Kenya Census Results

Demonstrating that we can present census data in an open and machine readable format

The Kenya Census 2019 Data

The CensusKe project was conducted by the Open Institute, to scrape the data in the PDF volumes into this platform to ease the access and usage of data by everyone to visualise it and create insight that can be used in triggering solutions to Kenya’s development challenges.

This project is undertaken as a contribution to the 51st Session of the UN Statistical Commission 2020, whose theme is Better Data, Better Lives.

About Census.ke

The 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census (KPHC) was conducted in August 2019 and followed the United Nations principles and recommendations for conducting the 2020 round of censuses. The Census collected information on the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the population.

The Kenya Census 2019 has recently been released in 4 volumes:

About the Open Institute

The Open Institute is a Civil Society Organisation that works with governments, civil society organisations and other stakeholders to develop policies, tools and knowledge that strengthen citizens’ voices in the governance and development in their societies.

Census KE statistics

Population Trend, 1962 - 2019

About KNBS

The Census 20 was conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, which is the principal agency of the Government for collecting, analysing and disseminating statistical data, and the custodian of official statistical information. The Bureau is also responsible for the coordination of the National Statistical System (NSS) in the country.

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