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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Greece fits inside Kenya 4.5 times

Greece: 131,960 km² (2024) · Kenya: 591,970 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Greece’s coastline is 26 times as long as Kenya’s

Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Kenya’s highest peak towers 2,282 m above Greece’s

Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 39% of Greece

Greece: 38.9% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Kenya has 5.5 times as many people as Greece

Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Kenya is 23% more densely populated than Greece

Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Greece are 8.8 cm taller than in Kenya

Greece: 179.3 cm (2019) · Kenya: 170.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Greece are 6.4 cm taller than in Kenya

Greece: 165.8 cm (2019) · Kenya: 159.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Greece is 26 years older than in Kenya

Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Kenya have 1.9 more children on average than in Greece

Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

24% of people in Greece are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Greece: 24.4% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Greece hosts 20% more refugees per resident than Kenya

Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Greece has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Greece: 1 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Kenya has 2 official languages, Greece 1

Greece: 1 (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?

Greece’s economy is 2.1 times the size of Kenya’s

Greece: $281 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Greece produces 6.5 times as much per person as Kenya

Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Greece (Gini 5.1 points higher)

Greece: 33.4 (2023) · 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 0.6% in Greece

Greece: 0.6% (2023) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 5.4% in Kenya

Greece: 8.5% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Greece spends 3.0% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Greece: 3% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Kenya’s 14%

Greece: 27.4% (2024) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Kenya’s

Greece: 60% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Greece spends 23 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Greece: $1,963 (2023) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Greece live 18 years longer than in Kenya

Greece: 81.8 years (2024) · Kenya: 63.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Kenya is 11 times as likely to die before turning one as in Greece

Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Greece has 23 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Greece has 3.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kenya is 4.9 times that in Greece

Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Greece: 33.7% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Greece: 30.2% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Greece rate their lives 1.02 points higher than in Kenya

Greece: 5.70 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Greece drink 3.8 times as much alcohol as in Kenya

Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Greece has 8.1 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Greece: 82 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Greece has 1,236 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Kenya put in 142 more hours a year than in Greece

Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Greece went to school 2.9 years longer than in Kenya

Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Greece welcomed 96 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Greece: 2.67 (2022) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Greece has 13 more World Heritage sites than Kenya (21 against 8)

Greece: 21 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Greece has won 129 Olympic medals, Kenya 124

Greece: 129 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

86% of people in Greece are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Greece: 86% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Greece is 4.5 times as fast as in Kenya

Greece: 186 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

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

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

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Greece 114

Greece: 114 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Kenya’s railway network is 63% longer than Greece’s

Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Greece fly 21 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Greece: 1.83 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 37% of Greece, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Greece: 36.9% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Greece emits 14 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Greece: 5.3 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 50% in Greece

Greece: 49.7% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Kenya carries 46% more fine dust than in Greece

Greece: 15.1 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 5.8 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Greece

Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Kenya are 5.1 times as deadly as in Greece

Greece: 10.8 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 9.9 °C warmer than Greece

Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Greece gets 15% more rain than Kenya

Greece: 800 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 Greece bigger than Kenya?

Kenya is larger. Greece fits inside Kenya 4.5 times.

Which has more people, Greece or Kenya?

Kenya has 5.5 times as many people as Greece (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Greece or Kenya?

People in Greece live 18 years longer than in Kenya. Life expectancy at birth is 81.8 years in Greece and 63.8 in Kenya.

Are people taller in Greece or Kenya?

Men in Greece are 8.8 cm taller than in Kenya (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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