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Population: 26,164,473 (July 1992), growth rate 3.6% (1992)
Birth rate: 44 births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate: 68 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth: 60 years male, 64 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate: 6.2 children born/woman (1992)
Nationality: noun - Kenyan(s); adjective - Kenyan
Ethnic divisions: Kikuyu 21%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 11%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, Asian, European, and Arab 1%
Religions: Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%, Muslim 6%
Languages: English and Swahili (official); numerous indigenous languages
Literacy: 69% (male 80%, female 58%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Labor force: 9.2 million (includes unemployed); the total employed is 1.37 million (14.8% of the labor force); services 54.8%, industry 26.2%, agriculture 19.0% (1989)
Organized labor: 390,000 (est.)


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