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How has Kenya changed since independence? – get the data
As Kenya marks half a century of independence, celebrations are tempered by concern about the future. How have things changed since 1963 – and what does the future hold?
Kenyan African Union leader Jomo Kenyatta pictured with the official document of independence in Nairobi on 13 December 1963. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
As Kenya marks 50 years of independence from Great Britain on Thursday, politicians, commentators and citizens are reflecting on how the country has changed – and looking ahead to what the next-half century has in store.
Commemorative stamps have been printed, more than 60,000 people are expected at a concert in Nairobi on Thursday, and the anniversary has kicked off a lively discussion on Twitter, with messages of celebration intermingled with concern for the country's future. Some say the September attacks on Nairobi's Westgate mall, and the charges facing President Uhuru Kenyatta at the international criminal court, have cast a pall on the festivities.
We've pulled out the data on a number of key development indicators to look at how Kenya has changed over the past 50 years. However, no set of statistics can fully capture the changes the country and its citizens have experienced. Let us know in the thread below what you think is missing.
Population
Kenya's population has more than quadrupled since 1963, growing from more than 8.1m to more than 43m people. Today, Kenya has the sixth highest population in sub-Saharan Africa, behind Tanzania, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria.
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