1) Natural geography
Area > Comparative slightly more than twice the size of Nevada |
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Area > Comparative to US places slightly more than twice the size of Nevada |
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Area > Land | 569,250 sq km | [47th of 238] |
Area > Land (per capita) | 14.998 sq km per 1,000 people | [98th of 227] |
Area > Total | 582,650 sq km | [53rd of 250] |
Area > Total (per capita) | 15.352 sq km per 1,000 people | [100th of 231] |
Area > Water | 13,400 sq km | [33rd of 239] |
Area > Water (per capita) | 353.06 sq km per million people | [61st of 225] |
Capital city with population | Nairobi - 2,000,000 | |
Climate varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior |
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Coastline | 536 km | [112nd of 271] |
Elevation extremes > Highest point | Mount Kenya 5,199 m | |
Elevation extremes > Lowest point | Indian Ocean 0 m | |
Forested Land | 30% | [83rd of 193] |
Geographic coordinates | 1 00 N, 38 00 E | |
Geography > Note the Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful agricultural production regions in Africa; glaciers are found on Mount Kenya, Africa's second highest peak; unique physiography supports abundant and varied wildlife of scientific and economic value |
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highest towns > Town/City | Nyahururu | |
Irrigated land | 1,030 sq km | [93rd of 196] |
Irrigated land (per capita) | 31.466 sq km per million people | [139th of 167] |
Land area > sq. km | 569,140 km² | [45th of 206] |
Land area > sq. km (per capita) | 16.614 km² per 1,000 people | [82nd of 206] |
land border lengths > J-L > Number of neighbours | 5 | [3rd of 16] |
land border lengths > J-L > Total Borders | 3,477 km | [5th of 16] |
Land boundaries > Border countries Ethiopia 861 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km, Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km |
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Land boundaries > Total | 3,477 km | [53rd of 166] |
Land boundaries > Total (per capita) | 91.611 km per million people | [123rd of 164] |
Land use > Arable land | 8.01% | [126th of 258] |
Land use > Other | 91.02% | [103rd of 258] |
Land use > Permanent crops | 0.97% | [117th of 258] |
Largest city with population | Nairobi - 2,000,000 | |
Location Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania |
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Map references Africa |
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Maritime claims > Continental shelf 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
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Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone | 200 nautical mile | [64th of 123] |
Maritime claims > Territorial sea | 12 nautical mile | [131st of 191] |
Natural hazards recurring drought; flooding during rainy seasons |
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Natural resources limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower |
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northernmost point > Latitude | 05°35'N | |
Population density | 50.61 people per sqkm | [144th of 256] |
Population density > people per sq. km | 60.19 people/m² | [123rd of 204] |
Precipitation | 1,063 mm | [31st of 95] |
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land | 561.05 people/km² of arable lan | [42nd of 188] |
Surface area > sq. km | 580,370 km² | [46th of 206] |
Surface area > sq. km (per capita) | 16.942 km² per 1,000 people | [82nd of 207] |
tallest mountains > Mountain | Mount Kenya | |
Terrain low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west |
SOURCES
CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All
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World
Statistics Pocketbook and
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Statistics Pocketbook and
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Environment
Acidification | 0% | [130th of 141] |
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI | 0.37 % of GNI | [85th of 179] |
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI | 1.11 % of GNI | [17th of 57] |
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI | 0.13 % of GNI | [124th of 165] |
Areas under protection | 68 | [63rd of 146] |
Areas under protection (per capita) | 2.01005 per 1 million people | [86th of 146] |
Biodiversity richness | 2 | [28th of 53] |
Biosphere reserves area | 1,335 thousand hectares | [33rd of 86] |
Biosphere reserves area (per capita) | 39.462 thousand hectares per 1 | [41st of 86] |
Breeding birds threatened | 2.83% | [63rd of 136] |
Carbon efficiency | 0.85 CO2 emissions/$ GDP | [91st of 141] |
CFC consumption | 2,214.78 | [57th of 107] |
CFC consumption (per capita) | 0.0654679 per 1,000 people | [65th of 107] |
CO2 Emissions | 10,191 | [87th of 178] |
CO2 Emissions (per capita) | 0.301241 per 1,000 people | [139th of 176] |
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP | 0.26 kg/PPP$ | [103rd of 170] |
CO2 emissions > kt | 8,772.88 kt | [95th of 195] |
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) | 0.268 kt per 1,000 people | [161st of 196] |
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating | 3 | [36th of 75] |
Current issues water pollution from urban and industrial wastes; degradation of water quality from increased use of pesticides and fertilizers; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; poaching |
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Ecological footprint | 1.15 | [102nd of 141] |
Endangered species protection | 65% | [77th of 141] |
Fertiliser consumption | 319 hundred grams/hectare | [91st of 141] |
Forest area > % of land area | 6.19 % of land area | [164th of 195] |
Forest area > sq. km | 35,220 km² | [83rd of 195] |
Forest area > sq. km (per capita) | 1,028.149 km² per 1,000 people | [146th of 195] |
Freshwater withdrawal | 1.58 | [72nd of 124] |
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural | 64% | [82nd of 124] |
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic | 30% | [25th of 124] |
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial | 6% | [59th of 124] |
Groundwater withdrawals | 0 | [178th of 188] |
