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Kenya: Population in the largest city

31.12percent · 2025+18.8% since 2015

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for Kenya from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202531.118
202430.787
202330.42
202230.019
202129.561
202029.057
201928.531
201827.825
201727.213
201626.68
201526.19
201425.733
201325.329
201224.977
201124.673
201024.412
200924.203
200824.351
200724.964
200625.995
200527.422
200429.211
200331.286
200233.487
200135.576
200037.135
199937.612
199837.185
199736.667
199636.1
199535.511
199434.945
199334.404
199233.906
199133.466
199033.129
198932.917
198832.815
198732.763
198632.762
198532.827
198432.963
198333.155
198233.391
198133.653
198033.97
197934.329
197834.836
197735.655
197636.716
197537.995
197439.512
197341.195
197242.949
197144.602
197046.022
196946.964
196847.257
196747.394
196647.423
196547.406
196447.399
196347.437
196247.492
196146.829
196046.184

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Population in the largest city. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-in-the-largest-city (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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