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Kenya

The politics of Kenya take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic.  The current president is William Ruto, who was declared the winner of the 2022 Kenyan general election. On 13 September 2022, William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's fifth president. (1)

Politics

Official languages

The official language of Kenya is Swahili.

Population

By 2024, the total population of Kenya reached 54.44 million (2), of which around 29% is urban population in 2022 (3). 

Figure XVI: Kenya: total population (4)

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Figure XVII: Percentage of Population in Urban and Rural Areas in Kenya (5)

Ethnic group

The largest ethnic group, the Kikuyu, makes up 22% of the nation's total population, The five largest - Kikuyu, Luo, Luhya, Kamba and Kalenjin - account for 72%. (6)

Figure XVIII: Population Distribution by Ethnic Group in Kenya

Religions 

The predominant religion in Kenya is Christianity. Approximately 85% of Kenyans are Christians (60% Protestant, 22% Catholic; about 15% are adherents of indigenous religions; 10% are Muslim. 

Figure XIX:  Population Distribution by Religion in Kenya

Health

Economy

In 2024, Kenya’s economic growth averaged 5.3%, placing Kenya as one of the fastest growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa. The recent economic expansion has been boosted by a stable macroeconomic environment, positive investor confidence and a resilient services sector. The GDP of Kenya reached 115.08 billion USD and the Per capital was 2190 USD in 2024. (9)


In 2022, the share of agriculture in Kenya's gross domestic product was 21.17%, industry contributed approximately 17.66% and the services sector contributed about 55.06 %. (10)

Kenya, like the other African countries, is suffering from the threatening diseases such as AIDS and malaria. By 2022, the number of people who lived with Aids was up to 1.4

 

million (7), accounting for 2.5% of total population.  While the number of people who were infected with malaria was 3.42 million by 2022, accounting for 6.2%. (8)

Education

The national educational system of Kenya consists of three levels: eight years of compulsory primary education (beginning at age six), four years at the secondary level, and four years of higher education. The government provides free primary and secondary education. By 2018, the literacy rate was 83%. (11)

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