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- <text id=94CT0758><title>Kenya—People</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Kenya<nl>People</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 28,240,658 (July 1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 3.07% (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 42.44 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 11.74 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 74.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 53.23 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 51.48 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 55.03 years (1994 est.)
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- <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 5.91 children born/woman (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Kenyan(s)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Kenyan
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- <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, Asian, European, and Arab 1%, other 15%
- <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Roman Catholic 28%, Protestant (including Anglican) 26%, indigenous beliefs 18%, Muslim 6%
- <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> English (official), Swahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
- <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 69%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 80%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 58%
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- <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 9.2 million (includes unemployed); the total employed is 1,370,000 (14.8% of the labor force)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 75-80% (1993 est.), non-agriculture 20-25% (1993 est.)
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