Results of Kenya's 6th National Census i.e The 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I, II, III, and IV reports.

Abstract

The Population and Housing Census 1979, has been done after a ten year period the previous one being in 1969. it is a de jure analysis of Kenyan households covering all individuals present.

Geographic coverage

it covers the whole country

Kind of data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Abstract

IPUMS-International is an effort to inventory, preserve, harmonize, and disseminate census microdata from around the world. The project has collected the world's largest archive of publicly available census samples. The data are coded and documented consistently across countries and over time to facillitate comparative research. IPUMS-International makes these data available to qualified researchers free of charge through a web dissemination system.

The IPUMS project is a collaboration of the Minnesota Population Center, National Statistical Offices, and international data archives. Major funding is provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Additional support is provided by the University of Minnesota Office of the Vice President for Research, the Minnesota Population Center, and Sun Microsystems.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

Households

UNITS IDENTIFIED: - Dwellings: No - Households: Yes

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: - Group quarters: Group quarters consist of schools/colleges, barracks, prisons, hospitals and other institutions.

Universe

All persons who spent the Census Night in

Kind of data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Sampling procedure

MICRODATA SOURCE: Constructed by census agency.

SAMPLE DESIGN: Systematic sample of every tenth household.

SAMPLE FRACTION: 10%

SAMPLE UNIVERSE: The microdata sample includes conventional households, unconventional households (i.e. group quarters and those included in special populations), and households in refugee camps.

SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 3,841,935

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

A long form was used to enumerate individuals in private households and in institutions such as schools, colleges, barracks, prisons, and hospitals. The long form includes both individual and housing characteristics. A greatly abbreviated form was used for persons in transit or who slept outdoors, in hotels or boarding houses.

Geographic coverage

National

Kind of data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

The population desnity per Km2 in each County in Kenya

Kikuyu was the largest ethnic group in Kenya, accounting for ** percent of the country's population in 2019. Native to Central Kenya, the Kikuyu constitute a Bantu group with more than eight million people. The groups Luhya and Kalenjin followed, with respective shares of **** percent and **** percent of the population. Overall, Kenya has more than 40 ethnic groups.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

households/individuals

Kind of data

Census

Frequency of data collection

Yearly

Sampling procedure

Sample size:

This dataset shows census data for Kenya disaggregated as follows, by:

• Urban or rural areas and sex
• Age
• Education levels
• Employment levels

Kenya had a population of over 15.7 million Protestant Christians, according to the last country census conducted in 2019. This was the largest population group among all other religions. Some 9.7 million Kenyans identified as Catholic, while 9.6 million followed Evangelical Churches. The Muslim population amounted to roughly 5.2 million people. Overall, around 85 percent of Kenya's population adhered to Christianity.

This statistic shows the total population of Kenya from 2013 to 2023 by gender. In 2023, Kenya's female population amounted to approximately 27.82 million, while the male population amounted to approximately 27.52 million inhabitants.

This dataset shows census data for Kenya disaggregated as follows, by: Urban or rural areas and sex Age

Abstract

The Census of Industrial Production (CIP) and construction was carried out from July to October 2018. The census aimed at providing key statistics to be used for development of the structure of the industrial sector; rebasing of the producer price index, compilation of Supply and Use tables, Input-Output tables, Value Added and other National Accounts statistics and industrial exports and imports for the balance of payments statistics. Whereas, the last CIP was conducted in 2010 with 2009 as the reference year, the 2018 CIP reference year was 2017.

Data collected in the census included general particulars of establishments/enterprises, employment, labour costs, income, expenditure, goods and materials consumed, goods produced, fixed assets, imports, exports, waste management, ICT usage and the general business environment. The Census therefore sought to: i. Provide information for mining and quarrying, manufacturing, electricity and gas supply, water and sewerage, and construction sectors to be used in revision and rebasing of the National Accounts. ii. Form the basis for revisions and rebasing of key indices such as the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and the Production Price Index (PPI). iii. Collect data to be used to update the sampling register for the annual Survey of Industrial Production, Monthly Survey of Industrial Production and rebasing of the Construction Input Price Index (CIPI). iv. Provide data for computing baseline export/import price indices for the industrial sector. v. Provide updated information to monitor the growth and the gains in fish processing, agro-Processing, leather and textiles sub-sectors which have been put on focus in realization of the Government increase of manufacturing contribution to GDP which is one of its big four action plans.

Specifically, the CIP 2018 set to;

i. Provide benchmark data to update economic structure of the industrial sector from the CIP 2010 level, To provide data on Industrial Structure; Update the current frame which was last developed in 2009; Improve quality of industrial data through broadening of statistical database to cater for changes that have taken place since 2009. ii. Establish an industrial database and update the register which will monitor and reflect changes in the structure of industry and provide a frame for industrial surveys. iii. Provide data for use in compilation of Supply and Use Tables, input-output tables and other national accounts statistics. iv. Provide data for industrial output, and capacity utilization. v. Provide measures of key statistics and the economic structure for the construction sector Provide data for computing baseline export/import price indices for the industrial sector. vi. Provide data for rebasing the Producer Price Index (PPI), the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and the Construction Input Price Indices (CIPI) vii. Provide a basis for assessing trends in the economy and the contribution of industrial activities to the national economy.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

Formal establishments that were involved in Industrial production activities across all the 47 counties

Historical chart and dataset showing total population for Kenya by year from 1950 to 2025.

Kenya KE: Population: Total data was reported at 49,699,862.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 48,461,567.000 Person for 2016. Kenya KE: Population: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 22,252,232.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49,699,862.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 8,105,440.000 Person in 1960. Kenya KE: Population: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Sum; Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Key information about Kenya population

• The Kenya population reached 51.5 million people in Dec 2023, compared with the previously reported figure of 50.6 million people in Dec 2022
• The data reached an all-time high of 51.5 million people in Dec 2023 and a record low of 6.1 million people in Dec 1950

• In the latest reports, Kenya Unemployment Rate increased to 3.0 % in Dec 2020
• Monthly earnings of the Kenya population was 590.5 USD in Jun 2023
• Kenya Labour Force Participation Rate increased to 73.7 % in Dec 2023

While the East African region, including Kenya, is one of first regions believed to have modern humans inhabit it, population growth in the region remained slow to non-existent throughout the 19th century; in the past hundred years, however, Kenya’s population has seen an exponential increase in size, going from 2.65 million in 1920, to an estimated 53.77 million in 2020.

Along with this population growth, Kenya has seen rapid urbanization and industrialization, particularly in recent decades. The metropolitan area of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, with an estimated population of 9.35 million in 2020, now contains on its own over three and a half times the population of the entire country just a century earlier.

This is Kenya population dataset for the census held in 2019. About Kenya 1. The demography of Kenya is monitored by the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics. 2. Kenya is a multi-ethnic state in the Great Lakes region of East Africa. 3. It is inhabited primarily by Bantu and Nilotic populations, with some Cushitic-speaking ethnic minorities in the north. 4. Its total population was at 47 558,296 as of the 2019 census.

Kenya KE: Population: as % of Total: Female: Aged 15-64 data was reported at 57.169 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 56.815 % for 2016. Kenya KE: Population: as % of Total: Female: Aged 15-64 data is updated yearly, averaging 48.674 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.169 % in 2017 and a record low of 47.013 % in 1976. Kenya KE: Population: as % of Total: Female: Aged 15-64 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

The total population in Kenya was estimated at 52.4 million people in 2024, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Kenya Population - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Geographic coverage

National

Kind of data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Sampling procedure

8767954 Households

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]