Land area (sq. km) in Kenya was reported at 569140 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Kenya - Land area (sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

Surface area (sq. km) in Kenya was reported at 580370 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Kenya - Surface area (sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Kenya KE: Urban Land Area data was reported at 4,187.615 sq km in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 4,187.615 sq km for 2000. Kenya KE: Urban Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 4,187.615 sq km from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,187.615 sq km in 2010 and a record low of 4,187.615 sq km in 2010. Kenya KE: Urban Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Sum;

Kenya KE: Population Density: People per Square Km data was reported at 87.324 Person/sq km in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 85.149 Person/sq km for 2016. Kenya KE: Population Density: People per Square Km data is updated yearly, averaging 39.767 Person/sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2017, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 87.324 Person/sq km in 2017 and a record low of 14.691 Person/sq km in 1961. Kenya KE: Population Density: People per Square Km data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.; Weighted average;

Kenya: Land area in sq. km: The latest value from 2022 is 569140 sq. km, unchanged from 569140 sq. km in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 673036 sq. km, based on data from 191 countries. Historically, the average for Kenya from 1961 to 2022 is 569140 sq. km. The minimum value, 569140 sq. km, was reached in 1961 while the maximum of 569140 sq. km was recorded in 1961.

Time series data for the statistic Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) and country Kenya. Indicator Definition:Rural land area below 5m is the total rural land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.

Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Kenya was reported at 95.32 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Kenya - Population density (people per sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Kenya: Forest area, sq. km: The latest value from 2022 is 36110.9 sq. km, unchanged from 36110.9 sq. km in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 210902.1 sq. km, based on data from 191 countries. Historically, the average for Kenya from 1990 to 2022 is 37488.7 sq. km. The minimum value, 35224.1 sq. km, was reached in 2015 while the maximum of 39611.9 sq. km was recorded in 2000.

Kenya KE: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data was reported at 1,381.046 sq km in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1,381.046 sq km for 2000. Kenya KE: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data is updated yearly, averaging 1,381.046 sq km from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,381.046 sq km in 2010 and a record low of 1,381.046 sq km in 2010. Kenya KE: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Rural land area below 5m is the total rural land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Sum;

Forest area (sq. km) in Kenya was reported at 36111 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Kenya - Forest area (sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Kenya Land Use: Land Area data was reported at 569,140.000 sq km in 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 569,140.000 sq km for 2021. Kenya Land Use: Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 569,140.000 sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2022, with 62 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 569,140.000 sq km in 2022 and a record low of 569,140.000 sq km in 2022. Kenya Land Use: Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.OECD.ESG: Environmental: Land Use: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Kenya: Forest area, sq. km: Pour cet indicateur, FAO fournit des données pour la Kenya de 1990 à 2022. La valeur moyenne pour Kenya pendant cette période était de 37488.7 sq. km avec un minimum de 35224.1 sq. km en 2015 et un maximum de 39611.9 sq. km en 2000.

Kenya Land Use: Land Area: Forest data was reported at 36,110.900 sq km in 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 36,110.900 sq km for 2021. Kenya Land Use: Land Area: Forest data is updated yearly, averaging 37,542.800 sq km from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2022, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 39,611.900 sq km in 2000 and a record low of 35,224.100 sq km in 2015. Kenya Land Use: Land Area: Forest data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.OECD.ESG: Environmental: Land Use: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Land area of Kenya remained stable at 569,140 sq. km over the last 10 years. Land area is the total area of the country excluding area under inland water bodies.

Algeria is the biggest country in Africa, with an area exceeding 2.38 million square kilometers as of 2020. The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan follow with a total area of around 2.34 million and 1.88 million square kilometers, respectively. On the other hand, Seychelles is the smallest country on the continent, with an area of only 460 square kilometers. Overall, Africa’s total area exceeds 30 million square kilometers, being the second largest continent in the world after Asia. Nigeria and Ethiopia lead the ranking of the most populated countries in Africa.

How have the African countries been formed?

The political geography of Africa has been influenced by its colonial history. Between the 19th and 20th Century, the European colonizers have divided up Africa. The partition of the territories was merely driven by strategic purposes: Borders between countries were artificially created in the absence of a geographic border. Following the decolonization, most countries gained their independence in the second half of the 1900s. The newest country in Africa is South Sudan, which became independent in 2011.

Africa's physical geography

Geographically, the African continent is mostly constituted by plains and tablelands. Inner plateaus are prevalent in the sub-Saharan region. In the center-north, the arid Sahara Desert extends for around nine million square kilometers, being the largest subtropical desert in the world. The continent also has some of the biggest water basins worldwide, namely the Nile, Congo, and Niger rivers. East Africa has, instead, the highest summit on the continent, the Kilimanjaro. Peaking at 5,895 meters, the mountain dominates Tanzania’s landscape and attracts thousands of climbers each year.

Kenya KE: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data was reported at 16.736 sq km in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 16.736 sq km for 2000. Kenya KE: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data is updated yearly, averaging 16.736 sq km from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.736 sq km in 2010 and a record low of 16.736 sq km in 2010. Kenya KE: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban land area below 5m is the total urban land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Sum;

Agricultural land (sq. km) in Kenya was reported at 277100 sq. Km in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Kenya - Agricultural land (sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Kenya KE: Land Area data was reported at 569,140.000 sq km in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 569,140.000 sq km for 2016. Kenya KE: Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 569,140.000 sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2017, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 569,140.000 sq km in 2017 and a record low of 569,140.000 sq km in 2017. Kenya KE: Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Sum;

Kenya Land Use: Land Area: Permanent Meadows and Pastures data was reported at 213,000.000 sq km in 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 213,000.000 sq km for 2021. Kenya Land Use: Land Area: Permanent Meadows and Pastures data is updated yearly, averaging 213,000.000 sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2022, with 62 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 213,000.000 sq km in 2022 and a record low of 213,000.000 sq km in 2022. Kenya Land Use: Land Area: Permanent Meadows and Pastures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.OECD.ESG: Environmental: Land Use: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Minimum amount of Kenyan Shillings needed per square kilometer per month to close the poverty gap at Location level in Kenya in 1999