Kenya is 1.31× the size of Sweden

Kenya covers about 586,000 km² (226,000 mi²) and Sweden about 446,000 km² (172,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

586,000km²Kenya
446,000km²Sweden

200 km

Kenya
Sweden

What fits

Sweden is 76% of the size of Kenya.
Kenya is larger by 140,000 km² (53,900 mi²), which is 31% of the area of Sweden.
Measured in Belgiums: Kenya is about 19.1, Sweden about 14.5.

How they differ

Kenya also has the larger population: 48.5 million against 10.6 million, 4.57× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 83 in Kenya against 24 in Sweden: Kenya is 3.48× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,110 km apart.
On a standard web map Sweden looks larger than Kenya: Kenya at 1°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Sweden at 62°N about 4.7×, so the map shows Sweden as 3.54× the size of Kenya, when Kenya is 1.31× the size of Sweden.
Together Kenya and Sweden cover 1,032,000 km², close to the size of Mauritania (1,036,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 140,000 km², is about the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km²).
At Sweden's density, Kenya would have 13.9 million people (it has 48.5 million). At Kenya's density, Sweden would have 36.9 million (it has 10.6 million).
Sweden's centre is 61.8° of latitude, about 6,880 km, farther north than Kenya's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Kenya	1.31×
More people	Kenya	4.57×
More crowded	Kenya	3.48×
Farther north	Sweden	61.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Sweden	4.7× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Kenya	Sweden
Belgium 30,700 km²	19.1×	14.5×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	2.40×	1.83×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.64×	1.25×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.57×	1.19×
France 548,000 km²	1.07×	0.81×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.19×	0.14×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.07×	0.05×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.06×	0.05×
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	Sweden
Area, main territory	586,000 km²226,000 mi²	446,000 km²172,000 mi²
Population	48.5 millionWikidata, 2017	10.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	83 per km²	24 per km²
Official area	581,000 km²Wikidata	447,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Nairobi	Stockholm
Latitude range	5°S to 5°N	55°N to 69°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 447,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 446,000 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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