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Kenya: Rural population

67.79percent · 2025-0.7% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Kenya from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202567.788
202468.106
202368.367
202268.569
202168.712
202068.794
201968.81
201868.606
201768.462
201668.35
201568.266
201468.207
201368.168
201268.144
201168.133
201068.129
200968.14
200868.577
200769.585
200671.017
200572.731
200474.585
200376.436
200278.141
200179.558
200080.545
199980.971
199881.12
199781.242
199681.339
199581.417
199481.485
199381.55
199281.62
199181.702
199081.804
198981.933
198882.091
198782.273
198682.48
198582.709
198482.96
198383.233
198283.525
198183.836
198084.165
197984.516
197884.952
197785.504
197686.137
197586.819
197487.518
197388.203
197288.842
197189.404
197089.856
196990.171
196890.394
196790.579
196690.738
196590.883
196491.028
196391.185
196291.366
196191.564
196091.766

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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