Kenya is 1.52× the size of Yunnan
Kenya (Africa) covers about 586,000 km² (226,000 mi²) and Yunnan (province of China) about 385,000 km² (149,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 586,000km²Kenya
- 385,000km²Yunnan
200 km
- Kenya
- Yunnan
What fits
- Yunnan is 66% of the size of Kenya.
- Kenya is larger by 200,000 km² (77,300 mi²), which is 52% of the area of Yunnan.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kenya is about 19.1, Yunnan about 12.6.
How they differ
- Kenya also has the larger population: 48.5 million against 47.2 million, 1.03× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 122 in Yunnan against 83 in Kenya: Yunnan is 1.48× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,340 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kenya at 1°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Yunnan at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Kenya as 1.25× the size of Yunnan instead of 1.52×.
- Together Kenya and Yunnan cover 971,000 km², close to the size of Egypt (1,001,000 km², 3.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 200,000 km², is about the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km²).
- At Yunnan's density, Kenya would have 71.7 million people (it has 48.5 million). At Kenya's density, Yunnan would have 31.9 million (it has 47.2 million).
- Yunnan's centre is 24.4° of latitude, about 2,710 km, farther north than Kenya's.
- Kenya ranks 47th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Yunnan is the 8th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
- Yunnan lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,710 km) north of Kenya.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kenya would have about 12,080 m² and each person in Yunnan about 8,160 m².
- Laid side by side, Kenya and Yunnan would cover 971,000 km², about the same size as Egypt.
- Together they have 95.7 million people, about as many people as Vietnam.
- Counted as a country, Yunnan would rank 62nd by area and 32nd by population.
Side by side
| Kenya | Yunnan | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | ProvinceChina |
| Area, measured | 586,000 km²226,000 mi² | 385,000 km²149,000 mi² |
| Official area | 581,000 km²Wikidata | 394,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 46th of 239worldwide | 8th of 31in China |
| Population | 48.5 millionWikidata, 2017 | 47.2 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 30th of 237worldwide | 12th of 31in China |
| Density | 83 per km² | 122 per km² |
| Capital | Nairobi | Kunming |
| Latitude range | 5°S to 5°N | 21°N to 29°N |
Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 581,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 586,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 385,000 km² is 2.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 394,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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