Yet no one knows how many people live there. According to the last (highly politicized) census, completed in 2009, Nairobi has a population of over three million; but it is probably closer to five million, with a large percentage living in slums.
内罗毕是一个充满活力的成长之城，这里有购物中心、餐厅、西方式的公司，滋养着肯尼亚新兴中产阶级。但没人知道有多少人生活在这里。根据2009年完成的最新的（被高度政治化的）人口普查，内罗毕人口超过300万；但也许其人口有接近500万，其中很大一部分生活在贫民窟。