Alberta is 1.13× the size of Kenya
Alberta (province of Canada) covers about 664,000 km² (256,000 mi²) and Kenya (Africa) about 586,000 km² (226,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 664,000km²Alberta
- 586,000km²Kenya
200 km
- Alberta
- Kenya
What fits
- Kenya is 88% of the size of Alberta.
- Alberta is larger by 78,000 km² (30,100 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Kenya.
- Measured in Belgiums: Alberta is about 21.6, Kenya about 19.1.
How they differ
- Alberta is larger, but Kenya has the larger population: 48.5 million against 4.3 million, 11.4× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 83 in Kenya against 6.4 in Alberta: Kenya is 12.9× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alberta at 55°N is drawn about 3.0× too large and Kenya at 1°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Alberta as 3.44× the size of Kenya instead of 1.13×.
- Together Alberta and Kenya cover 1,249,000 km², close to the size of Mali (1,253,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 78,000 km², is about the size of Serbia (77,600 km²).
- At Kenya's density, Alberta would have 54.9 million people (it has 4.3 million). At Alberta's density, Kenya would have 3.8 million (it has 48.5 million).
- Alberta's centre is 54.4° of latitude, about 6,050 km, farther north than Kenya's.
- Alberta is the 6th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 6.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Kenya ranks 47th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Alberta lies about 54° of latitude (roughly 6,050 km) north of Kenya.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Alberta would have about 155,710 m² and each person in Kenya about 12,080 m².
- Laid side by side, Alberta and Kenya would cover 1,249,000 km², about the same size as Mali.
- Together they have 52.7 million people, about as many people as Colombia.
- Counted as a country, Alberta would rank 40th by area and 130th by population.
Side by side
| Alberta | Kenya | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceCanada | CountryAfrica |
| Area, measured | 664,000 km²256,000 mi² | 586,000 km²226,000 mi² |
| Official area | 662,000 km²Wikidata | 581,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 6th of 13in Canada | 46th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 4.3 millionWikidata, 2021 | 48.5 millionWikidata, 2017 |
| Rank by population | 4th of 13in Canada | 30th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 6.4 per km² | 83 per km² |
| Capital | Edmonton | Nairobi |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 60°N | 5°S to 5°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2017. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 662,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 664,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 581,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 586,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12