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Kenya: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 48,461,567 (2016)
Population Growth Rate 2.561 annual % (2016)
Age Dependency Ratio 77.045 % of working-age population (2016)
Urban Population 26.055 % of total (2016)
Infant Mortality Rate 35.6 per 1,000 live births (2016)
Life Expectancy at Birth 67.032 years (2016)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2016)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 9.154 billion kWh (2014) #102
Consumption 7.6 billion kWh (2014) #103
Renewable Electricity Generation 7.543 billion kWh (2014) #67

Oil

Ranking
Consumption 93 thousand bbl/day (2015) #79
Exports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #87
Imports (Refined) [3] 11.27 thousand bbl/day (2013) #74
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0 billion bbl (2017) #70

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 0 billion cu ft (2014) #84
Consumption (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2014) #110
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2014) #50
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2014) #70
Proved Reserves 0 trillion cu ft (2017) #92

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 197 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 38,982,188 (2016 est.)
Note: NULL
Highways 161,452 km (2017)
Note: NULL
Internet Users 12,165,597 (2016 est.)
Note: NULL
Railways 3,334 km (2014)
Telephones 72,801 (2016 est.)
Note: NULL

Geography & Environment

LocationEastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania
Total Area580,367 sq. km
Land Area569,140 sq. km
Water Area11,227 sq. km
Coastline536 km
Climatevaries from tropical along coast to arid in interior
Terrainlow plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west
Lowest PointIndian Ocean 0 m
Highest Point Mount Kenya 5,199 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 7/25/2017
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 12/5/2017