Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Kenya
Kenya: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 55,339 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Kenya, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 55,339 1000 No for population — total population - both sexes in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Kenya peaked at 55,339 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 41,599 1000 No, in 2010.
Kenya ranks 30th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 41,599 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 42,758 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 43,888 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 44,987 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 46,051 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 47,088 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 48,140 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 49,198 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 50,207 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 51,203 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 52,217 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 53,219 1000 No | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 54,252 1000 No | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 55,339 1000 No | +2.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 55,339 1000 No is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,637 1000 No, 4.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 55,339 1000 No is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,373 1000 No, 3.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 46,512 1000 No | 41,599 1000 No | 51,203 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,757 1000 No | 52,217 1000 No | 55,339 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Kenya?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Kenya was 55,339 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 55,339 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 41,599 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Kenya rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Kenya ranks 30th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.