Lijst van grote Keniaanse steden
Hieronder volgt een lijst van grote steden in Kenia. De met afstand grootste agglomeratie in Kenia is Nairobi met een inwoneraantal van 3.639.581 (stand 1 januari 2005). Dit betekent dat ongeveer tien procent van de bevolking van het land in en rondom de hoofdstad woont.
De onderstaande tabel bevat de steden met meer dan 30.000 inwoners.
| Steden in Kenia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaats | Stad | Inwoners | Provincie | ||||
| Telling 1969 | Telling 1979 | Telling 1989 | Telling 1999 | Schatting 2005 | |||
| 1. | Nairobi | 509.286 | 827.775 | 1.324.570 | 2.143.254 | 2.765.657 | Nairobi |
| 2. | Mombassa | 247.073 | 341.148 | 461.753 | 665.018 | 795.174 | Pwani |
| 3. | Kisumu | 32.431 | 152.643 | 192.733 | 322.734 | 394.684 | Nyanza |
| 4. | Nakuru | 47.151 | 92.851 | 163.927 | 219.366 | 276.263 | Bonde la Ufa |
| 5. | Eldoret | 18.196 | 50.503 | 111.882 | 167.016 | 230.351 | Bonde la Ufa |
| 6. | Ruiru | 1.674 | 1.718 | 23.316 | 79.741 | 225.794 | Kati |
| 7. | Machakos | 6.312 | 84.320 | 116.293 | 144.109 | 166.367 | Mashariki |
| 8. | Mewru | 4.475 | 72.049 | 94.947 | 126.427 | 146.986 | Mashariki |
| 9. | Nyeri | 10.004 | 35.753 | 91.258 | 98.908 | 130.562 | Kati |
| 10. | Kitale | 11.573 | 28.327 | 56.218 | 86.055 | 115.957 | Bonde la Ufa |
| 11. | Kericho | 10.144 | 29.603 | 48.511 | 82.126 | 107.941 | Bonde la Ufa |
| 12. | Thika | 18.387 | 41.324 | 57.603 | 82.665 | 99.538 | Kati |
| 13. | Kakamega | 6.244 | 32.025 | 58.862 | 73.607 | 92.081 | Magharibi |
| 14. | Garissa | n.b. | 14.076 | 31.319 | 50.955 | 71.962 | Kaskazini-Mashariki |
| 15. | Kisii | 6.080 | 29.661 | 44.149 | 59.248 | 71.304 | Nyanza |
| 16. | Malindi | 10.757 | 23.275 | 34.047 | 53.805 | 67.344 | Pwani |
| 17. | Webuye | n.b. | 17.963 | 27.758 | 48.806 | 63.788 | Magharibi |
| 18. | Migori | 2.066 | n.b. | 12.274 | 31.644 | 52.570 | Nyanza |
| 19. | Bungoma | 4.401 | 25.161 | 26.805 | 44.196 | 51.450 | Magharibi |
| 20. | Wajir | n.b. | 6.384 | 19.382 | 32.237 | 49.875 | Kaskazini-Mashariki |
| 21. | Busia | 1.057 | 5.266 | 20.781 | 30.777 | 49.700 | Magharibi |
| 22. | Homa Bay | 3.252 | 7.489 | 23.335 | 32.174 | 47.758 | Nyanza |
| 23. | Kilifi | 2.662 | n.b. | 14.145 | 30.394 | 45.783 | Pwani |
| 24. | Mumias | 697 | n.b. | 23.668 | 36.158 | 45.385 | Magharibi |
| 25. | Naivasha | 6.920 | 11.491 | 34.519 | 32.222 | 42.860 | Bonde la Ufa |
| 26. | Maragua | 1.230 | 6.980 | 30.931 | 27.384 | 40.184 | Pwani |
| 27. | Mandera | 946 | 13.126 | 22.699 | 30.433 | 38.140 | Kaskazini-Mashariki |
| 28. | Embu | 3.928 | 15.986 | 26.525 | 31.500 | 37.802 | Mashariki |
| 29. | Nanyuki | 11.624 | 18.986 | 24.070 | 31.577 | 36.189 | Bonde la Ufa |
| 30. | Narok | 2.608 | n.b. | 11.629 | 24.091 | 35.591 | Bonde la Ufa |
| 31. | Ngong | 1.583 | n.b. | 8.775 | 20.701 | 32.795 | Bonde la Ufa |
| 32. | Isiolo | 8.201 | 11.331 | 16.824 | 28.854 | 30.907 | Mashariki |
| 33. | Nyahururu | 7.602 | 11.277 | 14.829 | 24.751 | 30.559 | Bonde la Ufa |
| 34. | Rongai | n.b. | n.b. | 17.288 | 25.000 | 30.471 | Bonde la Ufa |