
Slum population in East Africa 2018, by country
As of 2018, roughly 35 million people in East Africa were living in slums. Ethiopia had the highest number of slum residents, approximately 14 million, followed by Kenya with 6.4 million. In contrast, Djibouti and Burundi had the smallest slum population in terms of absolute numbers, 490 thousand and 700 thousand, respectively.