| Kenya |
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| Geography | |
| Location: | Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania. |
| Area: | total:
582,650 sq km land: 569,250 sq km water: 13,400 sq km |
| Natural Resources: | limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower |
| Population and Health | |
| Population: | 34,707,817
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14
years: 42.6% (male 7,454,765/female 7,322,130) 15-64 years: 55.1% (male 9,631,488/female 9,508,068) 65 years and over: 2.3% (male 359,354/female 432,012) (2006 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 2.57% (2006 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 39.72 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
| Death rate: | 14.02 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
| Sex ratio: | at
birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2006 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | total:
59.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61.92 deaths/1,000 live births female: 56.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total
population: 48.93 years male: 49.78 years female: 48.07 years (2006 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 4.91 children born/woman (2006 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | 6.7% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 1.2 million (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 150,000 (2003 est.) |
| Literacy: | definition:
age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.1% male: 90.6% female: 79.7% (2003 est.) |
| Economy | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity): | $40.77 billion (2006 est.) |
| GDP (official exchange rate): | $17.39 billion (2006 est.) |
| GDP - real growth rate: | 5.5% (2006 est.) |
| GDP - per capita (PPP): | $1,200 (2006 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector: | agriculture:
16.3% industry: 18.8% services: 65% (2004 est.) |
| Labor force - by occupation: | agriculture:
75% industry and services: 25% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line: | 50% (2000 est.) |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices): | 10.5% (2006 est.) |
| Investment (gross fixed): | 19.2% of GDP (2006 est.) |
| Agriculture - products: | tea, coffee, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; dairy products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs |
| Industries: | small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, clothing, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products, horticulture, oil refining; aluminum, steel, lead; cement, commercial ship repair, tourism |
| Industrial production growth rate: | 6.3% (2006 est.) |
| Exports - commodities: | tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement |
| Currency (code): | Kenyan shilling (KES) |
| Fiscal year: | 1 July - 30 June |
| Others | |
| Nationality: | noun:
Kenyan(s) adjective: Kenyan |
| Religions: |
Protestant
45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2% note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely |
| Languages: |
English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages |
| Country name: | conventional
long form: Republic of Kenya conventional short form: Kenya former: British East Africa |
| Government type: | republic |
| Capital: | name:
Nairobi geographic coordinates: 1 17 S, 36 49 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Administrative divisions: | 7 provinces and 1 area*; Central, Coast, Eastern, Nairobi Area*, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western |
| Independence: | 12 December 1963 (from UK) |
| National holidays: | Independence Day - 12 December |
| Legal system: | based on Kenyan statutory law, Kenyan and English common law, tribal law, and Islamic law; judicial review in High Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations; constitutional amendment of 1982 making Kenya a de jure one-party state repealed in 1991 |
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| Source : CIA The World Factbook |
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