Bujumbura
141 km²
Nairobi
598 km²
City Map Compare/Bujumbura vs Nairobivs
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Nairobi covers 598 km² of contiguous built-up land, 4.2× the built-up area of Bujumbura (141 km²).
| Bujumbura | Nairobi | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Bujumbura | Nairobi |
| Population (2025) | 1.40 million | 6.65 million |
| Built-up area | 141 km² | 598 km² |
| Density | 9,953 /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.