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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Kenya fits inside Argentina 4.7 times

Argentina: 2,780,400 km² (2024) · Kenya: 591,970 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Argentina’s coastline is 9.3 times as long as Kenya’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Argentina’s highest peak towers 1,763 m above Kenya’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 30% of Argentina

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Kenya has 25% more people than Argentina

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Kenya is 5.9 times as densely populated as Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Argentina are 4.3 cm taller than in Kenya

Argentina: 174.8 cm (2019) · Kenya: 170.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Argentina are 1.8 cm taller than in Kenya

Argentina: 161.2 cm (2019) · Kenya: 159.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Argentina is 13 years older than in Kenya

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Kenya have 1.7 more children on average than in Argentina

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

13% of people in Argentina are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Kenya hosts 100 times as many refugees per resident as Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Argentina has produced 0.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Argentina and Kenya are practically level

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Argentina’s economy is 5 times the size of Kenya’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Argentina produces 4.6 times as much per person as Kenya

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in Kenya (Gini 3.9 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.0% in Argentina

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 5.4% in Kenya

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Kenya spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Argentina 0.6%

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Argentina’s 10%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Argentina’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Kenya’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Argentina spends 17 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Argentina live 14 years longer than in Kenya

Argentina: 77.5 years (2024) · Kenya: 63.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Kenya is 4.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Argentina

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Argentina has 18 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Argentina has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kenya is 71% higher than in Argentina

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Argentina smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Argentina rate their lives 1.76 points higher than in Kenya

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Argentina drink 3.2 times as much alcohol as in Kenya

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Argentina has 11 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Argentina has 1,214 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Kenya put in 423 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Argentina went to school 2.6 years longer than in Kenya

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Argentina welcomed 5.2 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Argentina has 4 more World Heritage sites than Kenya (12 against 8)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Argentina 80

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Argentina are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Argentina is 4.7 times as fast as in Kenya

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

98% of people in Argentina have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Kenya: 77% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kenya 126

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Argentina’s railway network is 4.7 times as long as Kenya’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Argentina fly 5.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 17% of Argentina, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Argentina emits 10 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 35% in Argentina

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Kenya carries 52% more fine dust than in Argentina

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 8% more likely to be murdered in Kenya than in Argentina

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Kenya are 3.4 times as deadly as in Argentina

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Kenya is on average 10.5 °C warmer than Argentina

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Kenya gets 4% more rain than Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Argentina bigger than Kenya?

Argentina is larger. Kenya fits inside Argentina 4.7 times.

Which has more people, Argentina or Kenya?

Kenya has 25% more people than Argentina (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Argentina or Kenya?

People in Argentina live 14 years longer than in Kenya. Life expectancy at birth is 77.5 years in Argentina and 63.8 in Kenya.

Are people taller in Argentina or Kenya?

Men in Argentina are 4.3 cm taller than in Kenya (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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