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

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

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)