Population growth rate ..............................................................2.799%
(2007 est.)
Birth rate....................................................38.94
births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate.................................................10.95
deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate*...............................0
migrant(s)/1,000 population
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%
* Note: estimates for this country explicitly
take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can
result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates,
lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population
by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)
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