Beni region
70 km²
Nairobi
598 km²
City Map Compare/Beni region vs Nairobivs
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Nairobi covers 598 km² of contiguous built-up land, 8.5× the built-up area of Beni region (70 km²).
| Beni region | Nairobi | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Beni region | Nairobi |
| Population (2025) | 1.87 million | 6.65 million |
| Built-up area | 70 km² | 598 km² |
| Density | 26,753 /km² | 11,114 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.
“Region” marks urban areas that join many towns and dense rural settlement into one built-up area; they are named after their main town.