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Kenya: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
57.5 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+1.9%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.0%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203164.2Forecast
203063.1Forecast
202962.0Forecast
202860.9Forecast
202759.7Forecast
202658.6Forecast
202557.5
202456.4
202355.3
202254.3
202153.2
202052.2
201951.2
201850.2
201749.2
201648.1

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2019
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2019–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Kenya documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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