Country
Greece Kenya
Leader
President: Karolos Papoulias
President: Uhuru Kenyatta
Population
10,772,967 44,037,656
Life Expectancy
80.180 years 63.290 years
Capital City
Athens Nairobi
Largest city
Athens (population: 729,137) Nairobi (population: 2,750,550)
Human Development Index
0.947 0.532
GDP per capita
$25,100 US $1,800 US
Literacy Rate
96% 85.1%
Corruption Perception Index
4.7 2.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
14.7% 9.8%
Wealthiest Citizens
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US) NA
Unemployment Rate
24.400% 40.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished in practice
Political System
parliamentary republic republic
Independence date
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire) 12 December 1963 (from UK)
Religions
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2% note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
Languages
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French) English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
Exports
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement
External Debt
$583,300,000,000 $ $9,526,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004) Kenyan shillings (KES) per US dollar - 68.358 (2008 est.), 68.309 (2007), 72.101 (2006), 75.554 (2005), 79.174 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
4.300% 1.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
4 14
Location
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania
Area
131,957 km sq 580,367 km sq
Coastline
13,676 km 536 km
Climate
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior