Demographics (v2.1)

Demographic window
Dependency ratio
Subnational regions
Kenya
All years

Dependency ratio

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Kenya (Africa)  
Total 113 110 107 104 102 98.8 96.1 95.1 94.0 93.0 91.9 90.9 91.5 92.2 92.8 93.5 94.1 92.9 91.7 90.6 89.4 88.2 87.0 85.9 84.8 83.6 82.5 81.4 80.3 79.1 78.0 76.9
Central 108 106 103 101 99.2 97.1 95.0 91.2 87.4 83.5 79.7 75.9 76.4 77.0 77.5 78.1 78.6 76.5 74.4 72.4 70.3 68.2 66.1 65.7 65.4 65.0 64.6 64.2 63.9 63.5 63.1 62.7
Coast 101 98.4 96.2 94.0 91.9 89.7 87.5 87.9 88.3 88.8 89.2 89.6 89.5 89.4 89.3 89.2 89.1 88.1 87.1 86.2 85.2 84.2 83.2 82.7 82.2 81.6 81.1 80.6 80.1 79.5 79.0 78.5
Eastern 134 128 121 115 108 102 95.4 96.0 96.7 97.3 98.0 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.7 98.7 98.7 96.2 93.7 91.3 88.8 86.3 83.8 82.7 81.5 80.4 79.2 78.1 76.9 75.8 74.6 73.5
Nairobi 46.4 46.1 45.8 45.5 45.1 44.8 44.5 43.7 43.0 42.2 41.5 40.7 41.4 42.1 42.9 43.6 44.3 45.2 46.0 46.9 47.8 48.6 49.5 49.7 50.0 50.2 50.5 50.7 50.9 51.2 51.4 51.6
North Eastern 137 137 137 138 138 138 138 138 138 139 140 141 141 142 143 141 140 138 136 135 133 131 130 128
Nyanza 113 110 108 105 103 101 98.1 97.9 97.7 97.4 97.2 97.0 97.1 97.2 97.4 97.5 97.6 99.1 101 102 104 105 107 105 103 101 98.8 96.8 94.8 92.8 90.8 88.8
Rift Valley 117 116 116 115 115 114 114 111 109 107 105 102 103 103 103 104 104 102 101 98.9 97.1 95.4 93.6 92.4 91.3 90.1 88.9 87.7 86.6 85.4 84.2 83.0
Western 122 121 119 118 117 116 115 113 111 109 108 106 106 106 106 106 106 106 107 107 108 109 109 107 104 102 99.8 97.5 95.2 92.8 90.5 88.2
Lighter numbers are estimates