People Of Kenya

Population	32,021,856 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 2004 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 40.6% (male 6,575,409; female 6,430,218) 15-64 years: 56.5% (male 9,126,847; female 8,962,905) 65 years and over: 2.9% (male 399,050; female 527,427) (2004 est.)
Median age	total: 18.6 years female: 18.7 years (2004 est.) male: 18.5 years
Population growth rate	1.14% (2004 est.)
Birth rate	27.82 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate	16.31 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate	-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: according to UNHCR, by the end of 2001 Kenya was host to 220,000 refugees from neighboring countries, including: Somalia 145,000 and Sudan 68,000 (2004 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 62.62 deaths/1,000 live births female: 59.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 65.55 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 44.94 years male: 44.79 years female: 45.1 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate	3.31 children born/woman (2004 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%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 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	conventional long form: Republic of Kenya conventional short form: Kenya former: British East Africa

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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