Kenya 
Facts
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.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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Africa News Service
Nairobi
(Business newsmagazine), Nairobi
http://www.africanexecutive.com/
All African Press Service
(News service), Nairobi
Business Mirror
(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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Kenya's first lady, Lucy Kibaki admonished students to "abstain from sex in order to avoid infection with H.I.V." last month while addressing a school prize giving ceremony.
Countries around the world have taken preventive measures against a potential outbreak of bird flu, which has killed more than 60 people in Southeast Asia since it was first discovered in 2003.
Most directors feel there is a need to establish more film festivals across Africa in order to create a forum to showcase their work, and sensitize audiences on the need to appreciate documentaries as a form of educative entertainment.
When Mzee Wilson Kilonzo Musembi and Mama Rhoda Koki Kilonzo had their second baby 56 years ago and named him Mutula, little did they know that the young boy who had to repeat class one for lack of fifteen shillings in school fees, would be a successful lawyer and legal advisor to Kenya’s president.
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