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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Kenya is 32% bigger than Uzbekistan

Kenya: 591,970 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Kenya’s highest peak towers 556 m above Uzbekistan’s

Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 50% of Kenya

Kenya: 50% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Kenya has 55% more people than Uzbekistan

Kenya: 57.5 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Kenya is 17% more densely populated than Uzbekistan

Kenya: 99 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Uzbekistan and Kenya are practically level

Kenya: 170.5 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Uzbekistan are 0.9 cm taller than in Kenya

Kenya: 159.4 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Uzbekistan is 7.4 years older than in Kenya

Kenya: 19.5 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 0.3 more children on average than in Kenya

Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

6.1% of people in Uzbekistan are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Kenya: 3% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Kenya hosts 79,491 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 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, Uzbekistan none

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

Kenya and Uzbekistan are practically level

Kenya: 2 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Uzbekistan’s economy is 8% larger than Kenya’s

Kenya: $136 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Uzbekistan produces 94% more per person than Kenya

Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Uzbekistan (Gini 5.8 points higher)

Kenya: 38.5 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

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 2.3% in Uzbekistan

Kenya: 45.5% (2022) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Kenya: 5.4% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Uzbekistan spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Kenya: 1.1% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

Kenya: 14.1% (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

Kenya: 34% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Uzbekistan spends 2.3 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Kenya: $85 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Uzbekistan live 8.7 years longer than in Kenya

Kenya: 63.8 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Kenya is 2.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Uzbekistan

Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Uzbekistan has 9.7 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uzbekistan has 3.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kenya is 2.4 times that in Uzbekistan

Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Kenya: 10.4% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

16% of adults in Uzbekistan smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Kenya: 9.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 1.61 points higher than in Kenya

Kenya: 4.67 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Kenya drink 7% more alcohol than in Uzbekistan

Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Uzbekistan has 4.7 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Uzbekistan has 1,151 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 64 more hours a year than in Kenya

Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 3.3 years longer than in Kenya

Kenya: 8.6 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Uzbekistan welcomed 7.9 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Kenya: 0.03 (2017) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Kenya and Uzbekistan are practically level

Kenya: 8 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Uzbekistan 50

Kenya: 124 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

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

Kenya: 35% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Uzbekistan is 5.2 times as fast as in Kenya

Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

51% of people in Uzbekistan live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Kenya: 32% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Kenya: 126 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 24% longer than Kenya’s

Kenya: 3,819 km (2018) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Uzbekistan fly 47% more passengers per resident than those from Kenya

Kenya: 0.09 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 8.8% of Uzbekistan, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Kenya: 6.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

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

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

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Kenya: 90% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 36% more fine dust than in Kenya

Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 3.5 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Uzbekistan

Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Kenya are 4.3 times as deadly as in Uzbekistan

Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Kenya is on average 11.3 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Kenya gets 3.1 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 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 Uzbekistan?

Kenya is larger. Kenya is 32% bigger than Uzbekistan.

Which has more people, Kenya or Uzbekistan?

Kenya has 55% more people than Uzbekistan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Kenya or Uzbekistan?

People in Uzbekistan live 8.7 years longer than in Kenya. Life expectancy at birth is 63.8 years in Kenya and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Kenya or Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan and Kenya are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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