Kenya vs Small states: Urban population

Kenya
18.53 million
in 2025
Small states
10.60 million
in 2025
Kenya rank
45th
Small states rank
44th

Urban population over time

  • Kenya
  • Small states
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 18.53 million against 10.60 million in Small states, a difference of 7.93 million.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.7 times Small states's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Small states ahead.

Kenya ranks 45th and Small states ranks 44th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.