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 Kenya

 

 
Factfile  
Official name: Republic of Kenya
Date of formation: 1963
Capital: Nairobi
Population: 31.5 million
Density: 54.1 people per sq km
Total area: 582,650 sq km
Languages: Swahili*, English, Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba, other
Government: Presidential democracy
Life expectancy: 45.2 years
Infant mortality: 78 deaths/1,000 live births

Rural population:

61.8% of total
Urban population: 38.2% of total
Under age 15: 42.1% of total
Over age 65: 2.9% of total

* Official language

Source:
UNDP - Human development report 2004
www.hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/
CIA - The World Factbook 2004
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html




Population density (inhabitant/Km2)

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Source: UNEP/GRID geneva 

 
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