Population Census 2019
Kenya, 2019
Reference ID
KEN_2019_CENSUS_v01_M_ILO_VAR
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)
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P16. Ethnicity/Nationality (p16)
Data file: KEN_CENSUS_2019_FULL
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Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Basuba |
| 11 | Embu |
| 12 | Kamba |
| 13 | Kikuyu |
| 14 | Kisii |
| 15 | Kuria |
| 16 | Luo |
| 17 | Malakote |
| 18 | Maasai |
| 19 | Mbeere |
| 20 | Meru |
| 21 | Nubi(an\) |
| 22 | Pokot |
| 23 | Samburu |
| 24 | Taita |
| 25 | Taveta |
| 26 | Teso |
| 27 | Tharaka |
| 28 | Turkana |
| 29 | Wailwana/Malakote |
| 30 | Wardei |
| 46 | Wayyu |
| 100 | Luhya |
| 101 | Bakhayo |
| 102 | Banyala |
| 103 | Banyore |
| 104 | Batsotso |
| 105 | Batura |
| 106 | Bukusu |
| 107 | Idakho |
| 108 | Isukha |
| 109 | Kabras |
| 110 | Kisa |
| 111 | Marachi |
| 112 | Maragoli |
| 113 | Marama |
| 114 | Samia |
| 115 | Tachoni |
| 116 | Tiriki |
| 117 | Wanga |
| 200 | Mijikenda |
| 201 | Boni |
| 202 | Chonyi |
| 203 | Dahalo |
| 204 | Digo |
| 205 | Duruma |
| 206 | Giriama |
| 207 | Jibana |
| 208 | Kambe |
| 209 | Kauma |
| 210 | Pokomo |
| 211 | Rabai |
| 212 | Ribe |
| 300 | Swahili |
| 301 | Amu |
| 302 | Bajuni |
| 303 | Chitundi |
| 304 | Jomvu |
| 305 | Muyeyaya |
| 306 | Mvita |
| 307 | Ngare |
| 308 | Pate |
| 309 | Siu |
| 310 | Vumba |
| 311 | Wachangamwe |
| 312 | Wafaza |
| 313 | Wakatwa |
| 314 | Wakilifi |
| 315 | Wakilindini |
| 316 | Wamtwapa |
| 317 | Washaka |
| 318 | Watangana |
| 319 | Watikuu |
| 320 | Makonde |
| 400 | Kalenjin |
| 401 | Arror |
| 402 | Bong'omek |
| 403 | Cherangany |
| 404 | Dorobo |
| 405 | El Molo |
| 406 | Endo |
| 407 | Ilchamus |
| 408 | Keiyo |
| 409 | Kipsigis |
| 410 | Marakwet |
| 411 | Nandi |
| 412 | Njemps |
| 413 | Ogiek |
| 414 | Saboat |
| 415 | Samor |
| 416 | Senger |
| 417 | Sengwer |
| 418 | Terik |
| 419 | Tugen |
| 420 | Endorois |
| 500 | Kenyan Somali |
| 501 | Ajuran |
| 502 | Borana |
| 503 | Burji |
| 504 | Dasenach |
| 505 | Degodia |
| 506 | Gabra |
| 507 | Galla |
| 508 | Gosha |
| 509 | Gurreh |
| 510 | Hawiyah |
| 511 | Konso |
| 512 | Merile |
| 513 | Ogaden |
| 514 | Orma |
| 515 | Rendile |
| 516 | Sakuye |
| 517 | Waat |
| 518 | Kenyan Arabs |
| 519 | Kenyan Asians |
| 520 | Kenyan Europeans |
| 521 | Kenyan Americans |
| 522 | Kenyan |
| 523 | Isaak |
| 524 | Aweer/Watta |
| 525 | Barawa |
| 526 | Tswakans |
| 527 | Kifundi |
| 528 | Munyoyaya/Muyeyaya |
| 529 | Watta |
| 530 | Galjeel |
| 531 | Sanye |
| 532 | Garre |
| 533 | Murule |
| 534 | Corner Tribes |
| 535 | Leysan |
| 536 | Ngiteuso |
| 537 | Murile |
| 538 | Mkendwa |
| 539 | Baganda |
| 540 | Sidam |
| 541 | Abakhenye |
| 542 | Corner Tribes (Shegal, Warabey, Gabaweih, Sharmuge, Shabelle, Leisah, Hawadhi, Asraaf) |
| 543 | Other Kenyan |
| 544 | Refusal/ Kenyan |
| 545 | Kony |
| 546 | Lembus |
| 600 | Algeria |
| 601 | Angola |
| 602 | Benin |
| 603 | Botswana |
| 604 | Burkina Faso |
| 605 | Burundi |
| 606 | Cameroon |
| 607 | Cape Verde |
| 608 | Central African Republic |
| 609 | Chad |
| 610 | Comoros |
| 611 | Congo, Republic Of The... |
| 612 | C___e D'ivoire |
| 613 | Democratic Republic Of The Congo |
| 614 | Djibouti |
| 615 | Egypt |
| 616 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 617 | Eritrea |
| 618 | Ethiopia |
| 619 | Gabon |
| 620 | Gambia |
| 621 | Ghana |
| 622 | Guinea |
| 623 | Guinea-bissau |
| 624 | Lesotho |
| 625 | Liberia |
| 626 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
| 627 | Madagascar |
| 628 | Malawi |
| 629 | Mali |
