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Kenya vs Palestine statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 5.29M in Palestine (ranked 123/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 2,326 sq mi for Palestine (ranked 45th vs. 164th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Palestine ranks 146/197 ($13.7B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Palestine ranks 147/197 ($2,592).

Main facts and rankings

Kenya Palestine
Population
58419239
5459557
Population rank 26/197 122/197
GDP
$124B
2024
$13.7B
2024
GDP rank 64/197 146/197
GDP per capita
$2,206
2024
$2,592
2024
GDP per capita rank 152/197 147/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$6,619
2024
$4,371
2024
Government debt
$81.7B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
68.3%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$1,447
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 131/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,811
2025
$7,705
2025
Land area
224,278 sq mi
2025
2,326 sq mi
2025
Population density
251.6 ppl/mi²
2024
2,274 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.21
2023
3.31
2023
Median age
20.8 years
2024
20.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
73.1 years
2025

Kenya and Palestine: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Palestine economies compared

GDP
Kenya

Palestine
Year GDP
Kenya Palestine
1960 $791,265,459 -
1961 $792,959,473 -
1962 $868,111,401 -
1963 $926,589,349 -
1964 $998,759,334 -
1965 $997,919,321 -
1966 $1,164,519,674 -
1967 $1,232,559,507 -
1968 $1,353,295,459 -
1969 $1,458,379,417 -
1970 $1,603,447,359 -
1971 $1,778,391,289 -
1972 $2,107,279,157 -
1973 $2,509,001,324 -
1974 $2,969,958,812 -
1975 $3,259,345,083 -
1976 $3,474,542,392 -
1977 $4,494,378,764 -
1978 $5,303,735,111 -
1979 $6,234,391,113 -
1980 $7,265,315,820 -
1981 $6,854,491,706 -
1982 $6,431,579,357 -
1983 $5,979,198,314 -
1984 $6,191,437,070 -
1985 $6,135,034,214 -
1986 $7,239,126,568 -
1987 $7,970,820,369 -
1988 $8,355,380,879 -
1989 $8,283,114,514 -
1990 $8,572,359,038 -
1991 $8,151,488,783 -
1992 $8,209,120,763 -
1993 $5,751,786,643 -
1994 $7,148,148,564 $2,843,300,000
1995 $9,046,320,255 $3,282,800,000
1996 $12,045,865,396 $3,409,600,000
1997 $13,115,764,358 $3,759,800,000
1998 $14,093,998,844 $4,067,800,000
1999 $12,896,010,459 $4,271,200,000
2000 $12,705,350,098 $4,313,600,000
2001 $12,986,007,426 $4,003,700,000
2002 $13,147,736,899 $3,555,800,000
2003 $14,904,517,650 $3,968,000,000
2004 $16,095,337,094 $4,603,100,000
2005 $18,737,895,513 $5,125,700,000
2006 $25,825,512,284 $5,348,300,000
2007 $31,958,195,182 $5,815,700,000
2008 $35,895,153,328 $7,310,400,000
2009 $42,347,217,913 $8,085,700,000
2010 $45,405,615,064 $9,681,500,000
2011 $46,869,473,151 $11,186,100,000
2012 $56,396,704,672 $12,208,400,000
2013 $61,671,440,408 $13,515,500,000
2014 $68,285,796,514 $13,989,700,000
2015 $70,120,446,897 $13,972,400,000
2016 $74,815,144,164 $15,405,400,000
2017 $82,036,510,877 $16,128,000,000
2018 $92,202,979,985 $16,276,600,000
2019 $100,378,436,207 $17,133,500,000
2020 $100,657,505,751 $15,531,700,000
2021 $109,703,658,905 $18,109,000,000
2022 $114,448,978,153 $19,165,500,000
2023 $108,038,588,971 $17,847,900,000
2024 $124,498,691,699 $13,711,100,000

