Kenya is 1.07× the size of France

Kenya covers about 586,000 km² (226,000 mi²) and France about 548,000 km² (212,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

586,000km²Kenya
548,000km²France

200 km

Kenya
France

Outlines show main territory. France also has about 88,900 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.

What fits

France is 94% of the size of Kenya.
Kenya is larger by 37,900 km² (14,600 mi²), which is 6.9% of the area of France.
Measured in Belgiums: Kenya is about 19.1, France about 17.9.

How they differ

Kenya is larger, but France has the larger population: 68.6 million against 48.5 million, 1.42× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 108 in France against 83 in Kenya: France is 1.30× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,150 km apart.
On a standard web map France looks larger than Kenya: Kenya at 1°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and France at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows France as 1.97× the size of Kenya, when Kenya is 1.07× the size of France.
Together Kenya and France cover 1,134,000 km², close to the size of Colombia (1,135,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 37,900 km², is about the size of Netherlands (37,100 km²).
At France's density, Kenya would have 63.1 million people (it has 48.5 million). At Kenya's density, France would have 52.7 million (it has 68.6 million).
France's centre is 46.0° of latitude, about 5,110 km, farther north than Kenya's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Kenya	1.07×
More people	France	1.42×
More crowded	France	1.30×
Farther north	France	46.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	France	2.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Kenya	France
Belgium 30,700 km²	19.1×	17.9×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	2.40×	2.25×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.64×	1.53×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.57×	1.47×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.19×	0.17×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.07×	0.06×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.06×	0.06×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Kenya	France
Area, main territory	586,000 km²226,000 mi²	548,000 km²212,000 mi²
Area with overseas territory	586,000 km²	637,000 km²
Population	48.5 millionWikidata, 2017	68.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	83 per km²	108 per km²
Official area	581,000 km²Wikidata	644,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Nairobi	Paris
Latitude range	5°S to 5°N	41°N to 51°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 581,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 586,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 644,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 637,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
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: 2026-11-11

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