Population Aged 15-64 Years (As % of Total Population) rose 0.936% to 60.2% in Kenya in 2024

Population Aged 15-64 Years (As % of Total Population) (%), 2024
Society | Kenya | September 1, 2025
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Population aged 15-64 years as a percentage of total population rose 0.936% to 60.2% in Kenya in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, population aged 15-64 years as a percentage of total population in Kenya reached an all time high of 60.2% in 2024 and an all time low of 45.9% in 1976. When compared to Kenya's main peers, population aged 15-64 years as a percentage of total population in Ethiopia amounted to 57.7%, 50.8% in Somalia, 54.4% in Tanzania and 54.3% in Uganda in 2024.

Kenya has been ranked 131st within the group of 178 countries we follow in terms of population aged 15-64 years as a percentage of total population, 13 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Population Aged 15-64 Years (As % of Total Population) Unit 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050
Dem. Republic of the Congo % 62.8% 63.1% 63.4% 63.7% 64.0%
Djibouti % 69.1% 69.0% 69.0% 69.0% 68.9%
Eritrea % 67.1% 67.2% 67.3% 67.4% 67.6%
Ethiopia % 69.1% 69.4% 69.6% 69.7% 69.9%
Kenya % 65.0% 65.1% 65.2% 65.4% 65.5%
Mozambique % 61.8% 62.2% 62.6% 63.0% 63.4%
Rwanda % 66.7% 66.9% 67.0% 67.1% 67.2%
Somalia % 60.0% 60.4% 60.7% 61.1% 61.5%
South Sudan % 65.1% 65.4% 65.6% 65.9% 66.1%
Sudan % 65.8% 66.0% 66.2% 66.4% 66.6%
Tanzania % 60.9% 61.1% 61.3% 61.6% 61.8%
Uganda % 61.1% 61.4% 61.8% 62.1% 62.4%
Yemen % 72.7% 73.0% 73.1% 73.2% 73.3%
Zambia % 58.0% 58.1% 58.3% 58.5% 58.7%