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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ukraine is 2% bigger than Kenya

Kenya: 591,970 km² (2024) · Ukraine: 603,550 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Ukraine’s coastline is 5.2 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Kenya’s highest peak towers 3,138 m above Ukraine’s

Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 50% of Kenya

Kenya: 50% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Kenya has 48% more people than Ukraine

Kenya: 57.5 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Kenya is 47% more densely populated than Ukraine

Kenya: 99 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ukraine are 10.5 cm taller than in Kenya

Kenya: 170.5 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 181 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ukraine are 7.2 cm taller than in Kenya

Kenya: 159.4 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 166.6 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ukraine is 22 years older than in Kenya

Kenya: 19.5 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Kenya have 2.2 more children on average than in Ukraine

Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

19% of people in Ukraine are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Kenya: 3% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Kenya hosts 176 times as many refugees per resident as Ukraine

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

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ukraine has produced 1.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Kenya: 0.2 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Kenya has 2 official languages, Ukraine 1

Kenya: 2 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Ukraine’s economy is 58% larger than Kenya’s

Kenya: $136 billion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Ukraine produces 2.7 times as much per person as Kenya

Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Ukraine (Gini 12.9 points higher)

Kenya: 38.5 (2022) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

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 Ukraine

Kenya: 45.5% (2022) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 5.4% in Kenya

Kenya: 5.4% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Kenya: 1.1% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ukraine’s central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Kenya’s 14%

Kenya: 14.1% (2023) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Kenya’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Ukraine’s

Kenya: 34% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ukraine spends 4.4 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Kenya: $85 (2023) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Ukraine live 11 years longer than in Kenya

Kenya: 63.8 years (2024) · Ukraine: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Kenya is 4.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ukraine

Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Ukraine has 12 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ukraine has 4.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kenya is 1% higher than in Ukraine

Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

28% of adults in Ukraine are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Kenya: 10.4% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Ukraine smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Kenya: 9.6% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

Kenya and Ukraine are practically level

Kenya: 4.67 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Ukraine drink 73% more alcohol than in Kenya

Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Ukraine has 4.9 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Ukraine has 640 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Ukraine put in 10 more hours a year than in Kenya

Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Ukraine went to school 2.5 years longer than in Kenya

Kenya: 8.6 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ukraine welcomed 2.4 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Kenya: 0.03 (2017) · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Kenya and Ukraine are practically level

Kenya: 8 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ukraine has won 160 Olympic medals, Kenya 124

Kenya: 124 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

82% of people in Ukraine are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Kenya: 35% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ukraine is 4.3 times as fast as in Kenya

Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Ukraine live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Kenya: 32% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ukraine has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kenya 126

Kenya: 126 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Ukraine’s railway network is 5.7 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 3,819 km (2018) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Kenya fly 7.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

Kenya: 0.09 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 17% of Ukraine, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Kenya: 6.6% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Ukraine emits 10 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Kenya: 0.4 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Kenya: 90% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Kenya carries 55% more fine dust than in Ukraine

Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 29% more likely to be murdered in Kenya than in Ukraine

Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Kenya are 3 times as deadly as in Ukraine

Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Kenya is on average 15.4 °C warmer than Ukraine

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

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Kenya gets 12% more rain than Ukraine

Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 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 Ukraine?

Ukraine is larger. Ukraine is 2% bigger than Kenya.

Which has more people, Kenya or Ukraine?

Kenya has 48% more people than Ukraine (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Kenya or Ukraine?

People in Ukraine live 11 years longer than in Kenya. Life expectancy at birth is 63.8 years in Kenya and 74.7 in Ukraine.

Are people taller in Kenya or Ukraine?

Men in Ukraine are 10.5 cm taller than in Kenya (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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