Kenya

Updated Mar 7, 2026
🏳️ Country Name Kenya
πŸ‘₯ Population 53,330,978
πŸ™οΈ Capital Nairobi
πŸ—£οΈ Language English, Swahili
πŸ’΅ Currency Kenyan shilling (Sh)
β›ͺ Religion Christian 85.5% (Protestant 33.4%, Catholic 20.6%, Evangelical 20.4%, African Instituted Churches 7%, other Christian 4.1%), Muslim 10.9%, other 1.8%, none 1.6%, don't know/no answer 0.2% (2019 est.)
πŸ‘€ Ethnicity Kikuyu 17.1%, Luhya 14.3%, Kalenjin 13.4%, Luo 10.7%, Kamba 9.8%, Somali 5.8%, Kisii 5.7%, Mijikenda 5.2%, Meru 4.2%, Maasai 2.5%, Turkana 2.1%, non-Kenyan 1%, other 8.2% (2019 est.)
πŸ’ Currently Married Women 53.2% (2022 est.)
πŸ‘Ά Mother's Mean Age at First Birth 20.3 years (2014 est.)
βš–οΈ Obesity Prevalence Rate 7.1% (2016)
🀰 Total Fertility Rate 3.09 children born/woman (2025 est.)
πŸ’Š Contraceptive Prevalence Rate Of Women Aged 16-49 N/A
🚬 Tobacco Use (Female) 1.9% (2025 est.)
🌍 Region Africa
🌎 Subregion Eastern Africa
🏒 Major Urban Areas 5.325 million NAIROBI (capital), 1.440 million Mombassa (2023)
πŸ“ Geographic Coordinates 1 00 N, 38 00 E
🌑️ Climate Varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior
πŸ“ Area 580,367 sq km (five times the size of Ohio; slightly more than twice the size of Nevada)
🏞️ Terrain Low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west
πŸ›‚ Borders ETH, SOM, SSD, TZA, UGA
πŸ†” Citizenship Requirement 4 out of the previous 7 years
πŸ•°οΈ Capital Time Difference UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
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