ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · KENYA
Capital of Kenya
The capital of Kenya is Nairobi. The largest, Nairobi, has around 5,545,000 residents in the city proper — a giant capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALNairobi
POPULATION5,545,000
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Nairobi5,545,000 people
In context
Where Nairobisits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10MNairobi is here
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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