Tanzania’s coastline is 2.5 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 4,835 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 45% of Tanzania

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Bangladesh has 2.5 times as many people as Tanzania

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 17 times as densely populated as Tanzania

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Bangladesh is 8.1 years older than in Tanzania

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 2.4 more children on average than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

6.7% of people in Bangladesh are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Bangladesh hosts 2.8 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Bangladesh has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Bangladesh 1

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

Bangladesh’s economy is 5.1 times the size of Tanzania’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Bangladesh produces 2.3 times as much per person as Tanzania

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Bangladesh (Gini 9.6 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.9% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Bangladesh, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Tanzania and Bangladesh are practically level

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Tanzania’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

Tanzania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Bangladesh spends 47% more on health per person than Tanzania

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Tanzania is 18% more likely to die before turning one than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Bangladesh has 5.4 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Bangladesh has 10% more hospital beds per person than Tanzania

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 3.3 times that in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

10% of adults in Tanzania are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Bangladesh rate their lives 0.42 points higher than in Tanzania

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Tanzania drink 513 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Tanzania has 2.7 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Bangladesh has 69 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 254 more hours a year than in Tanzania

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Bangladesh went to school 0.72 years longer than in Tanzania

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Tanzania welcomed 11 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

Tanzania has 4 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (7 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Tanzania has won 2 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

53% of people in Bangladesh are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Bangladesh is 53% faster than in Tanzania

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Bangladesh have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

37% of people in Tanzania live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Bangladesh’s railway network is 7% longer than Tanzania’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Airlines from Bangladesh fly 39% more passengers per resident than those from Tanzania

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in Bangladesh emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

33% of Tanzania’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Bangladesh carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Tanzania

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 60% more likely to be murdered in Tanzania than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Bangladesh are 72% deadlier than in Tanzania

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 2.6 °C warmer than Tanzania

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 90% more rain than Tanzania

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)