Kenya and Palestine economies compared

GDP per capita
Kenya

Palestine
Year GDP per capita
Kenya Palestine
1960 $102.8 -
1961 $99.3 -
1962 $104.6 -
1963 $107.4 -
1964 $111.3 -
1965 $106.9 -
1966 $119.8 -
1967 $121.9 -
1968 $128.7 -
1969 $133.3 -
1970 $141 -
1971 $150.9 -
1972 $172.6 -
1973 $198.6 -
1974 $227.2 -
1975 $241.2 -
1976 $248.9 -
1977 $311 -
1978 $355 -
1979 $403 -
1980 $454 -
1981 $413 -
1982 $374 -
1983 $335 -
1984 $334 -
1985 $320 -
1986 $364 -
1987 $387 -
1988 $391 -
1989 $374 -
1990 $374 -
1991 $345 -
1992 $337 -
1993 $229 -
1994 $276.4 $1,202
1995 $340 $1,327
1996 $441 $1,317
1997 $467 $1,389
1998 $488 $1,465
1999 $434 $1,499
2000 $415 $1,476
2001 $411 $1,336
2002 $403 $1,156
2003 $443 $1,258
2004 $464 $1,422
2005 $523 $1,544
2006 $700 $1,570
2007 $840 $1,664
2008 $916 $2,035
2009 $1,048 $2,192
2010 $1,092 $2,557
2011 $1,096 $2,881
2012 $1,285 $3,067
2013 $1,371 $3,315
2014 $1,483 $3,352
2015 $1,489 $3,272
2016 $1,554 $3,528
2017 $1,667 $3,620
2018 $1,836 $3,562
2019 $1,960 $3,657
2020 $1,928 $3,234
2021 $2,061 $3,679
2022 $2,110 $3,800
2023 $1,952 $3,455
2024 $2,206 $2,592

Kenya vs. Palestine life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Kenya

Palestine
Year Life expectancy, years
Kenya Palestine
1950 36.9 45.7
1951 38 46
1952 38.6 46.3
1953 39.8 46.6
1954 41 46.9
1955 42.3 47.2
1956 43.5 47.6
1957 45.3 48
1958 46.5 48.4
1959 47.5 48.8
1960 48.5 49.3
1961 49.3 49.8
1962 50.1 50.4
1963 50.8 51
1964 51.3 51.6
1965 51.9 52.2
1966 52.4 52.8
1967 52.8 50.9
1968 53.3 54.1
1969 53.7 54.7
1970 54.1 55.4
1971 54.5 56
1972 55 56.7
1973 55.5 57.6
1974 56 58
1975 56.6 58.7
1976 57.2 59.4
1977 57.7 60.1
1978 58.2 60.8
1979 58.7 61.5
1980 59.2 62.2
1981 59.6 62.8
1982 59.9 63.5
1983 60.3 64.1
1984 60.6 64.7
1985 60.9 65.3
1986 60.8 65.7
1987 60.7 66.3
1988 60.3 66.7
1989 60 67.1
1990 58.3 67.8
1991 57.8 68.2
1992 57.1 68.5
1993 56.7 68.8
1994 56.1 69.3
1995 55.9 69.6
1996 55.6 70
1997 55.5 70.3
1998 55.6 70.6
1999 55.9 70.8
2000 56.1 70.3
2001 56.5 69.8
2002 56.8 70.9
2003 57.4 71
2004 57.9 71.1
2005 58.5 72
2006 59.1 71.8
2007 59.4 72.1
2008 60 72.2
2009 60.5 72.3
2010 60.9 73.3
2011 61.3 73.6
2012 61.5 73.7
2013 61.7 74.1
2014 62 72.8
2015 62.3 74.6
2016 62.5 74.9
2017 62.7 75.2
2018 62.8 75.4
2019 62.9 75.8
2020 61.6 75
2021 61.2 73.9
2022 63.5 76.7
2023 63.6 65.2
2024 63.8 69.2
2025 64 73.1

