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People > Urban and rural Stats: compare key data on Kenya & South Africa

Definitions

  • Female rural population: Total number of females living in rural areas by country.
  • Female urban population: Total number of females living in urban areas by country.
  • Females living in cities proper: Total number of females living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
  • Females living in cities proper per thousand people: Total number of females living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Male rural population: Total number of males living in rural areas by country.
  • Male rural population per thousand people: Total number of males living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Male urban population: Total number of males living in urban areas by country.
  • Male urban population per thousand people: Total number of males living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Males living in cities proper: Total number of males living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
  • Males living in cities proper per thousand people: Total number of males living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Population living in cities proper: Each city population by sex, city and city type.
  • Rural population: Total population living in rural areas by country.
  • Rural population per thousand people: Total population living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Urban population: Total population living in urban areas by country.
  • Urban population per thousand people: Total population living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Female urban population per thousand people: Total number of females living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Female rural population per thousand people: Total number of females living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
STAT Kenya South Africa HISTORY
Female rural population 13.21 million
Ranked 8th. 17% more than South Africa
11.31 million
Ranked 8th.

Female urban population 6.21 million
Ranked 16th.
12.28 million
Ranked 9th. 98% more than Kenya

Females living in cities proper 68,322
Ranked 31st.
351,985
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Kenya
Females living in cities proper per thousand people 1.72
Ranked 43th.
8.8
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Kenya
Male rural population 12.91 million
Ranked 7th. 26% more than South Africa
10.26 million
Ranked 10th.

Male rural population per thousand people 324.26
Ranked 16th. 44% more than South Africa
225.28
Ranked 34th.

Male urban population 6.28 million
Ranked 16th.
11.61 million
Ranked 8th. 85% more than Kenya

Male urban population per thousand people 157.66
Ranked 56th.
255.04
Ranked 48th. 62% more than Kenya

Males living in cities proper 68,254
Ranked 30th.
340,363
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Kenya
Males living in cities proper per thousand people 1.71
Ranked 43th.
8.51
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Kenya
Population living in cities proper 5.73 million
Ranked 14th.
9.47 million
Ranked 2nd. 65% more than Kenya
Rural population 26.12 million
Ranked 9th. 36% more than South Africa
19.21 million
Ranked 12th.

Rural population per thousand people 655.94
Ranked 15th. 73% more than South Africa
379.77
Ranked 34th.

Urban population 12.49 million
Ranked 18th.
32.56 million
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Kenya

Urban population per thousand people 313.56
Ranked 63th.
643.63
Ranked 35th. 2 times more than Kenya

Female urban population per thousand people 155.9
Ranked 57th.
269.59
Ranked 48th. 73% more than Kenya

Female rural population per thousand people 331.68
Ranked 14th. 34% more than South Africa
248.35
Ranked 28th.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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