Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Austria fits inside Tanzania 11 times
Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Tanzania: 945,500 km² (2024)
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)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 31% of Austria
Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)
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 refugees does it host?
Austria hosts 13 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania
Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none
Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)
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 live on less than $3 a day?
51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Austria
Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Tanzania: 51.3% (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: 1.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%
Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (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 many hospital beds are there?
Austria has 8 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania
Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Tanzania is 17% higher than in Austria
Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)
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)
How many World Heritage sites?
Austria has 5 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (12 against 7)
Austria: 12 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2
Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)
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)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Austria is 3.1 times as fast as in Tanzania
Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)
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: 47.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)
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 3.1 times as deadly as in Austria
Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)
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)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
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).