France’s coastline is 9.1 times as long as Kenya’s

France: 4,853 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 389 m above France’s

France: 4,810 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of France, versus 50% of Kenya

France: 52.8% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

France has 19% more people than Kenya

France: 68.7 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

France is 29% more densely populated than Kenya

France: 128 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in France is 22 years older than in Kenya

France: 41.8 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 1.6 more children on average than in France

France: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

France: 22.5% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

France hosts 7% more refugees per resident than Kenya

France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

France: 9.5 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Kenya has 2 official languages, France 1

France: 1 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

France’s economy is 25 times the size of Kenya’s

France: $3.37 trillion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

France produces 9.1 times as much per person as Kenya

France: Int$63,975 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in France (Gini 6.7 points higher)

France: 31.8 (2023) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in France

France: 0.1% (2023) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 5.4% in Kenya

France: 7.5% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

France spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

France: 2% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Kenya’s 14%

France: 22.8% (2024) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

France’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Kenya’s

France: 77% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

France spends 63 times as much on health per person as Kenya

France: $5,327 (2024) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 10 times as likely to die before turning one as in France

France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

France has 11 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

France has 4.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 37% higher than in France

France: 13.9 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

13% of adults in France are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

France: 12.5% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

France: 33.6% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in France rate their lives 1.91 points higher than in Kenya

France: 6.59 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Adults in France drink 5 times as much alcohol as in Kenya

France: 11.2 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

France has 7.9 times as much meat per person as Kenya

France: 80.3 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

France has 1,344 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

France: 3,490 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kenya put in 548 more hours a year than in France

France: 1,487 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Adults in France went to school 3.1 years longer than in Kenya

France: 11.8 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

France welcomed 49 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

France: 1.35 (2019) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

France has 48 more World Heritage sites than Kenya (56 against 8)

France: 56 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Kenya 124

France: 985 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

89% of people in France are online, versus 35% in Kenya

France: 89% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in France is 11 times as fast as in Kenya

France: 460 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

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

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

79% of people in France live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

France: 79% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, France 117

France: 117 (2023) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

France’s railway network is 7.3 times as long as Kenya’s

France: 27,716 km (2021) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from France fly 11 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

France: 0.94 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of France, but only 6.6% of Kenya

France: 32.9% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in France emits 11 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

France: 4 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France

France: 26.1% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in Kenya carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in France

France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.6 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in France

France: 1.3 per 100k (2024) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 7.3 times as deadly as in France

France: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 11.5 °C warmer than France

France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

France gets 66% more rain than Kenya

France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)