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Population: 34,707,817 Estimates for this country, 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 2006 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 42.6 % (male 7,454,765; female 7,322,130)
15-64 years: 55.1 % (male 9,631,488; female 9,508,068)
65 years and over: 2.3 % (male 359,354; female 432,012) (2006 est.)

 

Population growth rate: 2.57 % (2006 est.) 1.53 Birth rate: 39.72 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) Death rate: 14.02 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

note: according to the UNHCR, by the end of 2005 Kenya was host to 233,778 refugees from neighbouring countries, including Somalia 153,627, Sudan 67,556, Ethiopia 12,595 (2006 est.)

 

Sex ratio at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female, under 16 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 1

Infant mortality rate: 59.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

 

Malnourished population: 32 %

 

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 48.93 years, male: 49.78 years
female: 48.07 years (2006 est.)

 

Total fertility rate: 4.91 children born/woman (2006 est.)

 

Nationality: noun: Kenyan(s), adjective: Kenyan

 

Ethnic groups

See also List of tribes of Kenya

 

Major groups

• Kikuyu (Agĩkũyũ) 20.78 %
• Luhya 14.38 %
• Luo 12.38 %
• Kalenjin 11.46 %
• Kamba 11.42 %
• Kisii 6.15 %
• Ameru (Meru) 5.07 %
• Maasai 1.76 %
• Turkana 1.52 %
• Embu 1.20 %
• Taita 0.95 %
• Swahili 0.60 %
• Samburu 0.50 %
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The percentage indicates the tribe's proportion of the population of Kenya.

 

Other Groups

• Aweer
• Bajuni
• Bukusu, ([Luhya] sub-tribe)
• Dahalo
• Idakho, (Luhya sub-tribe)
• Isukha, (Luhya sub-tribe)
• Kore
• Kuria
• Maragoli, (Luhya sub-tribe)
• Marama
• Miji Kenda
• Ogiek
• Orma (Oromo)
• Pokomo
• Rendille
• Sengwer
• Suba
• Tachoni
• Taveta
• Watha
• Yiaku (Yaaku)

Other non-Kenyan ethnic groups resident in Kenya for many generations are:

• Oromos
• Somalis
• Gujaratis, Baluchs, Punjabis and Goans from India,
• Britons and Europeans (45,000)
• Omani Arabs

 

Religions

Protestant 45 %, Roman Catholic 33 %, indigenous beliefs 10 %, Muslim 10 %, Bahá'í Faith about 1%[1][2] Buddhism 0.3 %, 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), Swahili (national), numerous indigenous languages

 

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write, total population: 85.1 %
male: 90.6 %, female: 79.7 % (2003 est.)

 

External links

• Kenya: Minorities, Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Diversity, report by Minority Rights Group, 2005

Demographics of Kenya - for those who just have to know everything!

Statistics sourced from Wikipedia