NationMaster - Kenyan People statistics

Age structure > 0-14 years	42.5	[38th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	55.2	[182nd of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over	2.3 %	[220th of 225]
Birth rate	37.89 births/1,000 population	[28th of 226]
Chinese population	190	[98th of 127]
Death rate	10.3 deaths/1,000 population	[62nd of 226]
Ethnic groups Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%
Gender development	0.511	[109th of 141]
Percentage living in urban areas	39%	[145th of 199]
Population	37,953,840	[34th of 242]
Population growth rate	2.758%	[24th of 235]
Population in 2015	44,194	[30th of 225]
Projected population growth	25.65%	[90th of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	1.01	[101st of 223]
Sex ratio > Total population	1 male(s)/female	[90th of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years	1.01 male(s)/female	[202nd of 224]
Total fertility rate	4.7 children born/woman	[38th of 225]
Total Population	34,707,817	[34th of 227]
Urban population	7,090,935	[59th of 195]
Urbanization	34	[162nd of 204]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)

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Gicheru 24th September 2009	A fantastic online resource, I could spend the whole day pouring through the numbers!
Su Kahumbu 26th April 2009	Tried to use this site as a credible reference for some work I am doing, however, quetsion the population figures which come up twice, once saying total population in 37.9 million and further down the list it says 34 million. Also question why the Chinese population is included in this listing????

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