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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Tanzania is 25% bigger than Chile

Chile: 756,556 km² (2024) · Tanzania: 945,500 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Chile’s coastline is 4.5 times as long as Tanzania’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Chile’s highest peak towers 998 m above Tanzania’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Tanzania has 3.6 times as many people as Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Tanzania is 3 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Chile are 5.9 cm taller than in Tanzania

Chile: 172.9 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 167 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Chile are 2.5 cm taller than in Tanzania

Chile: 159.4 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Chile is 19 years older than in Tanzania

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Tanzania have 3.4 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

15% of people in Chile are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Tanzania hosts 18 times as many refugees per resident as Chile

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Chile has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

Chile: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Chile 1

Chile: 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?

Chile’s economy is 4 times the size of Tanzania’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Chile produces 8.4 times as much per person as Tanzania

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in Tanzania (Gini 2.5 points higher)

Chile: 43 (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 0.4% in Chile

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Chile: 9% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Chile and Tanzania are practically level

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Chile’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Tanzania’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Chile spends 49 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Chile live 14 years longer than in Tanzania

Chile: 81.4 years (2024) · Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Tanzania is 4.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Chile

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Chile has 25 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Chile has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 64% higher than in Chile

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Chile rate their lives 2.40 points higher than in Tanzania

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Chile drink 4.4 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Chile has 8.1 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Chile has 539 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Tanzania put in 179 more hours a year than in Chile

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Chile went to school 5.2 years longer than in Tanzania

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Chile welcomed 12 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Chile and Tanzania are practically level

Chile: 7 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Chile has won 15 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Chile: 96% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Chile is 7.5 times as fast as in Tanzania

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

99% of people in Chile have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Chile: 99% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Chile: 89% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Tanzania 127

Chile: 133 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Tanzania’s railway network is 13% longer than Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Chile fly 40 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Chile emits 14 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Tanzania carries 6% more fine dust than in Chile

Chile: 23.2 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 69% more likely to be murdered in Chile than in Tanzania

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Tanzania are 23% deadlier than in Chile

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Tanzania is on average 13.7 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Chile gets 29% more rain than Tanzania

Chile: 1,425 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 Chile bigger than Tanzania?

Tanzania is larger. Tanzania is 25% bigger than Chile.

Which has more people, Chile or Tanzania?

Tanzania has 3.6 times as many people as Chile (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Chile or Tanzania?

People in Chile live 14 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 81.4 years in Chile and 67.2 in Tanzania.

Are people taller in Chile or Tanzania?

Men in Chile are 5.9 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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