What is the population of Nakuru?
Nakuru has a city population of 570,674. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Kenya · Africa
Nakuru
City population
570,674
#4
in Kenya
#1
in Nakuru County
#977
worldwide
-0.307, 36.072 · 136 km from Nairobi
About Nakuru
Ranked 977th globally, Nakuru holds 570,674 people and stands as Kenya's fourth-largest city. It lies 136 km from Nairobi and sits at 1,802 m elevation. Several smaller cities cluster within 35 km: Njoro at 14 km with 42,173 people, Upper Gilgil 25 km away with 60,711, and Ol Kalou at 34 km with 47,795.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 8
Elevation
1,802 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Nairobi
Coordinates
-0.307, 36.072
Record updated
2023-12-21
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 119 in KenyaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Nakuru | 571K |
Nakuru Population FAQ
Where is Nakuru?
Nakuru is in Nakuru County, Kenya, 136 km from the capital, Nairobi. Its coordinates are -0.307, 36.072.
How big is Nakuru compared with other cities in Kenya?
It is the 4th largest of the 119 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Kenya, holding 1.0% of the national population.