Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Kenya

Population aged 15–64 in Kenya in 2025 — 34,934,452 people. Ranked 29 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 844.3%.

2025 34.93M people +2.83% vs 2024
World rank 29of 217
Period maximum 34.93M people2025
Period minimum 3.7M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Kenya, 1960–2025010M20M30M40M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,699,624 people1962: 3,959,719 people1964: 4,259,655 people1966: 4,558,858 people1968: 4,884,889 people1970: 5,252,235 people1972: 5,609,652 people1974: 5,997,784 people1976: 6,402,798 people1978: 6,877,655 people1980: 7,434,173 people1982: 8,058,809 people1984: 8,762,109 people1986: 9,505,878 people1988: 10,284,302 people1990: 11,136,500 people1992: 11,988,157 people1994: 12,869,904 people1996: 13,775,247 people1998: 14,726,164 people2000: 15,840,741 people2002: 17,125,872 people2004: 18,458,744 people2006: 19,815,585 people2008: 21,176,475 people2010: 22,580,905 people2012: 23,981,294 people2014: 25,425,717 people2016: 26,948,413 people2018: 28,569,551 people2020: 30,247,731 people2022: 32,044,126 people2024: 33,971,376 people2025: 34,934,452 people
Change over the period: +31.23M (+844.27%) Average annual rate: 3.51 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Kenya 34.93M people
World 5.36B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 745M people
Eastern Africa computed 290M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.13B people
Population aged 15–64 — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 34.93M +963,076 +2.83%
2024 33.97M +967,437 +2.93%
2023 33M +959,813 +3%
2022 32.04M +914,145 +2.94%
2021 31.13M +882,250 +2.92%
2020 30.25M +865,389 +2.95%
2019 29.38M +812,791 +2.84%
2018 28.57M +799,366 +2.88%
2017 27.77M +821,772 +3.05%
2016 26.95M +787,018 +3.01%
2015 26.16M +735,678 +2.89%
2014 25.43M +724,902 +2.93%
2013 24.7M +719,521 +3%
2012 23.98M +704,481 +3.03%
2011 23.28M +695,908 +3.08%
2010 22.58M +699,380 +3.2%
2009 21.88M +705,050 +3.33%
2008 21.18M +686,308 +3.35%
2007 20.49M +674,582 +3.4%
2006 19.82M +678,061 +3.54%
2005 19.14M +678,780 +3.68%
2004 18.46M +677,697 +3.81%
2003 17.78M +655,175 +3.83%
2002 17.13M +653,021 +3.96%
2001 16.47M +632,110 +3.99%
2000 15.84M +583,103 +3.82%
1999 15.26M +531,474 +3.61%
1998 14.73M +484,830 +3.4%
1997 14.24M +466,087 +3.38%
1996 13.78M +452,082 +3.39%
1995 13.32M +453,261 +3.52%
1994 12.87M +447,306 +3.6%
1993 12.42M +434,441 +3.62%
1992 11.99M +424,298 +3.67%
1991 11.56M +427,359 +3.84%
1990 11.14M +434,165 +4.06%
1989 10.7M +418,033 +4.06%
1988 10.28M +398,326 +4.03%
1987 9.89M +380,098 +4%
1986 9.51M +374,321 +4.1%
1985 9.13M +369,448 +4.22%
1984 8.76M +360,628 +4.29%
1983 8.4M +342,672 +4.25%
1982 8.06M +317,996 +4.11%
1981 7.74M +306,640 +4.12%
1980 7.43M +290,332 +4.06%
1979 7.14M +266,186 +3.87%
1978 6.88M +250,928 +3.79%
1977 6.63M +223,929 +3.5%
1976 6.4M +203,486 +3.28%
1975 6.2M +201,528 +3.36%
1974 6M +197,309 +3.4%
1973 5.8M +190,823 +3.4%
1972 5.61M +178,211 +3.28%
1971 5.43M +179,206 +3.41%
1970 5.25M +186,993 +3.69%
1969 5.07M +180,353 +3.69%
1968 4.88M +169,374 +3.59%
1967 4.72M +156,657 +3.44%
1966 4.56M +146,120 +3.31%
1965 4.41M +153,083 +3.59%
1964 4.26M +156,125 +3.8%
1963 4.1M +143,811 +3.63%
1962 3.96M +134,473 +3.52%
1961 3.83M +125,622 +3.4%
1960 3.7M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

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