Central

Former Province in Kenya

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Name	Status	Population 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
Central	Former Province	2,345,833	3,116,703	3,724,159	4,383,743	5,482,239	5,949,219
Kiambu	County	686,290	914,412	1,389,723	1,623,282	2,417,735	2,652,880	→
Kirinyaga	County	291,431	391,516	457,105	528,054	610,411	653,112	→
Murang'a	County	648,333	858,063	736,273	942,581	1,056,640	1,112,288	→
Nyandarua	County	233,302	345,420	479,902	596,268	638,289	695,531	→
Nyeri	County	486,477	607,292	661,156	693,558	759,164	835,408	→
Kenya	Republic	15,327,061	21,443,636	28,686,607	38,610,097	47,564,296	51,525,602

Source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (P 2023)
Males	2,933,061
Females	3,016,158

Age Groups (P 2023)
0-14 years	1,862,109
15-64 years	3,743,709
65+ years	343,403

Age Distribution (P 2023)
80+ years	103,522
70-79 years	146,587
60-69 years	225,185
50-59 years	406,933
40-49 years	653,585
30-39 years	890,673
20-29 years	1,101,810
10-19 years	1,153,429
0-9 years	1,267,497

Urbanization (C 2019)
Rural	3,304,013
Urban	2,178,226

Religion (C 2019)
Catholic s	1,347,605
Protestants	2,017,957
Evangelicals	1,195,336
Other Christians	728,847
Muslims	32,846
Hindus	1,743
Traditional religion	5,644
Other religion	43,877
No Religion	68,670

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