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Eastern Africa · sovereign state

Kenya

Republic of Kenya

Capital
Nairobi
Languages
English, Swahili
Currency
Kenyan shilling
People
57.5 million (2025)
Neighbours
5
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Kenya

  • 4th highest road deaths 55.3 per 100k · #4 of 185 · 2023
  • 11th lowest daily calories 2,146 kcal · #11 of 189 · 2023
  • 12th highest extreme poverty ($3.00 a day) 45.5% · #12 of 142 · 2022

Surprising facts about Kenya

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among Kenya’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

Kenya among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where Kenya sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

World twins

The countries most like Kenya across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

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Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people