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Kenya

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
57,532,493 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 48,468,138in 2017[4]
Land area
580,880 km²[5]
Total area
581,309 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Uganda, Somalia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Sudan[11]
Coast
Yes[11]
Continent
Official name
  • Republic of Kenya[12]

Parts of Kenya

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202557.5M

7,695,307 in 1960, 57,532,493 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19607,695,307
19617,987,770
19628,299,308
19638,627,971
19648,973,535
19659,338,078
19669,717,816
196710,111,057
196810,518,823
196910,939,695
197011,368,791
197111,788,904
197212,206,060
197312,634,835
197413,070,078
197513,511,671
197613,957,623
197714,428,819
197814,934,126
197915,460,666
198016,018,459
198116,601,507
198217,206,175
198317,846,374
198418,514,906
198519,201,768
198619,901,646
198720,616,096
198821,356,219
198922,118,434
199022,892,651
199123,646,514
199224,382,460
199325,117,188
199425,857,130
199526,601,751
199627,344,211
199728,101,768
199828,888,057
199929,733,408
200030,642,890
200131,619,170
200232,629,808
200333,652,223
200434,713,455
200535,796,484
200636,904,008
200738,036,349
200839,206,351
200940,408,891
201041,598,567
201142,758,461
201243,888,303
201344,986,791
201446,051,440
201547,088,526
201648,139,687
201749,197,766
201850,207,107
201951,202,827
202052,217,334
202153,219,166
202254,252,461
202355,339,003
202456,432,944
202557,532,493

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
KE[13]
ISO alpha-3
KEN[14]
ISO numeric
404[15]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Kenya (Q114), capital: Nairobi (revision 2561607519) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Kenya (Q114), population (revision 2561607519) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Kenya (Q114), area (revision 2561607519) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Kenya (Q114), official language: Swahili (revision 2561607519) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Kenya
  8. Wikidata: Kenya (Q114), official language: English (revision 2561607519) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Kenya
  9. Wikidata: Kenya (Q114), currency: Kenyan shilling (revision 2561607519) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Kenya (Q114), continent: Africa (revision 2561607519) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: Kenya (Q114), official name (revision 2561607519) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Kenya (Q114), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2561607519) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Kenya (Q114), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2561607519) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Kenya (Q114), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2561607519) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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