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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
EasternFormer Province2,719,8513,768,6774,631,7795,668,1236,821,0497,281,867
EmbuCounty263,173370,138449,149516,212608,599648,425
IsioloCounty43,47870,078100,861143,294268,002315,937
KituiCounty464,283652,603819,2501,012,7091,136,1871,229,790
MachakosCounty......906,6441,098,5841,421,9321,487,758
MakueniCounty......771,545884,527987,6531,042,300
MarsabitCounty96,216129,262174,957291,166459,785515,292
MeruCounty......1,102,9301,356,3011,545,7141,625,982
Tharaka-NithiCounty......306,443365,330393,177416,383
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)
Males3,595,921
Females3,685,947
Age Groups (P 2023)
0-14 years2,425,524
15-64 years4,462,781
65+ years393,559
Age Distribution (P 2023)
80+ years111,806
70-79 years166,001
60-69 years260,124
50-59 years442,053
40-49 years728,502
30-39 years1,020,413
20-29 years1,361,843
10-19 years1,558,151
0-9 years1,632,971
Urbanization (C 2019)
Rural5,795,383
Urban1,025,666
Religion (C 2019)
Catholic 1,744,169
Protestant2,629,473
Evangelical1,185,381
Other Christian524,167
Islam455,411
Hindu1,809
Traditional86,584
Other religion53,553
No religion76,936

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