A Kenya National Bureau of Statistics enumerator collects data from a resident of Shauri Estate in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County in Kenya's Rift Valley on August 25, 2019. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG
Kenya's population grew by 2.2 per cent annually from 2009 to 2019 to stand at 47.6 million—a drop from 2.9 per cent in the previous 10-year period.
According to results of the Population and Housing Census conducted in August and released on November 4 by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the country’s population grew by one million annually; the last census in 2009 recorded 37.7 million people.
