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Kenya

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Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 54.2 million as of mid-2026, it is the 27th-most populous country in the world and the seventh-most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi. The second-largest and oldest city is Mombasa, a port city located on Mombasa Island. Other major cities within the country include Kisumu, Nakuru and Eldoret. Going clockwise, Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, Tanzania to the southwest, and Lake Victoria and Uganda to the west. Its geography, climate and population vary. In western Rift Valley counties, the landscape includes cold, snow-capped mountaintops with surrounding forests, wildlife, and fertile agricultural regions in temperate climates. In other areas there are dry, arid, and semi-arid climates, as well as absolute deserts.

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People are called
Kenyan
Driving side
Left
Calling code
+254
Capital
Nairobi
Population
52,400,000
Area
581,309 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Kenyan shilling
Languages
English 2.7M, Swahili
Sells
tea, cut flowers, garments, gold
Sells to
Uganda 10%, USA 10%, UAE 8%
Land borders
5: Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania ...
Drives on the
left
Calling code
+254
Founded
1963
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Kenyan

These are English demonyms for people from Kenya. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Kenya yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

Kenya in the study desk

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Englishofficial
2.7M speakers
Swahiliofficial
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Largest cities

Nairobi  capital 4,397,073
Mombasa 1,208,333
Nakuru 570,674
Ruiru 490,120
Eldoret 475,716

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Climate and geography

varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior

Climate zone

Highest point

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta Founding president Jomo Kenyatta was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978.
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai Nobel laureate environmentalist Wangarĩ Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.
Daniel arap Moi
Daniel arap Moi President, 1978-2002 Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was a Kenyan politician who served as the second president of Kenya from 1978 to 2002.

Leaders before them

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: cities, languages, past leaders, population.