Population of Kenyan cities, municipalities & towns

I stumbled on this information  Kenya cities, municipalities & towns population courtesy of Google. Kenya government carried out a population of census in 1999 and again in 2009. However, getting some of that information in the manner one wants it is almost impossible at times, even though the central bureau of statistics has the basic census report on their website The website has a summary of the census results.

This data could be a gold mine for businesses especially those that trade fast moving consumer goods (FMCG). These populations for represent markets where consumers are concentrated and can be reached easily in large numbers.

I spent some time on this data and found the following to be interesting;

• These 54 towns hold 5.3m people or 20% of the country's population
• Out of the population of 5.3m living in these towns Nairobi alone holds 40%
• Since 32% of Kenyans live in urban areas (as per 2009 census) there is a significant 4m people living in smaller towns not captured in this list

Province	Pop. 1999 census	percentage	no of towns
Central Total	375,000.00	7%	9
Coast Total	774,000.00	15%	5
Eastern Total	407,000.00	8%	9
Nairobi Total	2,143,000.00	40%	1
North Eastern Total	121,000.00	2%	3
Nyanza Total	470,000.00	9%	6
Rift valley Total	664,000.00	12%	12
Western Total	362,000.00	7%	9
Grand Total	5,316,000.00	100%

**Source: Republic of Kenya, Central Bureau of Statistics.

There are notable towns which I would have expected to be on this list. Some of these are Kenol, Maua, Karatina, GilGil, Namanga, Kajiando, Kangundo, Tala and many more. Its not clear if some of these smaller towns have their numbers combined within those of bigger towns near them.