Kenya - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Kenya was 6,263,105 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,263,105 in 2021 and a minimum value of 452,924 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 452,924
1961 484,653
1962 518,709
1963 547,666
1964 577,186
1965 608,223
1966 640,992
1967 675,544
1968 712,028
1969 750,391
1970 784,680
1971 819,433
1972 855,825
1973 893,778
1974 933,523
1975 975,092
1976 1,018,630
1977 1,064,043
1978 1,111,611
1979 1,161,369
1980 1,211,737
1981 1,263,897
1982 1,318,454
1983 1,375,443
1984 1,435,062
1985 1,497,173
1986 1,562,150
1987 1,630,037
1988 1,701,066
1989 1,775,080
1990 1,856,342
1991 1,942,074
1992 2,031,944
1993 2,125,762
1994 2,224,107
1995 2,327,061
1996 2,434,994
1997 2,547,679
1998 2,665,809
1999 2,789,488
2000 2,897,252
2001 3,004,975
2002 3,116,880
2003 3,232,974
2004 3,353,583
2005 3,478,364
2006 3,607,993
2007 3,742,477
2008 3,882,195
2009 4,026,748
2010 4,176,922
2011 4,332,724
2012 4,494,367
2013 4,662,069
2014 4,836,060
2015 5,016,577
2016 5,203,864
2017 5,398,177
2018 5,599,781
2019 5,810,192
2020 6,030,856
2021 6,263,105

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Kenya was 11.39 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 11.39 in 2021, while its lowest value was 5.58 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 5.58
1961 5.79
1962 6.00
1963 6.13
1964 6.26
1965 6.38
1966 6.51
1967 6.63
1968 6.76
1969 6.88
1970 6.94
1971 7.00
1972 7.05
1973 7.09
1974 7.14
1975 7.18
1976 7.23
1977 7.27
1978 7.31
1979 7.35
1980 7.38
1981 7.41
1982 7.43
1983 7.46
1984 7.50
1985 7.53
1986 7.57
1987 7.62
1988 7.68
1989 7.74
1990 7.82
1991 7.92
1992 8.02
1993 8.13
1994 8.25
1995 8.38
1996 8.52
1997 8.66
1998 8.81
1999 8.97
2000 9.06
2001 9.15
2002 9.23
2003 9.32
2004 9.41
2005 9.50
2006 9.58
2007 9.67
2008 9.76
2009 9.84
2010 9.94
2011 10.03
2012 10.14
2013 10.24
2014 10.36
2015 10.48
2016 10.61
2017 10.75
2018 10.90
2019 11.05
2020 11.22
2021 11.39

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization