Burkina Faso vs Kenya: Population density

Burkina Faso

182.22 people per km²

in 2100

Kenya

183.07 people per km²

in 2100

Burkina Faso rank

84th

Kenya rank

83rd

Population density over time

Kenya currently reports 183.07 people per km² against 182.22 people per km² in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.859 people per km².

The two have swapped places 1 time across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 84th and Kenya ranks 83rd of 234 countries.

Indicator: Population density
Unit: people per km²
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 68,610 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.