AIDS and Population Growth in Kenia

[Guest guest]

One thing I don't understand. If AIDS is depopulating Kenia,

how come Kenia's population is actually growing?

1950 6,121

1980 16,698

2000 30,310

According to these US Census Bureau numbers, between

1980 and 2000, Kenia's population grew 81.5% (that's an

average of 3.02% per year)

This is actually higher than countries that have very little

" HIV infection " , like Nigeria:

1950 31,797

1980 69,629

2000 123,750

(Population growth of Nigeria between 1980 and 2000

was 77.7% or 2.9% per year.)

Ghana

1950 5,297

1980 11,016

2000 19,509

(Population growth in Ghana from 1980 to 2000 was 77.1%

or 2.89% per year.)

Sources: US Census Bureau

Kenia: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/idbsum?cty=ke

Nigeria: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/idbsum?cty=ni

Ghana: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/idbsum?cty=gh