Dar es Salaam
907 km²
Nairobi
598 km²
City Map Compare/Dar es Salaam vs Nairobivs
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Dar es Salaam covers 907 km² of contiguous built-up land, 1.5× the built-up area of Nairobi (598 km²).
| Dar es Salaam | Nairobi | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Dar es Salaam | Nairobi |
| Population (2025) | 8.92 million | 6.65 million |
| Built-up area | 907 km² | 598 km² |
| Density | 9,833 /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.