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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Tanzania fits inside Brazil 9 times

Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2024) · Tanzania: 945,500 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Brazil’s coastline is 5.3 times as long as Tanzania’s

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 2,901 m above Brazil’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Brazil has 3 times as many people as Tanzania

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Tanzania is 3.1 times as densely populated as Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Brazil are 8.8 cm taller than in Tanzania

Brazil: 175.7 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 167 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Brazil are 5.5 cm taller than in Tanzania

Brazil: 162.4 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Brazil is 17 years older than in Tanzania

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Tanzania have 2.9 more children on average than in Brazil

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Tanzania hosts 85% more refugees per resident than Brazil

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Brazil has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Brazil 1

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Brazil’s economy is 25 times the size of Tanzania’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Brazil produces 5.2 times as much per person as Tanzania

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Tanzania (Gini 9.8 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.0% in Brazil

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Tanzania and Brazil are practically level

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Brazil’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Tanzania’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Brazil spends 28 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Brazil live 8.8 years longer than in Tanzania

Brazil: 76 years (2024) · Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Tanzania is 2.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Brazil

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Brazil has 18 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Brazil has 3 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 69% higher than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

12% of adults in Brazil smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Brazil rate their lives 2.73 points higher than in Tanzania

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Brazil drink 6.9 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Brazil has 8.6 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Brazil has 905 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Tanzania put in 135 more hours a year than in Brazil

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Brazil went to school 2.4 years longer than in Tanzania

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Brazil welcomed 42% more tourists per resident than Tanzania (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Brazil has 19 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (26 against 7)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Brazil is 5.2 times as fast as in Tanzania

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Brazil: 88% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Brazil’s railway network is 11 times as long as Tanzania’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Brazil fly 17 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 50% of Tanzania

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Brazil emits 7.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Tanzania carries 61% more fine dust than in Brazil

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 5.1 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Tanzania

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Brazil are 29% deadlier than in Tanzania

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Brazil is on average 2.2 °C warmer than Tanzania

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Brazil gets 51% more rain than Tanzania

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Brazil bigger than Tanzania?

Brazil is larger. Tanzania fits inside Brazil 9 times.

Which has more people, Brazil or Tanzania?

Brazil has 3 times as many people as Tanzania (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Brazil or Tanzania?

People in Brazil live 8.8 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 76.0 years in Brazil and 67.2 in Tanzania.

Are people taller in Brazil or Tanzania?

Men in Brazil are 8.8 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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