🇰🇪Kenya

Nairobi

Africa

Lower middle income

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Population

57.5M

1.9%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

3.17

births/woman

Life Expectancy

63.8y

GDP / capita

$2.4K

Pop. Growth

1.93%

Net Migration

-27.3K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Kenya by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.402K(43.4%)

+3%

🇺🇬Uganda274.7K(29.6%)

−16%

🇸🇸

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male28.6MTotal 57.5M28.9MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

4.9

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.41.2K(4.4%)

+351%

🇹🇿Tanzania32.9K(3.5%)

−16%

🇪🇹Ethiopia30.4K(3.3%)

−14%

🇧🇮Burundi14.3K(1.5%)

+235%

🇸🇩Sudan9.4K(1.0%)

−65%

🇷🇼Rwanda5.2K(0.6%)

−16%

🇪🇷Eritrea1.7K(0.2%)

+4%

🇲🇿Mozambique494(0.1%)

−16%

🇿🇦South Africa91(0.0%)

−17%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Kenya diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Kenya who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇺🇸United States211K(39.0%)

+136%

🇬🇧United Kingdom137.8K(25.5%)

−1%

🇦🇺Australia30.1K(5.6%)

+97%

🇨🇦Canada30K(5.5%)

+19%

🇹🇿Tanzania26.3K(4.9%)

−5%

🇲🇿Mozambique25.8K(4.8%)

+14%

🇺🇬Uganda23.4K(4.3%)

−4%

🇸🇸South Sudan10.2K(1.9%)

+9%

🇿🇦South Africa6.2K(1.1%)

−42%

🇸🇩Sudan6.2K(1.1%)

+120%

🇪🇹Ethiopia5.6K(1.0%)

+28%

🇮🇹Italy4.8K(0.9%)

+69%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024