Machakos has a population of 63,767, making it the 45th largest place we list in Kenya. It is in Machakos County.
Machakos holds 0.11% of Kenya's 58,636,412 people. Nairobi, the largest place we list there, is 69 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 31,971, a rise of 99%.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Bungoma | Bungoma County | 68,031 |
| Narok | Narok County | 65,430 |
| Embu | Embu County | 64,979 |
| Githunguri | Kiambu County | 63,319 |
| Githunguri | Machakos County | 63,319 |
| El Wak | Mandera County | 60,732 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.