Kenya's population, female (% of total population) was 50.29% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.11 percentage points from 50.19% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 50.29% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 50.24% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 50.19% | 2015 |
| Highest | 50.52% | 1978 |
| Lowest | 50.16% | 2011 |
| Average since 2016 | 50.25% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 50.42% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Kenya's population, female (% of total population) rose 0.01 percentage points on 2024 (from 50.28% to 50.29%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.02 percentage points in 1961 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.02 percentage points in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.01 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 99% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 50.33% for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.00282%, against 0.02% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Kenya had the 121st highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 50.29% | 2025 |
| World | 49.73% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 50.15% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 49.22% | 2025 |
Closest to Kenya in the 2025 ranking
- Chile — 118th of 217: 50.3%
- Dominican Republic — 119th of 217: 50.3%
- New Zealand — 120th of 217: 50.3%
- Denmark — 122nd of 217: 50.29%
- Peru — 123rd of 217: 50.28%
- Myanmar — 124th of 217: 50.24%
What this measures
Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 66 values
| Year | Population, female (% of total population) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.29 |
| 2024 | 50.28 |
| 2023 | 50.28 |
| 2022 | 50.27 |
| 2021 | 50.26 |
| 2020 | 50.24 |
| 2019 | 50.23 |
| 2018 | 50.21 |
| 2017 | 50.2 |
| 2016 | 50.19 |
| 2015 |
Population, female (% of total population) in nearby economies
- Angola — 50.51% (2025)
- Benin — 49.84% (2025)
- Botswana — 50.18% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 50.18% (2025)
- Burundi — 50.32% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 49.15% (2025)
- Cameroon — 50.17% (2025)
- Central African Republic — 51.93% (2025)
- Chad — 49.84% (2025)
- Comoros — 49.72% (2025)
More health data for Kenya
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 12.35% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 12.68% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 10.36 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 35.79% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 10.5 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 36.73% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 20.86 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 36.26% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 11.74% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Kenya's population, female (% of total population)?
- 50.29% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 0.13 percentage points from 50.42% in 1960. The highest value was 50.52% in 1978 and the lowest 50.16% in 2011.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.TOTL.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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