Migration flows · 2025
Kenya
Where people move to and from Kenya in 2025. The left column is where residents go; the right column is where arrivals come from. Reported movements only.
Total leaving Kenya
20,935
Total arriving in Kenya
835,756
Kenya & its flows
Flat world map. Red arrows & labels = where people go to; green arrows & labels = where people come from. Drag to pan, scroll or use the buttons to zoom (zoom in to reveal names of small or clustered countries).
Incoming vs outgoing by year
Yearly totals of people arriving in and leaving Kenya. Reported movements only.
Where Kenya’s people go
Top destination countries
- 1 Canada 8,331
- 2 Ethiopia 5,649
- 3 United States 1,845
- 4 United Kingdom 796
- 5 Germany 774
- 6 Australia 701
- 7 Israel 496
- 8 South Africa 451
- 9 France 331
- 10 Uganda 274
- 11 Ireland 243
- 12 Italy 179
- 13 Korea, Rep. 141
- 14 Spain 104
- 15 Sweden 99
- 16 Netherlands 85
- 17 Belgium 84
- 18 Greece 84
- 19 Switzerland 70
- 20 Norway 47
- 21 Brazil 40
- 22 Portugal 30
- 23 Egypt, Arab Rep. 29
- 24 Denmark 26
- 25 Finland 26
Where arrivals come from
Top origin countries
- 1 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 459,131
- 2 South Sudan 202,863
- 3 Congo, Dem. Rep. 66,043
- 4 Ethiopia 42,897
- 5 Burundi 34,585
- 6 Sudan 13,349
- 7 Eritrea 7,839
- 8 Uganda 4,307
- 9 Rwanda 3,071
- 10 Afghanistan 574
- 11 Yemen, Rep. 369
- 12 Turkiye 218
- 13 Tanzania 171
- 14 Congo, Rep. 105
- 15 Cameroon 59
- 16 Egypt, Arab Rep. 36
- 17 Pakistan 32
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 23
- 19 Nigeria 21
- 20 Zimbabwe 15
- 21 Central African Republic 14
- 22 India 10
- 23 Mozambique 10
- 24 Sri Lanka 8
- 25 Ukraine 6