Africa · Eastern Africa
Kenya
Republic of Kenya
Capital
Nairobi
Population
58,636,412
2026 estimate
Area
580,367 km²
Code
KEN
Languages
English, Swahili
Currencies
Kenyan shilling (Sh)
Did you know?
- 🏞Home to the Great Wildebeest Migration — over 1.5 million animals crossing the Mara River each year.
- ✨The Equator runs directly through the country — you can stand with one foot in each hemisphere.
- ✨Has produced more world-class long-distance runners than any other nation — most from the Rift Valley.
- 🏜Lake Turkana is the world's largest permanent desert lake — and the cradle of many human ancestor fossils.
- ✨Kenyan athletes have won more Olympic medals in the 3000m steeplechase than every other country combined.
Location
1.00°, 38.00°
Actual size
Compared to Australia.
Australia · 7,692,024 km²
Kenya
580,367 km²
% of Australia
7.55%
