage bar|48.0}} |{{percentage bar|3.6}} |- | 1970 |11 252 000 |{{percentage bar|49.1}} |{{percentage bar|47.5}} |{{percentage bar|3.4}} |- | 1975 |13 486 000 |{{percentage bar|49.6}} |{{percentage bar|47.1}} |{{percentage bar|3.3}} |- | 1980 |16 268 000 |{{percentage bar|50.0}} |{{percentage bar|47.1}} |{{percentage bar|3.0}} |- | 1985 |19 655 000 |{{percentage bar|50.0}} |{{percentage bar|47.2}} |{{percentage bar|2.8}} |- | 1990 |23 447 000 |{{percentage bar|49.0}} |{{percentage bar|48.3}} |{{percentage bar|2.7}} |- | 1995 |27 426 000 |{{percentage bar|46.5}} |{{percentage bar|50.8}} |{{percentage bar|2.7}} |- | 2000 |31 254 000 |{{percentage bar|44.3}} |{{percentage bar|52.9}} |{{percentage bar|2.8}} |- | 2005 |35 615 000 |{{percentage bar|42.7}} |{{percentage bar|54.5}} |{{percentage bar|2.8}} |- | 2010 |40 513 000 |{{percentage bar|42.5}} |{{percentage bar|54.9}} |{{percentage bar|2.7}} |- |2019 |47 564 296 |{{percentage bar|39.0}} |{{percentage bar|57.1}} |{{percentage bar|3.9}} |} Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 24.VIII.2009):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2018/|title=UNSD β Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="80pt"|Age Group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 19 192 458 | align="right" | 19 417 639 | align="right" | 38 610 097 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0β4 | align="right" | 3 000 439 | align="right" | 2 938 867 | align="right" | 5 939 306 | align="right" | 15.38 |- | align="right" | 5β9 | align="right" | 2 832 669 | align="right" | 2 765 047 | align="right" | 5 597 716 | align="right" | 14.50 |- | align="right" | 10β14 | align="right" | 2 565 313 | align="right" | 2 469 542 | align="right" | 5 034 855 | align="right" | 13.04 |- | align="right" | 15β19 | align="right" | 2 123 653 | align="right" | 2 045 890 | align="right" | 4 169 543 | align="right" | 10.80 |- | align="right" | 20β24 | align="right" | 1 754 105 | align="right" | 2 020 998 | align="right" | 3 775 103 | align="right" | 9.78 |- | align="right" | 25β29 | align="right" | 1 529 116 | align="right" | 1 672 110 | align="right" | 3 201 226 | align="right" | 8.29 |- | align="right" | 30β34 | align="right" | 1 257 035 | align="right" | 1 262 471 | align="right" | 2 519 506 | align="right" | 6.53 |- | align="right" | 35β39 | align="right" | 1 004 361 | align="right" | 1 004 271 | align="right" | 2 008 632 | align="right" | 5.20 |- | align="right" | 40β44 | align="right" | 743 594 | align="right" | 732 575 | align="right" | 1 476 169 | align="right" | 3.82 |- | align="right" | 45β49 | align="right" | 635 276 | align="right" | 637 469 | align="right" | 1 272 745 | align="right" | 3.30 |- | align="right" | 50β54 | align="right" | 478 346 | align="right" | 477 860 | align="right" | 956 206 | align="right" | 2.48 |- | align="right" | 55β59 | align="right" | 359 466 | align="right" | 352 497 | align="right" | 711 953 | align="right" | 1.84 |- | align="right" | 60β64 | align="right" | 295 197 | align="right" | 298 581 | align="right" | 593 778 | align="right" | 1.54 |- | align="right" | 65-69 | align="right" | 183 151 | align="right" | 207 612 | align="right" | 390 763 | align="right" | 1.01 |- | align="right" | 70-74 | align="right" | 160 301 | align="right" | 179 000 | align="right" | 339 301 | align="right" | 0.88 |- | align="right" | 75-79 | align="right" | 99 833 | align="right" | 118 675 | align="right" | 218 508 | align="right" | 0.57 |- | align="right" | 80+ | align="right" | 159 125 | align="right" | 224 576 | align="right" | 383 701 | align="right" | 0.99 |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0β14 | align="right" | 8 398 421 | align="right" | 8 173 456 | align="right" | 16 571 877 | align="right" | 42.92 |- | align="right" | 15β64 | align="right" | 10 191 627 | align="right" | 10 514 320 | align="right" | 20 705 947 | align="right" | 53.63 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 602 410 | align="right" | 729 863 | align="right" | 1 332 273 | align="right" | 3.45 |- | align="right" | Unknown | align="right" | 11 478 | align="right" | 9 608 | align="right" | 21 086 | align="right" | 0.05 |- |} Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 24.VIII.2019) (The figure for both sexes includes intersex persons.):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD β Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="80pt"|Age Group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 23 544 372 | align="right" | 24 011 270 | align="right" | 47 557 157 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0β4 | align="right" | 3 005 496 | align="right" | 2 985 484 | align="right" | 5 991 128 | align="right" | 12.60 |- | align="right" | 5β9 | align="right" | 3 116 101 | align="right" | 3 084 445 | align="right" | 6 200 719 | align="right" | 13.04 |- | align="right" | 10β14 | align="right" | 3 209 544 | align="right" | 3 136 149 | align="right" | 6 345 864 | align="right" | 13.34 |- | align="right" | 15β19 | align="right" | 2 686 476 | align="right" | 2 599 905 | align="right" | 5 286 535 | align="right" | 11.12 |- | align="right" | 20β24 | align="right" | 2 112 777 | align="right" | 2 335 052 | align="right" | 4 448 037 | align="right" | 9.35 |- | align="right" | 25β29 | align="right" | 1 839 256 | align="right" | 2 014 546 | align="right" | 3 853 955 | align="right" | 8.10 |- | align="right" | 30β34 | align="right" | 1 698 354 | align="right" | 1 871 625 | align="right" | 3 570 133 | align="right" | 7.51 |- | align="right" | 35β39 | align="right" | 1 347 962 | align="right" | 1 301 624 | align="right" | 2 649 679 | align="right" | 5.57 |- | align="right" | 40β44 | align="right" | 1 156 932 | align="right" | 1 101 867 | align="right" | 2 258 861 | align="right" | 4.75 |- | align="right" | 45β49 | align="right" | 916 166 | align="right" | 869 740 | align="right" | 1 785 957 | align="right" | 3.76 |- | align="right" | 50β54 | align="right" | 662 864 | align="right" | 645 463 | align="right" | 1 308 371 | align="right" | 2.75 |- | align="right" | 55β59 | align="right" | 546 852 | align="right" | 571 000 | align="right" | 1 117 878 | align="right" | 2.35 |- | align="right" | 60β64 | align="right" | 419 362 | align="right" | 450 447 | align="right" | 869 837 | align="right" | 1.83 |- | align="right" | 65-69 | align="right" | 311 281 | align="right" | 346 756 | align="right" | 658 052 | align="right" | 1.38 |- | align="right" | 70-74 | align="right" | 235 929 | align="right" | 278 507 | align="right" | 514 453 | align="right" | 1.08 |- | align="right" | 75-79 | align="right" | 119 265 | align="right" | 163 799 | align="right" | 283 071 | align="right" | 0.60 |- | align="right" | 80-84 | align="right" | 82 909 | align="right" | 120 944 | align="right" | 203 856 | align="right" | 0.43 |- | align="right" | 85-89 | align="right" | 43 948 | align="right" | 69 635 | align="right" | 113 587 | align="right" | 0.24 |- | align="right" | 90-94 | align="right" | 19 225 | align="right" | 35 866 | align="right" | 55 095 | align="right" | 0.12 |- | align="right" | 95-99 | align="right" | 9 768 | align="right" | 18 233 | align="right" | 28 001 | align="right" | 0.06 |- | align="right" | 100+ | align="right" | 3 905 | align="right" | 10 183 | align="right" | 14 088 | align="right" | 0.03 |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0β14 | align="right" | 9 331 141 | align="right" | 9 206 078 | align="right" | 18 537 711 | align="right" | 38.98 |- | align="right" | 15β64 | align="right" | 13 