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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Kenya fits inside Indonesia 3.2 times

Indonesia: 1,916,910 km² (2024) · Kenya: 591,970 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Indonesia’s coastline is 102 times as long as Kenya’s

Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Kenya’s highest peak towers 315 m above Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 29% of Indonesia

Indonesia: 28.9% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Indonesia has 5 times as many people as Kenya

Indonesia: 286 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Indonesia is 52% more densely populated than Kenya

Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Kenya are 4.2 cm taller than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 166.3 cm (2019) · Kenya: 170.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Kenya are 5.1 cm taller than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 154.4 cm (2019) · Kenya: 159.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Indonesia is 10 years older than in Kenya

Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Kenya have 1.1 more children on average than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

7.5% of people in Indonesia are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Indonesia: 7.5% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Kenya hosts 416 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Kenya has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Indonesia 0.0

Indonesia: 0.035 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Kenya has 2 official languages, Indonesia 1

Indonesia: 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?

Indonesia’s economy is 11 times the size of Kenya’s

Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Indonesia produces 2.5 times as much per person as Kenya

Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Indonesia (Gini 4.1 points higher)

Indonesia: 34.4 (2025) · 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 3.7% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 3.7% (2025) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 3.2% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 3.2% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Kenya and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 1% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Indonesia: no data · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Kenya’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 29% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Indonesia spends 55% more on health per person than Kenya

Indonesia: $132 (2023) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Indonesia live 7.5 years longer than in Kenya

Indonesia: 71.3 years (2024) · Kenya: 63.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Kenya is 2.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Indonesia has 81% more doctors per person than Kenya

Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Indonesia has 3% more hospital beds per person than Kenya

Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kenya is 8.7 times that in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

12% of adults in Indonesia are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Indonesia: 12% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Indonesia: 31% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Indonesia rate their lives 0.94 points higher than in Kenya

Indonesia: 5.62 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

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

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

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Indonesia has 2 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Indonesia: 20 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Indonesia has 754 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Kenya put in 76 more hours a year than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Indonesia went to school 0.07 years longer than in Kenya

Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Indonesia welcomed 73% more tourists per resident than Kenya (2019)

Indonesia: 0.05 (2024) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Indonesia has 2 more World Heritage sites than Kenya (10 against 8)

Indonesia: 10 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Indonesia 40

Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

73% of people in Indonesia are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Indonesia: 73% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

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

Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

Indonesia: 99.9% (2024) · Kenya: 77% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

59% of people in Indonesia live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Indonesia: 59% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Indonesia 123

Indonesia: 123 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Indonesia’s railway network is 44% longer than Kenya’s

Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Indonesia fly 3.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Indonesia: 0.34 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Indonesia: 50.7% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Indonesia emits 7.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 18.1% (2024) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Kenya carries 19% more fine dust than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 18.5 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 16 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Kenya are 3.2 times as deadly as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Kenya and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Indonesia gets 4.9 times as much rain as Kenya

Indonesia: 3,437 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 Indonesia bigger than Kenya?

Indonesia is larger. Kenya fits inside Indonesia 3.2 times.

Which has more people, Indonesia or Kenya?

Indonesia has 5 times as many people as Kenya (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Indonesia or Kenya?

People in Indonesia live 7.5 years longer than in Kenya. Life expectancy at birth is 71.3 years in Indonesia and 63.8 in Kenya.

Are people taller in Indonesia or Kenya?

Men in Kenya are 4.2 cm taller than in Indonesia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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