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The county has four constituencies as shown in Table 5. According to the table, Keiyo South has the highest population of 148,193 while Keiyo North has the lowest population of 100,074. On the other hand, Marakwet West has a population of 147,126 while Marakwet East has 106,908 according to 2018 population projections. With population growth rate of approximately 3.3 percent, the ratio of male to female in each sub-county is 1:1 and it is expected to remain so as per the above projections

There are variations in population distributions and densities within the county with the average density being 166 persons per km2. Keiyo North has the highest yopulation densioy df 185 persons per km2 while Marakwet East has the lowest with 136 persons per km2. The high density in Keiyo North could be attributed to it being largely on the Highlands geographic area thus having favourable climatic conditions and fairly developed infrastructure, given that the county headquarters is situated in this sub-county, whereas Marakwet East’s low density could be attributed to the poor infrastructural facilities, insecurity with bordering Counties and unfavorable climatic conditions in the Sub-county.

 

Table 5: Population dtstribution, density and trend per Sub –Coubty

Source: KNBS (2009) National Populatiop and Housing Census and KNBS ProCecnions