ACOG - Kenya  - IBM

Geography

Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania

Area:
total area: 582,650 sq km
land area: 569,250 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Nevada

Land boundaries: total 3,446 km, Ethiopia 830 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km, Tanzania769 km, Uganda 933 km

Coastline: 536 km


People

Population: 28,817,227 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 48% (female 6,841,235; male 6,957,908)
15-64 years: 50% (female 7,277,061; male 7,085,925)
65 years and over: 2% (female 359,659; male 295,439)

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 population: 52.41 years
male: 50.72 years
female: 54.16 years

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)
total population: 71%
male: 81%
female: 62%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Kenya
conventional short form: Kenya

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


Economy

National 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:
capacity: 810,000 kW
production: 3.3 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 117 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts.