Kenya
Republic of Kenya
Kenya (KE, KEN) is a country in Eastern Africa, with Nairobi as its capital. The currency is the Kenyan Shilling (KES, KES). The international dialling code is +254 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0712 123456. The time zone is Africa/Nairobi. Official languages: Swahili and English.
CurrencyKESKES
Dial code+254e.g. 0712 123456
Time zoneNairobiUTC+03:00
LanguageSwahili+1 more
CapitalNairobi
Population58.2M580.4K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Kenya
- Native name
- Kenya
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- KE
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- KEN
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 404
- IOC code
- KEN
- Demonym
- Kenyan
- Capital
- Nairobi
- Region
- Africa › Eastern Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Eastern Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .ke
- Coordinates
- 1, 38
- Area
- 580,367 km²
- Population
- 58,246,400
- GDP
- $314.1B ($5.4K per person)
- Literacy
- 87.4%
- Landlocked
- No
Currency
Kenyan Shilling KES
- Symbol
- KES
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- Ksh 1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swahili sw | Official | 66% (38.4M) | |
| English en | Official | 19% (11.1M) | |
| Kikuyu ki | 17% (9.9M) | ||
| Luyia luy | 11% (6.4M) | ||
| Luo luo | 9.8% (5.7M) | ||
| Kamba kam | 7.6% (4.4M) | ||
| Kalenjin kln | 7.6% (4.4M) | ||
| Gusii guz | 4.9% (2.9M) | ||
| Meru mer | 4% (2.3M) | ||
| Masai mas | 1.6% (931.9K) | ||
| Embu ebu | 1.5% (873.7K) | ||
| Somali so | 1.3% (757.2K) | ||
| Taita dav | 0.82% (477.6K) | 5% | |
| Teso teo | 0.74% (431K) | ||
| pko pko | 0.69% (401.9K) | ||
| Oromo om | 0.47% (273.8K) | ||
| Samburu saq | 0.46% (267.9K) | ||
| Arabic ar | 0.046% (26.8K) | ||
| Punjabi pa | 0.017% (9.9K) | ||
| Gujarati gu | 0.0086% (5K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Nairobi | UTC+03:00 | none | East Africa Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +254
- Dial-out prefix
- 000
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 7–10 digits
- Emergency number
- 112 pattern 11[24]|999
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 020 2012345 | +254 20 2012345 | XXX XXXXXXX | [7-9] |
| Mobile | 0712 123456 | +254 712 123456 | XXXX XXXXXX | 9 |
| Toll free | 0800 223 456 | +254 800 223 456 | XXXX XXX XXX | 9, 10 |
| Premium rate | 0900 223 456 | +254 900 223 456 | XXXX XXX XXX | 9 |
Show the 3 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{5,7}) | [24-6] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{6}) | [17] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3,4}) | [89] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City}
{Postal code}
No data.
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{5}- Examples
- 20100 · 00100
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Sunday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also hB, hb, h
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the Swahili (Kenya) locale (sw-KE), amounts in KES.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (KES)
- Ksh 1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- -Ksh 1,234,567.89
- Currency, name
- shilingi za Kenya 1,234,567.89
- Compact short
- M1.2
- Compact long
- milioni 1.2
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- kilomita 88 kwa saa
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Ijumaa, 27 Machi 2026
- Date, long
- 27 Machi 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mac 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 Mac 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- Machi 2026
- Weekday
- Ijumaa
- Relative time
- jana · baada ya siku 3 · saa 2 zilizopita
- List: and
- A, B na C
- List: or
- A, B au C