Kenya

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Population: 36,913,721 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 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 42.1% (male 7,826,804/female 7,720,456) 15-64 years: 55.2% (male 10,219,575/female 10,174,922) 65 years and over: 2.6% (male 446,355/female 525,609) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 2.799% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 38.94 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 10.95 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.014 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.004 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.849 male(s)/female total population: 1.004 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 57.44 deaths/1,000 live births male: 60.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 54.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 55.31 years male: 55.24 years female: 55.37 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 4.82 children born/woman (2007 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.).

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 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.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.1% male: 90.6% female: 79.7% (2003 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $41.36 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 5.7% (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: 1.955 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 75% industry and services: 25% (2003 est.).

Population below poverty line: 50% (2000 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 37.2% (2000).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10.5% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 40% (2001 est.).

Budget: revenues: $4.448 billion expenditures: $5.377 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (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.).

Electricity - production: 5.709 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 5.459 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 150 million kWh (2004).

Exports: $3.614 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement.

Exports - partners: Uganda 15.1%, UK 10.4%, US 9.4%, Netherlands 8.1%, Tanzania 7.3%, Pakistan 4.6% (2005).

Imports: $6.602 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics.

Imports - partners: UAE 11.4%, US 10.2%, India 8.6%, Saudi Arabia 8%, South Africa 7.4%, China 7.4%, UK 5.6%, Japan 4.1% (2005).

Debt - external: $6.675 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $453 million (1997).

Currency (code): Kenyan shilling (KES).

Exchange rates: Kenyan shillings per US dollar - 72.101 (2006), 75.554 (2005), 79.174 (2004), 75.936 (2003), 78.749 (2002).

Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June.