The Socio-Culture Environment in Kenya
The Urban population in 2022 is 29% of total population with estimated 4.09% annual rate of urbanization change between 2020-2025.
Regions and Languages:
The official languages used in Kenya include English (official), Kiswahili (official), and numerous indigenous languages and dialects.
The diversity of religion in Kenya is Christian 83% (Protestant 47.7%, Catholic 23.4%, other Christian 11.9%), Muslim 11.2%, Traditionalists 1.7%, other 1.6%, none 2.4%, and unspecified at 0.2% of the population.
Kenya is made up of many diverse ethnic groups; Kikuyu 17%, Luhya 14%, Luo 11%, Kalenjin 13%, Kamba 10%, Kisii 6%, Meru 4%, Other African 13% and Non-African (Asian European, and Arab) 1%.
Human flight and brain drain index is 6.7/10 making it the 25th highest in Africa and 46th highest globally (2022).
Population
Population in Ethiopia is about 55,864,655 (2022, 27th most populous globally).
Population Growth Annual Rate: 2.12% (2022)_ranked 38 globally.
Birth Rate: According to 2022, 26.39 births/1,000, ranked 43 globally.
Death Rate: 5.01 deaths/1,000 population, ranked 196 globally (2022)
Net migration rate: -0.19 migrants/1,000 population, ranked 111 globally (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate: 27.86 deaths per 1,000 births (2022)- ranked 59 globally
Life Expectancy at birth: 69.69 years (2022)
The age dependency ratio for Kenya is 71.28% ranked 36 in Africa (below the average of 76.19%) and 42 globally in the year 2021.
2.6% of the population over the age of 65 is the 42nd highest in Africa (below the average of 3.79%) and 174 globally in 2021.
Kenya’s health expenditure index of 41.15 points is the 35th highest in Africa and the 120th highest in the world in 2017.
The Human Capital Index (HCI) for Kenya is 0.5 out of 1 in 2020.
Negative impacts of the Socio-Culture of Ghana:
A major problem in healthcare is hospital understaffing and overcrowding, with a recorded 0.16 doctors per 1,000 population in 2018.
AIDS is common in Kenya, with 4.2% of adults having AIDS. Widely distributed with 1.4 million people (2020), it ranks 7th in the world and has a very low crime rate, with a recorded 3 murders per 100,000 people in 2020.
Under-five mortality in Kenya is 42 per 1,000 live births, the 38th highest in Africa and the 46th highest in the world (2020), below the global average of 26.
