Japan’s coastline is 56 times as long as Kenya’s

Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 1,423 m above Japan’s

Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 13% of Japan

Japan: 12.6% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

Japan has 2.1 times as many people as Kenya

Japan: 123 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Japan is 3.4 times as densely populated as Kenya

Japan: 338 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 29 years older than in Kenya

Japan: 49 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 2.0 more children on average than in Japan

Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

30% of people in Japan are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Japan: 30% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Kenya hosts 31 times as many refugees per resident as Japan

Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Japan has produced 2.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Japan: 2.5 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Kenya has 2 official languages, Japan 1

Japan: 1 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

Japan’s economy is 33 times the size of Kenya’s

Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Japan produces 7.9 times as much per person as Kenya

Japan: Int$55,422 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Japan (Gini 6.2 points higher)

Japan: 32.3 (2020) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.2% in Japan

Japan: 1.2% (2020) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 2.5% in Japan

Japan: 2.5% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Japan and Kenya are practically level

Japan: 1.4% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Japan: no data · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Japan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Kenya’s

Japan: 65% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Japan spends 43 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Japan: $3,638 (2023) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 19 times as likely to die before turning one as in Japan

Japan: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Japan has 9.2 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Japan: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Japan has 9.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 33% higher than in Japan

Japan: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

10% of adults in Kenya are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Japan: 5.2% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

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

Japan: 17.5% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Japan rate their lives 1.46 points higher than in Kenya

Japan: 6.13 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Adults in Japan drink 2.8 times as much alcohol as in Kenya

Japan: 6.3 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Japan has 5.9 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Japan: 59.9 kg (2022) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Japan has 524 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

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

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

Adults in Japan went to school 4.1 years longer than in Kenya

Japan: 12.7 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Japan welcomed 11 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Japan: 0.3 (2024) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

Japan has 19 more World Heritage sites than Kenya (27 against 8)

Japan: 27 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Japan has won 642 Olympic medals, Kenya 124

Japan: 642 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

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

Japan: 86% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in Japan is 7.8 times as fast as in Kenya

Japan: 322 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

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

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

92% of people in Japan live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Japan: 92% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kenya 126

Japan: 178 (2023) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Japan’s railway network is 5.3 times as long as Kenya’s

Japan: 20,087 km (2011) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

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

Japan: 0.98 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 68% of Japan, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Japan: 68.3% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 21 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Japan: 7.8 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Japan

Japan: 23.6% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in Kenya carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Japan

Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 21 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Japan

Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 15 times as deadly as in Japan

Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 12.9 °C warmer than Japan

Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan gets 2.6 times as much rain as Kenya

Japan: 1,824 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)