NAIROBI ( Halbeeg News) – Kenya’s population has expanded by nine million in the last decade, provisional 2019 census data released on Monday have shown.
There are 47,564,296 million people in the country compared to 38.6 million in 2010.
The figures show that there are more women at 24 million than men, who stand at 23.6 million.
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics released the census provisional report on Monday
“This is the first census to be conducted under the 2010 Constitution and was by and large fully funded by my Government,” said President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The head of state added that the data released will guide on planning and implementation of Government development initiatives, including his campaigns the Big Four Agenda, for the benefit of all Kenyans.
“I therefore direct all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies to utilize these results. I urge other arms of Government, counties, stakeholders and development partners to make use of the results in their planning processes.”
Some results mainly from North Eastern contradict the results of the last census.
Residents from three counties of Wajir, Mandera, and Garissa have taken to the social media over their disagreement though they lead a household size of 6.9 persons per family.
The capital Nairobi has the biggest population with over 4.4 million.
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