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Kenya

Eastern AfricaKENDemonym: Kenyan

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Population

53.77M

53,771,300 people

Area

580K km²

580,367 km²

Density

92.7 /km²

people per km²

Capital

Nairobi

Africa

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Kenya on the map

Right now

Local time in Nairobi

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Local time unavailable

Geography

Location & land

Region

Africa

Subregion

Eastern Africa

Coordinates

1.00° N, 38.00° E

Area

580K km²

Neighbours

Regional blocs

African Union

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Administration

Codes & identity

Capital

Nairobi

ISO alpha-2

ISO alpha-3

KEN

Numeric code

404

Calling code

+254

Internet TLD

.ke

Languages

Spoken here

EnglishSwahili · Kiswahili

Currency

Money

Kenyan shilling

Sh · KES

Economy

Income inequality

Gini index

47.7%

Lower is more equal.

Live · World Bank

Economy, health & development

Live rate

Exchange rate

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Borders

5 neighbouring countries

Ethiopia

Somalia

South Sudan

Tanzania, United Republic of

Uganda

Similarity

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Base facts: bundled reference dataset (mledoze/countries, MIT). Live statistics: World Bank & open.er-api.com, fetched in real time. See data sources. Missing values are shown as “Data unavailable” — never fabricated.