---
title: "India vs Kenya — area, population, currency"
description: "India is 3,287,263 km² with 1,463,865,525 people; Kenya is 580,367 km² with 57,532,493. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-kenya/
site: "At One Place"
---

# India vs Kenya

**India vs Kenya: India is larger; India has more people**

3,287,263 km² vs 580,367 km² · 1,463,865,525 vs 57,532,493

India is 5.7 times larger than Kenya — 3,287,263 against 580,367 km². India is 25 times more populous than Kenya — 1,463,865,525 against 57,532,493 people.

## Side by side

|  | India | Kenya |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | New Delhi | Nairobi |
| Area | 3,287,263 km² | 580,367 km² |
| Population | 1,463,865,525 (2025) | 57,532,493 (2025) |
| Density | 445.3 /km² | 99.1 /km² |
| Currency | Indian rupee (INR) | Kenyan shilling (KES) |
| Official languages | Hindi, English | English, Swahili |
| Time zones | UTC+05:30 | UTC+03:00 |
| Calling code | +91 | +254 |
| Drives on the | left | left |
| Continent | Asia | Africa |
| ISO codes | IN / IND | KE / KEN |

## Population density

India is 4.5 times more densely populated than Kenya — 445 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

- Different currencies: the Indian rupee and the Kenyan shilling.
- Different continents — Asia and Africa.

## India

The most populous country in the world since 2023. The Ganges-Brahmaputra system drains the southern Himalaya into the largest delta on Earth, and Mawsynram and Cherrapunji in Meghalaya are the wettest inhabited places on record, with roughly 11 m of rain a year. Mumbai is the largest individual municipality; the Delhi urban agglomeration, which contains the capital, is larger still at around 33 million.

## 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.

## Common questions

### Is India bigger than Kenya?

India is larger — 3,287,263 km² against 580,367 km².

### Which has more people, India or Kenya?

India, with 1,463,865,525 against 57,532,493.

### What is the time difference between India and Kenya?

India is UTC+05:30 and Kenya is UTC+03:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]