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How many babies are born in Kenya?

1.56 million babies born in Kenya in 2026. That is 1.18% of all births worldwide, and the 17th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Kenya: history and projections

10K100K1M 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Kenya’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~4.3K ~100K 42.3 Modelled estimate
1000 ~33K ~800K 41.5 Modelled estimate
1500 ~62K ~1.5M 41.2 Modelled estimate
1800 ~122K ~2.57M 47.6 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~188K ~3.95M 47.6 Historical reconstruction
1950 285K 5.77M 49.3 UN estimate
2000 1.23M 30.6M 40.2 UN estimate
2023 1.5M 55.3M 27.1 UN estimate
2026 1.56M 58.6M 26.6 UN projection
2050 1.6M 83.6M 19.1 UN projection
2075 1.48M 100M 14.8 UN projection
2100 1.28M 104M 12.3 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Kenya among estimates through 2023 were in 2010, at about 1.51M. That is roughly 354 times the estimated ~4.26K births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.07 children per woman, fertility in Kenya is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Kenya each year?

An estimated 1.56 million babies are born in Kenya in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 4,270 a day and 1.18% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Kenya?

Kenya has an estimated 26.6 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.07 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.