| Republic of Kenya Jamhuri ya Kenya (Swahili) | ||||||
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| Motto: "Harambee" (English: "Let us all pull together") |
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| Anthem: "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu" (English: "O God of All Creation") |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Nairobi | |||||
| Official languages | Swahili • English | |||||
| Religion | 85.8% Christianity 10.9% Islam 1.2% no religion 0.7% traditional faiths 1.3% others |
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| Demonym | Kenyan | |||||
| Government | Unitary presidential republic | |||||
| - | President | William Ruto | ||||
| - | Deputy President | Kithure Kindiki | ||||
| - | Senate Speaker | Amason Kingi | ||||
| - | Assembly Speaker | Moses Wetangula | ||||
| - | Chief Justice | Martha Koome | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||||
| - | Upper house | Senate | ||||
| - | Lower house | National Assembly | ||||
| Independence | from the United Kingdom | |||||
| - | Dominion | 12 December 1963 | ||||
| - | Republic | 12 December 1966 | ||||
| - | Current Constitution | 27 August 2010 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 580,367 km2 224,081 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | estimate | 52,428,290 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $401.97 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $7,530 | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $131.67 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $2,470 | ||||
| Gini (2020) | 38.7 | |||||
| HDI (2020) | 0.628 | |||||
| Currency | Kenyan shilling (KES) |
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| Time zone | UTC+3 (East Africa Time) | |||||
| Internet TLD | .ke | |||||
| Calling code | +254 | |||||
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 28th-most-populous country in the world and the 6th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi. The second-largest and oldest city is Mombasa, a major port city located on Mombasa Island. Other major cities within the country include Kisumu, Nakuru and Eldoret. Going clockwise Kenya is bordered by Sudan to the northwest (though much of that border includes the disputed Ilemi Triangle), Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, Tanzania to the southwest, and Lake Victoria and Uganda to the west. Kenya's geography, climate and population vary widely. In western rift valley counties, the landscape includes cold, snow-capped mountaintops (such as Batian, Nelion, and Point Lenana on Mount Kenya) with vast surrounding forests, wildlife, and fertile agricultural regions in temperate climates. In other areas, there are dry, arid, and semi-arid climates, as well as absolute deserts (such as Chalbi Desert and Nyiri Desert).
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