Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Austria fits inside Tanzania 11 times.
Austria: 83,879 km² (2023) · Tanzania: 947,300 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Tanzania’s highest peak towers 2,097 m above Austria’s.
Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Tanzania has 7.7 times as many people as Austria.
Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Austria is 40% more densely populated than Tanzania.
Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Austria are 11.5 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 167 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Austria are 10.0 cm taller than in Tanzania.
Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Austria is 26 years older than in Tanzania.
Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Tanzania have 3.2 more children on average than in Austria.
Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Austria are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania.
Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania 0.0.
Austria: 20.6 (2025) · Tanzania: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Tanzania has 2 official languages, Austria 1.
Austria: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Austria’s economy is 6.4 times the size of Tanzania’s.
Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Austria produces 17 times as much per person as Tanzania.
Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Austria (Gini 9.3 points higher).
Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 1.6% in Tanzania.
Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Tanzania and Austria are practically level.
Austria: 1% (2024) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 2.8× Tanzania’s.
Austria: 82% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Austria spends 186 times as much on health per person as Tanzania.
Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Austria live 15 years longer than in Tanzania.
Austria: 82 years (2024) · Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Tanzania is 10 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria.
Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Austria has 41 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania.
Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
18% of adults in Austria are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania.
Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania.
Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Austria rate their lives 2.94 points higher than in Tanzania.
Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Austria drink 7.8 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania.
Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Austria has 6.1 times as much meat per person as Tanzania.
Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Austria has 1,238 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania.
Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Tanzania put in 690 more hours a year than in Austria.
Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Austria went to school 6.3 years longer than in Tanzania.
Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Austria welcomed 129 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019).
Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
92% of people in Austria are online, versus 31% in Tanzania.
Austria: 92% (2025) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Austria have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania.
Austria: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)
How many live in cities?
70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania.
Austria: 70% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124.
Austria: 124 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Austria’s railway network is 84% longer than Tanzania’s.
Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Austria fly 185 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania.
Austria: 5 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 47% of Austria.
Austria: 47.2% (2023) · Tanzania: 50.1% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Austria emits 21 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania.
Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania.
Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Tanzania carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Austria.
Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 4.3 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in Austria.
Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Tanzania are 3.4 times as deadly as in Austria.
Austria: 4.6 per 100k (2021) · Tanzania: 15.8 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Tanzania is on average 15.3 °C warmer than Austria.
Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Austria gets 15% more rain than Tanzania.
Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Austria bigger than Tanzania?
Tanzania is larger. Austria fits inside Tanzania 11 times.
Which has more people, Austria or Tanzania?
Tanzania has 7.7 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Austria or Tanzania?
People in Austria live 15 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 67.2 in Tanzania.
Are people taller in Austria or Tanzania?
Men in Austria are 11.5 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).