41,070,934 (July 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 33 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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Age structure:
0-14 years: 42.2% (male 8,730,845/female 8,603,270) 15-64 years: 55.1% (male 11,373,997/female 11,260,402) 65 years and over: 2.7% (male 497,389/female 605,031) (2011 est.)
Median age:
total: 18.9 years male: 18.8 years female: 19 years (2011 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.462% (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 29
Birth rate:
33.54 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 34
Death rate:
8.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 72
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 91
Urbanization:
urban population: 22% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 4.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
NAIROBI (capital) 3.375 million; Mombassa 966,000 (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
530 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 52.29 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 44 male: 55.03 deaths/1,000 live births female: 49.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 59.48 years country comparison to the world: 188 male: 58.91 years female: 60.07 years (2011 est.)
Total fertility rate:
4.19 children born/woman (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 38
Health expenditures:
12.2% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density:
0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2002)
Hospital bed density:
1.4 beds/1,000 population (2006)
Drinking water source:
improved: urban: 83% of population rural: 52% of population total: 59% of population unimproved: urban: 17% of population rural: 48% of population total: 41% of population (2008)
Sanitation facility access:
improved: urban: 27% of population rural: 32% of population total: 31% of population unimproved: urban: 73% of population rural: 68% of population total: 69% of population (2008)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
6.3% (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 11
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
1.5 million (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 4
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
80,000 (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 6
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria and Rift Valley fever water contact disease: schistosomiasis animal contact disease: rabies (2009)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
16.5% (2003)
Education expenditures:
7% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 16
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.1% male: 90.6% female: 79.7% (2003 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html