Madagascar is 1.01× the size of Kenya

Madagascar covers about 593,000 km² (229,000 mi²) and Kenya about 586,000 km² (226,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

593,000km²Madagascar
586,000km²Kenya

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Madagascar
Kenya

What fits

Kenya is 99% of the size of Madagascar.
Madagascar is larger by 7,280 km² (2,810 mi²), which is 1.2% of the area of Kenya.
Measured in Belgiums: Madagascar is about 19.3, Kenya about 19.1.

How they differ

Madagascar is larger, but Kenya has the larger population: 48.5 million against 32.0 million, 1.52× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 83 in Kenya against 54 in Madagascar: Kenya is 1.54× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,410 km apart.
Together Madagascar and Kenya cover 1,179,000 km², close to the size of Niger (1,181,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 7,280 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Kenya's density, Madagascar would have 49.1 million people (it has 32.0 million). At Madagascar's density, Kenya would have 31.6 million (it has 48.5 million).
Kenya's centre is 19.9° of latitude, about 2,210 km, farther north than Madagascar's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Madagascar	1.01×
More people	Kenya	1.52×
More crowded	Kenya	1.54×
Farther north	Kenya	19.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Madagascar	1.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Madagascar	Kenya
Belgium 30,700 km²	19.3×	19.1×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	2.43×	2.40×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.66×	1.64×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.59×	1.57×
France 548,000 km²	1.08×	1.07×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.19×	0.19×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×
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

	Madagascar	Kenya
Area, main territory	593,000 km²229,000 mi²	586,000 km²226,000 mi²
Population	32.0 millionWikidata, 2024	48.5 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	54 per km²	83 per km²
Official area	587,000 km²Wikidata	581,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Antananarivo	Nairobi
Latitude range	26°S to 12°S	5°S to 5°N
Continent	Africa	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 587,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 593,000 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 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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