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People
40,046,566
country comparison to the world: 
33
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 42.3% (male 8,300,393/female 8,181,898)
15-64 years: 55.1% (male 10,784,119/female 10,702,999)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 470,218/female 563,145) (2010 est.)
total: 18.8 years
male: 18.7 years
female: 18.9 years (2010 est.)
2.588% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 27
35.14 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
9.26 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 68
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
urban population: 22% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 53.49 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 44
male: 56.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 50.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 58.82 years
country comparison to the world: 190
male: 58.33 years
female: 59.32 years (2010 est.)
4.38 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
6.7% (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
1.2 million (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 8
150,000 (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 4
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria and Rift Valley fever
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009)
noun: Kenyan(s)
adjective: Kenyan
Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%
Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 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
English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85.1%
male: 90.6%
female: 79.7% (2003 est.)
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2005)
7% of GDP (2006)
country comparison to the world: 21
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