387 001 | align="right" | 13 761 269 | align="right" | 27 149 243 | align="right" | 57.09 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 826 230 | align="right" | 1 043 923 | align="right" | 1 870 203 | align="right" | 3.93 |- |} ===Population by province in 2019 census=== <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://citypopulation.de/en/kenya/cities/|title = Kenya: Provinces, Major Cities, Towns & Urban Centers - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" |- ! width="150pt"|Province ! width="70pt"|2019 |- | Kenya (country total) ||47,564,296 |- | Nairobi (capital city) ||4,397,073 |- | Central ||5,482,239 |- | Coast ||4,329,474 |- | Eastern ||6,821,049 |- | North Eastern ||2,490,073 |- | Nyanza ||6,269,579 |- | Rift Valley ||12,752,966 |- | Western ||5,021,843 |- |} ===UN population projections=== Numbers are in thousands. UN medium variant projections<ref name="WPP 2010"/> *2015 46,332 *2020 52,563 *2025 59,054 *2030 65,928 *2035 73,257 *2040 80,975 *2045 88,907 *2050 96,887 {{GraphChart | width = 450 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=years | yAxisTitle= β° | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | hAnnotatonsLine= | hAnnotatonsLabel= | legend= | type = line | x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 5.7,5.8,6,6.1,6.3,6.5,6.7,6.9,7.1,7.3,7.6,7.9,8.2,8.5,8.9,9.2,9.6,10,10.4,10.8,11.3,11.7,12.1,12.5,13,13.4,13.9,14.3,14.8,15.3,15.9,16.5,17.1,17.7,18.4, 19.1,19.8,20.5,21.2,22,22.8,23.6,24.3,25,25.8,26.5,27.2,28,28.7,29.5,30.4,31.3,32.3,33.3,34.3,35.3,36.4,37.5,38.6,39.8,41,42.1,43.2,44.3,45.3,46.3,47.4,48.4, 49.5,50.4,51.5,52.5 | y1Title=Population }} {{GraphChart | width = 450 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=years | yAxisTitle= β° | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | hAnnotatonsLine= | hAnnotatonsLabel= | legend= | type = line | x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 20.6,22.6,24.1,26.5,28.7,30.5,32.3,34.2,35.2,35.8,36.5,37.6,38.4,38.8,39.1,39.6,39.6,39.4,39.3,39.2,38.9,39.1,38.9,38.7,38.3,38.2,38.2,38.2, 38.4,38.6,38.6,39.5,39.1,38.7,38.6,38.1,37.8,37.3,36.4,35.4,34.2,33.0,31.9,31.0,30.4,30.0,29.7,29.4,29.5,29.3,29.3,29.4,29.3,29.1,29.1,29.4, 29.5,29.6,29.5,28.8,27.9,26.8,25.7,24.7,24.0,23.6,23.1,22.5,21.9,21.2,20.5,19.6 | y1Title=Natural change (per 1000) }} {{GraphChart | width = 450 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=years | yAxisTitle= β° | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | hAnnotatonsLine= | hAnnotatonsLabel= | legend= | type = line | x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 162.2,161.2,159.4,152.2,145.3,138.9,132.9,127.3,122.2,117.5,113.2,109.4,106.0,103.1,100.6,98.7,97.0,95.5,94.0,92.4,90.8,89.1,87.2,85.3,83.3,81.2,79.0,76.7,74.4,72.1,70.1,68.2,66.5,64.9,63.7,62.8,62.4,62.4,62.9,63.9,65.2,66.8,68.3,69.4,70.1,70.1,69.7,68.7,67.4,65.6,63.6,61.3,58.9,56.5,54.0,51.3,48.8,46.5,43.8,41.7,40.2,39.0,38.1,37.0,36.0,34.9,33.8,33.0,32.0,31.1,30.4,29.8 | y1Title=Infant Mortality (per live births) }} {{GraphChart | width = 450 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=years | yAxisTitle= TFR | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | hAnnotatonsLine= | hAnnotatonsLabel= | legend= | type = line | x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 7.33,7.36,7.39,7.42,7.45,7.48,7.53,7.59,7.60,7.62,7.63,7.72,7.80,7.86,7.92,8.03,8.06,8.05,8.04,8.03,8.02,8.00,7.98,7.94,7.91,7.88, 7.84,7.80,7.75,7.68,7.60,7.51,7.40,7.26,7.12,6.98,6.85,6.68,6.51,6.32,6.13,5.94,5.75,5.57,5.45,5.37,5.31,5.26,5.25,5.18,5.14,5.09,5.02,4.91,4.83,4.78,4.75,4.72,4.65,4.51,4.37,4.22,4.09,3.95,3.84,3.80,3.72,3.64,3.58,3.47,3.40,3.34 | y1Title=Total Fertility Rate }}
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