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🇰🇪 Kenya

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3KEN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2KE
UN M49 numeric404
IOC codeKEN
Official nameRepublic of Kenya
Native name(s)eng: official: Republic of Kenya; common: Kenya; swa: official: Republic of Kenya; common: Kenya
Alt spellingsKE, Republic of Kenya, Jamhuri ya Kenya
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionEastern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalNairobi
Area (km²)580,367
Lat / Lng1.0000, 38.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)ETH, SOM, SSD, TZA, UGA
Top-level domain.ke
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 54

Demographics

Population (World Bank)57,532,493 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)63.834 (2024)
Languageseng: English; swa: Swahili
Demonymseng: f: Kenyan; m: Kenyan; fra: f: Kényane; m: Kényan
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)135,941,278,878.815 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)2,362.861 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)5.449 (2025)
CurrenciesKES: name: Kenyan shilling; symbol: Sh

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19505,769,185
19515,893,575
19526,033,294
19536,183,891
19546,348,141
19556,529,297
19566,727,690
19576,944,868
19587,174,789
19597,422,745
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

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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