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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Pakistan is 34% bigger than Kenya

Kenya: 591,970 km² (2024) · Pakistan: 796,100 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Pakistan’s coastline is 2 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 1,046 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Pakistan’s highest peak towers 3,412 m above Kenya’s

Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 8,611 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 47% of Pakistan

Kenya: 50% (2024) · Pakistan: 47.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Pakistan has 4.4 times as many people as Kenya

Kenya: 57.5 million (2025) · Pakistan: 255 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Pakistan is 3.3 times as densely populated as Kenya

Kenya: 99 per km² (2025) · Pakistan: 331 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Kenya are 3.1 cm taller than in Pakistan

Kenya: 170.5 cm (2019) · Pakistan: 167.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Kenya are 4.7 cm taller than in Pakistan

Kenya: 159.4 cm (2019) · Pakistan: 154.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Pakistan is 0.76 years older than in Kenya

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

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Pakistan have 0.4 more children on average than in Kenya

Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024) · Pakistan: 3.55 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

4.4% of people in Pakistan are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Kenya: 3% (2025) · Pakistan: 4.4% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Kenya hosts 2.4 times as many refugees per resident as Pakistan

Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.5 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, Pakistan 0.1

Kenya: 0.2 (2026) · Pakistan: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Kenya and Pakistan are practically level

Kenya: 2 (2026) · Pakistan: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Pakistan’s economy is 3 times the size of Kenya’s

Kenya: $136 billion (2025) · Pakistan: $407 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Kenya produces 7% more per person than Pakistan

Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025) · Pakistan: Int$6,573 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Pakistan (Gini 5 points higher)

Kenya: 38.5 (2022) · Pakistan: 33.5 (2024)

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 23% in Pakistan

Kenya: 45.5% (2022) · Pakistan: 23% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Kenya and Pakistan are practically level

Kenya: 5.4% (2025) · Pakistan: 5.4% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Pakistan spends 2.9% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Kenya: 1.1% (2025) · Pakistan: 2.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

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

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Kenya’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Pakistan’s

Kenya: 34% (2025) · Pakistan: 24% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Kenya spends 2.8 times as much on health per person as Pakistan

Kenya: $85 (2023) · Pakistan: $30 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Pakistan live 4 years longer than in Kenya

Kenya: 63.8 years (2024) · Pakistan: 67.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Pakistan is 41% more likely to die before turning one than in Kenya

Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Pakistan: 48.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Pakistan has 4 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Pakistan: 1.2 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Kenya has 2.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Pakistan

Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019) · Pakistan: 0.6 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kenya is 2.1 times that in Pakistan

Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 9.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

24% of adults in Pakistan are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Kenya: 10.4% (2024) · Pakistan: 23.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

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

Kenya: 9.6% (2024) · Pakistan: 17.9% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Pakistan rate their lives 0.19 points higher than in Kenya

Kenya: 4.67 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.87 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Kenya drink 26 times as much alcohol as in Pakistan

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

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Pakistan has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023) · Pakistan: 21.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Pakistan has 368 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023) · Pakistan: 2,514 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Pakistan put in 436 more hours a year than in Kenya

Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023) · Pakistan: 2,471 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Kenya went to school 4.3 years longer than in Pakistan

Kenya: 8.6 years (2023) · Pakistan: 4.3 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Kenya: 0.03 (2017) · Pakistan: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Kenya: 8 (2026) · Pakistan: 6 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Pakistan 11

Kenya: 124 (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 11 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

57% of people in Pakistan are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Kenya: 35% (2024) · Pakistan: 57% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Kenya is 74% faster than in Pakistan

Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026) · Pakistan: 24 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

96% of people in Pakistan have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Kenya: 77% (2024) · Pakistan: 95.7% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

40% of people in Pakistan live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Kenya: 32% (2025) · Pakistan: 40% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Pakistan 77

Kenya: 126 (2024) · Pakistan: 77 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Pakistan’s railway network is 2 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 3,819 km (2018) · Pakistan: 7,791 km (2019)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Kenya fly 3.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Pakistan

Kenya: 0.09 (2023) · Pakistan: 0.03 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 6.6% of Kenya, but only 4.1% of Pakistan

Kenya: 6.6% (2024) · Pakistan: 4.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Pakistan emits 90% more CO₂ than someone in Kenya

Kenya: 0.4 t (2024) · Pakistan: 0.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 43% in Pakistan

Kenya: 90% (2025) · Pakistan: 42.7% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Pakistan carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Kenya

Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024) · Pakistan: 53.8 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 12% more likely to be murdered in Kenya than in Pakistan

Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022) · Pakistan: 4.3 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Kenya are 3.3 times as deadly as in Pakistan

Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Kenya is on average 4.7 °C warmer than Pakistan

Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 21°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Kenya gets 67% more rain than Pakistan

Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 416 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 Kenya bigger than Pakistan?

Pakistan is larger. Pakistan is 34% bigger than Kenya.

Which has more people, Kenya or Pakistan?

Pakistan has 4.4 times as many people as Kenya (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Kenya or Pakistan?

People in Pakistan live 4 years longer than in Kenya. Life expectancy at birth is 63.8 years in Kenya and 67.8 in Pakistan.

Are people taller in Kenya or Pakistan?

Men in Kenya are 3.1 cm taller than in Pakistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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