Survey reveals surging male births and a drop in teenage pregnancies

A teenage mother tends to her child in a remote village in Botswana. [Getty Imags]

It has been a long-held adage that Kenya has a higher ratio of women to men. But this could change if the recently-released Economic Survey is anything to go by.

The report says more males are being born compared to females. In 2023, male newborns accounted for 51 per cent of all registered births, while females constituted 49 per cent. This gender imbalance resulted in a sex ratio of 104 males for every 100 females born, an increase from 103 in 2022.