Kenya and Palestine population clocks and comparison

Population
Kenya

Palestine
Year Population
Kenya Palestine
1960 7,695,307 -
1961 7,987,770 -
1962 8,299,308 -
1963 8,627,971 -
1964 8,973,535 -
1965 9,338,078 -
1966 9,717,816 -
1967 10,111,057 -
1968 10,518,823 -
1969 10,939,695 -
1970 11,368,791 -
1971 11,788,904 -
1972 12,206,060 -
1973 12,634,835 -
1974 13,070,078 -
1975 13,511,671 -
1976 13,957,623 -
1977 14,428,819 -
1978 14,934,126 -
1979 15,460,666 -
1980 16,018,459 -
1981 16,601,507 -
1982 17,206,175 -
1983 17,846,374 -
1984 18,514,906 -
1985 19,201,768 -
1986 19,901,646 -
1987 20,616,096 -
1988 21,356,219 -
1989 22,118,434 -
1990 22,892,651 1,978,248
1991 23,646,514 2,068,845
1992 24,382,460 2,163,591
1993 25,117,188 2,262,676
1994 25,857,130 2,366,298
1995 26,601,751 2,474,666
1996 27,344,211 2,587,997
1997 28,101,768 2,706,518
1998 28,888,057 2,776,568
1999 29,733,408 2,848,431
2000 30,642,890 2,922,153
2001 31,619,170 2,997,784
2002 32,629,808 3,075,373
2003 33,652,223 3,154,969
2004 34,713,455 3,236,626
2005 35,796,484 3,320,396
2006 36,904,008 3,406,334
2007 38,036,349 3,494,496
2008 39,206,351 3,591,977
2009 40,408,891 3,689,099
2010 41,598,567 3,786,161
2011 42,758,461 3,882,986
2012 43,888,303 3,979,998
2013 44,986,791 4,076,708
2014 46,051,440 4,173,398
2015 47,088,526 4,270,092
2016 48,139,687 4,367,088
2017 49,197,766 4,454,805
2018 50,207,107 4,569,087
2019 51,202,827 4,685,306
2020 52,217,334 4,803,269
2021 53,219,166 4,922,749
2022 54,252,461 5,043,612
2023 55,339,003 5,165,775
2024 56,432,944 5,289,152

Fertility rates in Kenya and Palestine

Fertility rate
Kenya

Palestine
Year Fertility rate
Kenya Palestine
1960 7.65 -
1961 7.72 -
1962 7.77 -
1963 7.82 -
1964 7.87 -
1965 7.92 -
1966 7.96 -
1967 7.95 -
1968 7.95 -
1969 7.95 -
1970 7.94 -
1971 7.92 -
1972 7.89 -
1973 7.86 -
1974 7.82 -
1975 7.8 -
1976 7.77 -
1977 7.73 -
1978 7.67 -
1979 7.6 -
1980 7.53 -
1981 7.45 -
1982 7.35 -
1983 7.22 -
1984 7.08 -
1985 6.96 -
1986 6.84 -
1987 6.69 -
1988 6.52 -
1989 6.33 -
1990 6.14 6.81
1991 5.94 6.75
1992 5.74 6.65
1993 5.57 6.5
1994 5.44 6.33
1995 5.37 6.16
1996 5.31 5.99
1997 5.27 5.82
1998 5.24 5.69
1999 5.18 5.58
2000 5.14 5.46
2001 5.09 5.34
2002 5.03 5.22
2003 4.94 5.06
2004 4.86 4.97
2005 4.8 4.87
2006 4.75 4.74
2007 4.72 4.63
2008 4.66 4.51
2009 4.57 4.44
2010 4.45 4.43
2011 4.28 4.31
2012 4.12 4.15
2013 3.96 4.05
2014 3.84 4
2015 3.77 3.98
2016 3.69 3.89
2017 3.61 3.77
2018 3.54 3.67
2019 3.43 3.59
2020 3.36 3.51
2021 3.31 3.44
2022 3.26 3.38
2023 3.21 3.31

