Kenyan diaspora

Kenyan diaspora consists of Kenyans and their descendants living outside Kenya. Countries with significant numbers of people with Kenyan ancestry are United Kingdom and United States.It is estimated time there are 3Million are living abroad.

Ethnic group

Kenya diasporaTotal population

3 Million [1]
Regions with significant populations
UK| 149,797 [2]
USA| 135,187 [2]
Uganda| 36,822 [2]
Tanzania| 32,472 [3]
Canada| 28,920 [2]
South Africa| 28,769 [2]
Australia| 18,714 [3]
Germany| 15,084 [3]
Languages
English, Swahili, Arabic
Religion
Christianity, Islam

Sixty-five percent of Kenya’s diaspora (i.e., 326,484 of the 501,204 Kenyans in the 2017 UN migrant stock database) live in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, and Germany for educational and economic reasons. Since most members of the Kenyan diaspora are highly educated and skilled voluntary migrants, they tend to concentrate in countries like the UK that allow them to gain maximum economic benefit for their skilled labor.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Kenya diaspora". 2024.
2. ^ a b c d e "Kenya diaspora". 2024.
3. ^ a b c d Otiso, Kefa M. (October 31, 2023). Nasong'o, Wanjala S.; Amutabi, Maurice N.; Falola, Toyin (eds.). The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Kenya. Springer International Publishing. pp. 347–366. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-15854-4_26 - via Springer Link.