For every boom there is a bust, including in Kenya’s population

The average size of a Kenyan household is today likely to stand at 3.9 from the earlier 4.2 people - a signal that population growth has slowed.

The biggest takeaway from the latest census is that Kenyans are not giving birth to many babies. When societies get wealthy and child mortality falls, people tend to start having less children.

Over the last 10 years, Kenya’s population grew by an average of 2.2 per cent per year, the slowest growth rate that the country has experienced.