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Former Province in Kenya

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NameStatusPopulation
Census
1979-08-24
Population
Census
1989-08-24
Population
Census
1999-08-24
Population
Census
2009-08-24
Population
Census
2019-08-24
Population
Projection
2023-07-01
CentralFormer Province2,345,8333,116,7033,724,1594,383,7435,482,2395,949,219
KiambuCounty686,290914,4121,389,7231,623,2822,417,7352,652,880
KirinyagaCounty291,431391,516457,105528,054610,411653,112
Murang'aCounty648,333858,063736,273942,5811,056,6401,112,288
NyandaruaCounty233,302345,420479,902596,268638,289695,531
NyeriCounty486,477607,292661,156693,558759,164835,408
KenyaRepublic15,327,06121,443,63628,686,60738,610,09747,564,29651,525,602

Source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.


Further information about the population structure:

Gender (P 2023)
Males2,933,061
Females3,016,158
Age Groups (P 2023)
0-14 years1,862,109
15-64 years3,743,709
65+ years343,403
Age Distribution (P 2023)
80+ years103,522
70-79 years146,587
60-69 years225,185
50-59 years406,933
40-49 years653,585
30-39 years890,673
20-29 years1,101,810
10-19 years1,153,429
0-9 years1,267,497
Urbanization (C 2019)
Rural3,304,013
Urban2,178,226
Religion (C 2019)
Catholic 1,347,605
Protestant2,017,957
Evangelical1,195,336
Other Christian728,847
Islam32,846
Hindu1,743
Traditional5,644
Other religion43,877
No religion68,670

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