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling |
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International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements |
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Known breeding bird species | 344 | [17th of 146] |
Known breeding bird species (per capita) | 10.1685 per 1 million people | [98th of 146] |
Known mammal species | 359 | [9th of 145] |
Known mammal species (per capita) | 10.6119 per 1 million people | [78th of 145] |
Marine areas under protection | 11 | [32nd of 95] |
Marine areas under protection (per capita) | 0.325155 per 1 million people | [56th of 95] |
Marine fish catch | 5,603 tons | [92nd of 141] |
Marine fish catch (per capita) | 0.165622 tons per 1,000 people | [101st of 141] |
Non-wildness | 0.93% | [102nd of 141] |
NOx emissions per populated area | 0.22 thousand metric tons/squ | [75th of 141] |
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day | 56,101.66 kg/day | [12th of 115] |
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker | 0.24 kg per day per worker | [5th of 115] |
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter | 38.69 mcg/m³ | [95th of 185] |
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 | 2,412 | [92nd of 199] |
Protected area | 6.2 | [68th of 147] |
SO2 emissions per populated area | 160 thousand metric tons/squ | [107th of 141] |
SO2 exports | 2,778.82 hundred metric tons | [18th of 141] |
Threatened species | 107 | [16th of 158] |
Threatened species > Mammal | 43 | [11th of 160] |
Urban NO2 concentration | 71.05 micrograms/m3 | [16th of 141] |
Urban SO2 concentration | 47.81 micrograms/m3 | [70th of 141] |
Water > Availability | 1.51 thousand cubic metres | [95th of 141] |
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration | 6.83 mls/litre | [91st of 141] |
Water > Freshwater pollution | 0.78 tons/cubic km | [35th of 69] |
Water > Phosphorus concentration | 0.58 mls/litre | [20th of 141] |
Water > Salinisation | 504 | [83rd of 141] |
Water > Severe water stress | 1.1 | [83rd of 140] |
Water > Suspended solids | 5.64 mls/litre | [50th of 141] |
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions | 5.37 % | [22nd of 114] |
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions | 0.09 % | [30th of 112] |
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions | 66.81 % | [6th of 114] |
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions | 4.15 % | [57th of 94] |
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions | 2.66 % | [61st of 107] |
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions | 11.46 % | [19th of 111] |
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions | 12.78 % | [12th of 114] |
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions | 1.71 % | [23rd of 114] |
Wetlands of intl importance > Area | 91 thousand hectares | [68th of 112] |
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) | 2.68992 thousand hectares per 1 m | [81st of 112] |
Wildness | 39.01% | [30th of 141] |
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2) Human geography
Age distribution
SOURCES
Wikipedia:
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World Development
Indicators database;
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CIA World Factbook,
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Mortality
Death rate, crude > per 1,000 people | 14.46 per 1,000 people | [34th of 195] |
rate, adult, female > per 1,000 female adults | 551.47 per 1,000 female adults | [12th of 185] |
rate, adult, male > per 1,000 male adults | 479.05 per 1,000 male adults | [21st of 185] |
rate, infant > per 1,000 live births | 79 per 1,000 live births | [33rd of 187] |
rate, under-5 > per 1,000 | 120 per 1,000 | [34th of 187] |
SOURCES
World Development Indicators database
Immigration
immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population |
1.007 |
[147th of 195] |
immigrant population > Number of immigrants |
345,000 |
[73rd of 195] |
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world |
>0.5% |
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International migration stock > % of population |
1.01 % |
[161st of 205] |
International migration stock, total |
344,857 |
[75th of 205] |
Net migration |
-211,519 |
[149th of 180] |
Net migration (per capita) |
-6.175 per 1 million people |
[115th of 185] |
Net migration rate |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 populati |
[85th of 225] |
Net
migration rate > A note |
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Refugee population by country or territory of asylum |
251,271 |
[10th of 151] |
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (per capita) |
7,335.155 per 1 million people |
[16th of 162] |
Refugee population by country or territory of origin |
4,640 |
[63rd of 77] |
Refugee population by country or territory of origin (per capita) |
0.135 per 1 million people |
[67th of 77] |
Refugees |
244,620 |
[18th of 110] |
Refugees (per capita) |
7.23086 per 1,000 people |
[28th of 110] |
Refugees > Convention on refugees |
16 May 1966 a |
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Refugees > Outflow |
1,000 |
[73rd of 76] |
Refugees > Outflow (per capita) |
0.0295596 per 1,000 people |
[71st of 76] |
Refugees > US applications |
3 |
[54th of 64] |
Refugees > US applications (per capita) |
0 per 1,000 people |
[55th of 63] |
Refugees > US applications otherwise closed |
3 |
[26th of 39] |
Refugees > US applications otherwise closed (per capita) |
0 per 1,000 people |
[27th of 38] |
Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs |
431,150 |
[6th of 40] |
Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs (per capita) |
12.268 per 1,000 people |
[15th of 40] |
Refugees and internally displaced persons > Refugees (country of
origin) |
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US visa lottery winners |
5,721 US visa lottery winners |
[4th of 178] |
US visa lottery winners (per capita) |
169.11 US visa lottery winners |
[12th of 176] |
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Wikipedia:
List of countries by immigrant population ;
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Indicators database; All
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of Consular Affairs
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