Kenya’s coastline is 9.2 times as long as Iraq’s

Iraq: 58 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 1,588 m above Iraq’s

Iraq: 3,611 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 22% of Iraq

Iraq: 21.6% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

Kenya has 22% more people than Iraq

Iraq: 47 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Iraq is 9% more densely populated than Kenya

Iraq: 108 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Iraq is 0.82 years older than in Kenya

Iraq: 20.3 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Women in Iraq have 0.1 more children on average than in Kenya

Iraq: 3.22 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

Iraq and Kenya are practically level

Iraq: 3.4% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Kenya hosts 56% more refugees per resident than Iraq

Iraq: 6.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Iraq has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Iraq: 0.2 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Iraq has 3 official languages, Kenya 2

Iraq: 3 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

Iraq’s economy is 87% larger than Kenya’s

Iraq: $254 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Iraq produces 2 times as much per person as Kenya

Iraq: Int$14,267 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Iraq (Gini 8.7 points higher)

Iraq: 29.8 (2023) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Iraq

Iraq: 0.5% (2023) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment is 15% in Iraq, versus 5.4% in Kenya

Iraq: 15.5% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Iraq spends 2.4% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Iraq: 2.4% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Iraq’s 1.3%

Iraq: 1.3% (2019) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Iraq’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Kenya’s

Iraq: 38% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Iraq spends 3.9 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Iraq: $333 (2023) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 70% more likely to die before turning one than in Iraq

Iraq: 20.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Iraq has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

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

Kenya has 25% more hospital beds per person than Iraq

Iraq: 1.1 per 1,000 (2018) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 3.7 times that in Iraq

Iraq: 5.1 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Iraq are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Iraq: 36.8% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

20% of adults in Iraq smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Iraq: 20.1% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Iraq rate their lives 0.54 points higher than in Kenya

Iraq: 5.21 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Adults in Kenya drink 3.7 times as much alcohol as in Iraq

Iraq: 0.6 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Iraq has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Iraq: 21.1 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Iraq has 225 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Iraq: 2,371 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kenya put in 451 more hours a year than in Iraq

Iraq: 1,583 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Adults in Kenya went to school 1.8 years longer than in Iraq

Iraq: 6.8 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Iraq: no data · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

Kenya has 2 more World Heritage sites than Iraq (8 against 6)

Iraq: 6 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Iraq 1

Iraq: 1 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

81% of people in Iraq are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Iraq: 81% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in Iraq is 50% faster than in Kenya

Iraq: 62 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

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

Iraq: 100% (2024) · Kenya: 77% (2024)

70% of people in Iraq live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Iraq: 70% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Iraq 100

Iraq: 100 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Kenya’s railway network is 61% longer than Iraq’s

Iraq: 2,370 km (2014) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from Kenya fly 12% more passengers per resident than those from Iraq

Iraq: 0.08 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 6.6% of Kenya, but only 1.6% of Iraq

Iraq: 1.6% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Iraq emits 13 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Iraq: 5.1 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.6% in Iraq

Iraq: 1.6% (2024) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in Iraq carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Kenya

Iraq: 48.8 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

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

Roads in Kenya are 76% deadlier than in Iraq

Iraq: 31.5 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 1.8 °C warmer than Iraq

Iraq: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Kenya gets 3.3 times as much rain as Iraq

Iraq: 214 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)