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🇰🇪 Population Density of Kenya

The current population density of Kenya is 97.1762 people per square kilometer. A 1.98% increase from 2023, when the population density only was 95.2925 people/km². In the future, Kenya's population density is projected to increase to 179.4222 people/km², by the year 2100. A total increase of the population density of Kenya by 84.64% from today's standard.

Historic Population Density of Kenya (1950-2024)

Kenya has seen an increase of population density since the 1950's. From 9.9344 people/km² to 97.1762 people/km², an increase of 878.18% in total.

Year Population Density (people/km²) Population
1950 9.9344 5,769,184
1951 10.1486 5,893,576
1952 10.3892 6,033,294
1953 10.6485 6,183,891
1954 10.9313 6,348,141
1955 11.2433 6,529,297
1956 11.5849 6,727,690
1957 11.9589 6,944,868
1958 12.3548 7,174,789
1959 12.7818 7,422,745
1960 13.2511 7,695,307
1961 13.7548 7,987,770
1962 14.2912 8,299,308
1963 14.8572 8,627,971
1964 15.4522 8,973,536
1965 16.08 9,338,078
1966 16.7339 9,717,816
1967 17.411 10,111,056
1968 18.1132 10,518,822
1969 18.8379 10,939,695
1970 19.5768 11,368,792
1971 20.3002 11,788,904
1972 21.0185 12,206,060
1973 21.7569 12,634,835
1974 22.5064 13,070,078
1975 23.2668 13,511,670
1976 24.0347 13,957,623
1977 24.8461 14,428,819
1978 25.7162 14,934,126
1979 26.6229 15,460,666
1980 27.5834 16,018,459
1981 28.5874 16,601,507
1982 29.6286 17,206,175
1983 30.731 17,846,374
1984 31.8822 18,514,906
1985 33.065 19,201,768
1986 34.2702 19,901,646
1987 35.5004 20,616,096
1988 36.7749 21,356,219
1989 38.0874 22,118,434
1990 39.4206 22,892,652
1991 40.7187 23,646,514
1992 41.986 24,382,460
1993 43.2512 25,117,188
1994 44.5254 25,857,130
1995 45.8076 26,601,751
1996 47.0861 27,344,211
1997 48.3906 28,101,768
1998 49.7446 28,888,057
1999 51.2002 29,733,408
2000 52.7663 30,642,890
2001 54.4475 31,619,170
2002 56.1878 32,629,808
2003 57.9483 33,652,223
2004 59.7758 34,713,455
2005 61.6407 35,796,484
2006 63.5478 36,904,008
2007 65.4977 38,036,349
2008 67.5124 39,206,351
2009 69.5832 40,408,891
2010 71.6318 41,598,566
2011 73.6291 42,758,461
2012 75.5746 43,888,303
2013 77.4662 44,986,791
2014 79.2995 46,051,440
2015 81.0853 47,088,526
2016 82.8954 48,139,687
2017 84.7174 49,197,766
2018 86.4555 50,207,107
2019 88.1701 51,202,828
2020 89.917 52,217,334
2021 91.6422 53,219,166
2022 93.4215 54,252,460
2023 95.2925 55,339,003
2024 97.1762 56,432,944

Future Population Density of Kenya (2024-2100)

Kenya's positive trend in population density is set to increase even further in the future. Where the population density will grow from 97.1762 people/km² to 179.4222 people/km². An additional increase increase of 84.64% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Population Density (people/km²) Population
2024 97.1762 56,432,944
2025 99.0696 57,532,492
2026 100.9705 58,636,412
2027 102.8808 59,745,753
2028 104.8003 60,860,444
2029 106.7267 61,979,187
2030 108.6606 63,102,245
2031 110.6028 64,230,118
2032 112.5467 65,359,034
2033 114.4853 66,484,811
2034 116.4136 67,604,630
2035 118.3272 68,715,909
2036 120.2265 69,818,886
2037 122.106 70,910,401
2038 123.9667 71,990,934
2039 125.8038 73,057,766
2040 127.6137 74,108,863
2041 129.3968 75,144,352
2042 131.1487 76,161,724
2043 132.8662 77,159,124
2044 134.5466 78,134,980
2045 136.1891 79,088,836
2046 137.7967 80,022,375
2047 139.3745 80,938,647
2048 140.9225 81,837,664
2049 142.445 82,721,771
2050 143.9456 83,593,239
2051 145.4238 84,451,673
2052 146.8747 85,294,265
2053 148.2983 86,120,947
2054 149.6965 86,932,928
2055 151.0727 87,732,152
2056 152.4291 88,519,874
2057 153.7726 89,300,068
2058 155.1031 90,072,742
2059 156.4067 90,829,758
2060 157.6807 91,569,580
2061 158.9279 92,293,872
2062 160.1457 93,001,110
2063 161.3235 93,685,075
2064 162.4599 94,345,004
2065 163.5576 94,982,484
2066 164.6181 95,598,344
2067 165.6394 96,191,420
2068 166.6194 96,760,578
2069 167.5582 97,305,742
2070 168.4535 97,825,655
2071 169.3096 98,322,810
2072 170.1272 98,797,656
2073 170.8975 99,244,966
2074 171.6207 99,664,917
2075 172.3055 100,062,620
2076 172.9567 100,440,788
2077 173.5718 100,798,000
2078 174.1463 101,131,619
2079 174.6866 101,445,389
2080 175.2001 101,743,624
2081 175.6807 102,022,686
2082 176.1222 102,279,087
2083 176.5329 102,517,578
2084 176.9146 102,739,286
2085 177.2692 102,945,214
2086 177.6006 103,137,633
2087 177.9059 103,314,920
2088 178.187 103,478,200
2089 178.4462 103,628,689
2090 178.6794 103,764,128
2091 178.8814 103,881,424
2092 179.052 103,980,502
2093 179.1913 104,061,383
2094 179.301 104,125,115
2095 179.3877 104,175,477
2096 179.452 104,212,773
2097 179.4838 104,231,294
2098 179.4894 104,234,508
2099 179.4729 104,224,938
2100 179.4222 104,195,500

Common Questions in Regards to Population Density

What is Population Density?

Population density is a measurement of population per unit of land area. The metric is mostly used in regards to human populations, while sometimes utilized for animal life forms and other organisms. On this page we make use of the population per square kilometer (people/km²) to illustrate the population density of Kenya.

What useful information can be derived from Population Density?

The population density is a useful metric for understanding and visualize how populated a country, region or territory is, in general. It's also important to understand that most countries are highly populated in specific regions. While the population density only take people per square kilometers, spaced out evenly throughout the total area, into account.

How is Population Density calculated?

Population density indicates the number of people per unit of land area. In this case, the population density is calculated in square kilometers (km²) of Kenya's area.

Population Density Formula

Population Density = population / land area in km²

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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