Kenya - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Kenya was 4,922,192 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,922,192 in 2021 and a minimum value of 292,622 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 292,622
1961 315,553
1962 340,315
1963 360,798
1964 381,625
1965 403,591
1966 426,854
1967 451,458
1968 477,518
1969 505,003
1970 530,741
1971 557,165
1972 584,943
1973 614,024
1974 644,594
1975 676,686
1976 710,423
1977 745,742
1978 782,870
1979 821,846
1980 861,661
1981 903,076
1982 946,544
1983 992,103
1984 1,039,923
1985 1,089,907
1986 1,142,367
1987 1,197,352
1988 1,255,065
1989 1,315,390
1990 1,380,012
1991 1,448,047
1992 1,519,537
1993 1,594,345
1994 1,672,947
1995 1,755,424
1996 1,842,090
1997 1,932,778
1998 2,028,064
1999 2,128,049
2000 2,213,868
2001 2,299,455
2002 2,388,475
2003 2,480,942
2004 2,577,123
2005 2,676,753
2006 2,780,380
2007 2,888,019
2008 2,999,982
2009 3,115,959
2010 3,236,589
2011 3,361,889
2012 3,492,040
2013 3,627,229
2014 3,767,652
2015 3,913,512
2016 4,065,018
2017 4,222,389
2018 4,385,853
2019 4,556,381
2020 4,734,881
2021 4,922,192

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Kenya was 31.42 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 50.63 in 1962, while its lowest value was 31.42 in 2021.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 48.95
1961 49.79
1962 50.63
1963 50.27
1964 49.75
1965 49.21
1966 48.67
1967 48.12
1968 47.57
1969 46.99
1970 45.62
1971 44.13
1972 42.69
1973 41.28
1974 39.91
1975 38.60
1976 37.32
1977 36.10
1978 34.92
1979 33.78
1980 33.68
1981 33.75
1982 33.82
1983 33.90
1984 33.99
1985 34.10
1986 34.24
1987 34.39
1988 34.58
1989 34.79
1990 34.73
1991 34.65
1992 34.60
1993 34.57
1994 34.58
1995 34.61
1996 34.68
1997 34.77
1998 34.88
1999 35.00
2000 34.82
2001 34.59
2002 34.37
2003 34.15
2004 33.94
2005 33.72
2006 33.50
2007 33.28
2008 33.07
2009 32.86
2010 32.67
2011 32.48
2012 32.31
2013 32.14
2014 31.99
2015 31.86
2016 31.75
2017 31.65
2018 31.57
2019 31.51
2020 31.45
2021 31.42

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization