Kenya

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PROFILE
  • Area: 580,367 sq. km (224,081 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 46,790,758 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 1.81% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 64 years (2016)
  • Languages: English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
  • Religions: Christian 83% (Protestant 47.7%, Catholic 23.4%, other Christian 11.9%), Muslim 11.2%, Traditionalists 1.7%, other 1.6%, none 2.4%, unspecified 0.2%
  • Formal name: Republic of Kenya
  • Alternate names: Jamhuri ya Kenya, Kenia, Republic of Kenya
  • Government type: presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state and head of government: President Uhuru KENYATTA
  • Capital: Nairobi
  • Administrative divisions: 47 counties
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $3,200 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement
  • Imports: machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics
  • Currency: Kenyan shilling (KES)
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