---
title: "Kenya vs Mexico — area, population, currency"
description: "Kenya is 580,367 km² with 57,532,493 people; Mexico is 1,964,375 km² with 131,946,900. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/kenya-vs-mexico/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Kenya vs Mexico

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

580,367 km² vs 1,964,375 km² · 57,532,493 vs 131,946,900

Mexico is 3.4 times larger than Kenya — 1,964,375 against 580,367 km². Mexico is 2.3 times more populous than Kenya — 131,946,900 against 57,532,493 people.

## Side by side

|  | Kenya | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Nairobi | Mexico City |
| Area | 580,367 km² | 1,964,375 km² |
| Population | 57,532,493 (2025) | 131,946,900 (2025) |
| Density | 99.1 /km² | 67.2 /km² |
| Currency | Kenyan shilling (KES) | Mexican peso (MXN) |
| Official languages | English, Swahili | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC+03:00 | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +254 | +52 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Africa | North America |
| ISO codes | KE / KEN | MX / MEX |

## Population density

Kenya is 1.5 times more densely populated than Mexico — 99 against 67 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 — Kenya on the left, Mexico on the right.
- Different currencies: the Kenyan shilling and the Mexican peso.
- Mexico spans 4 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Africa and North America.

## 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.

## Mexico

Mexico has the fourth-highest count of vertebrate and plant species of any country, and more reptile species than anywhere else. Chicxulub, under the northern Yucatán, is the roughly 180 km crater left by the asteroid impact 66 million years ago. The Sistema Sac Actun beneath the same peninsula is the longest known underwater cave system in the world, over 370 km surveyed.

> 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 Kenya bigger than Mexico?

Mexico is larger — 1,964,375 km² against 580,367 km².

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

Mexico, with 131,946,900 against 57,532,493.

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

Kenya is UTC+03:00 and Mexico is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [India vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-mexico/)
- [India vs Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-kenya/)
- [China vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-mexico/)
- [China vs Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-kenya/)
- [Japan vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-mexico/)
- [Japan vs Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-kenya/)
- [Canada vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-mexico/)
- [Canada vs Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-kenya/)
- [Australia vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-mexico/)
- [Australia vs Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-kenya/)
- [France vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-mexico/)
- [France vs Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-kenya/)

## 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]