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Kenya: map and facts
Kenya is in Eastern Africa. It has about 57.5 million people (2025), the 26th largest population. It covers 591,970 km², the 46th largest by area. That is about 97 people per km². Its highest point is Mount Kenya, at 5,199 m. The longest river on its map is the Tana, 800 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 57,532,493 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 591,970 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Nairobi
- Highest point: Mount Kenya, 5,199 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 6.6% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Kenya, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Tana: 800 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Mount Kenya: 5,199 m (its highest point)
- Mount Elgon: 4,321 m
- Lesatima: 4,001 m
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Great Rift Valley, Chalbi Desert and Serengeti Plains.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 73.7%, savanna 6.6%, open shrubland 6.5%, farmland with natural plants 3.3%, bare ground 2.3%, farmland 2.1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 38.1%, hills 28.3%, plains 22.5%, mountains 10%, high mountains 1.1%.
Forests covered 6.6% of its land in 2024, the same as in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Kenya shares land borders with Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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