Kenya 
Facts
Population:
30,765,916
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 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
41.95% (male 6,524,776; female 6,381,192)
15-64 years:
55.26% (male 8,529,842; female 8,471,609)
65 years and over:
2.79% (male 376,151; female 482,346) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.27% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
28.5 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
14.35 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
note:
according to UNHCR, by the end of 1999 Kenya was host to 223,700 refugees from neighboring countries, including: Somalia 141,000 and Sudan 64,250
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.78 male(s)/female
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
67.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
47.49 years
male:
46.57 years
female:
48.44 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.5 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
13.95% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
2.1 million (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
180,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Kenyan(s)
adjective:
Kenyan
Ethnic groups:
Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%
Religions:
Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%, Muslim 7%, other 1%
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
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
78.1%
male:
86.3%
female:
70% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $45.6 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
0.4% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,500 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
25%
industry:
13%
services:
62% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
42% (1992 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
1.8%
highest 10%:
34.9% (1994)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
9.2 million (1998 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 75%-80%
Unemployment rate:
50% (1998 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$2.91 billion
expenditures:
$2.97 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products processing; oil refining, cement; tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
0.5% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
4.225 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
31%
hydro:
67%
nuclear:
0%
other:
2% (1999 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
4.075 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
146 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, tea, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; dairy products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs
Exports:
$1.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
tea, coffee, horticultural products, petroleum products, fish, cement
Exports - partners:
Uganda 18%, UK 15%, Tanzania 12%, Pakistan 8% (1999)
Imports:
$3 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, iron and steel
Imports - partners:
UK 12%, UAE 8%, Japan 8%, US 7% (1999)
Debt - external:
$6.2 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:
$457 million (1997)
Currency:
Kenyan shilling (KES)
Currency code:
KES
Exchange rates:
Kenyan shillings per US dollar - 78.733 (December 2000), 76.176 (2000), 70.326 (1999), 60.367 (1998), 58.732 (1997), 57.115 (1996)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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Nairobi
(Business newsmagazine), Nairobi
http://www.africanexecutive.com/
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(News service), Nairobi
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(Bi-monthly magazine), Nbi
Nairobi
http://www.coastweek.com/
(Independent), Nairobi
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/
(Independent weekly), Nairobi
http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafrican/curren...
Kenya in the News
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International lending, within its current framework, leaves developing nations in a hole that only gets bigger as they try to pay off their debt.
When food is treated as simply a commodity, a huge chunk of the population cannot afford it. People in the South die every day from hunger and related diseases, while an equal number in the North consume in excess.
Unrest in Kenya threatens humanitarian and commercial operations throughout the Great Lakes region, potentially affecting more than 100 million lives, according to analysts.
A former U.N. special envoy for H.I.V./AIDS discusses new developments in Africa.
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