CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Türkiye is 33% bigger than Kenya

Kenya: 591,970 km² (2024) · Türkiye: 785,350 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Türkiye’s coastline is 13 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 7,200 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Kenya’s highest peak towers 62 m above Türkiye’s

Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 5,137 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Türkiye and Kenya are practically level

Kenya: 50% (2024) · Türkiye: 50.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Türkiye has 49% more people than Kenya

Kenya: 57.5 million (2025) · Türkiye: 85.9 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Türkiye is 13% more densely populated than Kenya

Kenya: 99 per km² (2025) · Türkiye: 112 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Türkiye are 5.9 cm taller than in Kenya

Kenya: 170.5 cm (2019) · Türkiye: 176.4 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Türkiye are 2.4 cm taller than in Kenya

Kenya: 159.4 cm (2019) · Türkiye: 161.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Türkiye is 13 years older than in Kenya

Kenya: 19.5 years (2023) · Türkiye: 32.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

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

Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024) · Türkiye: 1.48 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

11% of people in Türkiye are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Kenya: 3% (2025) · Türkiye: 10.6% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Türkiye hosts 2.6 times as many refugees per resident as Kenya

Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Türkiye: 27.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Türkiye has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Kenya: 0.2 (2026) · Türkiye: 0.5 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Kenya has 2 official languages, Türkiye 1

Kenya: 2 (2026) · Türkiye: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Türkiye’s economy is 12 times the size of Kenya’s

Kenya: $136 billion (2025) · Türkiye: $1.6 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Türkiye produces 6.5 times as much per person as Kenya

Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025) · Türkiye: Int$45,289 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Türkiye than in Kenya (Gini 5.2 points higher)

Kenya: 38.5 (2022) · Türkiye: 43.7 (2023)

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 0.2% in Türkiye

Kenya: 45.5% (2022) · Türkiye: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.5% in Türkiye, versus 5.4% in Kenya

Kenya: 5.4% (2025) · Türkiye: 8.5% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Türkiye spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Kenya: 1.1% (2025) · Türkiye: 1.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

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

Kenya: 14.1% (2023) · Türkiye: 17.6% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Türkiye’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Kenya’s

Kenya: 34% (2025) · Türkiye: 41% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Türkiye spends 6.4 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Kenya: $85 (2023) · Türkiye: $548 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Türkiye live 14 years longer than in Kenya

Kenya: 63.8 years (2024) · Türkiye: 77.4 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Kenya is 4.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Türkiye

Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Türkiye: 8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Türkiye has 7.7 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Türkiye: 2.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Türkiye has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019) · Türkiye: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kenya is 5.2 times that in Türkiye

Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.7 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

30% of adults in Türkiye are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Kenya: 10.4% (2024) · Türkiye: 30.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

31% of adults in Türkiye smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Kenya: 9.6% (2024) · Türkiye: 31.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Türkiye rate their lives 0.63 points higher than in Kenya

Kenya: 4.67 (2025) · Türkiye: 5.30 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Kenya drink 1% more alcohol than in Türkiye

Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023) · Türkiye: 2.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Türkiye has 4.8 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023) · Türkiye: 49.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Türkiye has 1,746 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023) · Türkiye: 3,892 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Kenya put in 287 more hours a year than in Türkiye

Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023) · Türkiye: 1,747 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Türkiye went to school 0.36 years longer than in Kenya

Kenya: 8.6 years (2023) · Türkiye: 9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Türkiye welcomed 21 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Kenya: 0.03 (2017) · Türkiye: 0.59 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Türkiye has 14 more World Heritage sites than Kenya (22 against 8)

Kenya: 8 (2026) · Türkiye: 22 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Türkiye 111

Kenya: 124 (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 111 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Türkiye are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Kenya: 35% (2024) · Türkiye: 90% (2025)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Türkiye is 5 times as fast as in Kenya

Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026) · Türkiye: 205 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

89% of people in Türkiye live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Kenya: 32% (2025) · Türkiye: 89% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Türkiye 108

Kenya: 126 (2024) · Türkiye: 108 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Türkiye’s railway network is 2.8 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 3,819 km (2018) · Türkiye: 10,546 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Türkiye fly 16 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Kenya: 0.09 (2023) · Türkiye: 1.47 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 29% of Türkiye, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Kenya: 6.6% (2024) · Türkiye: 29.5% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Türkiye emits 16 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Kenya: 0.4 t (2024) · Türkiye: 5.9 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

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

Kenya: 90% (2025) · Türkiye: 43.3% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Türkiye carries 16% more fine dust than in Kenya

Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024) · Türkiye: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 51% more likely to be murdered in Kenya than in Türkiye

Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022) · Türkiye: 3.2 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Kenya are 4.8 times as deadly as in Türkiye

Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Kenya is on average 13.0 °C warmer than Türkiye

Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 12.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Kenya gets 2% more rain than Türkiye

Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 680 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 Türkiye?

Türkiye is larger. Türkiye is 33% bigger than Kenya.

Which has more people, Kenya or Türkiye?

Türkiye has 49% more people than Kenya (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Kenya or Türkiye?

People in Türkiye live 14 years longer than in Kenya. Life expectancy at birth is 63.8 years in Kenya and 77.4 in Türkiye.

Are people taller in Kenya or Türkiye?

Men in Türkiye are 5.9 cm taller than in Kenya (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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