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Over half of country’s population are female

President Uhuru Kenyatta receives the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census results from Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yattani at State House, Nairobi on November, 4, 2019.

Kenya has more women than men, according to census results released yesterday.

Incidentally, there are more boys born but their survival into their early 20s is significantly lower.

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