Urban population rose 3.78% to 15.1 mil in Kenya in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Kenya reached an all time high of 15.1 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.571 mil in 1960. When compared to Kenya's main peers, urban population in Ethiopia amounted to 26.7 mil, 7.97 mil in Somalia, 22.9 mil in Tanzania and 11.7 mil in Uganda in 2021.
Kenya has been ranked 50th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | mil | 33.6 | 35.3 | 37.0 | 38.7 | 40.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | mil | 0.779 | 0.793 | 0.808 | 0.822 | 0.837 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | mil | 1.28 | 1.31 | 1.34 | 1.38 | 1.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | mil | 19.9 | 20.9 | 22.0 | 23.1 | 24.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | mil | 12.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | mil | 9.23 | 9.67 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 11.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | mil | 1.98 | 2.03 | 2.09 | 2.16 | 2.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | mil | 5.95 | 6.26 | 6.60 | 6.93 | 7.28 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | mil | 2.11 | 2.11 | 2.06 | 2.04 | 2.08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | mil | 12.9 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 15.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | mil | 16.6 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 19.6 | 20.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | mil | 8.27 | 8.77 | 9.31 | 9.87 | 10.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 9.92 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | mil | 6.81 | 7.12 | 7.43 | 7.76 | 8.10 |
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