Germany vs Kenya

Kenya is 1.6 times larger than Germany — 580,367 against 357,022 km². Germany is 1.5 times more populous than Kenya — 83,491,249 against 57,532,493 people.

Side by side

Population density

Germany is 2.4 times more densely populated than Kenya — 234 against 99 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

Practical differences

• They drive on opposite sides — Germany on the right, Kenya on the left.
• Different currencies: the Euro and the Kenyan shilling.
• Different continents — Europe and Africa.

Germany

Germany borders nine countries, more than any other in Europe. The Rhine carries more freight than any other river in Europe. The country has around 25,000 castles and palaces, and the Black Forest and Bavarian Alps mean about a third of it is wooded.

Kenya

The Great Rift Valley runs the length of the country, and the equator crosses it just north of Nairobi. Mount Kenya reaches 5,199 m and carries glaciers within 20 km of the equator. Lake Turkana in the north is the largest permanent desert lake in the world.

Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.