List of 30 Kenyans Counties with Higher Number of Women Than Men According to the 2019 Census

By John WanjohiPublished Feb 21, 2020, 8:50 PM ET · 1,019 reads

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) on Friday released the final report of the 2019 Population Census.

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The report indicates that the number of women was found to be higher than that of men in 30 counties among them Nakuru, Nairobi, Kisumu, Kakamega and Machakos.

Overall, Kenya’s total population stood 47.6 million with the number of women being slightly higher than that of men. Of the 47,564,296 enumerated persons, 23,548,056 (49 percent) were male, 24,014,716 (50.5 percent) female while 1,524 were intersex.

Below is the list of counties with higher number of women than men;

1.   Nakuru 1,077,272 (Males) , 1,084,835 (Females)
2.   Kakamega 897,133(Males) , 970,406 (Females)
3.   Vihiga 283,678 (Males), 306323 (Females)
4.   Bungoma 812,146(Males) , 858389 (Females)
5.   Busia 426,252(Males) , 467,401 (Females)
6.   Saya 471,669(Males) , 521,496 (Females)
7.   Kisumu 560,942(Males), 594,609 (Females)
8.   Migori 536,187(Males), 580,214 (Females)
9.   Kisii 605,784(Males), 661,038 (Females)
10.   Nyamira 290,907(Males), 314,656 (Females)
11.   Nairobi 2,192,452(Males), 2,204,376 (Females)
12.   Kwale 425,121 (Males), 441,681 (Females)
13.   Kilifi 704,089 (Males) 749,673 (Females)
14.   Garissa 458,975 (Males) 382,344 (Females)
15.   Meru 767,698 (Males) 777,975 (Females)
16.   Tharaka Nithi 193,764 (Males) 199,406 (Females)
17.   Kitui 549,003 (Males) 587,151 (Females)
18.   Machakos 710,707 (Males) 711,191 (Females)
19.   Makueni 489,691 (Males) 497,942 (Females)
20.   Nyandarua 315,022 (Males) 323,247 (Females)
21.   Nyeri 374,288 (Males) 384,845 (Females)
22.   Kirinyaga 302,011 (Males) 308,369 (Females)
23.   Murang'a 523,940 (Males) 532,669 (Females)
24.   West pokot 307,013 (Males) 314,213 (Females)

25. Transzoia 489,107 (Males) 501,206 (Females)

26. Uasin Gishu 580,269 (Males) 582,889 (Females)

27. Kajiado 557,098 (Males) 560,704 (Females)

28. Kericho 450,741 (Males) 451,008 (Females)

29. Bomet 434,287 (Males) 441,379 (Females)

30. Embu 304,208 (Males), 304,367(Females)

Comments (2)

GuestFeb 22, 2020
What is that code for mafisi to relocate and spread themselves aimlessly since they are in short supply.To this date no one has been able to influence the gender at birth just theories therefore I do not see the relevance of some of this information
TepiyebeiFeb 23, 2020
This report is written by men trying to scare women into polygamous relationships in the name of shortage of men! It is all selfishly choreographic in nature.