26,164,473 (July 1992), growth rate 3.6% (1992)  

Birth rate:

44 births/1,000 population (1992)

Death rate:

8 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

Net migration rate:

0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

Infant mortality rate:

68 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

Life expectancy at birth:

60 years male, 64 years female (1992)

Total fertility rate:

6.2 children born/woman (1992)

Nationality:

noun - Kenyan(s); adjective - Kenyan

Ethnic divisions:

Religions:

Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%, Muslim 6%

Languages:

English and Swahili (official); numerous indigenous languages

Literacy:

69% (male 80%, female 58%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Labor force:

9.2 million (includes unemployed); the total employed is 1.37 million (14.8% of the labour force); services 54.8%, industry 26.2%, agriculture 19.0% (1989)

Organized labor:

390,000 (est.)

 

According to the 1989 Census, there are 42 tribes living in Kenya, as well as all of the non-African people groups.   Here's some general information:

Languages

In addition to these two languages, most of the people in Kenya also speak what they would call their "mother tongue" - the language that they grew up speaking. While an increasing number of city-dwellers are growing up speaking English, most rural people still speak their tribal languages when they go home.

Kenya's African population is divided on three linguistic groups:

• Bantu. Concentrations in three main geographical regions - Western Kenya and Lake Victoria region (Luhya, Kisii), east of Rift Valley, (Kikuyu, Embu, Kamba) and Coastal belt (Mijikenda).
• Nilotic. Represented by the Luo, Kalenjin, Maasai and related groups. The Kalenjin linguistic group is concentrated in the area north to south and west of the central highlands, while the Luos are concentrated in the Lake Victoria Basin.
• Cushitic. Somali speaking group occupying eastern portions of the arid and semi-arid north eastern Kenya. Rendille and Orma speaking groups occupy the north western part.

Religion

The last national Census was in 1989,, as far as I know. The following statistics were taken from the web site of the Kenyan Commission in Canada, and I cannot vouch for the accuracy of these statements.

Kenya has 42 African ethnic groups as per the Census listing. The word "other" with various groups indicates that they are non-citizens of Kenya.

Ethnic group distribution

Note: This information is the best that we have at the moment.

Kenya - Urban Population

Note: The information provided here is correct to the best of my ability. However, note that the information is, at best, 9 years old, and a lot has changed in 9 years. I understand that there is supposed to be a census next year, so perhaps I will have better information then.