Ireland’s coastline is 2.7 times as long as Kenya’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 4,158 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 50% of Kenya

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

Kenya has 10 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Kenya is 24% more densely populated than Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 19 years older than in Kenya

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 1.7 more children on average than in Ireland

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Ireland hosts 2.3 times as many refugees per resident as Kenya

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Ireland and Kenya are practically level

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 5.3 times the size of Kenya’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 22 times as much per person as Kenya

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Ireland (Gini 9.5 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

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

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

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 4.6% in Ireland

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Kenya spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Kenya’s 14%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.5× Kenya’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Ireland spends 87 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

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

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

Ireland has 13 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Ireland has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 2.7 times that in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 2.25 points higher than in Kenya

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 4.6 times as much alcohol as in Kenya

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Ireland has 9.7 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Ireland has 1,775 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kenya put in 381 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

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

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 79 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

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

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 7.3 times as fast as in Kenya

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

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

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

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Kenya’s railway network is 2.3 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from Ireland fly 393 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 12% of Ireland, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 17 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in Kenya carries 3 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 7.4 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 11 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 15.4 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 64% more rain than Kenya

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)