Kenya
Kenya
Capital Nairobi
580,367 km² · 57,532,493 people (2025) · Kenyan shilling
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.
The facts
- Capital
- Nairobi
- Area
- 580,367 km² — 224,081 sq mi
- Population
- 57,532,493 (2025)
- Density
- 99.1 people per km²
- Currency
- Kenyan shilling (KES, Sh)
- Official languages
- English, Swahili
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +254
- Drives on the
- left
- ISO codes
- KE · KEN
- Continent
- Africa
How it compares
- By area
- 50 of 200
- By population
- 26 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 587,041 | 32,740,678 |
| Botswana | 581,730 | 2,562,122 |
| Kenya ← | 580,367 | 57,532,493 |
| Yemen | 527,968 | 41,773,878 |
| Thailand | 513,120 | 71,619,863 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Kenya?
- Nairobi
- What currency does Kenya use?
- The Kenyan shilling (KES).
- How big is Kenya?
- 580,367 km², or 224,081 square miles — 50 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Kenya drive on?
- The left.
Related pages
- Madagascar 587,041 km²
- Botswana 581,730 km²
- Yemen 527,968 km²
- Thailand 513,120 km²
- Nigeria Africa
- Ethiopia Africa
- Egypt Africa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa
- Tanzania Africa
- South Africa Africa
- Sudan Africa
- Uganda Africa
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)