Kenya and Palestine demographics compared

Median age
Kenya

Palestine
Year Median age, years
Kenya Palestine
1960 15.7 -
1961 15.5 -
1962 15.3 -
1963 15.2 -
1964 15.1 -
1965 14.9 -
1966 14.8 -
1967 14.6 -
1968 14.5 -
1969 14.5 -
1970 14.4 -
1971 14.4 -
1972 14.3 -
1973 14.3 -
1974 14.3 -
1975 14.3 -
1976 14.3 -
1977 14.3 -
1978 14.3 -
1979 14.4 -
1980 14.5 -
1981 14.5 -
1982 14.6 -
1983 14.7 -
1984 14.8 -
1985 14.9 -
1986 15 -
1987 15 -
1988 15.1 -
1989 15.2 -
1990 15.3 15.4
1991 15.5 15.4
1992 15.6 15.4
1993 15.7 15.5
1994 15.9 15.5
1995 16 15.6
1996 16.1 15.7
1997 16.2 15.8
1998 16.4 15.9
1999 16.5 16
2000 16.7 16.2
2001 16.8 16.3
2002 17 16.5
2003 17.1 16.7
2004 17.3 16.9
2005 17.4 17.1
2006 17.5 17.4
2007 17.6 17.6
2008 17.7 17.9
2009 17.8 18.1
2010 17.9 18.4
2011 18.1 18.6
2012 18.2 18.9
2013 18.4 19.1
2014 18.5 19.4
2015 18.7 19.6
2016 18.9 19.8
2017 19.1 19.9
2018 19.3 20
2019 19.6 20.2
2020 19.8 20.3
2021 20 20.4
2022 20.3 20.6
2023 20.6 20.8
2024 20.8 20.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Kenya Palestine
GNI, Atlas method
$119B
2024
$16.3B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
23%
2025
20%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.02%
2024
5.43%
2021
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.91%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
24,000
2020
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.38%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
5.44%
2022
31.4%
2024
Services, % of GDP
55.9%
2024
58.3%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
16.1%
2024
17.4%
2022
Economic freedom index
54.8
2025
30
2025
Income share by richest 10%
30.1%
2022
27.1%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2022
2.5%
2023
Listed domestic companies
59
2024
48
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$15B
2024
$4.08B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$10.1B
2024
$1.33B
2024
Personal remittances received
$5B
2024
$736M
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,049,000
2019
93,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
15.4%
2019
9.43%
2018
Banked people share
90.1%
2024
39.6%
2024

Energy

Kenya Palestine
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
545 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$11.6
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
21.7 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
0.39 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
19.8%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
67.7%
2021
15.4%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
18.7%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
22.4%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
190.1 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
78.1%
2021
24.5%
2021
Hydroelectric share
21%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
76.2%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Kenya Palestine
% of world population
0.69%
2024
0.06%
2024
Annual migration change
-19,781
2024
-23,145
2024
Urban population
30%
2024
77.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
5.74 ft
2025
Average female height
5.23 ft
2025
5.29 ft
2025
Quality of life index
39.7
2025
36.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
32
2024
18
2025
Higher education index
66
2025
48
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.89
2022
1.41
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
28.3
2019
5.3
2016
Visa free countries
78
2025
49
2025
Adult literacy rate
82.9%
2022
97.9%
2024
English speaking
78.7%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
35%
2024
86.6%
2023

Health

Kenya Palestine
Government health expenditure per capita
$90.4
2022
$351
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$21.9
2022
$117.6
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
73.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
18.4%
2022
13.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.1
2022
2.17
2018
Age at first childbirth
20.3 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
149
2023
16
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
39.9
2023
26.3
2023
Obesity rate
12.9%
2022
38.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
3.1%
2024
15.5%
2024
Air quality index
53
2025
45
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
10.7%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.47 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Kenya Palestine
% of world land
0.39%
2025
0.004%
2025
Land area per capita
3,974 sq mi
2024
440 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
111,076 sq mi
2025
1,510 sq mi
2025
Forest area
13,942 sq mi
2025
39.2 sq mi
2025
Roads length
110,480 mi
2018
n/a

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