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.

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Gender	Persons
Males	2,933,061
Females	3,016,158

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

Age Groups	Persons
0-14 years	1,862,109
15-64 years	3,743,709
65+ years	343,403

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

Age Distribution	Males	Females
80+ years	49107	54415
70-79 years	67088	79499
60-69 years	106944	118241
50-59 years	196732	210201
40-49 years	316647	336938
30-39 years	442267	448406
20-29 years	549931	551879
10-19 years	573204	580225
0-9 years	631142	636355

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	Persons
Rural	3,304,013
Urban	2,178,226

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

Religion	Persons
Catholic	1,347,605
Protestant	2,017,957
Evangelical	1,195,336
Other Christian	728,847
Islam	32,846
Hindu	1,743
Traditional	5,644
Other religion	43,877
No religion	68,670

Religion (C 2019)
Catholic	1,347,605
Protestant	2,017,957
Evangelical	1,195,336
Other Christian	728,847
Islam	32,846
Hindu	1,743
Traditional	5,644
Other religion	43,877
No religion	68,670

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