Country facts
Geography
Area: 581.313 km2
Location: East Africa
Capital: Nairobi
Bordering: Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and the Indian Ocean
Coastline: 536 km
Climate: Varies from tropical along the coast and to arid in the interior
Natural resources: Limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife and hydropower
Geographical note: The Kenyan highlands comprise one of the most successful agricultural production regions in Africa. Glaciers are found on Mount Kneya, Africa's second highest peak. The unique physiography in Kenya supports abundant and varied wildlife of great scientific and economic value.
Economy
Currency: Kenyan
Shilling (KSH)
GDP per capita: 1.880 US $
Annual growth: 6.1%
(2021 estimate)
Inflation: 5,3%
(2021 estimate)
Unemployment rate: 26,7 % (2021)
Major industries: Agriculture,
forestry, fishing, mining, manufacturing, energy, tourism and financial
services
Danish Development
Assistance: DKK 990 million in 2021-2025 (2021)
Government
Government type: Presidential
representative democratic republic
President: Uhuru Muigai
Kenyatta
Deputy President: William
Ruto
Cabinet secretary of foreign affairs: Raychelle Omamo
Cabinet secretary of Treasury: Ukur Yatani Kanacho
Major political parties: Parties at the last election included the Jubilee Party and Orange
Democratic Movement (ODM)
Independence: 12 December 1963 (from the UK)
Constitution: August 2010
Health
Health indicators
Per capita total expenditure on health (PPP int. $)
(2019): 88,39 $
Life expectancy (male/female) (2019): 63 years / 68
years
Fertility rate (children born/woman) (2019): 3,42
Maternal and child mortality
Maternal mortality rate (per 100.000 live births),
(2017): 342
Children under the age of 5 years underweight (2014):
1,2%
Under five mortality rate (probability of dying by
age 5 per 1000 live births) (2019): 43
Immunization rate of
children under one year old: 88 % (2021)
People and Society
Population: 53,8
million (2020 estimate)
Ethnic groups (approx): Kikuyu 17%, Luhya 14%, Kalenjiin 13%, Luo 11%, Kamba 10%, Somalis
6%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, Other African 10%, Other (European, Asian, Arab) 1%
Population growth rate: 2,2 % pr. year
Life expectancy (male/female): 63 years /
68 years (2019)
Languages: English,
Kiswahili, various indigenous languages
Religion: Protestant 61%, Roman
Catholic 20%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 1%, other 8% (2019)