Kenya is a nation in East Africa formally known as the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya in Swahili). With more than 47.6 million people living there as of the 2019 census, Kenya is the seventh most populous nation in Africa and the 28th most populous nation worldwide. Nairobi is Kenya’s capital and largest city; Mombasa, a significant port city on Mombasa Island in the Indian Ocean and the adjacent mainland, is the country’s oldest and second-largest city. From 1889 until 1907, Mombasa served as the capital of the British East Africa Protectorate, which covered the majority of modern-day Kenya and the southwest region of Somalia. Other significant cities are Nakuru and Kisumu. Kenya’s borders are shared by Somalia to the east, Ethiopia to the north, South Sudan to the northwest, and Uganda to west