Country
Greece Kenya
Leader
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
