Kenya’s coastline is 14 times as long as the DR Congo’s

DR Congo: 37 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 89 m above the DR Congo’s

DR Congo: 5,110 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 16% of the DR Congo

DR Congo: 16.2% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

The DR Congo has 2 times as many people as Kenya

DR Congo: 113 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Kenya is 2 times as densely populated as the DR Congo

DR Congo: 50 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Kenya is 3.8 years older than in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 15.8 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Women in the DR Congo have 2.8 more children on average than in Kenya

DR Congo: 5.98 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

The DR Congo and Kenya are practically level

DR Congo: 3.1% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Kenya hosts 2.4 times as many refugees per resident as the DR Congo

DR Congo: 4.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Kenya has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, the DR Congo 0.1

DR Congo: 0.1 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

The DR Congo has 5 official languages, Kenya 2

DR Congo: 5 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

Kenya’s economy is 49% larger than the DR Congo’s

DR Congo: $91 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Kenya produces 3.7 times as much per person as the DR Congo

DR Congo: Int$1,920 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in the DR Congo than in Kenya (Gini 6.2 points higher)

DR Congo: 44.7 (2020) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

85% of people in the DR Congo live on less than $3 a day, versus 46% in Kenya

DR Congo: 85.3% (2020) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 4.4% in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 4.4% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

The DR Congo and Kenya are practically level

DR Congo: 1.4% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, the DR Congo’s 11%

DR Congo: 10.7% (2022) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

The DR Congo’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Kenya’s

DR Congo: 42% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Kenya spends 3.6 times as much on health per person as the DR Congo

DR Congo: $23 (2023) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

A baby in the DR Congo is 65% more likely to die before turning one than in Kenya

DR Congo: 56.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Kenya has 39% more doctors per person than the DR Congo

DR Congo: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

DR Congo: no data · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 6% higher than in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 18 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

10% of adults in Kenya are obese, versus 5.9% in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 5.9% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

12% of adults in the DR Congo smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

DR Congo: 12.3% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Kenya rate their lives 0.91 points higher than in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 3.76 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Adults in Kenya drink 41% more alcohol than in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 1.6 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Kenya has 2.9 times as much meat per person as the DR Congo

DR Congo: 3.5 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Kenya has 131 kcal more food per person per day than the DR Congo

DR Congo: 2,015 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kenya put in 194 more hours a year than in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 1,841 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Adults in Kenya went to school 1.2 years longer than in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 7.4 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Kenya welcomed 5.4 times as many tourists per resident as the DR Congo (2019)

DR Congo: 0.01 (2019) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

Kenya has 3 more World Heritage sites than the DR Congo (8 against 5)

DR Congo: 5 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, the DR Congo none

DR Congo: 0 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

35% of people in Kenya are online, versus 20% in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 20% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in the DR Congo is 82% faster than in Kenya

DR Congo: 75 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

77% of people in Kenya have electricity, versus 23% in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 22.5% (2024) · Kenya: 77% (2024)

45% of people in the DR Congo live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

DR Congo: 45% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the DR Congo 59

DR Congo: 59 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Kenya’s railway network is 5% longer than the DR Congo’s

DR Congo: 3,641 km (2021) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from Kenya fly 8.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from the DR Congo

DR Congo: 0.01 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 62% of the DR Congo, but only 6.6% of Kenya

DR Congo: 61.5% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Kenya emits 7 times as much CO₂ as someone in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 0.1 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

100% of the DR Congo’s electricity is renewable, versus 90% in Kenya

DR Congo: 100% (2024) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in the DR Congo carries 87% more fine dust than in Kenya

DR Congo: 41.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

DR Congo: no data · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 2.3 times as deadly as in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 23.7 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 0.9 °C warmer than the DR Congo

DR Congo: 24.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

The DR Congo gets 2.1 times as much rain as Kenya

DR Congo: 1,469 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)