Egypt’s coastline is 4.6 times as long as Kenya’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 2,570 m above Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

Egypt has 2.1 times as many people as Kenya

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Egypt is 20% more densely populated than Kenya

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Egypt is 4.5 years older than in Kenya

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 0.4 more children on average than in Egypt

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

5.3% of people in Egypt are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Kenya hosts 5.8 times as many refugees per resident as Egypt

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Egypt has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Kenya has 2 official languages, Egypt 1

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

Egypt’s economy is 2.7 times the size of Kenya’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Egypt produces 2.9 times as much per person as Kenya

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Egypt (Gini 10 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.4% in Egypt

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 5.4% in Kenya

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Kenya and Egypt are practically level

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

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Egypt’s 13%

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Kenya’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Egypt spends 66% more on health per person than Kenya

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 64% more likely to die before turning one than in Egypt

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Egypt has 2.3 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Kenya has 25% more hospital beds per person than Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 24 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Kenya rate their lives 0.81 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Adults in Kenya drink 22 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Egypt has 2.7 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Egypt has 948 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 334 more hours a year than in Kenya

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Adults in Egypt went to school 1.5 years longer than in Kenya

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Egypt welcomed 3.7 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

Kenya has 1 more World Heritage site than Egypt (8 against 7)

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

75% of people in Egypt are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in Egypt is 2 times as fast as in Kenya

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Egypt have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Egypt: 100% (2024) · Kenya: 77% (2024)

43% of people in Egypt live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Egypt’s railway network is 35% longer than Kenya’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from Egypt fly 58% more passengers per resident than those from Kenya

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 6.6% of Kenya, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Egypt emits 5.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in Egypt carries 88% more fine dust than in Kenya

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.7 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Egypt

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 4.5 times as deadly as in Egypt

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 2.1 °C warmer than Egypt

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Kenya gets 57 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)