Republic of Kenya

Capital: Nairobi

Total Area: 224,962.42 sq mi,582,650.00 sq km,(slightly more than twice the size of Nevada)

Population: 30,765,916 (July 2001 est.),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

Estimated Population in 2050: 38,660,226

Languages: English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages

Literacy: 78.1% total, 86.3% male, 70% female (1995 est.)

Religions: Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%, Muslim 7%, other 1%,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

Life Expectancy: 46.57 male, 48.44 female (2001 est.)

Government Type: republic

Currency: 1 Kenyan shilling (KSh) = 100 cents

GDP (per capita): $1,500 (2000 est.)

Industry: small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products processing; oil refining, cement; tourism

Agriculture: coffee, tea, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; dairy products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs

Arable Land: 7%

Natural Resources: gold, limestone, soda ash, salt barites, rubies, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife, hydropower

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