Total & land area: Kenya vs Mozambique size comparison

Mozambique is 1.38 times bigger by total area compared to Kenya: 309,496 sq mi vs 224,445 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mozambique is 303,623 sq mi vs 224,278 sq mi for Kenya — a 1.35 times difference in territory size.

Kenya ranks 48/197 by total surface area vs 35/197 for Mozambique.
Kenya occupies 0.39% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.53% for Mozambique.
49.5% of Kenya's area is agricultural land vs 52.8% in Mozambique.
Kenya has 0.6% of the world's agricultural land area — Mozambique has 0.87%.
6.22% of Kenya is covered by forests, compared to 45.8% in Mozambique.
0.09% of the world's forests are in Kenya, and 0.89% are in Mozambique.

True size map comparison: Kenya vs Mozambique

See how Kenya and Mozambique compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Kenya	Mozambique
Total area	224,445 sq mi	309,496 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.38
Total area rank	48/197	35/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.11%	0.16%
Land area	224,278 sq mi	303,623 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.35
Land area rank	45/197	34/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.39%	0.53%
Population	56,432,944	34,631,766
Population density	261.5 ppl/mi²	120.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Kenya	Mozambique
Forest area	13,942 sq mi	139,099 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	6.22%	45.8%
Forest area rank	81/196	18/196
World's forests share	0.09%	0.89%
Agricultural land area	111,076 sq mi	160,280 sq mi
Agricultural land share	49.5%	52.8%
Agricultural land area rank	39/194	23/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.6%	0.87%
Arable land	25,607 sq mi	21,815 sq mi
Arable land share	11.4%	7.18%
Arable land area rank	39/191	43/191
Permanent cropland	3,230 sq mi	1,539 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.44%	0.51%
Permanent cropland area rank	44/192	59/192
Water area	167.1 sq mi	5,873 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.07%	1.9%
Water area rank	121/197	32/197
Roads length	110,480 mi	19,314 mi
Land borders length	2,148 mi	2,972 mi
Coastline length	333 mi	1,535 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	2.2%

Kenya vs Mozambique size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Kenya and Mozambique but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.