Kenia

Republic of Kenya

GEOGRAPHY:
Location:-------------- Eastern Africa
Area:
Total area:--- 582,650 sq. km
Land area:--- 569,250 sq. km
Capital city:-------------- Nairobi
Natural resources:------------- Gold, limestone, soda ash, salt barytes,
rubies, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife

PEOPLE:
Population:--------------- 28,337,071
Literacy rate:-------------- 78.1% of total population (Males:86.3%,
Females:70%)
Languages:---------------- English (official), Swahili (official), numerous
indigenous languages
Religions:--------------- 38%-Protestant (including Anglican), 28%-Roman
Catholic, 26%-indigenous beliefs, 8%-other

VITAL STATISTICS:
Birth rate:---------------- 32.44 (per 1,000 population)(1997)
Death rate:---------------- 10.83 (per 1,000 population)
Infant Mortality rate:------------ 55.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Fertility rate:--------------- 4.26 (per woman)
Life Expectancy are birth: Total population:--- 54.39 (Males:54.21,
Females:54.59)

GOVERNMENT:
Type of Government:-------------- Republic
Independence:-------------- December 12, 1963 (from UK)
President:------------ Daniel Toroitich arap Moi

ECONOMY:
GDP:-------------- purchasing power parity - $39.2 billion (1996)
GDP real growth rate:--- 4%
GDP per capita:--- $1,400
Inflation rate (consumer prices):--------------- 1.6% (1995)
National budget:
Revenues:--- $2.7 billion
Expenditures:--- $2.7 billion
External debt:------------- $7 billion
Currency:--------------- 1 Kenyan shilling = 100 cents
Labor force:--------------- 8.78 million (1993)
Unemployment rate:------------ 35% urban (1994)
Agriculture:------------- Coffee, tea, corn(Maize), wheat, sugarcane, fruit,
vegetables; dairy products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs.
Industries:-------------- Small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture,
batteries, textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural processing; oil
refining, cement; tourism
Exports:--------------- $1.9 billion
Commodities:--- Tea, coffee, petroleum products
Imports:------------- $2.6 billion
Commodities:--- Machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum
and petroleum products, iron and steel, raw materials, food and consumer
goods

DEFENCE:
Defence expenditures:------------- Exchange rate conversion - $134 million,
3.9% of GDP

Geography: Kenya lies on the equitor in the east central Africa. On the south east is the
Indian Ocean.