| 630 | Mauritania |
| 631 | Mauritius |
| 632 | Morocco |
| 633 | Mozambique |
| 634 | Namibia |
| 635 | Niger |
| 636 | Nigeria |
| 637 | Rwanda |
| 638 | Sao Tome And Principe |
| 639 | Senegal |
| 640 | Seychelles |
| 641 | Sierra Leone |
| 642 | Somalia |
| 643 | South Africa |
| 644 | Sudan |
| 645 | South Sudan |
| 646 | Swaziland |
| 647 | Togo |
| 648 | Tunisia |
| 649 | Uganda |
| 650 | United Republic Of Tanzania |
| 651 | Zambia |
| 652 | Zimbabwe |
| 670 | Afghanistan |
| 671 | Bahrain |
| 672 | Bangladesh |
| 673 | Bhutan |
| 674 | Brunei Darussalam |
| 675 | Cambodia |
| 676 | China |
| 677 | Democratic People's Republic Of Korea |
| 680 | India |
| 681 | Indonesia |
| 682 | Iran, Islamic Republic Of... |
| 683 | Iraq |
| 684 | Israel |
| 685 | Japan |
| 686 | Jordan |
| 687 | Kiribati |
| 688 | Kuwait |
| 689 | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 690 | Lebanon |
| 691 | Malaysia |
| 692 | Maldives |
| 693 | Micronesia, Federated States Of... |
| 694 | Mongolia |
| 695 | Myanmar |
| 696 | Nauru |
| 697 | Nepal |
| 698 | Oman |
| 699 | Pakistan |
| 700 | Philippines |
| 701 | Qatar |
| 702 | Republic Of Korea |
| 703 | Republic Of Moldova |
| 704 | Saudi Arabia |
| 705 | Singapore |
| 706 | Sri Lanka |
| 707 | Suriname |
| 708 | Syrian Arab Republic |
| 709 | Thailand |
| 710 | Timor-leste |
| 711 | United Arab Emirates |
| 712 | Vietnam |
| 713 | Yemen |
| 714 | Albania |
| 715 | Andorra |
| 716 | Armenia |
| 717 | Austria |
| 718 | Azerbaijan |
| 719 | Belarus |
| 720 | Belgium |
| 721 | Bosnia And Herzegovina |
| 722 | Bulgaria |
| 723 | Croatia |
| 724 | Cyprus |
| 725 | Czech Republic |
| 726 | Denmark |
| 727 | Estonia |
| 728 | Finland |
| 729 | France |
| 730 | Georgia |
| 731 | Germany |
| 732 | Greece |
| 733 | Hungary |
| 734 | Iceland |
| 735 | Ireland |
| 736 | Italy |
| 737 | Kazakhstan |
| 738 | Kyrgyzstan |
| 739 | Latvia |
| 740 | Liechtenstein |
| 741 | Lithuania |
| 742 | Luxembourg |
| 743 | Malta |
| 744 | Marshall Islands |
| 745 | Monaco |
| 746 | Montenegro |
| 747 | Netherlands |
| 748 | Norway |
| 749 | Poland |
| 750 | Portugal |
| 751 | Romania |
| 752 | Russian Federation |
| 753 | Saint Kitts And Nevis |
| 754 | Saint Lucia |
| 755 | Saint Vincent And The Grenadines |
| 756 | San Marino |
| 757 | Serbia |
| 758 | Slovakia |
| 759 | Slovenia |
| 760 | Spain |
| 761 | Sweden |
| 762 | Switzerland |
| 763 | Tajikistan |
| 764 | The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia |
| 765 | Turkey |
| 766 | Turkmenistan |
| 767 | Ukraine |
| 768 | United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland |
| 769 | Uzbekistan |
| 770 | Argentina |
| 771 | Belize |
| 772 | Bolivia |
| 773 | Brazil |
| 774 | Canada |
| 775 | Chile |
| 776 | Colombia |
| 777 | Costa Rica |
| 778 | Cuba |
| 779 | Dominica |
| 780 | Dominican Republic |
| 781 | Ecuador |
| 782 | El Salvador |
| 783 | Guatemala |
| 784 | Honduras |
| 785 | Mexico |
| 786 | Nicaragua |
| 787 | Panama |
| 788 | Paraguay |
| 789 | Peru |
| 790 | United States Of America |
| 791 | Uruguay |
| 792 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic Of) |
| 793 | Antigua And Barbuda |
| 794 | Bahamas |
| 795 | Barbados |
| 796 | Grenada |
| 797 | Guyana |
| 798 | Haiti |
| 799 | Jamaica |
| 800 | Solomon Islands |
| 801 | Trinidad And Tobago |
| 802 | Australia |
| 803 | Fiji |
| 804 | New Zealand |
| 805 | Palau |
| 806 | Papua New Guinea |
| 807 | Samoa |
| 808 | Tonga |
| 809 | Tuvalu |
| 810 | Vanuatu |
| 811 | Other Nationality |
| 812 | Stateless (Galjeel, Shona, Wapemba, Pare E.t.c) |
| 813 | Refugee/Asylum Seeker |
| 999 | Dont Know |