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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Kenya fits inside Kazakhstan 4.6 times

Kazakhstan: 2,724,900 km² (2024) · Kenya: 591,970 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 1,811 m above Kenya’s

Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 50% of Kenya

Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Kenya has 2.8 times as many people as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Kenya is 13 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Kazakhstan are 5.0 cm taller than in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 175.5 cm (2019) · Kenya: 170.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Kazakhstan are 2.3 cm taller than in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 161.7 cm (2019) · Kenya: 159.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Kazakhstan is 9.9 years older than in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Kenya have 0.2 more children on average than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

9.0% of people in Kazakhstan are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 9% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Kenya hosts 51 times as many refugees per resident as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 0.2 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, Kazakhstan none

Kazakhstan: 0 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Kazakhstan and Kenya are practically level

Kazakhstan: 2 (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?

Kazakhstan’s economy is 2.3 times the size of Kenya’s

Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Kazakhstan produces 6.3 times as much per person as Kenya

Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Kazakhstan (Gini 9.3 points higher)

Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021) · 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% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 0% (2021) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 4.8% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Kenya spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Kazakhstan’s 12%

Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Kenya’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Kazakhstan’s

Kazakhstan: 33% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Kazakhstan spends 5.8 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Kazakhstan: $490 (2023) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Kazakhstan live 11 years longer than in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 74.5 years (2024) · Kenya: 63.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Kenya is 4.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Kazakhstan has 13 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Kazakhstan has 4.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kenya is 5% higher than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

22% of adults in Kazakhstan are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

21% of adults in Kazakhstan smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Kazakhstan rate their lives 1.96 points higher than in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Kazakhstan drink 2.7 times as much alcohol as in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Kazakhstan has 6.4 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Kazakhstan has 990 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Kenya put in 60 more hours a year than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 3.9 years longer than in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Kazakhstan welcomed 18 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Kenya has 1 more World Heritage site than Kazakhstan (8 against 7)

Kazakhstan: 7 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Kazakhstan 87

Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

93% of people in Kazakhstan are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 93% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Kazakhstan is 4 times as fast as in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

62% of people in Kazakhstan live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 62% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Kazakhstan and Kenya are practically level

Kazakhstan: 127 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Kazakhstan’s railway network is 4.2 times as long as Kenya’s

Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Kazakhstan fly 6.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 6.6% of Kenya, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Kazakhstan emits 37 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Kenya carries 38% more fine dust than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 16 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 91% more likely to be murdered in Kenya than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Kenya are 2.7 times as deadly as in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 20.4 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 17.9 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Kenya gets 2.1 times as much rain as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 328 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 Kazakhstan bigger than Kenya?

Kazakhstan is larger. Kenya fits inside Kazakhstan 4.6 times.

Which has more people, Kazakhstan or Kenya?

Kenya has 2.8 times as many people as Kazakhstan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Kazakhstan or Kenya?

People in Kazakhstan live 11 years longer than in Kenya. Life expectancy at birth is 74.5 years in Kazakhstan and 63.8 in Kenya.

Are people taller in Kazakhstan or Kenya?

Men in Kazakhstan are 5.0 cm taller than in Kenya (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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