Male population — all countries

Male population — Kenya

Male population in Kenya in 2025 — 28,596,556 people. Ranked 26 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 649.6%.

2025 28.6M people +1.93% vs 2024
World rank 26of 217
Period maximum 28.6M people2025
Period minimum 3.82M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Kenya, 1960–2025010M20M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,815,019 people1962: 4,110,971 people1964: 4,442,417 people1966: 4,809,431 people1968: 5,205,466 people1970: 5,626,219 people1972: 6,040,420 people1974: 6,467,416 people1976: 6,905,979 people1978: 7,388,850 people1980: 7,925,671 people1982: 8,514,632 people1984: 9,164,451 people1986: 9,853,165 people1988: 10,574,995 people1990: 11,337,559 people1992: 12,078,720 people1994: 12,814,002 people1996: 13,560,772 people1998: 14,339,585 people2000: 15,224,637 people2002: 16,226,686 people2004: 17,276,859 people2006: 18,379,151 people2008: 19,533,328 people2010: 20,730,324 people2012: 21,871,029 people2014: 22,944,358 people2016: 23,976,290 people2018: 24,995,719 people2020: 25,983,597 people2022: 26,980,543 people2024: 28,056,072 people2025: 28,596,556 people
Change over the period: +24.78M (+649.58%) Average annual rate: 3.15 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kenya

Kenya 28.6M people
World 4.13B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 659M people
Eastern Africa computed 254M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.66B people
Male population — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 28.6M +540,484 +1.93%
2024 28.06M +539,060 +1.96%
2023 27.52M +536,469 +1.99%
2022 26.98M +507,443 +1.92%
2021 26.47M +489,503 +1.88%
2020 25.98M +498,207 +1.95%
2019 25.49M +489,671 +1.96%
2018 25M +496,310 +2.03%
2017 24.5M +523,119 +2.18%
2016 23.98M +519,693 +2.22%
2015 23.46M +512,239 +2.23%
2014 22.94M +527,580 +2.35%
2013 22.42M +545,749 +2.5%
2012 21.87M +562,274 +2.64%
2011 21.31M +578,431 +2.79%
2010 20.73M +594,900 +2.95%
2009 20.14M +602,096 +3.08%
2008 19.53M +586,052 +3.09%
2007 18.95M +568,125 +3.09%
2006 18.38M +556,950 +3.13%
2005 17.82M +545,342 +3.16%
2004 17.28M +534,775 +3.19%
2003 16.74M +515,398 +3.18%
2002 16.23M +509,514 +3.24%
2001 15.72M +492,535 +3.24%
2000 15.22M +458,802 +3.11%
1999 14.77M +426,250 +2.97%
1998 14.34M +396,633 +2.84%
1997 13.94M +382,180 +2.82%
1996 13.56M +373,631 +2.83%
1995 13.19M +373,139 +2.91%
1994 12.81M +369,463 +2.97%
1993 12.44M +365,819 +3.03%
1992 12.08M +366,102 +3.13%
1991 11.71M +375,059 +3.31%
1990 11.34M +384,576 +3.51%
1989 10.95M +377,988 +3.57%
1988 10.57M +367,161 +3.6%
1987 10.21M +354,669 +3.6%
1986 9.85M +347,591 +3.66%
1985 9.51M +341,123 +3.72%
1984 9.16M +332,008 +3.76%
1983 8.83M +317,811 +3.73%
1982 8.51M +299,929 +3.65%
1981 8.21M +289,032 +3.65%
1980 7.93M +276,271 +3.61%
1979 7.65M +260,550 +3.53%
1978 7.39M +249,925 +3.5%
1977 7.14M +232,946 +3.37%
1976 6.91M +220,383 +3.3%
1975 6.69M +218,180 +3.37%
1974 6.47M +215,036 +3.44%
1973 6.25M +211,960 +3.51%
1972 6.04M +206,288 +3.54%
1971 5.83M +207,913 +3.7%
1970 5.63M +212,474 +3.92%
1969 5.41M +208,279 +4%
1968 5.21M +201,688 +4.03%
1967 5M +194,347 +4.04%
1966 4.81M +187,398 +4.05%
1965 4.62M +179,616 +4.04%
1964 4.44M +169,995 +3.98%
1963 4.27M +161,451 +3.93%
1962 4.11M +152,798 +3.86%
1961 3.96M +143,154 +3.75%
1960 3.82M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.