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Population / Kenya
Population & Society

Kenya Population

Current and historical population data for Kenya, including latest value (56.43 m), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Kenya
UNIT: people
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:59:08+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Kenya · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
61 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 7.3 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 17.6 / 20
External stability 13.1 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 4.5 / 10
Demographic capacity 5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 83% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2024 1960– 2024
1960 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Kenya · total population by country.

1960–2024
56.43 m people
55.34 m people
51.73 m people
23 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2024
population rate reference line

Countries by population

full ranking
Country Rate Class
India 1.45 bn high
China 1.41 bn high
United States 340.11 m high
Indonesia 283.49 m high
Pakistan 251.27 m high
Nigeria 232.68 m medium
Brazil 212 m medium
Bangladesh 173.56 m medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
South Africa 64.01 m
Egypt 116.54 m
Morocco 38.08 m
United States 340.11 m
China 1.41 bn

Related indicators

internal links
GDP per Capita NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Nominal GDP NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
Urban Population SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Life Expectancy SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Fertility Rate SP.DYN.TFRT.IN

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SP.POP.TOTL

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:59:08+02:00

Kenya Snapshot

country profile
Population 56.43 m
GDP 120.34 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 4.49%
Unemployment 5.45%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Lower middle income

Kenya Population: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Population for Kenya. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: kenya population rate, population data kenya, kenya population statistics, kenya people.