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KEY COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT WEBSITES AND PROJECTS
World Bank Knowledge Economy Index- Kenya
World Bank Governance matters- Kenya
World Bank Doing Business 2009-Kenya
UNESCO Education Statistics- Kenya
UNDP Human Development Report- Kenya
AIDA Development Activities Gateway- Kenya
Ibrahim Governance Index- Kenya
USAID Early Warning Famine System- Kenya
IREX Media Sustainability Index- Kenya
Kenya Demographic Statistics
Demographic Indicator Data Population (mid-2009)* 39,070,000 Population growth rate (Rate of Natural Incr: birth rate minus death rate, expressed as a %)* 2.7% Gender (2009 est.)** male: 50%
female: 50% Adult Literacy rate (% aged 15 and older ) 1999-2007*** General: 74%
Men: 70%
Women: 77% Population below poverty line (Population living below the national poverty line (%), 2000-2006)*** 52% Age Distribution* less than 15 yrs: 42%
15-65: 66%
65+: 2% HIV/AIDS Among Adult Population, Ages 15-49, 2007/2008 (%) 7.4% Urban population* 19% Average Annual Rate of Change of Urban Population, 2005-2010 (%) 4% Urban Population Living in Slums (%), 2005 55% Religion (2002 census)** 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. Ethnic groups (2002 census)** Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1% Languages** English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages * = Population Reference Bureau
** = CIA World Factbook
*** = UNDP Human Development Report
| Demographic Indicator | Data |
| Population (mid-2009)* | 39,070,000 |
| Population growth rate (Rate of Natural Incr: birth rate minus death rate, expressed as a %)* | 2.7% |
| Gender (2009 est.)** | male: 50% female: 50% |
| Adult Literacy rate (% aged 15 and older ) 1999-2007*** | General: 74% Men: 70% Women: 77% |
| Population below poverty line (Population living below the national poverty line (%), 2000-2006)*** | 52% |
| Age Distribution* | less than 15 yrs: 42% 15-65: 66% 65+: 2% |
| HIV/AIDS Among Adult Population, Ages 15-49, 2007/2008 (%) | 7.4% |
| Urban population* | 19% |
| Average Annual Rate of Change of Urban Population, 2005-2010 (%) | 4% |
| Urban Population Living in Slums (%), 2005 | 55% |
| Religion (2002 census)** | 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. |
| Ethnic groups (2002 census)** | Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1% |
| Languages** | English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages |
| * = Population Reference Bureau ** = CIA World Factbook *** = UNDP Human Development Report | |