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GeographyLocation: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania
Area: Land boundaries: total 3,446 km, Ethiopia 830 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km, Tanzania769 km, Uganda 933 km Coastline: 536 km
PeoplePopulation: 28,817,227 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.99% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 41.66 births/1,000 population Death rate: 12.04 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -19.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 73.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 5.76 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%,Meru 6%, Asian, European, and Arab 1%, other 15% Religions: Protestant (including Anglican) 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenousbeliefs 26%, other 8% Languages: English (official), Swahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Nairobi Independence: 12 December 1963 (from UK) Constitution: 12 December 1963, amended as a republic 1964; reissued with amendments 1979, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1991, and 1992
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $33.1 billion National product real growth rate: 3.3% National product per capita: $1,170 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 30% Unemployment rate: 35% urban
Electricity:
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